Obama says White House response to coronavirus has been ‘absolute chaotic disaster’
4 years, 8 months ago

Obama says White House response to coronavirus has been ‘absolute chaotic disaster’

CNN  

CNN — Former President Barack Obama delivered a blistering critique of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis, describing it as “an absolute chaotic disaster” during a private call Friday night with people who worked for him in the White House and across his administration. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday dismissed the criticism from Obama, saying in a statement to CNN: “President Trump’s coronavirus response has been unprecedented and saved American lives.” The White House did not respond to Obama’s comments on the Department of Justice’s decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn. Weighing in on the case during the call, Obama said Attorney General William Barr’s decision to drop the criminal case against Flynn suggested “the rule of law was at risk” in the United States. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset – of ‘what’s in it for me’ and ‘to heck with everybody else’ – when that mindset is operationalized in our government.” He added: “That’s why, I, by the way, am going to be spending as much time as necessary and campaigning as hard as I can for Joe Biden.” After formally endorsing Biden last month, Obama said he would be deeply involved in the campaign to help Biden win the White House.

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Transition: Biden’s team finds culture of coronavirus denial throughout Trump’s federal government
3 years, 11 months ago

Transition: Biden’s team finds culture of coronavirus denial throughout Trump’s federal government

CNN  

CNN — Joe Biden’s transition team found a culture of coronavirus skepticism within Donald Trump’s federal government as they prepared to take office, sources close to the Biden transition told CNN, with political appointees loyal to the President reflecting his dismissiveness of public health guidelines and sometimes mocking career employees for wearing masks. The Biden transition was subject to some …

Despite his boasts, Trump again is no deal-maker as Congress seeks pandemic relief bill
4 years ago

Despite his boasts, Trump again is no deal-maker as Congress seeks pandemic relief bill

LA Times  

As Congress’ Democratic and Republican leaders for the past week tortuously negotiated a long-awaited $900-billion coronavirus relief package, President Trump remained mostly out of sight at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, tweeting falsely that he’d won reelection and hosting holiday parties despite a worsening pandemic. And that is where things often got hairy for us.” At the outset of …

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution
4 years, 1 month ago

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution

NPR  

White House Urges Vigilance On Coronavirus But Rejects Lockdowns As Solution Enlarge this image toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The White House Coronavirus Task Force and President-elect Joe Biden separately gave updates on the worsening COVID-19 pandemic and how their teams were working to defeat it as health officials on Thursday warned against holiday travel to limit …

Donald Trump’s stunning abdication of leadership comes as coronavirus pandemic worsens
4 years, 2 months ago

Donald Trump’s stunning abdication of leadership comes as coronavirus pandemic worsens

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump had predicted in almost every campaign rally that the media would stop talking about the coronavirus pandemic the day after the election. Before the election, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had signaled the way ahead by claiming on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the pandemic could not be controlled. Vice President Mike …

COVID-19, Unemployment: Factors Riding Against Trump’s Re-Election
4 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19, Unemployment: Factors Riding Against Trump’s Re-Election

The Quint  

Trump, who recently contracted and then recovered from COVID himself, has been roundly criticised for his handling of the pandemic, not just by his opponents but also voters, a majority of whom say that he handled the crisis poorly, according to AFP. Biden has cited Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus as the primary reason for him not being worthy of …

Biden accuses Trump of raising the ‘white flag’ on pandemic after White House says US won’t ‘control’ coronavirus
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden accuses Trump of raising the ‘white flag’ on pandemic after White House says US won’t ‘control’ coronavirus

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Democratic presidential candidate Joe …

Obama slams Trump over coronavirus: ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’
4 years, 2 months ago

Obama slams Trump over coronavirus: ‘He’s jealous of Covid’s media coverage’

CNN  

Washington CNN — Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and faulted him for turning the White House into a “hot zone.” “More than 225,000 people in this country are dead. Florida, we can’t afford four more years of this.” He added, “We cannot afford this kind of incompetence and disinterest.” …

John Oliver slams White House for ‘terribly’ mishandling Trump’s COVID diagnosis
4 years, 3 months ago

John Oliver slams White House for ‘terribly’ mishandling Trump’s COVID diagnosis

LA Times  

John Oliver had quite a week to recap Sunday on “Last Week Tonight.” During the latest episode of his weekend late-night program, the Emmy winner responded to what he called “shocking and utterly inevitable” news that President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and several other White House figures had tested positive for COVID-19. “Obviously, the president having the coronavirus is …

White House Struggles To Explain, Contain Its Own Spiraling COVID-19 Crisis
4 years, 3 months ago

White House Struggles To Explain, Contain Its Own Spiraling COVID-19 Crisis

NPR  

White House Struggles To Explain, Contain Its Own Spiraling COVID-19 Crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images The White House is struggling on Monday to show that it has a burgeoning public health and political crisis under control as President Trump enters his third day of aggressive and experimental treatment for …

White House Official Calls Next 48 Hours 'Critical' For Trump's Care
4 years, 3 months ago

White House Official Calls Next 48 Hours 'Critical' For Trump's Care

NPR  

White House Official Calls Next 48 Hours 'Critical' For Trump's Care Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 4:39 p.m. Speaking outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where Trump was taken Friday evening, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley made reference to "72 hours into the diagnosis." A …

How Fox, CNN, MSNBC covered Donald Trump COVID-19 news
4 years, 3 months ago

How Fox, CNN, MSNBC covered Donald Trump COVID-19 news

LA Times  

Marine One, the presidential helicopter, carries President Donald Trump away from the White House on the way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday. When many Americans woke to the news that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, cable news had already been up much of the night, scrambling to cover …

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic

NPR  

Timeline: How Trump Has Downplayed The Coronavirus Pandemic Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP President Trump, who announced overnight that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, has repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and often contradicted public health experts and members of his own administration in their more grave …

White House defends hitting 200k coronavirus deaths: ‘We were expecting 2 million’
4 years, 3 months ago

White House defends hitting 200k coronavirus deaths: ‘We were expecting 2 million’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The White House defended Donald Trump as the number of …

A subdued but defensive Trump denies he misled despite Woodward tape
4 years, 4 months ago

A subdued but defensive Trump denies he misled despite Woodward tape

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump, subdued but sharply defensive, insisted Thursday he hadn’t lied to the American public about the severity of coronavirus even though he told a journalist on tape he was downplaying it to avoid panic. As the British government advised the British people in the face of World War II, ‘Keep calm and carry on.’ That’s what …

Trump says Covid-19 pandemic ‘will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better’
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump says Covid-19 pandemic ‘will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better’

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump warned the coronavirus pandemic is likely to worsen before improving, during the first outing of his revived daily briefings on Tuesday. “It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better,” Trump said – echoing a prediction he made at the start of April of a “rough” two weeks ahead. “Whether you like the mask …

Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has taken an increasingly hands-off approach to the coronavirus crisis in recent days even as COVID-19 cases and deaths have surged to record highs in a huge slice of the country, including areas where he has enjoyed strong support. But with Trump’s public approval ratings sinking over his handling of the crisis less than four …

Donald Trump was warned about a pandemic 3 months before Covid struck: Report
4 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump was warned about a pandemic 3 months before Covid struck: Report

India Today  

Could US President Donald Trump have known about the an impending coronavirus pandemic as early as September 2019? In September 2019, as the world lived on, unsuspecting of the novel coronavirus, a team of top economists in the Donald Trump administration had warned the US president about the looming dangers of a pandemic outbreak. According to CNN, Philipson said his …

Kellyanne Conway suggests Trump revive regular coronavirus briefings that caused him many headaches
4 years, 5 months ago

Kellyanne Conway suggests Trump revive regular coronavirus briefings that caused him many headaches

The Independent  

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Trump’s callous claim pandemic is ‘handled’ exposed by rocketing Covid-19 infections
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s callous claim pandemic is ‘handled’ exposed by rocketing Covid-19 infections

CNN  

CNN — This is what President Donald Trump’s “handled” pandemic looks like. Texas, Florida and Arizona – Republican-run states that most aggressively embraced Trump’s impatient demands to get the economy open again – are heading into what one expert warned is a viralthreatthat is approaching “apocalyptic” levels. Even Vice President Mike Pence, who rarely pauses his praise of Trump’s “leadership,” …

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now

CNN  

CNN — On January 22, President Donald Trump did an interview with CNBC from Davos, Switzerland, where he was asked, for the first time, about the coronavirus in America. “It’s going away,” Trump said of the coronavirus during a speech to a conservative students group in Arizona on Wednesday. A week ago, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, …

White House Defends Trump's Use Of Racist Term To Describe Coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

White House Defends Trump's Use Of Racist Term To Describe Coronavirus

NPR  

White House Defends Trump's Use Of Racist Term To Describe Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The White House on Monday denied any malicious intent behind President Trump's use of the racist term "kung flu" this weekend to describe the deadly coronavirus pandemic, saying that the president had no "regrets …

White House adviser: Trump administration preparing for second wave of coronavirus in the fall
4 years, 6 months ago

White House adviser: Trump administration preparing for second wave of coronavirus in the fall

CNN  

CNN — White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday that the Trump administration is preparing for the possibility that a second wave of Covid-19 could hit the United States in the fall. We are doing everything we can beneath the surface, working as hard as we possibly can,” Navarro told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Asked …

Trump scrambles to suppress inconvenient information with Bolton book and coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump scrambles to suppress inconvenient information with Bolton book and coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — There’s a common motivation in the White House’s attempt to suppress John Bolton’s book and its state of denial over alarming new trends in the coronavirus pandemic: President Donald Trump doesn’t want Americans to see information that could harm him or the narrative he has constructed. They’re in denial,” an official familiar with the work of the White …

Trump’s solution for the coronavirus? Don’t talk about it
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump’s solution for the coronavirus? Don’t talk about it

LA Times  

President Trump drew a few laughs and hollers of approval Thursday when he railed against “the plague coming in from China” to supporters packed into a Dallas church. The coronavirus, “or whatever you want to call it,” as he told the crowd, is now just another throw-away line in Trump’s political patter, meant to jab a foreign adversary and energize …

President Donald Trump’s turn to the economy leaves a vacuum when it comes to controlling the pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

President Donald Trump’s turn to the economy leaves a vacuum when it comes to controlling the pandemic

CNN  

CNN — Publicly and privately, Sen. Angus King spent weeks seeking a national coronavirus testing plan. Sen. Lamar Alexander held a hearing where President Donald Trump’s testing czar Brett Giroir acknowledged his efforts remain “a work in progress.” Trump has brushed off all three – a Democratic-aligned independent from Maine, a Republican from Tennessee, an admiral he appointed. And he …

Cornered by the coronavirus, Trump returns to a familiar strategy: Attack Obama
4 years, 8 months ago

Cornered by the coronavirus, Trump returns to a familiar strategy: Attack Obama

CNN  

CNN — With the death count from the coronavirus rising and its economic fallout deepening, President Donald Trump is trying to fire up his base and divert the national conversation by promoting a baseless conspiracy that casts his predecessor, Barack Obama, as the architect of a plot to subvert his presidency. A senior Trump campaign official said they would continue …

White House ramps up PR campaign to improve Trump’s image
4 years, 8 months ago

White House ramps up PR campaign to improve Trump’s image

CNN  

CNN — The aggressive new White House campaign to improve America’s perceptions of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis was in full swing Friday – from the President’s sunny predictions in the Rose Garden about developing a vaccine to the press secretary’s attempted takedown of the Obama administration’s pandemic playbook in the White House briefing room. “We think …

House Democrats approve $3-trillion coronavirus relief bill
4 years, 8 months ago

House Democrats approve $3-trillion coronavirus relief bill

LA Times  

Democrats powered a massive $3-trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a healthcare system struggling amid the pandemic still pummeling the country. “More in terms of lives, livelihood, cost to the budget, cost to our democracy.” Republicans mocked the bill as a bloated Democratic wish …

The coronavirus whistleblower outlined Trump's failings today, and it was painful to hear
4 years, 8 months ago

The coronavirus whistleblower outlined Trump's failings today, and it was painful to hear

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ahead of Dr Rick Bright's highly …

‘If Obama were president this would not have happened’: Republican strategist hits out at Trump's coronavirus response
4 years, 8 months ago

‘If Obama were president this would not have happened’: Republican strategist hits out at Trump's coronavirus response

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Republican strategist …

The White House’s West Wing is so small, it’s nearly impossible to social distance
4 years, 8 months ago

The White House’s West Wing is so small, it’s nearly impossible to social distance

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This analysis was excerpted from the May 11 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. CNN — If there is one workplace in the world where social distancing is impossible, it’s the West Wing of the White House. The seat of US executive power is hardly the spacious expanse of …

Trump’s message on opening contradicted by White House Covid cases
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s message on opening contradicted by White House Covid cases

CNN  

CNN — The White House Covid-19 outbreak is undermining President Donald Trump’s narrative that it’s safe to open up the country and that diagnostic testing is of limited importance. Despite his exposure to Miller, Pence has decided not to enter self-quarantine, according to his spokesperson Devin O’Malley, who said that the vice president would follow medical advice and has “tested …

Obama Warns “Rule of Law Is at Risk” After DOJ Drops Michael Flynn Case
4 years, 8 months ago

Obama Warns “Rule of Law Is at Risk” After DOJ Drops Michael Flynn Case

Slate  

Former President Barack Obama is rallying the troops by warning that some basic tenets of American democracy are being put to the test during President Donald Trump’s administration. In a conversation with former staffers, Obama said that the “rule of law is at risk” after the Justice Department decided to suddenly drop its case against former White House national security …

Trump’s new 2020 message — it’s not my fault
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s new 2020 message — it’s not my fault

LA Times  

President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday during a meeting with Texas Gov. The message, which Democrats quickly rejected, echoed Trump’s not-my-fault claim after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Congress on March 12 that the government’s lack of widespread testing for the coronavirus was “a failing.” …

Trump rarely shows empathy in coronavirus crisis
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump rarely shows empathy in coronavirus crisis

LA Times  

President Trump waits for the end of a commercial break during a Fox News virtual town hall on May 3. “They always said, Lincoln, nobody got treated worse than Lincoln,” said Trump, seated beneath Lincoln’s giant marble statue. “I believe I am treated worse.” During Trump’s frequent White House briefings on the pandemic, his prepared remarks often include sympathy for …

Trump claims intelligence officials did not raise coronavirus until late January
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump claims intelligence officials did not raise coronavirus until late January

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that the US intelligence community “did NOT bring up the CoronaVirus subject matter until late into January” and that “they only spoke of the Virus in a very non-threatening, or matter of fact, manner.” CNN and other news outlets have reported that the President’s daily intelligence briefing included information about the coronavirus outbreak …

Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is

CNN  

CNN — Three months in – after a million infections, nearly 60,000 US deaths and a potential economic depression – it’s still unclear whether President Donald Trump grasps the gravity of the coronavirus crisis. “Many very good experts, very good people too, said this would never affect the United States,” Trump told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Tuesday. For the record, …

Trump cancels daily coronavirus press briefing – then appears unable to resist
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump cancels daily coronavirus press briefing – then appears unable to resist

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The White House around 11 a.m. cancelled a planned 5 p.m. Monday coronavirus task …

After Donald Trump's coronavirus disinfectant gaffe, White House aims for US president to refocus on economy
4 years, 8 months ago

After Donald Trump's coronavirus disinfectant gaffe, White House aims for US president to refocus on economy

Firstpost  

Days after he publicly mused that scientists should explore the injection of toxic disinfectants as a potential virus cure, Donald Trump has now rejected the utility of his daily task force briefings, where he has time and again clashed with scientific experts. Washington: After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus, the White House is planning to shift President …

US coronavirus updates: Latest on cases, deaths and reopening the country
4 years, 8 months ago

US coronavirus updates: Latest on cases, deaths and reopening the country

CNN  

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on April 23. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Trump lied Friday when he said he was being “sarcastic” when he asked medical experts on Thursday to look into the possibility of injecting disinfectant as a treatment for the coronavirus. Here’s what Trump said Thursday while …

Trump uses coronavirus crisis to push other policy priorities
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump uses coronavirus crisis to push other policy priorities

LA Times  

President Trump is making sweeping changes to regulations and pushing controversial new policies. “I don’t want them to have competition.” The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped enforcing some rules on air pollution and water quality during the crisis, moves that fit the administration’s efforts since Trump took office to relax regulatory enforcement. The White House counsel’s office is working overtime,” …

Timeline: What Trump Has Said And Done About The Coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Timeline: What Trump Has Said And Done About The Coronavirus

NPR  

Timeline: What Trump Has Said And Done About The Coronavirus Enlarge this image Gage Skidmore/Flickr; Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr; Caroline Amenabar/NPR Gage Skidmore/Flickr; Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr; Caroline Amenabar/NPR Updated Sept. 10 Editor's Note: This timeline has been updated to include comments President Trump made in newly released interviews with journalist Bob Woodward. Trump has gone from downplaying the risk early on, to overselling …

‘Nothing to worry about’ and ‘it’s being contained’: How Trump officials downplayed the coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

‘Nothing to worry about’ and ‘it’s being contained’: How Trump officials downplayed the coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — A day after the White House requested $1.25 billion in emergency funding to address the growing worldwide coronavirus crisis, Larry Kudlow, the President’s chief economic adviser, appeared on CNBC. White House spokesperson Judd Deere told CNN that while the media and Democrats focused on impeachment and refused to seriously acknowledge the virus in January and February, “President Trump …

Trump’s devious – and brilliant – coronavirus election strategy (opinion)
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s devious – and brilliant – coronavirus election strategy (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst. Joe Lockhart TORY WILLIAMS Amidst the recent flurry of news made at recent briefings -- about how or whether to “reopen” the country, the different phases that might involve and who “calls the shots” – was a revealing exchange that is emblematic of the President’s political strategy ahead of the November …

Trump uses pandemic virus briefing to air laudatory video
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump uses pandemic virus briefing to air laudatory video

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday used the daily White House briefing to air a taxpayer-funded promotional video praising his own handling of the coronavirus outbreak and slamming his critics and the press. He sought to clarify his previous comments, saying that “hypothetical questions sometimes can get you into some difficulty” and that he did not intend to imply …

April 13, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 9 months ago

April 13, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

During Monday’s task force briefing, the White House presented a digital montage of TV and radio clips of President Trump’s early actions with the coronavirus. One clip featured audio from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who can be heard describing how the President was criticized for his early travel ban from China. At the end of the day, it …

Behind Trump's Botched And Delayed Coronavirus Response
4 years, 9 months ago

Behind Trump's Botched And Delayed Coronavirus Response

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Washington. But while word of the virus was included in several of the president’s intelligence briefings, Trump …

How coronavirus has reshaped Democratic plans for 2020
4 years, 9 months ago

How coronavirus has reshaped Democratic plans for 2020

CNN  

Washington CNN — A new reality is dawning for Democrats: The November election will likely hinge on the way American voters see President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus. “We’re paying the price for Donald Trump’s malpractice, and we deserve a president who will rebuild the American middle class while restoring competence and empathy to the Oval Office,” said Andrew …

Trump fumes after CNN's Jim Acosta asks if his coronavirus briefings are just 'happy talk'
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump fumes after CNN's Jim Acosta asks if his coronavirus briefings are just 'happy talk'

Raw Story  

During Friday's coronavirus task force press briefing, President Donald Trump lost his patience with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta when he questioned whether the hearings were whitewashing the challenges facing the government. "I hear from a lot of people who see these briefings as sort of 'happy talk' briefings," said Acosta. "We hear from doctors, we hear from …

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