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40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to be available by year end: White House
World | Nov 21, 2020, 06:43 AM ISTIn recent days, Pfizer and Moderna reported the highly successful results of their coronavirus vaccine development, each achieving over 90 per cent effectiveness
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President-elect Joe Biden urge people to wear mask to save lives
News | Nov 18, 2020, 09:13 PM ISTUS President-elect Joe Biden has appealed to Americans to wear a mask as the best way to 'turn this pandemic around'.
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Virus winter surge puts US on red alert, Trump stews in White House
World | Nov 13, 2020, 08:05 AM ISTDaily cases have shot past 144,000, the highest ever. At least 65,000 people are currently hospitalised with the virus. The first case of COVID-19 in US was reported 294 days ago on January 21, 2020.
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White House political affairs chief Brian Jack tests positive for coronavirus
World | Nov 12, 2020, 07:13 PM ISTWhite House political affairs director Brian Jack has tested positive for coronavirus after attending the election night event held at the White House, US media reported on Wednesday.
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Melania 'counting every minute', could divorce Donald Trump anytime after exit from White House
World | Nov 09, 2020, 10:06 AM ISTFellow ex-aide Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed the couple's 15 year marriage was over, adding that "Melania is counting every minute until he is out of office and she can divorce".
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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows tests coronavirus positive
World | Nov 07, 2020, 10:41 AM ISTWhite House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an official has confirmed.
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Indian American among 14 White House Fellows announced this year
World | Nov 07, 2020, 08:12 AM ISTIndian American Pia Dandiya has been appointed the White House Fellow for the year 2020-21. Dandiya, the founding principal of Democracy Prep Endurance High School in Harlem, New York, is the only Indian American among 14 White House Fellows announced this year.
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The Trump White House has gone awfully quiet. Here's why...
World | Nov 05, 2020, 06:20 PM ISTWith just five states left to be called in the US presidential elections, there's an uneasy kind of quiet at the White House.
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Lights go out outside White House
News | Nov 03, 2020, 10:17 PM ISTThe White House exterior lights went out shortly after 3:00 A.M. Eastern Time (0800G) on Tuesday morning.It happened shortly after President Donald Trump returned from his campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Trump aide says ‘we’re not going to control the pandemic’
World | Oct 25, 2020, 11:20 PM ISTThe coronavirus has reached into the heart of the White House once more, less than a week before Election Day, as it scorches the nation and the president’s top aide says “we’re not going to control the pandemic.”
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34 White House staffers, other contacts infected with coronavirus: Memo
World | Oct 08, 2020, 03:47 PM ISTAn internal US government memo has revealed that at least "34 White House staffers and other contacts" have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in recent days, it was reported.
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Trump, suffering from corona, vital signs stable, could be discharged as early as Monday
World | Oct 04, 2020, 09:55 PM ISTUS President Donald Trump, who is undergoing treatment for coronavirus, medical team on Sunday while giving an update on his health condition said that the President experienced two episodes of blood-oxygen drops during his illness. However, health officials added that US President's viral health signs are stable and he could be discharged to the White House as early as on Monday.
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COVID vaccine by year-end will be fastest pace for novel pathogen in history: White House
World | Sep 25, 2020, 07:07 AM ISTA vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the year will be the fastest pace for a novel pathogen in history, the White House said on Thursday, asserting that it has been the goal of the administration and it is still on track for that.
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Envelope addressed to White House, President Trump contained poison ricin
World | Sep 20, 2020, 08:11 AM ISTFederal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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Biggest failure of US foreign policy in last 40 years is how we've dealt with China: White House
World | Sep 05, 2020, 08:43 AM ISTThe manner in which successive administrations have dealt with China is the biggest foreign policy failure of the United States in the last 40 years, US’ National Security Advisor said, asserting that President Donald Trump has taken steps to reverse the course.
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White House faces skepticism over prospects for a coronavirus vaccine
World | Sep 04, 2020, 09:17 AM ISTThe skepticism comes amid growing questions about the scientific credibility of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and their vulnerability to political pressure from President Donald Trump.
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First-ever direct Israel-UAE flight lands in Abu Dhabi following peace deal
News | Aug 31, 2020, 08:24 PM ISTThe first-ever commercial flight from Israel to United Arab Emirates (UAE) landed in Abu Dhabi on August 31. An Israeli delegation accompanied by aides to US President Donald Trump, including White House senior adviser Jared Kushner arrived in UAE.
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Already responded to China in different ways: Trump on Chinese sanctions
News | Aug 11, 2020, 10:14 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump on Monday said that the US "has already responded" in many ways to the sanctions posed by Beijing on American officials and added that phase-1 deal with China means "very little".
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Video: Trump stopped in the middle of press briefing, rushed out after shooting near White House
World | Aug 11, 2020, 09:00 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump was abruptly stopped while he was addressing a press briefing at the White House Monday afternoon. He was immediately escorted out after a shooting outside the fence surrounding the complex.
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Suspect has been shot, says Trump after shooting outside White House
World | Aug 11, 2020, 08:03 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room on Monday as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing. He returned minutes later, saying there was a 'shooting' outside the White House that was 'under control'.