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Donald Trump

A coronavirus testing site

Why the United States needs a new pandemic-fighting federal agency

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity

President Donald Trump at a press conference.

Hear, see, speak no COVID: Why the Trump administration is bungling the response to the pandemic

By Saskia Popescu, Gregory D. Koblentz | Biosecurity

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Curious coincidence: the birth of Donald Trump and the struggle to abolish nuclear weapons

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Weapons

What the United States loses by quitting the Open Skies treaty, in one chart

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk

Donald Trump addresses Americans from the oval office.

Assessing Trump’s coronavirus approach: a Q&A with public health expert Saskia Popescu

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

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Discussion: Nuclear weapons policy and the US presidential election

By | Multimedia, Nuclear Risk

Donald Trump at a campaign rally.

Alex Azar is busy, and 4 other things I learned from watching Trump talk about the coronavirus outbreak

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Ambulances wait outside an emergency room.

If the coronavirus outbreak grows, can a strained US health care system keep up?

By Saskia Popescu | Biosecurity

Donald Trump and Qassem Soleimani.

The Soleimani killing and 5 things to know about drones in Iraq

By Dan Gettinger | Disruptive Technologies

Trump tweet about global warming

Trump to Paris Agreement: Drop dead

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump deals Chinese high-tech firms a heavy blow—for now

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Cyber Report: Right-wing social media

By Matt Field, Thomas Gaulkin | Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia