×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementTrump has issued no such order, but it’s not the first time he’s touted a seemingly nonexistent decree.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementor were .AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inbox…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementTrump has issued no such order, but it’s not the first time he’s touted a seemingly nonexistent decree.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementor were .AdvertisementSuggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpHuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox.Successfully Subscribed!Realness delivered to your inboxWW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement.AdvertisementThere are conflicting accounts surrounding the data’s disappearance. News outlets initially suggested that Trump’s administration had directed the CDC to wipe the figures from its website. In , however, officials at HHS placed the blame squarely on the CDC itself: “No one came out of our conversations believing that CDC was going to stop doing analysis,” an anonymous HHS official with direct knowledge of the situation told the outlet. “All it did was feed into this narrative that we...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Advertisement.AdvertisementThere are conflicting accounts surrounding the data’s disappearance. News outlets initially suggested that Trump’s administration had directed the CDC to wipe the figures from its website. In , however, officials at HHS placed the blame squarely on the CDC itself: “No one came out of our conversations believing that CDC was going to stop doing analysis,” an anonymous HHS official with direct knowledge of the situation told the outlet. “All it did was feed into this narrative that we...WW…

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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×The White House has tried to reassure the public that it’s on top of the pandemic, declaring it an “.” Yet as the disease has ripped through the country, many of President ’s Cabinet members have been largely absent or have failed to use the powers of their agencies to respond to a crisis that has shut down the economy and killed more than 20,000 Americans. “The absence of Trump’s Cabinet has been a staggering, if not unsurprising, abdication of leadership,” said Kyle Herrig, president of Accountable.US, a...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×The White House has tried to reassure the public that it’s on top of the pandemic, declaring it an “.” Yet as the disease has ripped through the country, many of President ’s Cabinet members have been largely absent or have failed to use the powers of their agencies to respond to a crisis that has shut down the economy and killed more than 20,000 Americans. “The absence of Trump’s Cabinet has been a staggering, if not unsurprising, abdication of leadership,” said Kyle Herrig, president of Accountable.US, a...WW…

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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementThe hearing began hours after The New York Times what it described as “a series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.” That included telling Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an infectious disease expert in Seattle, to stop testing for the virus after she discovered an outbreak in Washington state.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCORRECTION: This article has been updated to...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementThe hearing began hours after The New York Times what it described as “a series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.” That included telling Dr. Helen Y. Chu, an infectious disease expert in Seattle, to stop testing for the virus after she discovered an outbreak in Washington state.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCORRECTION: This article has been updated to...WW…

×U.K. editionPart of HuffPost News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.The triumphantly declared victory over the on Tuesday, one week before the and with Covid-19 cases surging across the country.The lie came in a news release on a new 62-page from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy listing what it claims are the scientific and technological accomplishments during President ’s first term. The list includes, “ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.”Advertisement“From the outset of the pandemic, the administration has taken decisive actions to engage scientists and health...…×U.K. editionPart of HuffPost News. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.The triumphantly declared victory over the on Tuesday, one week before the and with Covid-19 cases surging across the country.The lie came in a news release on a new 62-page from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy listing what it claims are the scientific and technological accomplishments during President ’s first term. The list includes, “ENDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.”Advertisement“From the outset of the pandemic, the administration has taken decisive actions to engage scientists and health...WW…

US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Environment. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.President will withdraw the nomination of as director of the  in the face of criticism over Pendley’s anti-environmentalist views and advocacy for selling off federal lands.A White House official confirmed the news Saturday, a day after Outdoor LifeThe decision is almost certainly influenced by the  in which Pendley’s nomination put Republican Sens. Cory Gardner (Colo.) and Steve Daines...…US EditionU.S.CLOSEFollow usPart of HuffPost Environment. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved.BREAKING NEWSTap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you.President will withdraw the nomination of as director of the  in the face of criticism over Pendley’s anti-environmentalist views and advocacy for selling off federal lands.A White House official confirmed the news Saturday, a day after Outdoor LifeThe decision is almost certainly influenced by the  in which Pendley’s nomination put Republican Sens. Cory Gardner (Colo.) and Steve Daines...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLast night, law enforcement stopped vandalism taking place in Lafayette Park.President will not allow rioters to dismantle our cultural heritage. — The White House (@WhiteHouse)“The president showed no concern for our ‘heritage’ when his Interior Department was decimating Bears Ears, land that is sacred to Native history and culture,” Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) said via email. “President Trump’s decision to sell off lands that are treasured by Tribes for development reveals...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLast night, law enforcement stopped vandalism taking place in Lafayette Park.President will not allow rioters to dismantle our cultural heritage. — The White House (@WhiteHouse)“The president showed no concern for our ‘heritage’ when his Interior Department was decimating Bears Ears, land that is sacred to Native history and culture,” Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) said via email. “President Trump’s decision to sell off lands that are treasured by Tribes for development reveals...WW…

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Always looking for ways to score points with his hero , freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation called the “Donument Act” to create a sweeping national monument at the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.“Think ‘Donald’ + ‘Monument,’” a spokesperson for Cawthorn , which first reported on the legislation. AdvertisementThe land shrine to Trump’s harsh, nativist immigration policies would be dubbed the “Southern Border Wall National Monument.” The bill would designate the physical wall...…×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Politics. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×Always looking for ways to score points with his hero , freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) has introduced legislation called the “Donument Act” to create a sweeping national monument at the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.“Think ‘Donald’ + ‘Monument,’” a spokesperson for Cawthorn , which first reported on the legislation. AdvertisementThe land shrine to Trump’s harsh, nativist immigration policies would be dubbed the “Southern Border Wall National Monument.” The bill would designate the physical wall...WW…