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FILE — The Health and Human Services Department’s Covid-19 operations center in Washington on Feb. 27, 2020. The department ran an extensive exercise last year simulating a pandemic. (Al Drago/The New York Times) XNYT104 XNYT104

March 19, 2020 at 1:04 pm

Before coronavirus outbreak, a cascade of warnings went unheeded VIEW

Last year, a scenario imagining an influenza pandemic was simulated by the Trump administration. It drove home how underfunded, underprepared and uncoordinated the government would...

A person displays a mask depicting President Donald Trump, during an event with Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (Atul Loke/The New York Times) XNYT36 XNYT36

February 25, 2020 at 9:11 pm

Trump sees commitment to religious freedom in India as riots break out VIEW

While President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated their friendship and talked of a modern, diverse and unified India, across town, an explosion...

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February 24, 2020 at 3:22 pm

‘America Loves India,’ Trump Declares at Rally With Modi VIEW

AHMEDABAD, India — President Donald Trump began a two-day visit to India by joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a campaign-style rally in a 110,000-seat...

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February 10, 2020 at 6:12 pm

Trump says coronavirus ‘will go away in April,’ when it gets warmer

For the most part, Trump has been uncharacteristically restrained in his commentary about the virus, delegating the response to senior health officials. At the end...

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January 14, 2020 at 11:43 pm

The New York Times fact-checks the January Democratic debate

Six of the candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination took the stage Tuesday night in Des Moines, Iowa, for their last debate before...

January 3, 2020 at 6:22 pm

Trump Warns Iran as Ayatollah Vows Vengeance

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran exchanged escalating military threats on Friday as President Donald Trump warned that he was “prepared to take whatever...

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January 2, 2020 at 7:49 pm

Top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani Is Killed in U.S. Strike

BAGHDAD — President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in a drone strike...

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December 31, 2019 at 5:01 pm

Trump Warns Iran as Risk of Wider Armed Conflict Grows

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump toughened his rhetoric toward Iran on Tuesday, saying the country would “be held fully responsible” for the...

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December 21, 2019 at 9:41 am

U.S. Braces for Major North Korean Weapons Test as Trump’s Diplomacy Fizzles

WASHINGTON — U.S. military and intelligence officials tracking North Korea’s actions by the hour said they are bracing for an imminent test of an intercontinental...

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December 18, 2019 at 10:48 pm

Trump, unbowed, uses rally to strike back against impeachment vote VIEW

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — President Donald Trump angrily responded to the impeachment he had long been dreading Wednesday, lashing out at his Democratic accusers in...

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