Simon Marks

The social media site, Twitter, has for the first time ever, fact-checked a tweet by Donald Trump.

The tweet-in-question was posted yesterday - in it, the President falsely accused the governor of… Audio

While Brazil nears the peak of its epidemic, the US is approaching a grim milestone - one hundred thousand deaths due to Covid-19. The front page of Sunday's New York Times called it 'an incalculable… Audio

President Donald Trump has claimed it is "a badge of honour" that the US has the world's highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections.

The US has 1.5 million coronavirus cases and nearly 92,000… Audio

America's Centers for Disease Control warned on Monday that the United States is on course to record 100,000 coronavirus deaths by the beginning of next month.

Some models predict that grim moment… Audio

America's leading infectious disease expert has warned States against lifting lockdown restrictions to soon, saying it could lead to a spike in deaths.

Speaking at a congressional hearing today, Dr… Audio

Donald Trump's plans to encourage Americans to return to work have been complicated by a Covid-19 outbreak in his own workplace.

The West Wing of the White House has been penetrated by coronavirus… Audio

Covid-19 has been found inside the White House for the first time.

A US military valet responsible for attending to the President's personal needs in the Oval Office has tested positive for the… Audio

President Donald Trump has backtracked on plans to terminate the country's coronavirus task force, just a day after he signalled his intentions to cancel it.

Early this morning, President Trump… Audio

A draft US government report has projected the number of Covid-19 cases in America will surge to 200,000 per day by 1 June.

The forecasting ends at the beginning of June, but it suggests the numbers… Audio

Coronavirus cases in the United States have topped 1 million, and 58,500 people have died - that's more than the total number of Americans killed in the Vietnam war.

It's bad news on the economic… Audio

The US now has more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases, and 58,500 deaths, more than the total number of Americans killed during the Vietnam War.

While the number of Covid-19 numbers hits… Audio

For the second consecutive day President Trump's has not held a daily press briefing leading to suggestions the briefings may be curtailed.

That is being denied by White House press secretary… Audio

There are growing indications that President Donald Trump is making plans to advance the argument that China is to blame for the Covid-19 pandemic that has brought devastation to the American economy.

Demonstrations have continued in several US states as protesters demand an early end to the coronavirus lockdown.

President Donald Trump said some businesses would reopen in Texas and Vermont today.

United States President Donald Trump's approval rating in the United States may not have fallen a lot within the country, but his stocks are certainly decling around the world.

Trump's decision to… Audio

The US President, Donald Trump has announced his country will be cutting funding to the World Health Organisation.

The US contributes the largest share of the W-H-O's funds, at nearly 15-percent.

… Audio

If he ever thought he was in charge, US President Donald Trumps leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, continues to crumble.

Trump has gone on the attack as he defends growing criticism of his… Audio

Bernie Sanders is out of the race to be US president.

The self-described "democratic-socialist" has suspended his campaign and cleared the way for Joe Biden to run for President.

US correspondent… Audio

The coronavirus death toll in the United States has risen above 10,000 amid some preliminary signs that the crisis in New York may have reached its peak.

President Trump declared there is light at… Audio

President Donald Trump has said federal coronavirus guidelines such as social distancing will be extended across the US until at least 30 April.

He had previously suggested that they could be relaxed… Audio