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The White House has told government agencies to start preparing for the transition should Donald Trump lose to Joe Biden in November as Democrats worry the president won't cooperate with a handover should one become necessary. Russell Vought, acting director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, issued a memo on Monday ordering 20 different agencies to appoint a transition director by Friday, in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act. Each agency's director will make up the Agency Transition Directors Council, which will meet on May 27, Vought wrote.

Donald Trump says there will not be mass testing for all Americans when the economy reopens but insists deaths will be 'far lower' than 100,000 As White House shares hope of getting people back to work in early May President Donald Trump predicted deaths from the coronavirus in the United States will be much lower than 100,000 'You are looking at a much lower level than the level of, I hope the level of 100,000,' he said at the daily White House briefing 'It's working America,' Vice President Pence said of containment measures President Trump also said the economy was...

FULL TITLE: Two Miami Dolphins wide receivers become first players of 2018 season to take the knee during national anthem, just hours after Trump blamed the sport's poor TV ratings on the ongoing protest President Donald Trump is slamming the National Football League for low ratings and blaming players for protesting during the national anthem as two Miami Dolphins players took to the knee Sunday during 'The Star Spangled Banner' as football season began in earnest. 'Wow, NFL first game ratings are way down over an already really bad last year comparison. Viewership declined 13%, the lowest in over a...