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Coronavirus: Donald Trump says 5m daily tests 'unnecessary'

President Trump continued to send mixed messages on the country's COVID-19 testing capabilities, saying a benchmark of five million tests per day was 'unnecessary,' but that the country would hit it.




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Coronavirus US: Andrew Cuomo attacks Mitch McConnell over funds

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ripped into Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, accusing him of 'political rhetoric and personal vitriol' in resisting federal bailout funds for states.




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CHRIS SUTTON: The PFA needs modernisation and Dave Kitson has been there and done it as a player

COMMENT: I'm certainly glad to see Dave Kitson making a move for the position. This is an institution in desperate need of modernisation and Kitson has been there, done that as a player.




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Google searches for hydroxychloroquine surged after endorsements from Trump and Elon Musk

A new study found that Google searches for chloroquine soared by more than 442% and those for hydroxychloroquine were up 1,389% after Musk and Trump praised the drugs.




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Trump steps up threat to link federal bailout to states ending sanctuary city status

President Trump again tied state aid to ridding the country of so-called 'sanctuary cities,' where local jurisdictions don't play ball with federal immigration enforcement.




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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of Arizona man who drank fish tank cleaner

Gary Lenius, 68, died in March after he and his wife Wanda both drank the fish tank cleaner that contained chloroquine phosphate. Detectives say it is normal protocol for homicide to look into it.




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FEMA orders 100,000 more COVID-19 body bags to prepare for 'worst case scenario'

FEMA placed the ominous $5.1 million order for 'human remain pouches' on April 21, following just weeks after a separate order for 100,000 body bags was made by the agency.




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Donald Trump reveals plans to travel to Arizona and Ohio and wants to bring back campaign rallies

President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed plans to travel the country in the next few weeks that could eventually lead to the return of his massive campaign rallies. 




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Majority of Americans say Trump not doing a good job on coronavirus

A majority of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus, a new poll showed, with 55 per cent giving him a thumbs down.




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Beef prices hit a record high and shelves stay empty amid growing fears for the meat supply

Latest figures from the US Department of Agriculture reveal that wholesale American beef now costs a staggering $357.38 per 100 pounds amid nationwide food shortages. 




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Ricky Gervais branded 'Nostradamus' for predicting Donald Trump's disinfectant comments in 2016 

Fans believe that in 2016, Ricky Gervais predicted Donald Trump's extraordinary comments about bleach being a cure for coronavirus.




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Donald Trump threatened to SUE his campaign manager during furious shouting match

President Trump threatened to sue his campaign manager during a furious phone call Friday, in the wake of his poll numbers plummeting and re-election chances diminishing.




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Meat plant workers will REFUSE to go to work over Trump's executive order to keep plants open

Meat processing plant workers are threatening that they won't return to work despite President Donald Trump's executive order on Tuesday to keep facilities running despite COVID-19 outbreaks.




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Donald Trump tweets claim economy will be so strong Democrats will accuse him of hyping COVID-19

President Donald Trump retweeted a conservative supporter Thursday who predicted the economy will be doing so well by summer Democrats will accuse him of 'hyping' the coronavirus outbreak.




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Mitt Romney slams Donald Trump's pandemic response saying he is 'not the smartest guy in the room'

Mitt Romney made a series of thinly-veiled digs at President Trump's leadership amid the pandemic when speaking on the Georgetown Politics Forum Tuesday.




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Charmed star Holly Marie Combs blames Trump for her grandfather's death from coronavirus

The 46-year-old actress took to Twitter Monday to share the sad news about her grandfather's passing, before she sent out a scathing message to the Commander-in-chief.




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Rutgers professor blames Trump's 'clusterf****d' COVID response for more black infections

Brittany Cooper, a professor at Rutger's Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, lambasted Trump and his supporters, who she declared were 'willing to die' for him.




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Democratic senators might not return to Washington over health fears

Some Democratic senators might not return to Capitol Hill for work next week, after the Attending Physician of the United States Congress told House leadership it was too dangerous.




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Top COVID-19 model predicts 100,000 dead by end of summer

The MOBS model from the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University also estimates that there will be about 89,000 deaths by mid-May if stay-at-home orders remain in place.




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Trump campaign to launch advertising blitz after he erupted 'I'm not f***ing losing to Joe Biden'

Donald Trump's reelection campaign will release a nationwide ad Sunday touting his response to the coronavirus pandemic then a second wave of ads will issue attacks on Joe Biden.




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Food workers say Donald Trump is sacrificing lives for profit by reopening plants

On Tuesday, the president used the Defense Production Act for meat packing facilities to stay open amid fears of a food shortage, inset, in the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters main.




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Donald Trump tweets attack on 'dirty cop' James Comey after new documents on Michael Flynn

President Trump said he would considering bringing Michael Flynn back to work at the White House and expressed confidence his former national security adviser was going to be cleared. 




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Trump: Biden 'should respond' to assault allegations saying 'I've been falsely charged'

President Trump said Joe Biden 'should respond and answer' to sexual assault allegations made by a former Senate staffer that are currently dragging down the Democrat's presidential campaign.




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Entrepreneur got $69 MILLION to make ventilators after tweeting Trump - and failed to deliver ONE

Yaron Oren-Pines, an electrical engineer, was paid $47,656 each for 1,450 ventilators by New York state in March.




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Mike Flynn was CLEARED by the FBI of being a Russian asset days before interview when he lied

Unsealed FBI documents from 2017 reveal a plan to close an investigation of former national security advisor Mike Flynn due to a lack of 'derogatory' evidence.




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Donald Trump says he has seen evidence that the coronavirus started in Wuhan virology laboratory

President Donald Trump made the explosive charge that the coronavirus that has caused millions of infections may have been created in a Chinese lab in Wuhan and spoke of ways to punish the nation.




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Coronavirus: Trump criticises Sweden for avoiding lockdown

Schools, restaurants and hair salons across Sweden have remained open amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected upwards of 3.2million people globally.




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Secret Service paid Trump's Washington DC hotel more than $33,000 while guarding Steve Mnuchin

Receipts show they booked a standard room with two beds from January 25, 2017 but a spokesperson has confirmed they also used a luxury adjoining suite.




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Billionaire hotelier got $126million in small business loans after hiring Trump-allied lobbyists

A few weeks before Monty Bennett's companies received the sum, he hired Jeff Miller, former vice chairman of Trump's inaugural committee, and Roy Bailey, a re-election campaign fundraiser.




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Roger Stone appeals three-year prison sentence after former Trump aide was denied new trial

Roger Stone, long-time ally of President Donald Truymp, is appealing his three-year prison sentence after his bid for a new trial, based on the argument of jury bias in the original, was rejected by a judge




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WHO say they want to participate in Chinese probe into origins of Covid-19 after Trump's lab claims

The World Health Organization said it was hoping for an invitation from Beijing to take part in its probe into how the coronavirus originated in animals, then jumped to humans.




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Downing Street: 'questions that need to be answered' over coronavirus origin

Downing Street said today there are 'questions that need to be answered' about the origin of coronavirus after Donald Trump claimed it may have originated in a Chinese laboratory.




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'I cannot just talk about him right now': Donald Trump deepens mystery over Kim Jong Un's condition

President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his series of cryptic comments on the health and well-being of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.




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Harry Dunn's mother is hopeful for personal response from Donald Trump after review request

Harry Dunn (pictured) was killed in August 2019 when a car collided head-on with his motorcycle outside an RAF base. The car was allegedly being driven by U.S. citizen Anne Sacoolas.




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Trump gets out of the WH for first time in weeks with weekend in Camp David ahead of Arizona trip

Donald Trump will leave the White House for the first time in more than a month as he departs for Camp David Friday night after the president has expressed his desire to get out of Washington, D.C.




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Trump claims Joe Biden could face MORE women 'coming out'

President Donald Trump on Friday predicted more accusers would come out against Joe Biden and said he was 'sticking up' for the former vice president. 




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Trump moves to replace watchdog who wrote report on supply shortages amid coronavirus outbreak

Christi Grimm, principal deputy inspector general at the Department of Health, angered Trump with a report that identified critical shortages of supplies in the response to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Donald Trump ends 32-day lockdown by flying to Camp David with officials including Hope Hicks

The president took with him a group of senior officials including Hope Hicks, who was seen for the first time since she returned to the White House in March, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.




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Russia BILLED US more than $600,000 for medical supplies sent on 'aid' flight Putin offered to Trump

Vladimir Putin billed Donald Trump nearly $660,000 after sending 60 tons of medical equipment to the U.S. in the midst of the coronavirus crisis - including thousands of pieces hospitals don't use.




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America's big bet on company that promised vaccine within 'weeks' despite having no track record

Moderna Inc has been greenlit by the FDA to conduct a trial of its vaccine. The company has received $483million in funding from the government to carry it out.




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Trump blames Nancy Pelosi for the House not returning to session

'There is tremendous CoronaVirus testing capacity in Washington for the Senators returning to Capital Hill on Monday,' Trump tweeted on Saturday from Camp David.




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Trump celebrates Kim Jong Un's apparent return to public eye after his rumored bout with ill health

President Donald Trump said Saturday he is 'glad' to see that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supposedly returned to the public eye after rumors he was suffering ill health.




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Trump retweets claim 'he has done more for black people than any president bar Lincoln'

The president retweeted a remark by a Kenyan supporter who claimed that Trump had done more for black people than all other presidents combined.




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Donald Trump slams Pelosi for rejecting White House offer to provide Congress with rapid testing

Trump launched into a Twitter rant against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Saturday evening after she and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell turned down his offer of five-minute COVID-19 tests.




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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio calls Donald Trump's economic adviser worse than a 'cheapskate'

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett for saying that the country might not need an additional economic relief bill.




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Dr. Deborah Birx calls the behavior of Michigan's mask-less protesters 'devastatingly worrisome'

Dr. Deborah Birx called the crowds who gathered this week in the Michigan state capitol without masks 'devastatingly worrisome.'




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Truckers protest against freight rates in Washington DC and anti-lockdown rallies continue across US

A convoy of trucks descended on Washington DC for a second day Saturday to protest against low freight rates that truckers say are hammering the industry.




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Trump retweets 'baseless' claim Obama ran intelligence operation into administrations Russia ties

President Trump retweeted a podcaster's claim on Sunday that 'Evidence has surfaced that indicates Barack Obama was the one running the Russian hoax.'




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Radio star Ryan Fitzgerald appears to get a RETWEET from President Donald Trump

Nova FM Ryan Fitzgerald is known for his love of a prank or two. 




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Trump says the US will have a COVID-19 vaccine 'by the end of the year'

President Donald Trump expressed optimism that there would be a coronavirus vaccine by the conclusion of 2020.