In a nearly 17-year career with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Officer Omar E. Palmer had encountered plenty of precarious situations, from suitcases filled with weapons and drugs to disorderly passengers in John F. Kennedy Airport’s international terminal. “I would often get calls, when he would get off work in …
Read More »White House threatens to fire FDA chief unless Covid vaccine OKed Friday: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump and Stephen Hahn, Director of the Food and Drug Administration participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told the head of the …
Read More »White House Coronavirus Task Force backs restoration of inbound travel from Brazil, UK and Europe, sources say
President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Washington. Evan Vucci | AP The White House Coronavirus Task Force has recommended to President Donald Trump that the United States begin allowing travelers into the country from Brazil, the United Kingdom and …
Read More »White House summons FDA chief to discuss why agency isn’t moving faster on vaccine
FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen M. Hahn speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 21, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images White House Chief of Staff …
Read More »White House transition could complicate vaccine distribution
A syringe is seen by the logo of Pfizer’s headquarter in Manhattan, New York City, United States on November 19, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday gave a forecast of how he projects that the complex coronavirus vaccine distribution process will turn …
Read More »White House ready to ship Covid vaccines if approved
President Donald Trump‘s administration is ready to help distribute coronavirus vaccines across the United States should regulators grant emergency approvals, Operation Warp Speed advisor Dr. Moncef Slaoui told CNBC on Friday. “As soon as the EUA is approved, within 24 hours, the vaccines will be in the immunization sites and …
Read More »White House says U.S. is prepared for surge as CDC warns of accelerating Covid deaths
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stands in front of a map of the United States indicating the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) portrayed as new cases per 100,000 population as Pence leads a briefing by the White House coronavirus task force in the Brady press briefing room at the White …
Read More »White House coronavirus task force to address public for first time in months
[The stream is slated to start at 4 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The White House coronavirus task force is slated to address the public on Thursday for the first time in months as the Covid-19 outbreak continues …
Read More »New coronavirus case from Trump White House election party
Former Donald Trump campaign adviser, Healy E. Baumgardner, right, talks to a member of the media in the hallway of the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais | AP Two more people who attended an Election Night party at the …
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