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USA Today added a disclaimer to White House trade advisor Peter Navarro's controversial op-ed attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying that the piece "did not meet fact-checking standards." Bill Sternberg, USA TODAY editorial page editor, wrote in the disclaimer that the op-ed was published to serve as an "opposing view" to its editorial that largely hailed Fauci as a "national treasure." "We felt it was...

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro published an op-ed Tuesday attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci, claiming that everything that the infectious disease expert has told him about the pandemic "has been wrong." Fauci, who also serves on the White House coronavirus task force, has become the nation's leading source for insight amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, White House Chief of Staff...

As the US sees record-high surges in coronavirus cases, the White House is seeking to undercut the country's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has criticized the US response to the virus. White House trade advisor Peter Navarro penned an op-ed for USA Today Tuesday attacking Fauci and saying the infectious disease expert "has been wrong about everything" — from mask wearing...

CBS News "60 Minutes" highlighted its own previous segments after a senior Trump official questioned the integrity of its journalism and commitment to remain apolitical. "You say this could not have been anticipated," CBS's correspondent Bill Whitaker said to Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump's trade adviser, in an interview. "Intelligence agencies anticipated it, other foreign countries ..." Navarro interrupted: "You can line up every...

President Donald Trump was informed in late January of a memo written by his trade adviser, Peter Navarro, warning that 'half a million American souls' could die of coronavirus, The New York Times reported Saturday. Trump has denied he saw the memo at the time. The Times also reported that Trump was displeased that Navarro had put the information in writing. Visit Business Insider's...