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Coronavirus shakes the conceit of ‘American exceptionalism’
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-weekend-reads-politics-1283d176484e133f31080227bb15c5d1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-weekend-reads-politics-1283d176484e133f31080227bb15c5d1Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America’s very institutions?When came from distant lands to the United States, it was met with cascading failures and incompetencies by a system that exists to prepare, protect, prevent and cut citizens a check in a national...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-weekend-reads-politics-1283d176484e133f31080227bb15c5d1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-weekend-reads-politics-1283d176484e133f31080227bb15c5d1Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — What if the real “invisible enemy” is the enemy from within — America’s very institutions?When came from distant lands to the United States, it was met with cascading failures and incompetencies by a system that exists to prepare, protect, prevent and cut citizens a check in a national...WW…
Trump leaves trail of unmet promises in coronavirus response
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-technology-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-b46f001debfafb3d28ead7f45783498cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/pandemics-technology-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-b46f001debfafb3d28ead7f45783498cClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones.They talk numbers. Bewildering numbers about masks on the way. About tests being taken. About ships sailing to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-technology-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-b46f001debfafb3d28ead7f45783498cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/pandemics-technology-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-b46f001debfafb3d28ead7f45783498cClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones.They talk numbers. Bewildering numbers about masks on the way. About tests being taken. About ships sailing to...WW…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump is not credible on virus death tolls
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-germany-837fa9a762a1fe5b0b7e629d8191a3e0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-germany-837fa9a762a1fe5b0b7e629d8191a3e0Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Truth can be a casualty when President Donald Trump talks about deaths from the in the United States.He’s claimed that the United States is on par with Germany in keeping down COVID-19 deaths, which is not the case in mortality reports. He’s brushed off projections that from earlier...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-germany-837fa9a762a1fe5b0b7e629d8191a3e0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-germany-837fa9a762a1fe5b0b7e629d8191a3e0Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Truth can be a casualty when President Donald Trump talks about deaths from the in the United States.He’s claimed that the United States is on par with Germany in keeping down COVID-19 deaths, which is not the case in mortality reports. He’s brushed off projections that from earlier...WW…
Trump leaves trail of unmet promises in coronavirus response
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-pandemics-1b92ce21f8ddf7eefb634b92fee38fedClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-pandemics-1b92ce21f8ddf7eefb634b92fee38fedClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones.They talk numbers. Bewildering numbers about masks on the way. About tests being taken. About...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-pandemics-1b92ce21f8ddf7eefb634b92fee38fedClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-pandemics-1b92ce21f8ddf7eefb634b92fee38fedClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — For several months, President Donald Trump and his officials have cast a fog of promises meant to reassure a country in the throes of the pandemic. Trump and his team haven’t delivered on critical ones.They talk numbers. Bewildering numbers about masks on the way. About tests being taken. About...WW…
More action, less talk, distinguish Biden’s 100-day sprint
For any leader, a lingering pandemic that has killed more than a half-million citizens would be plenty for a first 100 days. But it has been far from the sole preoccupation for the 78-year-old Biden.WASHINGTON — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.Sometimes he’ll stumble on a digit — after all, flubs come with the man. But the message is always clear: The toll of the virus weighs on him constantly, a millstone that...…For any leader, a lingering pandemic that has killed more than a half-million citizens would be plenty for a first 100 days. But it has been far from the sole preoccupation for the 78-year-old Biden.WASHINGTON — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead.Sometimes he’ll stumble on a digit — after all, flubs come with the man. But the message is always clear: The toll of the virus weighs on him constantly, a millstone that...WW…
Biden seeks a new view of infrastructure, far beyond asphalt
close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is giving himself lots of latitude when he defines infrastructure for the purpose of spending money on it. It’s not just steel, but home health care workers. Not just excavating dirt, but building “dignity.”The Republican Party says if it’s not a pothole, port, plane or bridge, forget about it. Never mind that Donald Trump, like Biden,...…close This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. To orderpresentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distributionto colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire aboutpermissions/licensing, please go to: WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is giving himself lots of latitude when he defines infrastructure for the purpose of spending money on it. It’s not just steel, but home health care workers. Not just excavating dirt, but building “dignity.”The Republican Party says if it’s not a pothole, port, plane or bridge, forget about it. Never mind that Donald Trump, like Biden,...WW…
Biden readies for 1st news conference, White House tradition
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-first-news-conference-dd244a717c67c27cb4b0fd907ab1cb55Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-first-news-conference-dd244a717c67c27cb4b0fd907ab1cb55Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — He’d led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.“Well, I see we’re trying a new experiment this morning,” President Dwight Eisenhower told the press corps. “I hope that doesn’t prove to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-first-news-conference-dd244a717c67c27cb4b0fd907ab1cb55Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-first-news-conference-dd244a717c67c27cb4b0fd907ab1cb55Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — He’d led allied armies in the defeat of Nazi Germany only to find himself, a decade later, a tad intimidated before the cameras in an echoey room of the Old Executive Office Building, ready to make history again.“Well, I see we’re trying a new experiment this morning,” President Dwight Eisenhower told the press corps. “I hope that doesn’t prove to...WW…
2 impeachment trials, 2 escape hatches for Donald Trump
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-trials-coronavirus-pandemic-mitch-mcconnell-elections-4d1d7ec837c3e942dcbfda962a6dd691Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-trials-coronavirus-pandemic-mitch-mcconnell-elections-4d1d7ec837c3e942dcbfda962a6dd691Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to see.Trump’s second...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-trials-coronavirus-pandemic-mitch-mcconnell-elections-4d1d7ec837c3e942dcbfda962a6dd691Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-trials-coronavirus-pandemic-mitch-mcconnell-elections-4d1d7ec837c3e942dcbfda962a6dd691Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial centered on a phone call Americans never heard with the leader of a country very far away. The trial went on for two weeks of he-said-she-said. There was a mountain of evidence to pore over but not one drop of blood to see.Trump’s second...WW…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's team glosses over his Jan. 6 tirade
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0eaClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0eaClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.Trump attorney Michael van der Veen accused...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0eaClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0eaClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s legal team thoroughly distorted his remarks from the rally that prefaced the storming of the Capitol last month, seizing on the one instance when Trump spoke of peaceful protest in his “fight like hell” tirade of anger and grievance.Trump attorney Michael van der Veen accused...WW…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump won't admit failures in virus testing
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-health-understanding-the-outbreak-politics-cd4751b4cdd78cdc743bed58e4ed972bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-health-understanding-the-outbreak-politics-cd4751b4cdd78cdc743bed58e4ed972bClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was displeased when the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress joined in a statement declining to use coronavirus testing machines from the White House for lawmakers. The statement affirmed what U.S. officials already know but Trump won’t...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-health-understanding-the-outbreak-politics-cd4751b4cdd78cdc743bed58e4ed972bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-health-understanding-the-outbreak-politics-cd4751b4cdd78cdc743bed58e4ed972bClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was displeased when the Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress joined in a statement declining to use coronavirus testing machines from the White House for lawmakers. The statement affirmed what U.S. officials already know but Trump won’t...WW…