{"id":140046,"date":"2020-04-13T16:04:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/04\/13\/coronavirus-us-live-trump-fumes-over-report-social-distancing-was-delayed-as-deaths-pass-22000\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:04:12","slug":"coronavirus-us-live-trump-fumes-over-report-social-distancing-was-delayed-as-deaths-pass-22000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=140046","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus US live: Trump fumes over report social distancing was delayed as deaths pass 22,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns US lawmakers are using briefings to make stock decisionsDeath penalty states urged to release stockpiled drugs for patientsLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian\u2019s independent journalism. Make a contribution 3.04pm BST The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the US is \u201cnearing the peak\u201d of its coronavirus crisis in an interview this morning with the \u201cToday\u201d show.\u201cWe are nearing the peak right now.\u201d Watch @CDCDirector\u2019s full interview with @savannahguthrie about if he thinks we\u2019ve hit the peak of the coronavirus yet, when the country could start reopening and much more. pic.twitter.com\/hZdWDKSbSb 2.44pm BST Trump plans to announce cuts in US funding to the World Health Organization this week, according to the Washington Post. The news comes as Trump has repeatedly tried to blame the spread of coronavirus on the UN agency.The Post reports: Trump hinted at a temporary hold on U.S. funding Friday but said he wanted to wait until after Easter to announce anything. He said his administration would discuss the organization \u2018in great detail\u2019 this week, saying he did not want to go further \u2018before we had all the facts.\u2019Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other U.S. officials are expected to recommend to Trump how to dock or condition payments to the agency as Republicans in Congress seek documentation of WHO dealings with China, said people familiar with White House and State Department discussions who requested anonymity to discuss the private conversations. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/apr\/13\/coronavirus-us-live-donald-trump-anthony-fauci-new-york-times-report-social-distancing-deaths-latest-news-updates\" target=\"_blank\">Coronavirus US live: Trump fumes over report social distancing was delayed as deaths pass 22,000<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns US lawmakers are using briefings to make stock decisionsDeath penalty states urged to release stockpiled drugs for patientsLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian\u2019s independent journalism. Make a contribution 3.04pm BST The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the US is \u201cnearing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}