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Coronavirus live news: Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive as White House outbreak spreads Coronavirus live news: Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive as White House outbreak spreads
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Brazil sees highest cases in almost a month; Facebook and Twitter take action against Trump for suggesting that Covid-19 was just like the flu; Italy to require masks indoors. Follow the latest updatesBrazil sees highest cases in almost a month; Facebook and Twitter take action against Trump for suggesting that Covid-19 was just like the flu; Italy to require masks indoors. Follow the latest updates
Here is the full story on Stephen Miller testing positive:
Stephen Miller, a top aide to Donald Trump, has tested positive for Covid-19, joining a growing a growing list of figures close to the president who have contracted the virus as the White House scrambles to contain a growing outbreak.
“Over the last 5 days I have been working remotely and self-isolating, testing negative every day through yesterday. Today, I tested positive for Covid-19 and am in quarantine,” Miller said in a statement.
More than a dozen White House officials and others in the president’s orbit have tested positive for the virus. Earlier this year, Miller’s wife, Katie Miller – who is Mike Pence’s press secretary – contracted the virus.
Miller, who has served as a policy adviser and speechwriter for Trump, was among the most ardent defenders of the administration’s policy to separate children from parents:
Earlier on Wednesday, the New York Times endorsed Joe Biden for president.
The paper’s editorial board has just published an opinion piece in which they argue, without once mentioning Trump by name:
In the last hour, Trump has tweeted (many of these retweets) eleven times.In the last hour, Trump has tweeted (many of these retweets) eleven times.
His ire has jumped from what he claims will be the “most corrupt Election in American History!” to Nancy Pelosi, from Hillary Clinton to Obama. In the last two hours, he has posted 42 tweets.
His scorn has leapt from what he claims will be the “most corrupt Election in American History!” to Nancy Pelosi, from Hillary Clinton to Obama.
A reminder of that bit from the Times report on what is happening inside the White House:A reminder of that bit from the Times report on what is happening inside the White House:
New York state will reinstate restrictions on businesses, houses of worship and schools in and near areas where coronavirus cases are spiking, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, saying the severity of shutdowns would vary by proximity to the hot spots.Set to take effect no later than Friday, the new rules will affect parts of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, sections of Orange and Rockland counties in the Hudson Valley, and an area within Binghamton in the Southern Tier.The planned restrictions include school and business shutdowns in some areas; others will see limitations on gatherings and restaurant diners.New York state will reinstate restrictions on businesses, houses of worship and schools in and near areas where coronavirus cases are spiking, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday, saying the severity of shutdowns would vary by proximity to the hot spots.Set to take effect no later than Friday, the new rules will affect parts of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, sections of Orange and Rockland counties in the Hudson Valley, and an area within Binghamton in the Southern Tier.The planned restrictions include school and business shutdowns in some areas; others will see limitations on gatherings and restaurant diners.
In non-Trump questions: Does Sweden have the answer to living with Covid-19?In non-Trump questions: Does Sweden have the answer to living with Covid-19?
Podcast: The Swedish example is regularly raised by libertarian-minded Conservatives when protesting against government restrictions aimed at quelling the spread of the virus in the UK. But what did the Scandinavian country do differently and could it be applied elsewhere?Podcast: The Swedish example is regularly raised by libertarian-minded Conservatives when protesting against government restrictions aimed at quelling the spread of the virus in the UK. But what did the Scandinavian country do differently and could it be applied elsewhere?
Trump’s official schedule once again lists no public events.Trump’s official schedule once again lists no public events.
This is the fifth day in a row it has listed no events since Trump tested positive on Thursday last week (Friday’s schedule listed “a phone call on Covid-19 support to vulnerable seniors”).This is the fifth day in a row it has listed no events since Trump tested positive on Thursday last week (Friday’s schedule listed “a phone call on Covid-19 support to vulnerable seniors”).
The Hill reports that California representative Salud Carbajal has tested positive for coronavirus, joining the three GOP senators who have tested positive since Trump’s infection was confirmed .The Hill reports that California representative Salud Carbajal has tested positive for coronavirus, joining the three GOP senators who have tested positive since Trump’s infection was confirmed .
Carbajal says that he initially tested negative after exposure to someone with the virus (reported to be Senator Mike Lee), but subsequently tested positive.Carbajal says that he initially tested negative after exposure to someone with the virus (reported to be Senator Mike Lee), but subsequently tested positive.
Thirteen other house members who have tested positive over the course of the pandemic so far, according to the Hill:Thirteen other house members who have tested positive over the course of the pandemic so far, according to the Hill:
The New York Times has shared the details of what White House staffers have been told when it comes to interacting with the president.The New York Times has shared the details of what White House staffers have been told when it comes to interacting with the president.
It would naturally be interesting to know what PPE, if any, the president himself is required to wear to stop him infecting others.It would naturally be interesting to know what PPE, if any, the president himself is required to wear to stop him infecting others.
Here is New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Rachel Maddow earlier on Tuesday evening in the US speaking about the impact of Trump’s decision to stop talks on the latest Covid economic relief measures until after the election:Here is New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Rachel Maddow earlier on Tuesday evening in the US speaking about the impact of Trump’s decision to stop talks on the latest Covid economic relief measures until after the election:
The latest Ipsos poll has Biden leading by eight points in Michigan, the former Democratic stronghold in which Trump managed to clinch victory in 2016 with a fragile lead of 0.3 points:The latest Ipsos poll has Biden leading by eight points in Michigan, the former Democratic stronghold in which Trump managed to clinch victory in 2016 with a fragile lead of 0.3 points:
Trump and Biden are even in North Carolina, another key state. North Carolina has voted Republican in all but one of the last four presidential elections.Trump and Biden are even in North Carolina, another key state. North Carolina has voted Republican in all but one of the last four presidential elections.
Here are the highlights from Biden’s Gettysburg speech:Here are the highlights from Biden’s Gettysburg speech:
Speaking the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the US civil war, Biden said he decided to run for president after the far-right rally and resulting violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. “It was hate on the march in the open. In America,” he said. “Hate never goes away. It only hides. And when it’s given oxygen, when it’s given an opportunity to spread, when it’s treated as normal and acceptable behaviour, we’ve opened a door in this country that we must move quickly to close”Speaking the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the US civil war, Biden said he decided to run for president after the far-right rally and resulting violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. “It was hate on the march in the open. In America,” he said. “Hate never goes away. It only hides. And when it’s given oxygen, when it’s given an opportunity to spread, when it’s treated as normal and acceptable behaviour, we’ve opened a door in this country that we must move quickly to close”
CNN reports that staff working at the White House complex have been told in an email that all contact tracing for positive cases at the White House has been completed.
However, the New York Times correspondent mentioned in my previous post, Michael D Shear, has told CNN that “there’s been no outreach by the White House to do contact tracing or to follow up on his condition.”
CNN adds that, “At least one other White House official told CNN that they’ve also alerted officials that they have had direct contact with positive White House personnel, and received no guidance on how to proceed.”
In addition to the below lists, at least three journalists have tested postive, according to the New York Times.
One is Times correspondent Michael D. Shear, the second is photojournalist Al Drago and the White House Correspondents’ Association did not name the third in a story by the Washington Post.
Here are the White House administration staff who have tested positive so far:
In addition, the following senior Republicans and people in Trump’s periphery have tested positive:
Others:
The New York Times reports that, according to two unnamed people “familiar with the practices” Trump has not been getting tested for coronavirus daily.
A snippet from the New York Times’ latest look inside the White House:
Joe Biden delivered a forceful appeal for national unity from the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, as the nation lurched from crisis to crisis and the president continued to downplay the severity of the coronavirus after being hospitalized for Covid-19.
From the storied civil war battlefield of Gettysburg, a symbol of the divisions that nearly tore the nation in two, Biden cast the election as a “battle for the soul of the nation” and emphasised the stakes this November.
“Today, once again we are a house divided,” Biden said, framed by a row of American flags with the rolling hills of Gettysburg behind him. “But that, my friend, can no longer be. We are facing too many crises. We have too much work to do. We have too bright a future to leave it shipwrecked on the shoals of anger and hate and division.”
In a sweeping speech – one that drew on Abraham Lincoln’s address at the same spot, the site of one of the war’s bloodiest battles, and Lyndon Johnson’s remarks from there one hundred years later – Biden warned of the “cost of division” and his fears that partisanship threatened to undermine the central pillars of American democracy.
Biden vowed to govern as an “American president”, one who would seek bipartisan solutions to the nation’s most consequential problems, including the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice and economic turmoil.
Though he did not mention Trump by name, Biden’s remarks amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president’s leadership in the wake of a global pandemic that has killed more than 210,000 Americans and infected millions more, including the president and a widening circle of White House aides and allies. Lamenting the politicisation of science and facts, he called for a national strategy:
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Donald Trump has tweeted his frustration at new rules proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration designed to ensure that the coronavirus vaccine is rolled out only when safe – which would almost certainly mean the vaccine is launched after election day, calling the rules “just another political hit job”:
The FDA told coronavirus vaccine developers on Tuesday it wants at least two months of safety data before authorising any emergency use:
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has denounced Donald Trump over remarks he made telling Americans ‘to get out there’ and not fear Covid-19. Cuomo attacked Trump’s comments as ‘just more denial’ after the president returned from the White House following a three-night stay at the Walter Reed national military medical center. ‘Don’t be afraid of Covid? No. Be afraid of Covid. It can kill you. Don’t be cavalier.’
From earlier today – CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on the skeleton crew running the West Wing’s press areas – less than a month from the election: