Tag Archives: Trump administration

Pence: Major Insurers Will Waive Virus Testing Copays

Politico reports: Vice President Pence said Tuesday that a group of major health insurance companies have agreed not to charge patients copays when they get tested for coronavirus. Pence made the comments at a meeting at the White House with the CEOs of major health insurance companies aimed at encouraging people to get tested by removing cost barriers. Some insurance …

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Trump Mulls Stimulus Measures In Response To Virus

Politico reports: Top White House and Treasury officials are scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon to discuss options for fiscal stimulus measures amid the uncertainty over the spread of the coronavirus throughout the U.S. Among the options under consideration: paid leave for workers, relief for small businesses and aid to certain sectors facing diminished business due …

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Dr. Stabby Won’t “Preview” Virus Plan For Cruise Ship

The Daily Beast reports: During his appearance on ABC’s This Week, Ben Carson was asked by anchor George Stephanopoulos what plan was in place for the ship when it docked as 21 passengers, 19 of which are crew members, have already tested positive for the virus. “The cruise ship personnel and, as you know, the vice president met with the …

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White House Overruled CDC Advice On At-Risk Fliers

The Associated Press reports: The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated Press. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention submitted the plan this week as a way of trying to control the …

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Azar Contradicts Pence: No Virus Testing Kit Shortage

The Hill reports: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar maintained late Friday that the administration is not in the midst of a coronavirus testing kit shortage, contradicting a warning issued by Vice President Pence earlier this week. “There is no testing kit shortage, nor has there ever been,” Azar said on ABC News . “We will have by the …

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LIVE VIDEO: Pence Leads WH Coronavirus Briefing

CBS News reports: Members of the Coronavirus Task Force, charged with leading the U.S. response to the global coronavirus outbreak, are scheduled to hold a press briefing at the White House Friday evening. At least 98,000 people in almost 90 countries have caught the COVID-19 disease, which is caused by the novel coronavirus. It has killed almost 3,300 people, and …

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Intel: Taliban Doesn’t Intend To Abide By New US Deal

NBC News reports: The U.S. government has collected persuasive intelligence that the Taliban do not intend to honor the promises they have made in the recently signed deal with the United States, three American officials tell NBC News, undercutting what has been days of hopeful talk by President Donald Trump and his top aides. “They have no intention of abiding …

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Conway Denies Trump Said He’ll Cut Entitlements After Fox Host Rolls Tape Of Him Saying Exactly That [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Counselor to President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, joined Fox News’s America’s Newsroom Friday morning to defend the commander-in-chief’s remarks Thursday night on cutting entitlement programs – a comment on which he is now backtracking. Host Ed Henry told Conway, “You were there at that town hall; he said the opposite. He said in his second term would cut …

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Ex-Breitbart Writer Joins WH Rapid Response Team

Politico reports: Adam Kennedy, who led the White House’s rapid response efforts on impeachment and other crises, including Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle, is leaving the government later this month, according to two White House officials. Kennedy will be replaced by Julia Hahn, a former Breitbart writer who is currently director of rapid response and surrogate operations for the White House, …

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Trump Signs $8.3B Virus Emergency Spending Bill

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping spending bill to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, injecting billions of dollars into prevention efforts and research to quickly produce a vaccine for the deadly disease. The $8.3 billion aid package was unveiled by appropriations leaders in Congress on Wednesday and sailed through the House and Senate by …

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Pence Admits Shortage Of Coronavirus Testing Kits

CNN reports: Confusion and delays appear to persist in testing Americans for coronavirus even after an outcry from state and local health authorities that the United States was behind in determining the extent of the outbreak. Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis, acknowledged Thursday there was a shortfall in the number of …

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Lara Trump Suggests Joe Biden Is Senile [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump said Wednesday that it’s “fair” to question former Vice President Joe Biden’s “cognitive function” in the 2020 race. Lara Trump told Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom” that she thinks the former vice president is “in for a rude awakening” after his Super Tuesday success. “It seems like if you’re a Democrat in this …

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CA Leads 19 States In Wall Funding Suit Against Trump

Just in via press release: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal diversion of $3.8 billion in taxpayer dollars for the construction of an unauthorized wall along the US-Mexico border. For the second consecutive fiscal year, the Trump Administration has circumvented the will of Congress …

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Dow Plummets 800 Points Despite Fed’s Rate Cut

NBC News reports: The Federal Reserve’s historic, emergency rate cut was not enough to assuage Wall Street on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging wildly to end the day down by almost 800 points. Nervous traders loaded up all day on “safe haven” assets such as gold and Treasury notes — pushing yields to record levels — amid …

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Federal Applicants To Face Literal Trump Loyalty Test

CNN reports: Candidates applying to join the Trump administration will now have to explain what part of Trump’s campaign message “most appealed” to them and why. The question is one of several Trump-focused litmus tests that has been added to a questionnaire that candidates for political appointments across the federal government must now complete. The new questionnaire, distributed by the …

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Multiple Federal Agencies Warn That “Foreign Actors” May Attempt To Interfere With Super Tuesday Voting

Just in via press release: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and National Security Agency Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director …

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HHS Secretary Under Internal Fire Over Virus Response

Politico reports: Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes blame for testing delays that may have led to hundreds of Americans being quietly infected with the coronavirus, officials inside the health department and the White House are increasingly pointing the finger at one leader: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who they say failed to coordinate …

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REPORT: FEMA May Declare Coronavirus Emergency

NBC News reports: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning for the possibility that President Donald Trump could make an emergency declaration to bring in extra funds and personnel to assist the administration’s coronavirus response, according to internal documents obtained by NBC News. FEMA officials are preparing for an “infectious disease emergency declaration” by the president that would allow the …

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Trump Official Inserted Climate Lies Into Science Docs

The New York Times reports: An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial — into the agency’s scientific reports, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. The misleading language appears in at least nine reports, …

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BREAKING: Supreme Court To Hear Obamacare Appeal

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a third major case on the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s health care law, granting petitions from Democratic state officials and the House of Representatives in a case with the potential to wipe out the entire law. The court did not say when it would hear …

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