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President Donald Trump speaks at an event called "Kids First: Getting America's Children Safely Back to School" in the State Dining room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump ramps up push to reopen schools

President Trump met with parents, teachers and pediatricians at the White House on Wednesday to argue the risks posed by virtual learning outweigh those posed by COVID-19 seeping into the classroom.

August 12, 2020
President Donald Trump, second from right, and first lady Melania Trump attend the NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Trump: Get out there and play college football

President Trump on Tuesday told college football to "get out there" and play amid the coronavirus pandemic and that he wants players to stand for the national anthem once they hit the field.

August 11, 2020
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers a question during a roundtable meeting with transportation industry leaders at the Hilton Orlando-Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. DeSantis addressed coronavirus and state transportation construction concerns. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

Ron DeSantis backs college football season, echoing Trump

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with Florida State University's players and coaches Tuesday to offer his support for holding college football games amid the COVID-19 crisis, as Big Ten schools threatened to cause a domino effect by postponing their season.

August 11, 2020
In this Dec. 7, 2019, photo, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields (1) runs with the ball against Wisconsin during the first half of the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game, in Indianapolis. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) **FILE**

Trump to top NCAA conferences: Let them play football

President Trump on Monday offered his support to Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and other college football players who say they're safer on the field this fall than heading back to communities where the coronavirus is spreading.

August 10, 2020
President Trump's tariffs on Canadian will result in higher costs for brewers, the beer industry says. A spokesman said aluminum is the single-highest input cost for breweries. (Associated Press/File)

Canada aluminum tariffs upset automakers, brewers

The U.S. and Canada are locked in another tariff war barely a month after a major North American trade pact took effect, flummoxing carmakers who would prefer to let the deal play out and brewers who say the standoff will raise costs during challenging economic times.

August 9, 2020
President Trump tends to focus instead on drug therapies to help patients survive and the historic pace of the race for a vaccine. (Associated Press/File)

Trump: COVID-19 vaccine ‘possible’ by Nov. 3

President Trump said Thursday that a coronavirus vaccine is possible by Election Day, offering an optimistic timeline for a shot that could return life to normal in the U.S. while amplifying concerns that the unprecedented race could be tainted by election-year politics.

August 6, 2020
In this Friday, March 27, 2020, file photo, White House adviser Peter Navarro speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, as President Donald Trump listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump to sign ‘Buy American’ order on essential medicines

President Trump signed a long-promised executive order Thursday that compels federal agencies to "Buy American" when it comes to a list of essential medicines and supplies, saying the coronavirus pandemic has underscored the need to bring supply chains home.

August 6, 2020
In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Voters help strengthen Obamacare’s hold in U.S.

President Trump wants the Supreme Court to clear the decks for his long-promised Obamacare replacement, but his predecessor's law is solidifying its place in the U.S., with two more states opting to expand their Medicaid rolls under the 2010 program.

August 5, 2020
President Donald Trump meets with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, center, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Trump praises Ducey for wrangling COVID-19 surge

President Trump and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday there is a "common-sense" approach to tackling COVID-19 that falls short of a complete lockdown, from widespread mask-wearing to staying at home when possible.

August 5, 2020
In this file photo, a poster is displayed in the entrance way looking for volunteers as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway Monday, July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, N.Y. In a separate front on the coronavirus pandemic, NIH will run a clinical test of manufactured antibodies, both on hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID patients. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NIH launches trials of synthesized antibodies for COVID-19

The government is recruiting COVID-19 patients to test a promising treatment for the coronavirus -- antibodies made in a lab -- as President Trump pushes to reduce the fatality rate among cases that are cropping up across America.

August 4, 2020