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US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Wednesday, September 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 24, 2020, 4:31 am
Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses
‘We’re going to have to see what happens,’ says US president, again raising concerns over integrity of mail-in-ballots despite no evidence of fraud
By AAMER MADHANI and KEVIN FREKING
Robert Trump, left, joins then-real estate developer and future US president Donald Trump at an event in New York, November 3, 1999. (AP Photo/Diane Bonadreff, File)
August 14, 2020, 7:55 pm
Trump’s younger brother, Robert, is hospitalized in New York
President is expected to visit his 72-year-old brother at a hospital in Manhattan; no details released on the cause, but officials say he is seriously ill
By AAMER MADHANI and Jill Colvin
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., talks to reporters about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
August 14, 2020, 12:56 pm
Trump gives credence to false, racist Kamala Harris conspiracy
Speaking to reporters, the president notes ‘very serious’ rumors — which are false — that the VP candidate is not eligible to serve in the role
By AAMER MADHANI, Sara Burnett, AMANDA SEITZ and Jill Colvin
NBC News footage from November 1992 showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at a party in Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. (YouTube screen capture)
July 22, 2020, 4:58 am
Trump says of Ghislaine Maxwell, ‘I wish her well’
US president says he met socialite, accused of grooming victims for Jeffrey Epstein, several times when they both lived in Palm Beach
By AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 2, 2020, 6:12 am
Trump says he looks like Lone Ranger in a mask and likes it
‘I’m all for masks. I think masks are good,’ says US president, who has long resisted being photographed wearing one; still thinks virus is a nuisance that will go away
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller, left, and Katie Waldman, before their marriage, at the White House, Sept. 20, 2019. (AP/Patrick Semansky, File)
May 8, 2020, 11:42 pm
Katie Miller, Mike Pence’s press secretary, tests positive for coronavirus
Miller is wife of senior Trump aide Stephen Miller and is 2nd White House staffer found with virus this week; officials stepping up safety protocols for the complex
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI
Jerome Corsi at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, January 3, 2019. (AP/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)
May 2, 2020, 3:41 am
Conservative US author says email mix-up led to COVID-19 probe
Jerome Corsi says Justice Department investigating his communications with Jewish doctor who touted hydroxychloroquine after he accidentally messaged federal prosecutor
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump (R) listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
April 24, 2020, 11:14 pm
Doctors struggle to stay true to science without crossing Trump
Health experts express concern over president’s record of bringing respected officials into his fold, talking up their credentials and then undercutting them or moving them aside
By Deb Riechmann, AAMER MADHANI and Jonathan Lemire
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, in Washington, April 19, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
April 20, 2020, 9:59 pm
Trump says governors are playing ‘political game’ with virus tests
US president insists states can up their testing rate for coronavirus amid growing clamor for a national strategy to help secure supplies; Pence says federal labs will help out
By Alan Suderman, Jill Colvin and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 13, 2020, in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
April 14, 2020, 7:49 am
New Trump panel on reopening US economy won’t include health officials
Senior White House aides Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump had been expected to be part of the team but US president says they won’t be included
By Jonathan Lemire, KEVIN FREKING and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 1, 2020, 2:54 am
White House projects 100,000 to 240,000 US deaths from virus
President Trump warns Americans to brace for a ‘rough two-week period’; officials urge country to step up social distancing and take warnings seriously
By AAMER MADHANI, KEVIN FREKING and Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
A shopper walks past empty shelves where bread is normally displayed in a supermarket, March 15, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
March 16, 2020, 12:36 am
Trump calls on Americans to cease hoarding food, supplies amid coronavirus scare
US president holds press conference after speaking with heads of US grocery chains; top public health expert calls for aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown
By Hope Yen and AAMER MADHANI
A view of the near empty departure area at London's Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 departure, March 12, 2020 (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
March 14, 2020, 8:06 pm
US extends European travel ban to UK, Ireland starting Tuesday
New restrictions come as British death toll nearly doubles in 24 hours to 21; Trump eyes limits on domestic travel and encourages Americans not to do it unless necessary
By Colleen Long, MICHAEL BALSAMO and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally on March 2, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Brian Blanco/Getty Images/AFP)
March 3, 2020, 4:57 am
Trump rips into Biden, is told by Sanders to butt out, ahead of Super Tuesday
US president says former VP would be ‘put into a home’ while others run the White House, should he be elected, day before 10 states hold primaries
By AAMER MADHANI
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, listens as President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
January 12, 2020, 3:01 am
Iran crisis shines spotlight on low-key Trump security adviser
Robert O’Brien’s close relationship with president has been on display as tensions have risen, a sign of the rapid rise of the ‘deal guy’ known for his direct and diplomatic style
By Jonathan Lemire, Deb Riechmann and AAMER MADHANI
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