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The White House is kicking off a public pressure campaign intended to push local, state and tribal leaders across the country to open schools in the fall despite a record-shattering spike in coronavirus cases. Senior administration officials began a day of what was dubbed "programming" at the executive mansion that will include events with Vice…

President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 2, 2020. The president addressed reports that the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%.Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has submitted to the U.N. secretary-general its notice to withdraw from the World Health Organization by July 6, 2021,…

A senior Trump administration official said that President Trump's upcoming visit from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will help build on the leaders' relationship — while pushing back against criticism from Democrats over the meeting.The visit is the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders. It's scheduled to take place Wednesday at the White House.The Congressional Hispanic…

The Trump administration is encouraging schools to reopen this fall to respect the “holistic health and learning needs” of students despite a rise of COVID-19 cases in numerous states, senior administration officials said Tuesday. While emphasizing that reopening schools is a decision for states and local communities, one administration official told reporters that school closures…

The White House claimed on Monday that the US has been “a leader” in the global fight against coronavirus, despite infections nationally now approaching 3m, with 130,000 deaths, and America recently witnessing the highest ever number of new daily cases reported in the world. With the majority of US states reporting increases in new cases,…