Donald Trump “did things that were terrible” when contradicted on the coronavirus pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci has said in an interview, revealing that the president entirely lost interest in tackling Covid-19 as it became clear he had lost November’s presidential election.
In his latest move to undo his predecessor’s toxic legacy, Joe Biden formally leads the US back into the Paris climate accord on Friday, renewing Amercian’s commitment to battling the environmental crisis.
As Mr Trump reportedly fears he will face lawsuits for the rest of his life, his fellow Republican Ted Cruz remains under fire for going on holiday to the Mexican beach resort of Cancun while the state he represents, Texas, suffered power outages after being hit by extreme winter storms.
Meanwhile, New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised more than $1 million within four hours for Texans struggling to survive in the face of a devastating cold snap.
“Totally blown away,” AOC tweeted of the online effort late last night.
