The president’s comment came days after he claimed that the US could start distributing a coronavirus vaccine as early as October.
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Election poll shows Biden leads Trump 45-40% in Arizona
The KFF-Cook poll surveyed 1,298 registered voters in Arizona between August 29 and September 13. It has a margin of sampling error of 3 percentage points.
Fauci disagrees with Donald Trump’s latest pandemic remark
Speaking on MSNBC, Fauci said he disagreed with the President’s assessment, noting that if Americans aren’t careful, the pandemic could worsen
US talking to India, China on ‘very nasty situation’: Donald Trump
Asked by a reporter if China was bullying India, he said: “I hope not, I hope not. They are certainly going at it, and they are going it at very much more strongly than a lot of people even understand.”
Donald Trump highlights action against H1-B workers while accepting renomination
His acceptance on Thursday night came during a speech from the White House South Lawn on the last day of the ongoing Republican National Convention (RNC).
Melania Trump urges Americans to ‘take chance on Donald again’
Melania’s speech came after her husband showcased a naturalisation ritual with a group of five newly minted Americans from five countries, including India. Critics are calling this a “galling” political stunt.
Michelle Obama says Donald Trump is wrong President for America
Trump knocked Obama and the video format of the Democratic convention from a rally in Wisconsin: “Who wants to listen to Michelle Obama do a taped speech?”
Kamala Harris will be Biden’s boss if elected: Donald Trump
After mentioning instances of Biden mis-speaking and his refusal to hold open press conferences, Trump made the dig about Harris and also House Speaker Nancy Pelosi being his boss.
Very Punny! Donald Trump’s Thigh-land instead of Thailand triggers meme fest on Twitter
And as we all know Internet is a very much unforgiving place and soon people took up the cue from Thigh-land and made jokes– Very Punny.
Facebook, Twitter remove Trump clip over Covid misinformation
The social media platforms said the statement by the US President made during the interview to Fox News violated their rules related to Covid-19 misinformation.
Trump predicts pandemic will ‘get worse before it gets better’
Trump also asked all Americans to wear face coverings, saying “they’ll have an effect” and show “patriotism”, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Donald Trump endorses wearing masks by tweeting doing so is “patriotic”
Having resisted wearing a mask in the past, Trump has until recently denied the effectiveness of masks in curtailing the spread of the virus.
Trump wears mask on camera for first time as he visits military hospital
Even Republican lawmakers have advised him to do so publicly so as to curb the spread of the contagion.
Two-thirds of US adults disapprove of Trump’s COVID-19 handling
Only 33 per cent said that they approved of Trump’s performance, the latest ABC-Ipsos poll found on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Trump postpones campaign rally in New Hampshire, citing tropical storm Fay
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday said the event would be delayed “a week or two”, Xinhua news agency reported.
Harvard, MIT sue Donald Trump admin over foreign students visa policy
MIT and Harvard are among the top educational institutes that attract scores of students from across the world, including India.
Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized
Los Angeles police told The Hollywood Reporter that they were unaware of the vandalism and there had been zero complaints reported.
Searching Twitter for ‘racist’ brings up Trump’s account
Several other accounts that featured in the search had the words “racist” or “racism” in their Twitter name or biographies.
Disabling your campaign video is not illegal, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tells Trump
Trump tweeted after the video, posted from @TeamTrump and @TrumpWarRoom accounts which was a four-minute tribute to African American George Floyd, was disabled on the micro-blogging platform.
Twitter, Facebook remove Trump campaign video
While Twitter disabled the video, Facebook and Instagram removed posts with the video on Trump campaign accounts, reports Vox.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg again defends decision on not flagging Trump post
In a virtual town hall with employees on Tuesday, Zuckerberg said that the post “did not constitute a policy violation”.
Donald Trump bans use of foreign power grid equipment citing security risk
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ban the import and use of certain power grid equipment, so as to “secure the country’s bulk-power system”.
Donald Trump urges Michigan Governor to settle with anti-lockdown protesters
The pursuit of the protest, organized by Michigan United for Liberty, is to reopen the state’s economy.
Days after following Narendra Modi, PMO India on Twitter, White House now unfollow them
The White House, which is the official residence of Trump, used to follow both the personal account (@narendramodi) of PM Modi and his official Twitter handles @PMOIndia.
Twitter won’t remove Donald Trump videos on disinfectant as COVID-19 treatment
San Francisco: Twitter has refused to remove controversial videos posted by US President Donald Trump that suggest infecting disinfectant and use ultraviolet or “very powerful” light inside the body to treat COVID-19. Twitter, however, has blocked hashtag trends around injecting disinfectant. “If Tweets or Trends about #COVID19 include a call[Read More…]