US passes 2,500 deaths from Covid-19Fauci suggests US death toll could reach 200,000Virus upends election cycle as officials scramble to protect votersSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 2.53pm BST Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin voiced support for providing hazard pay to medical professionals, an idea that Trump also entertained during his “Fox and Friends” interview this morning.“I think I agree with the president, I think that makes a lot of sense,” Mnuchin said of the proposal. “When we get to the next bill in Congress, that’s definitely something we will put in the next bill.” 2.35pm BST Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, predicted America would see 100,000 to 200,000 deaths linked to the virus.”If we do things together well … we could get in the range of 100,000-200,000 fatalities. We don’t even want to see that.” -Dr. Birx”You kind of take my breath away with that because what I hear you saying is that’s sort of the best case scenario.” -@savannahguthrie pic.twitter.com/bridl3WFJQ Related: Trump says keeping US Covid-19 deaths to 100,000 would be a ‘very good job’ Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…