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Trump's condition improving, could return to White House Monday: doctors

Reuters   2020-10-04 23:04:53

US President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, the doctors leading his treatm...

America's majority says Trump could have avoided coronavirus

Reuters 2020-10-04 19:08:47

Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the US presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority of Americans think Trump could have av...

Trump's condition had been worse than revealed

Reuters 2020-10-04 18:34:29

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed that President Donald Trump's condition on Friday was far worse than officials had made public, saying doctors recommended the president go to the hosp...

Pompeo shortens upcoming Asia trip after Trump falls ill

-- 2020-10-04 16:51:52

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department said on Saturday, after US President Donald Tr...

Trump says he feels better, but next few days ‘the real test'

REUTERS 2020-10-04 09:42:03

President Donald Trump said from his hospital room on Saturday that he felt “much better” but the next few days will be “the real test” of his treatment for Covid-19, capping a...

Trump's COVID-19 symptoms 'very concerning', next 48 hours critical: Source

-- 2020-10-03 23:35:59

President Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID-19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning, a person familiar with his health said on Saturday,...

Trump Covid-19 diagnosis may mean tougher US line on China: Analysts

-- 2020-10-03 18:26:36

US President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection adds greater uncertainty to the presidential election and is likely to push him to take an even tougher line on China, mainland Chinese observer...

Trump's age, health woes raise his risk for COVID-19 illness

AP 2020-10-03 16:36:09

US President Donald Trump has several strikes against him - age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male - that could put him at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus infect...

Trump tweets health update from hospital: “Going well, I think!”

REUTERS 2020-10-03 14:35:47

US President Donald Trump said on Twitter late on Friday, after being hospitalised with Covid-19, that he thought he was doing well. “Going well, I think! Thank you to all. LOVE!!!,” the...

After Trump's Covid diagnosis, Biden says masks not about being a 'tough guy'

Reuters 2020-10-03 12:15:43

Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday (local time) that President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis shows the importance of taking the pandemic seriously, telling Americ...

What happens to US presidential election if a candidate dies?

REUTERS 2020-10-03 09:51:34

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was going into isolation. Trump has mild symptoms, according to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. But the...

US President Trump shifted to military hospital

REUTERS 2020-10-03 09:29:47

US President Donald Trump moved to a military hospital for treatment on Friday after being diagnosed with Covid-19 as his administration and re-election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinar...

Democrat Biden, wife test negative for COVID-19

Reuters 2020-10-02 23:17:23

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill have tested negative for coronavirus, their doctor said in a statement on Friday. “Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden unde...

US VP Pence could assume control if Trump becomes incapacitated

REUTERS 2020-10-02 15:16:21

Like two US presidents before him, Donald Trump could temporarily hand over power to his vice president should he become incapacitated, for example while undergoing a medical procedure as treatment fo...

Trump pays 'price' for gamble as coronavirus 'spares no one'

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-10-02 14:47:54

US President Donald Trump, in quarantine on Friday after being tested positive for Covid-19, has underplayed the pandemic for months, eschewing masks, criticising others who wear them and holding larg...

US President Trump, wife Melania test positive for Covid-19

REUTERS 2020-10-02 11:30:53

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the “recovery process.” “We...

Trump to quarantine after close aide tests Covid-positive

REUTERS 2020-10-02 10:21:56

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was beginning a quarantine process after Hope Hicks, a top adviser and trusted aide, tested positive for the coronavirus. Hicks travels regularly with th...

Trump administration sued over 'unconstitutional' ICC sanctions

Reuters 2020-10-01 23:43:56

Human rights lawyers launched a legal challenge on Thursday to US President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing economic sanctions on employees of the world’s permanent war crimes trib...

US big tech cozy up to Biden camp with cash, connections

Reuters 2020-10-01 23:37:31

With a framed Joe Biden poster in the background, Amazon.com Inc’s Jay Carney made no secret of his long history with the presidential candidate while speaking at a virtual policy roundtable dur...

Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target US voters

-- 2020-10-01 21:06:16

The Russian group accused of meddling in the 2016 US election has posed as an independent news outlet to target right-wing social media users ahead of this year’s vote, two people familiar with...

Trump-Biden face off: Debate organisers vow to make next one less chaotic

REUTERS 2020-10-01 11:10:46

US presidential debate organisers vowed on Wednesday to change the rules to rein in unruly behavior after President Donald Trump repeatedly interrupted rival Joe Biden and the moderator in the candida...

60pc watchers say Biden wins first presidential debate, CNN poll shows

CNN 2020-09-30 12:18:18

About 60 per cent or six in 10 US presidential debate watchers said former Vice President Joe Biden did the best job in Tuesday's debate, and just 28 per cent say President Donald Tru...

Biden responds to Trump with post-debate digital onslaught

-- 2020-09-30 11:05:28

A day after Donald Trump’s campaign flexed its digital muscle with a seven-figure ad-buy, Joe Biden’s campaign was responding in kind with a post-debate digital advertising onslaught begin...

Trump, Biden lock horns in chaotic first presidential debate

-- 2020-09-30 09:57:31

Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the integrity of November’s election...

Five things to watch as Trump, Biden debate

-- 2020-09-29 15:35:10

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden square off on Tuesday in their first presidential debate. With five weeks to go until the Nov 3 general election, the stakes are high. Here...

On eve of first debate, Biden campaign puts Trump tax issue on front burner

REUTERS 2020-09-29 14:15:44

Joe Biden’s campaign seized on a fresh line of attack on the eve of the Democratic presidential nominee’s first debate with President Donald Trump, accusing the Republican incumbent of gam...

Six decades of US presidential debates: From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden

REUTERS 2020-09-29 11:53:53

Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden face off on Tuesday in a televised presidential debate, part of a 60-year-old tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern...

Global coronavirus deaths top 1 million

Reuters 2020-09-29 10:16:43

More than 1 million people have died of Covid-19 around the world as of Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pace of fatalities picking up as infections again surge in several countries. D...

Trump paid no tax in 10 of 15 years: NY Times

REUTERS 2020-09-28 13:01:22

President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, after years of reporting heavy losses from his business enterprises to offset hundreds of millions of dollars in in...

US students demand tuition cuts

-- 2020-09-28 09:54:48

Full-time students at Chicago’s Columbia College spend $14,000 a year for professional, hands-on training in dance, film and music that the school normally offers in studios and classrooms scatt...