What We Know About Trump’s Condition After Contracting COVID-19
The president, who tested positive for the coronavirus, was flown to the hospital. He reportedly had a fever and his physician said he was “fatigued.
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The Atlantic Daily: What We Know About Trump’s Health
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.OLIVER CONTRERAS / GETTYThe early-morning revelation that the president tested positive for the coronavirus set off a cascade of questions. When did Trump catch the coronavirus? What does his diagnosis mean? And who else in the White House might be sick?The answers aren’t clear-cut.
Don’t Expect Trump’s Diagnosis to Change the Minds of Pandemic Skeptics
Donald Trump announced early this morning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Details are still emerging about his condition—so far, he has reportedly exhibited only minor symptoms of COVID-19—but his diagnosis illustrates the dangers of disregarding the virus’s threat: The president has routinely downplayed it, which has inspired many of his supporters to do the same.
Could Trump Have Infected Biden?
“I don’t wear masks like him,” President Donald Trump said during Tuesday night’s presidential debate, deriding his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. “Every time you see him, he’s got a mask.” But at nearly 1 a.m. eastern time today, Trump announced that he had tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. As president, Trump’s dire mishandling of the U.S.
Why Has the President Gone Silent?
Updated at 6:06 p.m. ET on October 2, 2020. It is a peculiar calm in the midst of the wild storm. Even as the nation descended into a frenzy over President Donald Trump’s positive coronavirus test, there was silence from the one reliable source of noise for the past five years: the president himself.At 12:54 this morning, Trump tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive.
Azar says HHS reviewing $300M pandemic ad campaign amid scrutiny
Trump’s health secretary also refused to address whether the president ordered a slowdown in coronavirus testing.
Mike Lee May Have Infected Senate Judiciary Committee Members With COVID-19
The committee is still moving forward with a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 12.
What we know — and don’t — about Trump’s Covid case
The president’s age and weight puts him at higher risk of complications.
The President Is Sick and So Is the Economic Recovery
As if there wasn’t enough troubling news on this Friday.
Election Season Upended: Trump’s COVID Diagnosis Could Reshape Race, Debates & SCOTUS Fight
President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, throwing the final month of an already unprecedented election season into disarray. What will this latest news mean for the debates and the Supreme Court? And what will happen if President Trump is unable to lead the country? We speak to journalist John Nichols about the line of succession, campaigning in the critical swing state of Wisconsin, and more.
Naomi Klein: I Fear Trump Will Exploit His COVID Infection to Further Destabilize the Election
How will President Trump’s revelation that he tested positive for COVID-19 affect the presidential race? Acclaimed journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein warns that the Trump campaign is likely to exploit the news. “We need to be prepared for the president using the fact that he’s having to cancel campaign events for two weeks to try to further delegitimize elections,” she says.
Superspreader-in-Chief: For Months Trump Spread COVID Lies, Now He May Have Spread the Virus Itself
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement came early Friday morning, hours after Bloomberg News reported that Trump adviser Hope Hicks became ill during Trump’s Wednesday night rally in Duluth, Minnesota, and had to be quarantined aboard Air Force One on the return flight to Washington. Hicks went on to test positive for coronavirus early on Thursday, though the White House did not report her illness.
Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Months of Downplaying Virus & Mocking Biden for Wearing Mask
Just days after mocking his presidential rival Joe Biden for regularly wearing masks, President Donald Trump has revealed that he and first lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for COVID-19 and are entering 14 days of isolation. For months, Trump has downplayed the severity of the pandemic, which has killed over 200,000 Americans.
Help! My Mother Won’t Leave Me Her House Even if I Pay Off the Mortgage for Her.
I’m devastated she would do this to me when I’m trying to help her.
Why the Most Influential American Clothier Filed for Bankruptcy
Brooks Brothers popularized the button-down shirt. It clothed nearly every U.S. President.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Kid Screams Bloody Murder at 3 a.m.
Parenting advice on tantrums, apologizing, and baby gifts.
I Could Spend a Whole Semester Teaching Trump’s Tax Returns
The president’s creative filings illustrate the complexities—and the shortcomings—of our tax system.
Angry About Trump’s $750 Tax Bill? Then Let’s Fix the IRS.
The wealthy no longer fear the taxman. Democrats finally have an opening to fix that.
The Collateral Damage of Airbnb’s COVID Refund Policy
“Four houses fully booked for months—every single one of them canceled. … I banked everything on this.
There’s a Looming Eviction Crisis, and We Have No Idea How Bad It Will Be
America is very good at tracking when people buy homes—and terrible at tracking how many are booted from them.
‘On the precipice’: How the cratering economy became a second public health crisis
Recovery could take years, with the nation’s most vulnerable enduring the worst of it.
House panel says drugmakers inflated prices to boost profits and reap bonuses
The Democrat-led reports come just weeks before Election Day, and amid efforts by President Donald Trump to show progress on slashing drug costs.
Trump is fuzzy on tax policy as Biden goes all in
Trump has raised various ideas in recent months, though his proposals remain much vaguer than during his 2016 presidential campaign.
2020 is the Year Trump Was Worried About
If presidential elections really turn on how the country is doing, there’s a good reason for the incumbent to sweat.
Trump stokes a new threat to Wall Street: Election chaos
“This does have the potential to incite … the metastasizing of social unrest,” said one market strategist.
Internal memo reassured Trudeau that virus’s economic hit would be ‘manageable’
Critics have argued the Trudeau government lacked preparedness or a sense of urgency before the country was hit by the pandemic’s crises.
Fed expects to keep rates near zero through 2023
The central bank shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
Kate Aronoff: The Climate Crisis Can’t Take 4 More Years of Trump. We Must Push Biden from the Left
After massive outcry from activists and young voters, debate moderator Chris Wallace questioned President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden about the climate crisis at the first presidential debate. He did not include it in his initial list of debate topics. Kate Aronoff, author and staff writer at The New Republic, says she didn’t expect climate change to come up, but was unsurprised by the responses.