Donald Trump says he will “probably” hold a rally in Florida after he was cleared to resume public engagements from tomorrow. His physician, Doctor Sean Conley, says the president has completed his course of treatment for coronavirus and that he has responded well. In a statement released by White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on
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It’s been a week since President Trump became America’s highest profile Covid-19 patient: the White House is now a hotspot, and the election campaign is in complete disarray. Cordelia Lynch and Emily Purser Brown take you through a rollercoaster Washington week, which took the President from parties at the White House, to hospital, to celebrating
Donald Trump’s campaign has proposed pushing back the final two presidential debates with Joe Biden by one week. Earlier, the US president said he would refuse to take part in a debate on 15 October that organisers were planning to do virtually in response to his coronavirus diagnosis. In a statement, Trump campaign manager Bill
Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris clashed on the coronavirus crisis, the economy and race relations in their only vice presidential debate in the US election campaign. Separated by plexiglass barriers, Mr Pence and Ms Harris began by sparring over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus, a point that highlighted the parties’ sharply
Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office – despite the fact he is still recovering from coronavirus. The president was receiving briefings on economic stimulus proposals and on Hurricane Delta, a White House spokesman said. CNN said preparations made for the president’s return to the Oval Office included respirator masks and plastic goggles required
As the race for president ramps up, you will hear a lot about polls ahead of the big day on 3 November. Sky News looks into what the point of polling is and what the landscape is like for Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. What does polling aim to do and how are
Joe Biden has tried to become president for three decades. That dream is within his grasp if the bookies and polls are right. But does he have the stamina for the final furlong of a gruelling race and if he wins what kind of president will he be? If he beats Donald Trump, he will
Donald Trump has “had a restful first night at home” and has reported no symptoms of COVID-19 today, his White House doctor has said. Dr Sean Conley said in a statement the president’s “vital signs and physical exam remain stable. “Overall he continues to do extremely well,” Dr Conley said, adding that his oxygen saturation
America voted for change – and with Kamala Harris, they have certainly got it. The former US senator from California is the first woman to serve as vice president after being sworn in with President Joe Biden in Washington DC. She is also the first black person and person of South Asian descent to take
Donald Trump has returned to the White House after three nights in hospital being treated for COVID-19. Shortly after arriving back in the White House, the US president released two videos – one with footage of his return accompanied by sweeping orchestral music, the other of him speaking on a balcony flanked by US flags.
Donald Trump says he is leaving hospital tonight after being treated for coronavirus. The US president tweeted: “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 PM.” (11.30pm UK time). “Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration,
A debate between US Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris is being touted by commentators as one of the key moments of the election campaign. The pair are due to face-off in Salt Lake City, Utah in a televised debate on Wednesday night in what is usually a low key affair that has
Horns had been blaring all day as Donald Trump’s supporters drove up and down the road outside his hospital. Whether the president could see or hear the mini rally that had grown outside, he was all too aware of their presence. Then the horns suddenly fell silent for the first time all day. A line
US President Donald Trump could be discharged from hospital as soon as Monday as he continues to recover from coronavirus, his doctors have said. Mr Trump, 74, has been fever-free since Friday and is not complaining of shortness of breath, Dr Sean Conley told reporters outside the Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump says he is starting to feel better after being taken to hospital suffering from the coronavirus. In the latest video posted during his stay, he said on Saturday that he was “starting to feel good” and was looking forward to “finishing up the campaign the way it was started”. Speaking from
Confusion has emerged over when Donald Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus after it emerges the president’s vital signs were “very concerning” before he was admitted to hospital. A person “familiar with the president’s condition” told Associated Press that he was given supplemental oxygen at the White House before he was flown to hospital on Friday.