Author: William Cummings, USA TODAY

Hogan said “waiting around for the president to run the nation’s response was hopeless” and would lead “more of our citizens to suffering and death.”

“I wouldn’t trust you to care for a house plant let alone my child,” Pressley said in reply to DeVos’ remarks on reopening schools amid the pandemic.

Duke told the Times Trump floated some initial ideas: “Can we outsource the electricity? Can we sell the island? You know, or divest of that asset?”

“There’s no question he should not have retweeted it and he should just take it down,” said Republican Sen. Tim Scott.

“The president moving the date by a day once he was informed on what Juneteenth was, that was a good decision on his part,” Scott said.

Rallies supporting the president are planned around the U.S. as are protests against him and his administration, as he celebrates his 74th birthday.

According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, just 15% of voters think matters in the USA are under control.

Dr. Deborah Birx warned that protesters who carry an infection home to their grandmother or grandfather would feel guilty for the rest of their lives.

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul said Kim’s absence was not “particularly unusual” in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.