A top advisor to former President Donald Trump urged his pandemic response team in February 2020 to respond swiftly to the spread of COVID-19, but told Trump that his recommendations had been largely ignored. Then-assistant to the president Peter Navarro wrote an impassioned memo to Trump on March 1, 2020, recommending that the federal government boost […]
White House Coronavirus Task Force
Federal officials to young people: Stop spreading COVID-19
As the numbers of positive COVID-19 cases soars across the South, federal officials today implored young people to be more careful about spreading the disease. Members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, holding their first public briefing in two months, spoke of the risks of continuing to spread the virus by people who are […]