President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from his press conference on Monday less than five minutes after it began after a Secret Service agent shot a 51-year-old man who ‘aggressively’ approached the officer and said he had a weapon outside the White House. In a update released Monday night, the Secret Service said the man approached … Read more
President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that the worst of COVID-19 is yet to come as he held his first White House coronavirus briefing since April. ‘It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better – something I don’t like saying about things,’ Trump said of the continuing global health crisis. ‘But that’s the way … Read more
Signs of a rift between Boris Johnson and his top scientific advisers deepened today after they failed to attend the PM’s latest announcement on lockdown easing. Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty were notable absentees from this morning’s briefing from Downing Street The SAGE experts have become familiar … Read more
‘If Matt Hancock’s on, our ratings shoot up!’ Pointless host Richard Osman claims more viewers tune in if an unpopular MP fronts the daily coronavirus briefing By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 08:16 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 09:11 BST, 26 May 2020 It has won millions of fans and multiple syndications following its … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raged about the coverage of CDC Director Robert Redfield’s interview with The Washington Post, where the medical expert warned about the dangers of a second wave of the coronavirus. Trump brought Redfield to the White House podium to repudiate the interview only for the CDC director to confirm the newspaper correctly … Read more
Yvonne Doyle, medical director of Public Health England, looked mildly blank when the thorny issue of care homes was raised at yesterday’s Downing Street press briefing. Someone had made the not unreasonable point that NHS Nightingale hospital was largely empty, so why couldn’t it be used to provide support for elderly patients from care homes? … Read more
Priti Patel is facing fresh pressure over bullying allegations today despite Boris Johnson vowing to ‘stick by’ her – with a claim she threw a folder at an official during a row. The Prime Minister told MPs he had full confidence in the embattled Home Secretary despite launching a Cabinet Office inquiry this week into … Read more