President Trump is ‘furious’ at chief of staff Mark Meadows after he contradicted a more optimistic health assessment from the president’s doctor on Saturday, according to reports. Meadows appeared overwhelmed on Sunday as he sat, head drooped over and hands rubbing his forehead, while Navy Commander Sean Conley spoke to media about Trump’s COVID-19 prognosis. … Read more
The three amigos were back, slack-shouldered, heavy-footed, each bearing new doses of grief and gloom. Yesterday’s coronavirus briefing was a strange thing. We were told that little had changed and yet were put on notice that, soon, everything might. Green shoots? Chinks of light? Put those firmly out of your mind for now. Once again, … Read more
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
Boris Johnson raised fears for his health tonight with a breathless first Downing Street briefing since being discharged from intensive care after battling coronavirus. The Prime Minister leaned on his lectern with both arms and his opening remarks were punctuated by strained inhalations. ‘Boris sounds worryingly breathless,’ Piers Morgan tweeted. Meanwhile, medical experts backed the … Read more
Boris Johnson raised fears for his health tonight with a breathless first Downing Street briefing since being discharged from intensive care after battling coronavirus. The Prime Minister leaned on his lectern with both arms and his opening remarks were punctuated by strained inhalations. ‘Boris sounds worryingly breathless,’ Piers Morgan tweeted. Meanwhile, medical experts backed the … Read more
Apple Stores in the US could begin reopening in May according to internal briefing given to employees In an internal briefing for employees, Apple says its stores could reopen in May No locations or dates were specified but it will include ‘many more stores’ Apple previously reopened one of its stores in Seoul for limited … Read more
The mother who sought assurances for her son with cystic fibrosis at yesterday’s Downing Street press conference has said Matt Hancock ‘evaded’ her question. Sadie Stainfield, 35, from Northampton, was the first non-journalist in the country to ask a question to a minister via video at the daily coronavirus briefings. The single parent, who works … Read more
President Trump abruptly cut off his coronavirus press briefing without taking any questions from the press shortly after a CNN reporter refused to move to the back of the room, according to a report. Kaitlan Collins, CNN’s White House Correspondent, said she was asked by White House officials to swap seats with another reporter several rows behind … Read more