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White House officials had a special trick they used to keep a straight face during Trump's press conferences, Dr. Birx writes in her tell-all memoir
Colleagues told Dr. Deborah Birx to "focus on a distant point at the back of the room and think of …
Kimberly Leonard,Jake Lahut
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Deborah Birx thought about quitting the COVID-19 task force because the Trump administration would 'misrepresent reality,' but George W. Bush talked her out of it: book
"You've got to do this. You need to finish. You can never quit," Bush told Birx, according to her n…
Oma Seddiq,Kimberly Leonard
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Trump decided to shut down the country after a friend got COVID and a hospital he knew well became overwhelmed, book says
"Suddenly, this pandemic was not abstract to him, but very real and personal," Birx, who coordinate…
Warren Rojas,Kimberly Leonard
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Deborah Birx's first meeting with Donald Trump lasted just 30 seconds as he flipped on Fox News, book says
The former COVID-19 coordinator for the White House tried to tell then-President Donald Trump that …
Kimberly Leonard,Grace Panetta
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'I just can't': Dr. Deborah Birx privately blasted the Trump White House's COVID-19 strategy while publicly giving it 'cover,' emails show
Birx said the Trump White House's approach to COVID-19 would contribute to an "unacceptable death t…
Grace Panetta
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Trump claimed he did a 'great job' with COVID and said the only thing Dr. Deborah Birx did well was scarves, book says
Donald Trump never respected his former White House COVID-19 coordinator, Deborah Birx, who critici…
Lloyd Lee,Nicole Gaudiano
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Trump's White House ignored advice on COVID-19 that could've saved over 130,000 lives, Birx said
The 2020 election "distracted" Trump and took his attention away from the nation's pandemic respons…
John Haltiwanger
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Trump called the White House Coronavirus Task Force 'that f---ing council that Mike has': book
The book "Nightmare Scenario" describes the task force as "a mess" when Dr. Birx first arrived, "in…
John L. Dorman
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Pence was more worried about COVID-19 privately than in his public appearances and was 'rattled' by his press secretary contracting the virus: book
According to the book "Nightmare Scenario," a close advisor's infection gave Pence "a firsthand gli…
John L. Dorman
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Former president attempts to jab Fauci and Birx as US vaccinations climb to over 95 million
In January, Fauci described working for President Joe Biden's administration as "a somewhat liberat…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Fauci says that Trump's call to 'liberate' Virginia and Michigan during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic was 'like a punch to the chest'
In a CNN special report, Dr. Fauci said he was taken aback by the former president calling for stat…
John L. Dorman
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Birx said she had a 'very uncomfortable' call with Trump after she did a CNN interview about the pandemic last year
"I knew I was being watched," Dr. Deborah Birx, who worked on President Donald Trump's coronavirus …
Connor Perrett
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'I still think about it every day': Former White House advisor Deborah Birx says she 'didn't know how to handle' Trump's comments about injecting disinfectants
"I still think about it every day," Birx said about Trump's comments to investigate whether light, …
Oma Seddiq
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Deborah Birx, the former White House coronavirus coordinator, said Trump was fed 'parallel data' that she hadn't approved, which he then presented to the public
Dr. Deborah Birx said Scott Atlas, an advisor to President Donald TRump, brought in the "parallel d…
Kate Duffy
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Deborah Birx says there were 'definitely' COVID-19 deniers in the Trump White House
"When you have a pandemic where you're relying on every American to change their behavior, communic…
John L. Dorman
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Deborah Birx says she 'always' considered quitting as she faced attacks from within the Trump administration and the science community
"I mean, why would you want to put yourself through that every day?" Birx told Margaret Brennan on …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The White House coronavirus response chief said the winter surge will be the worst event in US history, 'not just the worst public health event'
The US added 1 million COVID-19 cases in the first five days of December, and exceeded 100,000 curr…
Allana Akhtar
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Leaders on Trump's COVID-19 task force are sounding the alarm as the infections rise across the US
Drs. Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci are among them, countering Trump's efforts to dismiss the threa…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx reportedly says she is 'distressed' at direction of White House COVID-19 task force
Birx told people close to her that she felt her role was diminished after Dr. Scott Atlas joined th…
Lauren Frias
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Sources close to a 'distressed' Dr. Birx say she feels sidelined on the White House coronavirus task force and wonders how much longer she can stay on
Dr. Deborah Birx views Scott Atlas as an "unhealthy influence" on President Donald Trump's thinking…