The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a judge to temporarily block the release of former national security adviser John BoltonJohn BoltonLincoln Project launches new ad hitting Trump over China policies Trump criticizes Bolton as memoir excerpts offer scathing account of White House Bolton book portrays ‘stunningly uninformed’ Trump MORE‘s upcoming memoir, arguing that it contains classified information. 

The Trump administration filed an emergency application Wednesday asking for a restraining order to halt the publication of Bolton’s book, called “The Room Where It Happened.”

“To be clear: Defendant’s manuscript still contains classified information, as confirmed by some of the Government’s most senior national-security and intelligence officials,” reads the DOJ’s memorandum supporting their argument.

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“Disclosure of the manuscript will damage the national security of the United States,” it continues.

The application includes declarations from top U.S. intelligence and national security officials, including Director of National Intelligence John RatcliffeJohn Lee RatcliffeDOJ seeks temporary restraining order blocking Bolton book release Hillicon Valley: Report finds CIA security failures led to massive breach | Pelosi calls on advertisers to pressure social media giants | Experts warn firms facing serious cyber threats in COVID-19 era Coronavirus Report: The Hill’s Steve Clemons interviews Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney MORE and National Security Agency Director Paul Nakasone.

The motion comes the same day The Hill and other news outlets published details of the book almost a week before its release, including explosive allegations that President TrumpDonald John TrumpLincoln Project launches new ad hitting Trump over China policies Trump criticizes Bolton as memoir excerpts offer scathing account of White House Bolton book portrays ‘stunningly uninformed’ Trump MORE asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help him get a competitive edge in the upcoming presidential race against former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenSenator demands Trump Organization explain Chinese business dealings in light of Bolton book Hillicon Valley: Senate Republicans, DOJ target Section 230 | Facial recognition under the spotlight | Zoom launches E2E encrypted beta The Memo: Bolton exposé makes Trump figure of mockery MORE, the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Bolton claims Trump stressed the importance of getting the vote from U.S. farmers and advocated that China make more purchases of U.S. soybeans and wheat to help his electoral chances.

While Bolton does touch on infighting within the White House, he focuses heavily on Trump’s foreign policy.

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The DOJ’s filing escalates the legal fight between Bolton and the White House over the publication of the book.

Bolton announced plans earlier this year to move forward with the memoir’s publication after a dispute with the White House, saying at the time that he had removed all classified information from the book.

The White House argues Bolton did not receive the green light to use such information, that he is in violation of his nondisclosure agreement with the Trump White House and that he will be publishing classified information.

“The type of classified information in these passages is the type of information that foreign adversaries of the United States seek to obtain, at great cost, through covert intelligence,” Ratcliffe wrote his signed declaration.

“Unauthorized disclosure of these types of classified information could reveal, in some instances, the limits and, in some instances, the capabilities of U.S. intelligence collection and would cause irreparable damage to national security,” Trump’s intelligence chief continues.

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The motion for an injunction comes as part of a lawsuit the Justice Department filed on Tuesday against Bolton over the book’s publication.

Bolton’s publisher slammed the lawsuit in a statement, calling it “the latest in a long running series of efforts by the Administration to quash publication of a book it deems unflattering to the President.”

“Ambassador Bolton has worked in full cooperation with the NSC in its pre-publication review to address its concerns and Simon & Schuster fully supports his First Amendment right to tell the story of his time in the White House to the American public,” Simon & Schuster said in a statement.

While the restraining order against Bolton is a civil case, he could face criminal charges if the DOJ decides to prosecute him over the information he has included in his book, should he proceed with the book’s publication next week.

Stock markets on Thursday closed relatively flat after a day of volatility.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 40 points, or 0.2 percent, while the S&P 500 closed up 1.8 points, or 0.1 percent.

The intra-day swings started after initial jobless claims from the Labor Department showed that 1.5 million more Americans applied for benefits last week, marking a steady decline from March highs but still double the pre-pandemic record.

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The Dow dropped nearly 250 points early in the day and then climbed back into positive territory before retreating again. The S&P followed a similar path before pushing back into the positive territory shortly before the closing bell.

The volatility follows news that the reopening that has allowed an economic rebound has also contributed to a major spike in COVID-19 cases in states like Texas, Arizona and Florida.

Thursday’s trading came a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress that ending stimulus and emergency measures too soon could endanger the nascent recovery.

Meanwhile, the GOP-led Senate has yet to craft its next coronavirus response bill, with additional unemployment benefits playing a divisive role.

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US No. 1 ranked prep
runner Edward Cheserek took down two-time Olympian John Gregorek’s 34 year-old
Sunken Meadow’s CR of 15:32 with a time of 15:20 to win the Foot Locker
Northeast Regionals by 25 seconds over Peru (NY) senior Dan Lennon.

This was Cheserek’s 7th meet
record this season out of 7 attempts. Next up are the Foot Locker National XC
Championships at Balboa Park (CA) on Dec. 10. The course record there is 14:36
set by Ruben Reina in 1985.

As she had in the NY
Federation Championship, West Genesee (NY) sophomore Laura Luff led until late
in the race. In the home straight, Kennebunk (ME) senior Abbey Leonardi seized
the lead but was outkicked by PA’s Angel Piccirillo in 18:01 to Leonardi’s
18:05.

Peabody (MA) junior
Catarina Rocha, fresh of winning the MA D1 crown, placed third in 18:19.
Piccirillo will be making her second trip to the national championships while
4x ME state champion Leonardi will be making her third. Converted soccer player
Rocha will be making her second national finals in as many cross country
seasons.

In all, NE & NY
runners will fill half the available 20 slots for the national championships.

Foot Locker Northeast Regional Championships

Sunken Meadow State Park, Long Island, NY, Saturday,
November 26

121 Boys Finishers, 86 Girls Finishers ‰ÛÓ includes CT, DC,
DE, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NH, NY, PA, RI, VT. Top 10 qualify for Foot Locker
National Championships

Boys 5K: 1. Edward
Cheserek, JR-NJ, 15:20 (CR: old record 15:32, John Gregorek, 1977); 2. Dan Lennon,
SR-Peru NY, 15:45; 3. Tim Ball, SR-NJ, 15:47; 4. Joel Hubbard, SR-Marshfield
MA, 15:49; 5. Dustin Wilson, SR-PA, 15:50; 6. Matt McClintock, SR-Madison
Memorial ME, 15:51; 7. Jon Green, JR-St. John’s, Shrewsbury MA, 15:52; 8. Blake
Udland, SR-NJ, 15:55; 9. Conor Rog, SR-Fairfield Prep CT, 16:03; 10. Chris
Allen, SR-King Philip’s MA, 16:03. Addt’l NE & NY: 11. Kevin Thomas, SR-Marshfield MA, 16:09; 12.
Stephen Robertson, SR-Wakefield MA, 16:12; 13. Harry Warnick, SR-Fairfield
Warde CT, 16:20; 14. Brendan Smith, SR-CBA Syracuse NY, 16:22; 17. Nick
Christensen, SR-Peabody MA, 16:24; 22. Stephen Bourguet, JR-Manhasset NY,
16:34; 23. Jake Feinstein, JR-Newtown CT, 16:36; 29. Scott Carpenter, JR-Lenox
MA, 16:42; 33. Mike McConville, SR-Hingham MA, 16:44; 34. Ryan Colabella,
SR-Hauppauge NY, 16:44; 36. Cameron Bruce, SR-LansingNY, 16:49; 37. Brendan
Sullivan, SR-Foxboro MA, 16:50; 39. Josef Andrews, SO-Telstar RegionalME,
16:54; 40. James Randon, JR-Milton Academy MA, 16:55; 42. Drew Beck, SR-Oliver
Ames MA, 16:57; 45. Matt Klein, SR-Trumbull CT, 17:00. Girls 5K: 1. Angel Piccirillo, SR-PA, 18:01; 2. Abbey
Leonardi, SR-Kennebunk ME, 18:05; 3. Catarina Rocha, JR-Peabody MA, 18:19; 4.
Holly Bischof, SR-NJ, 18:24; 5. Laura Leff, SO-West Genesee, 18:26; 5. Hannah
Oneda, SR-MD, 18:26; 7. Alexis Panisse, SR-Benjamin Cardoza NY, 18:29; 8.
Caroline Keliner, SR-NJ, 18:35; 9. Meredith Speakman, SR-PA, 18:36; 10. Tori
Gerlach, SR-PA, 18:40. Addt’l NE & NY: 12. Leila Mantilla, SR-Penfield NY, 18:48; 13. Laura Mullins,
SR-Johnson City NY, 18:57; 15. Emily Stark, SR-Concord MA, 19:02; 16. Katie
Lembo, SO-Penfield NY, 19:05; 18. Camille Blackman, SR-Longmeadow MA, 19:13;
19. Tiana Guevara, SO-Miller Place NY, 19:14; 24. Willow Parker, FR-Camden
Hills ME, 19:22; 25. Talia Guevara, SO-Miller Place NY, 19:26; 27. Madison
Granger, SR-Belchertown MA, 19:30; 28. Abby Mace, SR-Marancook, 19:32; 29.
Jenna Cupp, JR-Newark Valley NY, 19:34; 30. Courtney Hawkins, JR-Milford NH,
19:35; 32. Annika Gompers, SO-Gann Academy MA, 19:41; 35. Julie McConville,
JR-Hingham MA, 19:49; 36. Brandy Leclair, SR-Fitch CT, 19:57; 38. Brigid
Brennan, SO-Northport NY, 20:00; 40. Shannon Murdock, FR-Exeter NH, 20:05

ABDIRAHMAN OUT OF BOSTON MARATHON WITH FLU

By David Monti

(c) 2013 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

(Used with permission)







(10-Apr) -- Organizers of next Monday's Boston Marathon announced this morning that four-time USA Olympian Abdi 

Abdirahman had withdrawn from the race due to the flu.  This now leaves only two of the six 2012 American 

Olympic Marathon athletes --Shalane Flanagan and Kara Goucher-- originally signed by the race in a 

process which began more than one year ago.  The others withdrew from the race as follows:



Dec. 28, 2012: Desi Davila withdrew due to a "slow-healing femoral stress fracture of the right leg"

Mar. 13, 2013: Ryan Hall withdrew because he "missed crucial training due to a quadriceps strain."

Apr. 5, 2013: Meb Keflezighi pulled out due to "a persistent calf injury."

Apr. 10, 2013: Abdi Abdirahman dropped out due to the flu



Organizers also said that Ukraine's Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko had also withdrawn due to illness.



The revised race field is as follows, according to John Hancock Financial which manages and funds the race's elite field, including personal best times:



MEN -

Lelisa Desisa, 2:04:45 (Dubai, 2013), Ethiopia

Gebre Gebremariam, 2:04:53 (Boston, 2011), Ethiopia

Markos Geneti, 2:04:54 (Dubai, 2012), Ethiopia

Levy Matebo, 2:05:16 (Frankfurt, 2011), Kenya

Dickson Chumba, 2:05:46 (Eindhoven, 2012) CR, Kenya

Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, 2:05:52 (Boston, 2010), Kenya

Wesley Korir, 2:06:13 (Chicago, 2012), Kenya

Raji Assefa, 2:06:24 (Paris, 2012), Ethiopia

Deriba Merga, 2:06:38 (London, 2006), Ethiopia

Jeffrey Hunt, 2:11:00 (Beppu, 2010), Australia

Jason Hartmann, 2:11:06 (Chicago, 2010), USA

Fernando Cabada, 2:11:53 (Houston, 2012), USA

Robin Watson, 2:13:37 (Rotterdam, 2012), Canada

Micah Kogo, Debut, Kenya



WOMEN -

Meseret Hailu Debele, 2:21:09 (Amsterdam, 2012) CR, Ethiopia

Tirfi Tsegaye Beyene, 2:21:19 (Berlin, 2012), Ethiopia

Mamitu Daska, 2:21:59 (Frankfurt, 2011), Ethiopia

Rita Jeptoo, 2:22:04 (Chicago, 2012), Kenya

Sharon Cherop, 2:22:39 (Dubai, 2012), Kenya

Madai Pérez, 2:22:59 (Chicago, 2006) NR, Mexico

Alemitu Abera Begna, 2:23:14 (Houston, 2012) CR, Ethiopia

Kara Goucher, 2:24:52 (Boston, 2011), USA

Shalane Flanagan, 2:25:38 (US Olympic Trials Houston, 2012) CR, USA

Ana Dulce Félix, 2:25:40 (NYC, 2011), Portugal

Yolanda Caballero, 2:26:17 (Boston, 2011), Colombia

Sabrina Mockenhaupt, 2:26:21 (Berlin, 2010), Germany

Diana Chepkemoi Sigei, 2:26:53 (Dubai, 2011), Kenya

Serena Burla, 2:28:27 (Seoul, 2012), USA

Stephanie Rothstein-Bruce, 2:29:35 (Houston, 2011), USA

René Kalmer, 2:29:50 (Yokohama, 2011), RSA

Diane Nukuri-Johnson, 2:30:13 (London, 2012) NR, Burundi

Alissa McKaig, 2:31:56 (Houston, 2012), USA

LONDON MARATHON WOMEN'S FIELD DOES NOT DISAPPOINT

By David Monti

(c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

(Used with permission)



(14-Jan) -- The elite women's field announced this morning by the Virgin Money London Marathon, 

scheduled for Sunday, April 26, is as strong as the men's

 released last week, boasting seven athletes with sub-2:22 personal bests.  Previous London champions

 --Kenyans Edna Kiplagat (2:19:50 PB), Mary Keitany

 (2:18:37) and Priscah Jeptoo (2:20:14)-- are the leading ladies.



In addition, marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe of England will run her farewell marathon in London, 

organizers said, but she was not included

 (yet) in the elite field.  London officials said she would announce her intentions for the race on January 30.



Kiplagat, 35, twice the world marathon champion, became last year's London winner in her fourth run at the race.  

She prevailed over compatriot Florence 

Kiplagat (no relation) in a sprint finish on The Mall 2:20:21 to to 2:20:24.



"Winning my first London Marathon title on my fourth attempt last year was a special moment for me," Kiplagat said through a statement provided by race 

organizers.  "Now I have tasted success in London, I am determined to win again."



Keitany, 32, made a noteworthy comeback from maternity leave last fall, winning the TCS New York City Marathon in cold and very windy conditions.  The tiny

 athlete from Iten in the Great Rift Valley won London in 2011 and 2012, and her winning time of 2:18:37 in 2012 makes here the second-fastest woman ever 

in London behind only Paula Radcliffe.  



Jeptoo, 30, was the London winner in 2013, but was forced to drop out of last year's race with a calf injury after tangling with a wheelchair racer at a 

fluid station.  She had planned to run the TCS New York City Marathon last November (she was the reigning champion), but was forced to withdraw from the 

race with injury.  She has been building up her fitness by doing a series of shorter races during the fall and winter.



Other athletes from the Kenyan squad include last year's London runner-up Florence Kiplagat (2:19:44 PB), and last year's New York runner-up Jemima Sumgong

 (2:20:41).



Leading the list of Ethiopian entrants is Feyse Tadese (2:20:27 PB), fourth at last year's London race, and Tigist Tufa (2:21:52), who won last year's 

Ottawa and Shanghai Marathons.



Race director Hugh Brasher also recruited a strong group of European woman, led by reigning European champion Christelle Daunay of France (2:24:22 PB).  

Other Europeans include Portugal's Ana Dulce Félix (2:25:40) and Sara Moreira (2:26:00), Spain's Alessandra Aguilar (2:27:00), Russia's Tatyana Arkhipova 

(2:23:29), Ukraine's Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko (2:23:58) and Poland's Iwona Lewandowska (2:28:32).



In all, seven women in the field have broken 2:22, ten have broken 2:25, and 17 have broken 2:30.  The complete field is listed below.  A complete list of

 London winners is at this link: http://www.arrs.net/HP_LonMa.htm



The Virgin Money London Marathon is part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors and is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.  



Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 2:19:50

Mary Keitany (Kenya) 2:18:37

Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 2:19:44

Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) 2:20:14

Feyse Tadese (Ethiopia) 2:20:27

Jemima Sumgong (Kenya) 2:20:41

Tigist Tufa (Ethiopia) 2:21:52

Tatyana Arkhipova (Russia) 2:23:29

Tetyana Gamera-Shmyrko (Ukraine) 2:23:58

Christelle Daunay (France) 2:24:22

Ana Dulce Félix (Portugal) 2:25:40

Sara Moreira (Portugal) 2:26:00

Alessandra Aguilar (Spain) 2:27:00

Volha Mazuronak (Belarus) 2:27:33

Rkia El Moukim (Morocco) 2:28:12

Iwona Lewandowska (Poland) 2:28:32

Diane Nukuri (Burundi) 2:29:35

Sonia Samuels (Great Britain & NI) 2:30:56

Emma Stepto (40+/Great Britain & NI) 2:32:40

Rebecca Robinson (Great Britain & NI) 2:37:14



PHOTO: Edna Kiplagat poses in front of Tower Bridge prior to the 2013 Virgin Money London Marathon 

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46th Annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb
August 18, 2018

• Vasse pedals to her fifth title at Mt. Washington
• Miller tops men’s field in Hillclimb

Pinkham Notch, N.H. – August 18, 2018

Rain, fog, heavy clouds and thunder today delayed the start of the Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb by two hours, but by late morning the famously unpredictable weather of New Hampshire’s White Mountains calmed enough to allow 397 cyclists to race to the summit of the highest peak in the northeastern U.S. Leading the way to the mountain’s 6288-foot summit were Aimee Vasse, 40, from Longmont, Colo., and Barry Miller, 30, from Beverly, Mass.

Vasse, already a four-time winner of this all-uphill bicycle race who moved to Colorado last March to train at higher altitudes, pushed herself from the start of the 7.6-mile race and led from wire to wire, placing first among all the women in the field in a time of one hour 4 minutes 5 seconds. She not only recorded her fastest time ever on the Mt. Washington Auto Road but became the only cyclist, male or female, to win this race five times.

Her closest rival, Stefanie Sydlik, 33, of Pittsburgh, Pa., finished more than five minutes behind, in 1:10:32. Third was 48-year-old Kristen Roberts, of Reading, Mass., in 1:12:07.

“Today I think I went out a little too hard,” said Vasse as she warmed up with a blanket at the summit after her finish. “I got some cramping in my legs, and the headwind was tough for me. But Mt. Washington is fun. It’s my favorite race. I love New Hampshire!”

Miller similarly went out quickly, leading the men through the first mile before he was overtaken by Eric Levinsohn, 28, of New Haven, Conn. Dropping the rest of the field, the two dueled from the lower wooded slopes of Mt. Washington to the treeline and beyond, before Miller finally broke away in the sixth mile and pedaled alone to record a finishing time of 53:34.

Levinsohn crossed the finish line second, in 56:03, but ultimately he placed third in the race. In the Hillclimb, racers start in waves at five-minute intervals. While Miller and Levinsohn started in the elite first wave, Drake Deuel of Cambridge, Mass., started in the second, five minutes later, and then made up enough of that five-minute gap to record a net time of 55:38 and become the official runnerup.

Like Vasse, Miller started quickly, partly because the race awards a $750 bonus prize to whoever is in the lead at the one-mile mark. “After that,” he said later, “I tried just to settle into a rhythm. Then Eric came up pretty fast. He’s incredibly strong, and I didn’t think I could stay with him, but somehow I didn’t fade. When we got to the dirt section, I saw I had the lead, and I kept the momentum up.”

Vasse also won the $750 first-mile bonus, and she and Miller each won $1500 for winning the race.

The first New Hampshire finishers were Darren Piotrow, 19, of Jackson, who placed seventh overall in 1:01:31, and 55-year-old Johanna Lawrence of Nashua, tenth among all women in 1:25:54. Piotrow rode with the sponsorship of the Chad Young Foundation, named in honor of a promising cyclist – Chad Young, of Newmarket, N.H. – who set the current junior (under 20 years) course record in this race, and who died in an accident during a cycling race last year.

For spectators at the finish line, the most inspiring story of the day was that of Brian Hall, 56, of Hampton, N.H., who has suffered from Parkinson’s disease since he was 15. Despite severe movement impairments caused by the disease, Hall secured permission from the race’s sponsor and beneficiary, Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H., to compete in the Hillclimb by riding an e-bike, which contains a motor that assists the rider’s pedaling efforts. Hall completed the climb in less than two and a half hours, finishing ahead of several able-bodied cyclists.

“I was shocked at how hard it was,” said Hall as he recovered from the effort. “I skied Mont Blanc in 1992. I feel the same sense of euphoria and accomplishment today – I feel like I’m reborn.”

The oldest finisher was Giuseppe Marinoni, 81, of Laval, Quebec. Marinoni finished 308th overall in 1:56:31, breaking the former age-group record for me 80 and over by more than 20 minutes.

On the men’s winners’ podium, Miller was flanked by Ivy League cyclists. Deuel, who started bike racing only this summer, has competed in rowing as an undergraduate at Harvard University. Levinsohn recently finished medical school at Yale and is doing his residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.

The Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb is the main annual fund-raising event for the Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, N.H., which provides environmental and recreational education for children, schools and families in communities in the White Mountains and the Mt. Washington Valley.

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Anthony FauciAnthony FauciFauci on coronavirus infections: ‘We’re still in a first wave’ Fox’s Hemmer presses McEnany on public absence of Birx, Fauci: ‘They seem to have disappeared’ Fauci says he hasn’t talked with Trump in two weeks MORE, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is warning that the United States has to yet get through the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak.

“People keep talking about a second wave,” Fauci said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. “We’re still in a first wave.”

The comments arrived as pockets of the U.S. experience surges in new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

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California, Texas, Arizona and Florida are among states reporting consistent increases in case counts. In Texas, health authorities on Tuesday registered the state’s highest number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Democrat warns of potential staff purge at US media agency Judge denies request to stop Trump rally due to coronavirus concerns Fauci on coronavirus infections: ‘We’re still in a first wave’ MORE and Vice President Pence have cast the increase as largely a product of an uptick in the nation’s testing capacity. Pence wrote in an op-ed earlier Tuesday that the media’s coverage of a “second wave” was “overblown,” arguing that the administration’s approach “has been a success.”

But Fauci told the Journal that higher percentages of positive tests in some states “cannot be explained by increased testing.”

He also pointed to people’s behavior, saying that it’s “very risky” to congregate in places such as bars when “the location they are [in] indicates they shouldn’t be doing that.”

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In a separate radio interview, Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, said that a combination of individual behavior and states relaxing health restrictions too soon was responsible for some of the increases. 

“States may say they’re in this particular stage, but then you might find people are not adhering to the guidelines,” he told NPR. “That’s clearly increasing the risk and likely explaining some of the upticks you’re seeing.”

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The U.S. has reported more than 2.1 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 116,000 deaths caused by it, according to a Johns Hopkins University database.

Fauci indicated earlier this month that the White House task force continued to do “substantial” work, but he said Tuesday that his last meeting with Trump came two weeks ago, when he and other health experts informed the president of vaccine development efforts. 

Like Pence, Trump has repeatedly touted the nation’s testing capacity, something it struggled with at the outset of the outbreak, as the reason for the recent rise in cases.

Trump, who is planning to host a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, told reporters on Monday that “if we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.”

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill about Fauci’s latest remarks.