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By Amanda Yeo2020-04-16 06:08:33 UTC "Folks, if you watch the show you know I criticise Donald Trump a lot," said host Stephen Colbert during Wednesday's episode of the Late Show. "But with this coronavirus gripping our nation it's made me realise I don't do it enough." President Donald Trump has…

By Caitlin Welsh2020-04-16 06:07:04 UTC There are many things that are less than reassuring about Donald Trump being president during a pandemic that's killed 25,000 Americans and counting. But one of them, noted Seth Meyers in Wednesday night's A Closer Look segment, is the fact that he can barely seem…

Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)Donald Trump announced the White House would implement an immediate hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, making good on threats earlier this month to punish the UN health organization in the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic. News of the…

Washington (CNN)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would refuse and legally challenge a potential order from President Donald Trump to reopen the state's economy if doing so would put its residents at risk of being exposed to the novel coronavirus, he said Tuesday.Trump has falsely claimed that, as President, he has…

By Amanda Yeo2020-04-14 06:58:39 UTC President Donald Trump spent months ignoring repeated warnings about the coronavirus pandemic from both medical experts and government officials. Such experts have roundly criticised the government's glacial response to the crisis, which likely cost lives and made the whole situation much worse than it needed…

Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio's daily program "The Dean Obeidallah Show" and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Follow him @DeanObeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)"Saturday Night Live" returned on Saturday with its…

Photo: David J. Phillip (AP)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has changed text on their website to remove guidance for physicians on the possible usage of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two drugs touted as a wonder cure for covid-19 by Donald Trump, on patients.Per Reuters, the page titled Information…

(CNN)President Donald Trump's aides have begun intensive discussions on a plan to reopen the US economy as soon as the start of May, according to people familiar with the deliberations, setting up what some officials predict could be another showdown between the President's health and economic advisers. Trump himself has…