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 in China and its potential to spread to the United States as early as January 3. The Washington Post also reported last week that US intelligence agencies included warnings about the coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for the President in January and February. Trump said Sunday night that he was first briefed about coronavirus on January 23 and indicated the US intelligence agencies would be issuing a statement in the coming days. While Trump claims he was told that “there could be a virus coming in,” that January 23 briefing came three days after the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States.

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Intel officials 'very concerned' about Trump's intentions for spy agencies
7 months, 1 week ago

Intel officials 'very concerned' about Trump's intentions for spy agencies

Raw Story  

Intelligence and national security officials are deeply alarmed about Donald Trump's intentions for a potential second term. “I’m very concerned, and I think almost every one of my former colleagues and current colleagues in the intelligence community is very concerned,” said a former national security official who served under Trump. Don’t worry, he’ll be fine.’” Presidents have largely unfettered authority …

US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents
1 year, 6 months ago

US intelligence report on COVID-19 origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory proponents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began. But the report says U.S. intelligence “has no information, however, indicating that any WIV genetic engineering work has involved SARS-CoV-2, a close progenitor, …

No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory, says White House
1 year, 10 months ago

No government consensus on COVID lab leak theory, says White House

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Even as the Department of Energy determined that a lab leak was the most likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House has downplayed and refused to acknowledge this information, claiming that there is still no government consensus on the origins of the outbreak. “The intelligence community and the rest of the government is still looking at …

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies around the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? “There is just not an intelligence community consensus.” The DOE’s conclusion was first reported over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal, which said the classified report was based …

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There is just not an …

White House says there is STILL no 'consensus' on how COVID began
1 year, 10 months ago

White House says there is STILL no 'consensus' on how COVID began

Daily Mail  

Other agencies think the virus mutated in the environment The White House on Monday was forced to admit the lack of a consensus between disparate U.S. agencies about the origins of COVID-19 following a report that Energy Department Scientists believe a laboratory leak in China was the likely cause. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended infectious disease expert Dr. …

US claims Covid likely emerged from China laboratory leak: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

US claims Covid likely emerged from China laboratory leak: Report

Live Mint  

The coronavirus pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, the US Department of Energy now says according to media, although the White House maintained Sunday that American intelligence remained divided on the issue. The determination -- noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines's office, The Wall Street Journal reported -- marks a shift by …

Trump tested COVID-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump tested COVID-positive pre-debate, ex-aide says in book

Associated Press  

Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 three days before his first presidential debate in September 2020 with Joe Biden, according to a new book by Trump’s former chief of staff. In “The Chief’s Chief,” obtained by The Guardian before its Dec. 7 release, Mark Meadows writes that the then-president received a negative test shortly after the positive test and resumed …

Trump may have exposed ‘hundreds’ to COVID-19 by hiding his positive test: CNN
3 years, 1 month ago

Trump may have exposed ‘hundreds’ to COVID-19 by hiding his positive test: CNN

Raw Story  

Donald Trump may have exposed hundreds of people to the deadly coronavirus if his former chief of staff is correct that he concealed a positive test result, CNN said Wednesday. "His former chief of staff has said in a new book that Trump tested positive days before the White House at the time, the administration revealed that fact to the …

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus
3 years, 4 months ago

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China’s leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a statement Friday that China “continues to …

New Covid-19 origination intelligence push aimed at elevating scientific analysis
3 years, 7 months ago

New Covid-19 origination intelligence push aimed at elevating scientific analysis

CNN  

CNN — The intelligence community’s push to uncover the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has largely relied on traditional intelligence-gathering tools up until now, but President Joe Biden’s 90-day “redoubled” effort is intended in part to elevate scientific analysis. “There is really no new collection that the intelligence community can do that I’m aware of,” said one US official. The …

Wuhan: Biden tasks intelligence community to report on Covid origins in 90 days
3 years, 7 months ago

Wuhan: Biden tasks intelligence community to report on Covid origins in 90 days

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days. The President said: “The failure to get our inspectors on the ground in those early months will always hamper any investigation into the origin of COVID-19.” …

US Agencies Examine Reports Of Early Covid-19 Infections In Wuhan Lab
3 years, 7 months ago

US Agencies Examine Reports Of Early Covid-19 Infections In Wuhan Lab

News 18  

US intelligence agencies are examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, according to US government sources who cautioned that there is still no proof the disease originated at the lab. A still-classified U.S. intelligence report circulated during former President Donald Trump’s administration alleged …

News orgs prove Trump’s outlandish claim wrong as they continue spotlighting coronavirus
4 years, 2 months ago

News orgs prove Trump’s outlandish claim wrong as they continue spotlighting coronavirus

CNN  

CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Wednesday’s WaPo A1 features a map accompanied by a headline that warns, “Surge shows no sign of easing.” CNN’s homepage is featuring a story with a headline that reads, “Coronavirus hospitalizations in US reach an all-time high with more than 60,000.” And NYT’s homepage focuses …

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 …

Pentagon Gave Most Of Its $1 Billion Coronavirus Aid Package To Defense Contractors: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

Pentagon Gave Most Of Its $1 Billion Coronavirus Aid Package To Defense Contractors: Report

Huff Post  

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, with President Donald Trump, speaks on vaccine development on May 15, 2020, in the Rose Garden of the White House. A new Washington Post report, however, reveals the Trump administration gave a majority of the Pentagon’s billion-dollar coronavirus aid package to defense contractors to make things like Army uniforms, body armor and jet engine parts. Congress …

Trump promises US coronavirus vaccine soon: US election updates
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump promises US coronavirus vaccine soon: US election updates

Al Jazeera  

Biden said Trump’s response to the pandemic “utterly disqualifying” for the presidency. 17:35 ET – Trump: Coronavirus vaccine likely to be approved in October “We’re very close to that vaccine as you know, closer than most people want to say or certainly than most people understand,” President Trump said at a White House news conference. 14:15 ET – White House …

Coronavirus Updates: China authorises emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese companies
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: China authorises emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Chinese companies

Firstpost  

11:48 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in US LATEST Updates Trump pushes for COVID-19 treatments, claims slowdown at FDA Pushing for breakthroughs in treatments for the coronavirus, White House officials suggested Sunday there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease. The accusations, the latest assault from President Donald …

Trump’s Lies About China and the Coronavirus
55 years ago

Trump’s Lies About China and the Coronavirus

Slate  

What did President Donald Trump know about the novel coronavirus, and when did he know it? Early January: Intelligence briefers put a “detailed explanation of the problem … in the President’s Daily Brief.” The explanation focuses on “troubling signs of a new virus spreading through the Chinese city of Wuhan, and the Chinese government’s apparent efforts to conceal details of …

This is one of the most unpatriotic moments in Trump’s presidency (opinion)
4 years, 5 months ago

This is one of the most unpatriotic moments in Trump’s presidency (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Samantha Vinograd is a CNN national security analyst. On so many threat streams – whether it’s Russian bounties or the coronavirus – Trump continues to say he didn’t get briefed on the relevant intelligence. He’s known for failing to do some basic functions of his job like sharing accurate information with the public or paying attention to apolitical …

Donald Trump's first coronavirus briefing in months involved a stark warning for America
4 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump's first coronavirus briefing in months involved a stark warning for America

ABC  

In his first formal coronavirus briefing since April, US President Donald Trump stuck to a prepared script, urged Americans to wear masks and warned that things would "get worse before they get better". Unlike the previous briefings, the 27 minutes of guidance came from Trump and Trump alone, as the medical experts on the White House's Coronavirus Task Force stayed …

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 …

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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White House prepares to tell the nation that COVID-19 will become a part of life
4 years, 6 months ago

White House prepares to tell the nation that COVID-19 will become a part of life

Daily Mail  

The White House will reportedly tell Americans to learn to live with the coronavirus, shifting their focus from past months when they expressed that the virus would eventually go away. The White House is planning to offer up that the virus is not going away any time soon and will be continuing well pass the November election. The White House …

Only verified intelligence? A look at presidents’ briefings
4 years, 6 months ago

Only verified intelligence? A look at presidents’ briefings

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump was never briefed on intelligence that Russia had put a bounty on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan because there wasn’t corroborating evidence. “There’s no mathematical formula” for deciding what gets briefed to the president, said David Priess, a former CIA intelligence briefer and author of “The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold …

Coronavirus task force briefs — but not at White House
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus task force briefs — but not at White House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There was no presidential appearance and no White House backdrop when the government’s coronavirus task force briefed the public for the first time since April — in keeping with an administration effort to show it is paying attention to the latest spike in cases but is not on a wartime footing that should keep the country from reopening …

Coronavirus task force briefs — but not at White House
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus task force briefs — but not at White House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — There was no presidential appearance and no White House backdrop Friday when the government’s coronavirus task force briefed the public for the first time since April — in keeping with an administration effort to show it is paying attention to the latest spike in cases but is not on a wartime footing that should keep the country from …

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 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 news live: Latest coronavirus updates as president smears vaccine whistleblower in Twitter rant
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump news live: Latest coronavirus updates as president smears vaccine whistleblower in Twitter rant

The Independent  

✕ Close Donald Trump claims that coronavirus has 'very little effect on young people'.mp4 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 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 …

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 …

Coronavirus is still ravaging the US. Donald Trump's campaign ads would make you think otherwise
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus is still ravaging the US. Donald Trump's campaign ads would make you think otherwise

ABC  

From the moment Donald Trump first trod the world stage as President, it was clear he had no desire to unite or lead the global world order. Trump administration hid CDC guidelines for re-opening Over the past few weeks, America's top disease investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been working tirelessly on an important document. The …

Trump: Coronavirus task force being ‘refocused’, not dismantled
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump: Coronavirus task force being ‘refocused’, not dismantled

Al Jazeera  

Former head of CDC, Dr Tom Frieden, says struggle against COVID-19 is just beginning and will be ‘long and difficult’. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed course on plans to wind down his coronavirus task force, telling reporters at the White House that – contrary to earlier statements by Vice President Mike Pence – the task force is …

Trump says coronavirus taskforce to continue work: Live updates
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump says coronavirus taskforce to continue work: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump to announce new members of coronavirus taskforce Monday, as focus turns to medical treatment. 18:20 GMT – Trump denies reports that US coronavirus taskforce to disband In a reversal from statements he made only a day earlier, United States President Donald Trump said the emergency taskforce handling his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak would not …

White House considering winding down coronavirus task force, Pence says
4 years, 8 months ago

White House considering winding down coronavirus task force, Pence says

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 Vice President Mike Pence told reporters on Tuesday that the …

Trump urges China to reveal all about origin of coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump urges China to reveal all about origin of coronavirus

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged China to be transparent about the origins of the novel coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than a quarter of a million people since it started in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. On Tuesday, General Mark Milley, the top U.S. general, said it was still not known whether the coronavirus …

China hid coronavirus severity to hoard supplies, says US intelligence report
4 years, 8 months ago

China hid coronavirus severity to hoard supplies, says US intelligence report

ABC  

US officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show. Key points: The Department of Homeland Security claims China increased imports and decreased exports of medical supplies The Department of Homeland Security claims China increased imports …

Fact check: New White House press secretary makes false claims in first briefing
4 years, 8 months ago

Fact check: New White House press secretary makes false claims in first briefing

CNN  

Washington CNN — At the first official briefing by a White House press secretary in 417 days, Kayleigh McEnany promised journalists, “I will never lie to you.” McEnany proceeded to say a bunch of things that weren’t true. “We have a handwritten FBI note that says, quote, ‘we need to get Flynn to lie,’ quote, and get him fired,” McEnany …

Trump falsely claims he never said US could test 5m a day for Covid-19 ‘very soon’
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump falsely claims he never said US could test 5m a day for Covid-19 ‘very soon’

The Independent  

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Trump’s claim he’s seen evidence coronavirus originated in China lab contradicts US intel community
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s claim he’s seen evidence coronavirus originated in China lab contradicts US intel community

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community by claiming Thursday that he has seen evidence that gives him a “high degree of confidence” the novel coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but declined to provide details to back up his assertion. The comments undercut a public statement fromthe Office …

New York Times: Top administration officials have pushed intelligence agencies to link coronavirus to Chinese labs
4 years, 8 months ago

New York Times: Top administration officials have pushed intelligence agencies to link coronavirus to Chinese labs

CNN  

Washington CNN — A number of top officials in the Trump administration have pushed US intelligence agencies looking into the origin of the novel coronavirus to “hunt for evidence” linking the virus to a Chinese laboratory, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Times, which noted that “intelligence agencies remain skeptical that conclusive evidence of a link to a lab …

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, …

Kushner calls US coronavirus response a ‘success story’ as cases hit 1 million
4 years, 8 months ago

Kushner calls US coronavirus response a ‘success story’ as cases hit 1 million

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, praised the administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic as a “great success story” on Wednesday – less than a day after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 1 million. Kushner painted a rosy picture for “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning, saying that “the …

The intelligence community did its job, but Trump didn’t do his (Opinion)
4 years, 8 months ago

The intelligence community did its job, but Trump didn’t do his (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Samantha Vinograd is a CNN national security analyst. Day after day, during his daily press “briefings,” tweet storms and other public displays of disaffection, Americans hear Donald Trump’s oft-epeated claims that the coronavirus “came out of nowhere”; that he acted quickly; and that “nobody could have predicted something like this.” Sam Vinograd Jeremy Freeman Well, as much as …

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 …

Donald Trump's coronavirus briefings might be over after 'sarcastic' suggestions about drinking disinfectant
4 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump's coronavirus briefings might be over after 'sarcastic' suggestions about drinking disinfectant

ABC  

On Friday AEST, US President Donald Trump suggested injecting disinfectant as a way to treat coronavirus at one of his then-daily press briefings. Mr Trump's own Environmental Protection Agency issued a statement warning people to "not ingest disinfectant products", as did the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Starting with … Trump's daily press conferences might be over Mr Trump had …

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