Category: Politics

The senators questioned the federal government’s use of solitary confinement rather than granting compassionate release.

The president’s quest to come across as commanding even while suffering from a deadly illness is in keeping with one of his great phobias in life: appearing weak.

Long before the president contracted covid-19, some former colleagues said they were disappointed in what they view as his lack of independence from White House politics.

The president’s medical team said that he had begun a steroid treatment after twice suffering bouts of low oxygen but also was doing well and could soon be discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

The past seven days have dealt one setback after another for the incumbent, including his own hospitalization for the coronavirus he has long downplayed and dismissed.

The vice-presidential debate is on track for Wednesday after 11 cases traced to preparations for the first presidential debate in Ohio.

The Democratic presidential nominee’s operation had not previously been providing details about each test.

In a statement to The Washington Post, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer demanded that all members of the Judiciary Committee be tested before participating in Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.

“It’s like deer in the headlights,” said a staffer desperate for information.

Trump’s physician said the president will be closely monitored Sunday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in between doses of the experimental drug, remdesivir.

A video that has apparently been edited. Photos taken 10 minutes apart.

A series of contradictory statements and a growing number of questionable decisions raise huge questions about how this is being handled.