Trump: Second Term Would End White House Pandemic Office

A second Trump administration would do away from the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), former president Donald Trump told Time in a wide-ranging interview during which he also said he would defer to states on abortion-related enforcement and water down protections for civil servants. His statements on the pandemic office and abortion were immediately criticized by President Joe Biden’s campaign, and the administration last month issued a rule aimed at blocking potential politically motivated...