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Fayette health official says ‘sometimes’ health departments would first hear of information during pandemic at governor briefings
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fayette County Health Department Administrator Terri Harlan said there were times during the COVID-19 pandemic that you’d be able to hear curse words coming from her office as information from the state came in. Why? Harlan said ‘sometimes’ in the past 15 months of media briefings by Gov. Jim Justice that the …
Biden says Trump should no longer receive classified intelligence briefings
When asked in an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell if he thought Trump should receive an intelligence briefing if he requested one, Biden said, “I think not.” “I’d rather not speculate out loud,” Biden said when asked what he fears could happen if Trump continued to receive the briefings. “I just think …
Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Are A Chance For Him To Break Your Brain
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. If you close your eyes and sit still for a few minutes, you can remember a time when things weren’t so …
At White House coronavirus briefings, rescue efforts are extensive, but often aspirational
These pronouncements and pledges have turned out, again and again, to be a description of the administration’s aspirational response to the pandemic, not the one doctors, nurses and stricken families are reporting from the front. That is where emergency responders and hospitals are dangerously low on protective gear, and where widespread, rapid testing for the …
Exclusive: Justice Department reviews stock trades by lawmakers after coronavirus briefings
The inquiry, which is still in its early stages and being done in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has so far included outreach from the FBI to at least one lawmaker, Sen. Richard Burr, seeking information about the trades, according to one of the sources. Public scrutiny of the lawmakers’ market activity has …
