President Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over flag, rope
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCAR's only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues.Exploiting racial tensions, President Trump wrongly accused Bubba Wallace of perpetrating “a hoax” after one of his crew members discovered a rope shaped like a noose in a garage stall they had been assigned to.
FDA head rejects President Trump's 'harmless' virus claim
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner is declining to back up President Donald Trump’s claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are “harmless.”Dr.
President Trump plans huge July 4 fireworks show despite DC's concerns
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s July Fourth celebration on the National Mall will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who want them — but despite health concerns from D.C.'s mayor, no one apparently will be required to wear them.President Trump made no mention of the masks or of the pandemic overall in a tweet Wednesday on his Independence Day pIans.
Antonin Scalia, Jackie Robinson among those picked for President Trump's 'National Garden' of heroes
KEYSTONE, S.D. -- President Donald Trump on Friday, July 3 announced the creation of a National Garden of American Heroes to pay tribute to historically significant Americans -- a garden that will include former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and baseball star Jackie Robinson among past presidents, anti-slavery advocates and others.“I am announcing the creation of a new monument to the giants of our past, I am signing an executive order to establish a National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park featuring statues of the greatest Americans to ever live,” he said in a fiery speech in front of Mount Rushmore Friday night.The order says that the garden, to be opened before July 4, 2024, will “depict historically significant Americans...
Neil Young upset President Trump event used his song: ‘This is NOT ok with me’
KEYSTONE, S.D. -- Neil Young made clear once again Friday that he doesn’t like it when one of his songs is used during a public appearance by President Donald Trump.On Friday night, Young’s 1989 song, “Rockin’ in the Free World,” was played during the president’s Independence Day weekend event at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.“This is NOT ok with me,” the Canadian-born rocker, who became a U.S. citizen in January after living in Northern California for decades, wrote on social media.
At Mount Rushmore, President Trump digs deeper into nation's divisions
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. — At the foot of Mount Rushmore and on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump dug deeper into America's divisions by accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history.”The president, in remarks Friday night at the South Dakota landmark, offered a discordant tone to an electorate battered by a pandemic and seared by the recent high-profile killings of Black people.
President Trump plans fiery Mount Rushmore rally amid virus threat, protests
KEYSTONE, S.D. — President Donald Trump planned a fiery Mount Rushmore speech Friday night including denunciations of protesters he says are trying to “tear down” the nation's history.
New study: Hydroxychloroquine helps coronavirus patients recover
WASHINGTON -- Coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), as well as a combination of the malaria drug with an antibiotic, had higher survival rates than those who were not treated with the drug, a new study has found.Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit saw a "significant reduction" in mortality rates with patients who were hospitalized between March 10 and May 2 and treated with the drug compared to those who were not.
Herman Cain treated in hospital for COVID-19 after attending President Trump rally
WASHINGTON — 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain is being treated for the coronavirus at an Atlanta-area hospital, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account Thursday.It's not clear when or where Cain was infected, but he was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
NASCAR's Corey LaJoie to run 'Trump 2020' paint scheme at Brickyard 400
INDIANAPOLIS -- NASCAR Cup Series driver Corey LaJoie will run the No. 32 car with a “Trump 2020” paint scheme during Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Patriots of America, a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump’s reelection bid, is sponsoring Go Fas Racing’s No. 32 car for nine races through NASCAR’s 2020 season.
US unemployment falls to 11%, 4.8 million jobs added in June, with new shutdowns underway
WASHINGTON — U.S. unemployment fell to 11.1% in June as the economy added a solid 4.8 million jobs, the government reported Thursday, July 2.
President Trump says he looks like Lone Ranger in a mask and likes it
WASHINGTON — After long resisting wearing a mask in public, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks it makes him look like the Lone Ranger — and he likes it.“I’m all for masks.
'People have seen me wearing one:' President Trump says he's 'all for' masks amid COVID-19
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has been criticized by politicians for not wearing a mask in public, but he told FOX Business’ Blake Burman on Wednesday he has worn one in the past and the only reason he doesn’t wear one more often is because everyone gets tested before meeting with him.“I would.
The history-making moments that have happened so far in 2020 — and we’re only halfway through
CINCINNATI -- Remember when the president of the United States was facing two articles of impeachment and later acquitted by the Senate?
Ex-Bush officials launch super PAC backing Joe Biden over President Trump
WASHINGTON — A group of former George W.
President Trump supports stimulus payments larger than $1,200 in next bill
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump supports another round of economic impact payments to individuals, he told FOX Business on Wednesday, July 1.President Trump told FOX Business’ Blake Burman that he supported the measure as part of another stimulus package, so long as it “done properly.”“I support actually larger numbers than the Democrats, but it’s got to be done properly,” President Trump said. “I want the money getting to people to be larger so they can spend it.
President Trump vows to veto defense bill to keep Confederate base names
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is vowing to veto a massive defense bill to keep military bases such as Fort Bragg named after Confederate officers, swimming against sentiment in his own party and imperiling a 3% pay raise for the troops.President Trump took to Twitter late Tuesday to threaten a veto of a $741 billion annual Pentagon authorization bill because it would require a host of military bases named after Confederate figures to be renamed within three years.President Trump rival Sen.
President Trump: Washington Square Arch vandals should face federal charges
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump called Tuesday for two "anarchists" to turn themselves in on federal charges for vandalizing statues of George Washington in New York City."We have them on tape," President Trump tweeted. "They will be prosecuted and face 10 years in Prison based on the Monuments and Statues Act.
Joe Biden: President Trump has a 'lot to answer for' on Russian bounties
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has a “lot to answer for” amid reports that he was advised as early as March 2019 of intelligence that suggested Russia was offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans.“It’s an absolute dereliction of duty if any of this is even remotely true,” the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, after giving a speech excoriating President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Biden stopped short of saying President Trump had violated his oath of office or should face any consequences from Congress, which has already impeached and tried him on charges related to his handling of foreign affairs.
New York's governor says President Trump should wear mask and require them in public
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's Gov.