Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease effort, said Wednesday that trials have shown “consistently” that hydroxychloroquine is “not effective” in treating coronavirus. His comments come as President Donald Trump faces questions over his promotion of a now-deleted video in which one doctor claimed the drug was a “cure” for COVID-19. Speaking with Andrea […]
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Tuesday he’ll choose his running mate during “the first week in August” — next week. “I’m going to have a choice the first week in August and I promise I’ll let you know when I do,” Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Del., where he’d just unveiled his plan […]
A majority of voters trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than the Trump administration when it comes to accurately reporting coronavirus data, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Seventy-seven percent of registered voters in the July 17-20 survey said they trust the CDC more to accurately report data on COVID-19. By contrast, […]
National security adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for COVID-19, a White House official confirmed on Monday. “National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site,” the official said in a statement. “There is no risk of exposure to […]
A new poll offers positive news for Democrats in the swing state of Arizona, showing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden leading President Trump and Democrat Mark Kelly leading Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.). The NBC News-Marist poll released Sunday found Biden with 50 percent support among registered voters in Arizona, compared with the president’s 45 percent. […]
An Arizona woman was busted earlier this week – while awaiting a flight on her way to Syria – for sending money to someone who she thought was an Al Qaeda operative to support an effort to “kill Americans,” the Justice Department announced Friday. Jill Marie Jones arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Wednesday […]
The House on Friday approved a $259.5 billion four-bill package of spending bills for the 2021 fiscal year. The package included the bills for state and foreign operations; agriculture; interior and environment; and military construction and veterans affairs. The legislative package passed in a largely party-line 224-189 vote. Seven Democrats and the chamber’s sole Independent […]
Twitter announced Tuesday that it has begun taking sweeping actions to limit the reach of QAnon content, banning many of the conspiracy theory’s followers because of problems with harassment and misinformation. Twitter will stop recommending accounts and content related to QAnon, including material in email and follow recommendations, and it will take steps to limit […]
More than 88,000 immigrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally have been turned back since a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) emergency health order in response to the coronavirus crisis that allows for illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to be quickly removed from the U.S. According to DHS data obtained by Fox News, border officials […]
President Donald Trump overstated his administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis Tuesday and repeated falsehoods that he has pushed since the earliest days of the pandemic. In a solo briefing at the White House that included a question-and-answer session with reporters — his first coronavirus briefing in months — Trump offered a newly sober projection […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wished alleged sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “well” after he was asked about her case during a news briefing at the White House largely focused on the coronavirus. “I haven’t really been following it too much. I just wish her well, frankly,” Trump said when asked for his thoughts on […]
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto annual defense policy legislation in part because it includes a provision that would direct the Pentagon to rename military bases currently named after Confederate leaders. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a statement hours before a House vote on the massive defense policy bill expressing […]
