Vice President Mike Pence’s top aides test positive for coronavirus

By CNN,

Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, has been diagnosed with Covid-19, the vice president's office announced in a statement, marki...

Mike Pence

Trump to vote in Florida before hitting campaign trail, Biden heads to Pennsylvania

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump will vote in his adopted home of Florida before holding campaign rallies in three swing states on Saturday, joining more than 5...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , US Elections

US reports 80,000 new COVID-19 cases; highest number since the pandemic’s start

By CNN,

The US reported more than 80,000 new coronavirus infections Friday -- the highest daily case number since the pandemic began. That comes amid other...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Britain to deliberately infect volunteers with Coronavirus

By VOA,

Healthy volunteers will be deliberately infected with the coronavirus to try to speed up the development of a vaccine, under plans announced by the Br...

Trump, Biden engage in spirited last debate before Election

By VOA,

U.S. Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, engaged in a spirited debate Thursday night jus...

us election

Victims of Kenya, Tanzania 1998 terror attacks reject U.S. deal to delist Sudan

By VOA,

One of the attorneys representing victims of the 1998 terror attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa and their families says the majority of his clie...

Sudan , U.S. embassy bomb blast

Trump to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist after Ksh.36B pay to U.S. victims

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets ...

Bashir , U.S. Embassy bombing

Tweet about masks from White House coronavirus team adviser blocked

By VOA,

Dr. Scott Atlas is a neuroradiologist, a fellow at a conservative-leaning think tank, a science adviser to President Donald Trump and a member of the ...

coronavirus , masks , Trump

WHO: Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine have little or no effect on severe COVID-19 cases

By VOA,

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that a sixth-month randomized trial of COVID-19 treatments found “conclusive evidence” that r...

coronavirus , hydroxychloroquine , remdesivir

Twitter briefly restricts Trump campaign account, Republicans decry company’s actions

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign’s Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday, causing an outcry from Republican lawmake...

Donald Trump , Twitter

States bracing for possible violence as US election nears

By VOA,

Officials across the United States already charged with securing the upcoming presidential election are taking additional precautions, bracing for the...

US Elections

Twitter, Facebook restrict users’ dissemination of New York Post story on Joe Biden

By Reuters,

Facebook and Twitter cast doubt on a New York Post story that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, taking proactive ...

Joe Biden

A record Ksh.41 billion raised in September for Joe Biden White House bid

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden and his party raised a record-shattering $383 million (approx. Ksh.41.5 billion) in September for his presidential bid, likely bols...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , White House

Melania Trump reveals son Barron tested positive for Covid-19

By CNN,

First lady Melania Trump posted a personal essay on the White House website detailing her experience battling Covid-19, which she tested positive for ...

COVID-19 , Melania Trump

White House doctor says President Trump has tested negative for COVID-19

By CNN,

White House physician Sean Conley said Monday President Donald Trump has tested negative for Covid-19 on consecutive days, as the President heads to...

COVID-19 , Jason Miller , President Donald Trump , Sean Conley

Twitter flags Trump tweet for violating its rules on COVID-19 information

By Reuters,

Twitter on Sunday flagged a tweet by Donald Trump in which the U.S. President claimed he was immune to the coronavirus, saying it violated the social ...

Donald Trump , Twitter

A shocking number of women are dropping out of U.S. workforce

By CNN,

Hundreds of thousands of women — nearly eight times more than the number of men — dropped out of the US labor force last month, as the pandemic co...

coronavirus , working women

Trump says catching COVID-19 was ‘blessing from God’

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed ...

coronavirus , Trump

Trump hits new low, now trails Biden by his largest margin

By CNN,

With less than a month before the November election, President Donald Trump has hit a new low: He now trails former Vice President Joe Biden by his la...

Biden , Trump , us election

Trump may be the ‘only patient on the planet’ to receive the COVID-19 treatment he’s gotten

By CNN,

If you get sick with Covid-19, don't expect to get the same treatment as President Donald Trump. It may seem obvious the country's leader would rec...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Donald Trump