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19.12.2020 / 19:00

Visit by COVID-infected interior secretary closes Washington Monument

The Trump administration abruptly closed the Washington Monument after a recent visit by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who tested positive this week for coronavirus. Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said Friday that "a couple" of employees have quarantined since Bernhardt’s private tour, "resulting in a temporary workforce reduction at the monument and its temporary closure." The National Park Service posted a brief notice of the closure on its website Thursday.

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Visit by COVID-infected official closes Washington Monument

The Trump administration abruptly closed the Washington Monument on Friday over exposure concerns from an earlier visit by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who tested positive this week for the coronavirus.Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said “a couple” employees have quarantined since the visit, “resulting in a temporary workforce reduction at the monument and its temporary closure.”Goodwin said in an email the Washington Monument, normally one of the capital's most visited sites, would reopen Monday, with tickets going on sale Sunday.The closure comes after the Interior Department disclosed Wednesday, after an inquiry from The Washington Post, that Bernhardt had tested positive for the coronavirus.Bernhardt was quarantining and was

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Interior chief latest official to test positive for virus

WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has tested positive for the coronavirus, an agency spokesman said.Bernhardt's test results Wednesday make him the latest administration official, including President Donald Trump, to test positive for the virus. Trump was hospitalized for three days in October.Interior spokesman Nicholas Goodwin said Bernhardt has no symptoms.

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Trump makes water demand of farms priority for new office

President Donald Trump on Tuesday created what he called a “subcabinet” for federal water issues, with a mandate that includes water-use changes sought by corporate farm interests and oil and gas.An executive order from Trump put Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler in charge of the interagency water body.Establishment of a water subcabinet “will streamline decision-making processes" across federal agencies, the EPA said in a statement.The first priority set out by the executive order is increasing dam storage and other water storage, long a demand of farmers and farm interests in the West in particular.

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Trump Cabinet members look to reassure battleground voters

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tromped through a strawberry festival in central Florida, detailing the government's new trade pact.

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Trump's DC July 4th: fireworks and face masks

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s July 4th celebration in Washington will feature one of the largest fireworks displays ever, officials said Wednesday, and as many as 300,000 face masks will be given away to those who come down to the National Mall, although they won't be required to wear them.

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Hundreds of National Guard troops mobilized to protect DC monuments amid protests

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of troops with the Washington, D.C., National Guard have mobilized to protect monuments in the nation's capital, a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News on Wednesday.Interior Secretary David Bernhardt requested the action earlier this week, as protesters target statues and other historical markers during ongoing demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death in Minneapolis at the end of May.RELATED: Tension overnight after protesters cleared from area near White HouseProtesters on Monday attempted to tear down a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square by the White House, and defaced it with the phrase "killer scum," Reuters reported.

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