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Trump to face voters’ questions in NBC town hall

October 14, 2020

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In lieu of a formal debate, President Donald Trump has agreed to answer voters’ questions during a town hall program sponsored by NBC News on Thursday night.

The event will be held outdoors at the Perez Art Museum in Miami.

NBC News says it has a statement from National Institutes of Health clinical director Dr. Clifford Lane indicating he and White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci have reviewed Trump’s medical data and concluded with a “high degree of confidence” the president is “not shedding infectious virus.”

Trump tested positive for the coronavirus Oct. 2. He spent three days at the Walter Reed military hospital. He resumed public appearances over the weekend and resumed campaign travel Monday.

A formal matchup between the Republican president and Democrat Joe Biden that was scheduled for Thursday in Miami by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debate was canceled. The commission

Trump Court Nominee Fends Off Questions On Abortion, Health Care

October 14, 2020

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US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett insisted Tuesday that she had no fixed views on hot-button legal issues as Democrats painted her as President Donald Trump’s vehicle to end abortion rights and kill the popular Obamacare health program.

In the second day of hearings on her hurried nomination, Barrett, who if approved will tilt the high court decisively to the right, told lawmakers she would put personal and religious beliefs aside when deciding landmark cases.

But the 48-year-old judge and devout Catholic could not escape accusations from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was chosen to achieve Trump’s dream to nullify the Affordable Care Act of predecessor Barack Obama, which extended cheap health care to millions of uninsured Americans.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a practicing Catholic, is well-regarded by conservative Christians, who share many of her values, including an opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage Photo: AFP

Former Trump doctor Ronny Jackson questions Biden’s mental fitness for office

October 13, 2020

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Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician-turned-GOP congressional candidate, suggested on Tuesday that Democratic nominee Joe Biden is mentally unfit for office, citing what he called cognitive decline.

a man wearing a suit and tie looking at the camera: Former Trump doctor Ronny Jackson questions Biden's mental fitness for office

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Former Trump doctor Ronny Jackson questions Biden’s mental fitness for office

The remarks from Jackson, who has not evaluated Biden, came during a phone call organized by President Trump’s campaign and are part of a sustained effort by Trump’s allies to highlight Biden’s gaffes on the campaign trail, arguing they make him mentally incapable of serving as commander in chief.

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Jackson said Tuesday that he was speaking as a “concerned citizen” and not as a Republican congressional candidate.

“As a citizen of this country, I watch Joe Biden on the campaign trail and I am concerned that he does not – am convinced that he does not have the mental capacity, the cognitive ability to serve as our

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

October 13, 2020

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I am 71 and started the menopause aged 47 but, ten years ago, I developed night sweats that cause me to wake each hour with sweat dripping off my nose and joints. I’m getting depressed about this.

Wyn Brown, Spennymoor, Newcastle.

I feel for you and, sadly, you are not alone in experiencing such troublesome and enduring post-menopausal symptoms.

While many believe these will decline over the years, studies show that 9 per cent of women aged 72 continue to have them.

The average age a woman goes through the menopause (i.e. no longer has periods due to a lack of oestrogen) is 52, so this means that, in some cases, the symptoms are persisting for decades. Hot flushes are the most common symptom, affecting 80 per cent of women.

Our body temperature is controlled by an area of the brain known as

Trump questions Pelosi’s fitness as third in line to the presidency

October 11, 2020

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Donald Trump claimed Sunday that Nancy Pelosi is not fit to serve as questions over her status as third-in-line to the presidency emerge after she formed a commission on removing from office presidents deemed unfit.

‘I don’t think she could pass basic aptitude test personally,’ Trump told Fox News Sunday morning. ‘I really don’t, I don’t believe it.’

The comments come as concerns from conservatives arise over the fact Pelosi could rise to power in the case of a contested election.

On Friday, Pelosi rolled out legislation to set up a commission under the 25th Amendment to weigh whether a president is incapacitated.

She claimed the move had nothing to do with potentially removing COVID-19-stricken President Donald Trump and having Vice President Mike Pence take over.

Donald Trump in a suit and tie: Donald Trump said during a phone interview Sunday that Nancy Pelosi is not fit to serve. 'I don't think she could pass basic aptitude test personally'

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Donald Trump said during a phone interview Sunday that Nancy Pelosi is

Hospitalizations up; 11 state records; WHO questions lockdowns

October 11, 2020

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Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the United States has recorded more than 7.6 million cases of COVID-19 and 213,000 deaths.

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Coronavirus hospitalizations were continuing a dangerous trend in the United States while Brazil and India each reached ominous milestones as the global pandemic showed little sign of retreat Sunday.

Hospitalizations, which peaked at nearly 60,000 across the nation in July, had fallen by more than half last month. But since dipping below 29,000 on Sept. 20, the number of people being treated in hospitals each day has crept higher, to almost 35,000.

And a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data through late Saturday shows 11 states set records for new cases for a seven-day period – Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah. The U.S. has recorded its fourth consecutive day of more than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases,

Trump, still facing health questions, holds first public event since COVID-19 diagnosis

October 10, 2020

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By James Oliphant, Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will on Saturday hold his first public event since being diagnosed with COVID-19 more than a week ago, aiming to show he has beaten the virus and is ready to resume campaigning, although questions remain about his health.

U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about his treatment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington, U.S., in this still image taken from video, October 7, 2020. The White House/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump is expected to make remarks from a White House balcony to a crowd of hundreds on the lawn below. The White House called the event “a peaceful protest for law & order.”

The president revealed his positive coronavirus test on Oct. 2 and spent three nights in hospital before returning to the White House on Monday. He has not said whether he is still contagious, only

When did Trump last tested negative for COVID? Unanswered questions.

October 10, 2020

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Thinking of sitting out the election? Here’s why your vote counts. Register, verify your status or request an absentee ballot at vote.usatoday.com.

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WASHINGTON – With a little more than three weeks until the general election,the presidential candidates from both tickets, representatives from the campaigns and officials at the White House dodged important questions.

Answers to these questions would let voters, who are already heading to the polls and sending in their ballots, know the important context surrounding the president’s health, offer policy clarifications, and provide transparency surrounding an already tumultuous election.

The questions came during historic moments, including the vice presidential debate and as the president battled COVID-19 virus and criticism of how he handled the aftermath.

Here are three of the most consequential questions leaders sidestepped this week:

When was Trump’s last negative COVID test?

When President Donald Trump announced early last Friday he had tested

Trump dodges tough questions on his health during rambling interview on Tucker Carlson’s show

October 10, 2020

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Donald Trump’s appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, less than a week since the president returned from being hospitalized for COVID-19, revealed very little about Trump’s health or infectiousness. Yet unintentionally, the president seems to have dropped some clues about the seriousness of his condition during the rambling, tangent-ridden interview.

The interview on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was conducted by Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News contributor who has defended Trump’s poor handling of the American coronavirus outbreak, compared the pandemic to the flu and in 2016 raised concerns about the neurological health of then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton despite never having examined her in person.

Carlson set a hagiographic tone for the segment at the beginning, describing Trump’s supposed “remarkable turnaround” before allowing Siegel to conduct the interview. The two were not in the same room:

Opinion | No more spin doctors. It’s time for a real one to answer questions about Trump’s health.

October 9, 2020

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All presidents like to project robust health, and are loath to admit weakness, even if caused by events beyond their control. When President Ronald Reagan was shot in March 1981, after just weeks in office, the public was told he was cracking jokes long before they learned the seriousness of his injury. But when a president’s health is abnormal, the public has a right to know, especially if the problem has any effect on his fitness to perform his duties. In Mr. Trump’s case, the unanswered questions are glaring.

On Nov. 16, 2019, Mr. Trump went to Walter Reed, eight months after his annual physical, a trip not on his public schedule. His press secretary said he underwent a “quick exam and labs” and he “remains healthy and energetic without complaints.” Sean Conley, the White House physician, said Mr. Trump had an “interim checkup” that was “routine” and had not

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Trump to face voters’ questions in NBC town hall

Trump Court Nominee Fends Off Questions On Abortion, Health Care

Former Trump doctor Ronny Jackson questions Biden’s mental fitness for office

DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions

Trump questions Pelosi’s fitness as third in line to the presidency

Hospitalizations up; 11 state records; WHO questions lockdowns

Trump, still facing health questions, holds first public event since COVID-19 diagnosis

When did Trump last tested negative for COVID? Unanswered questions.

When was Trump’s last negative COVID test?

Trump dodges tough questions on his health during rambling interview on Tucker Carlson’s show

Opinion | No more spin doctors. It’s time for a real one to answer questions about Trump’s health.