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Several White House Staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus a day after the signing of a historic Middle East peace treaty at the White House. Chief of Staff Mark Meadows refused to answer questions about the positive test results Wednesday. “I don’t comment on any health-related issues as it relates to the White House ever,” Meadows told Globo News reporter Raquel Krahenbuhl. Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani gathered at the White House to sign the Abraham Accords, the agreement to establish peace...

Former WH communications director attacks GOP as intolerant over Ground Zero mosque ### Former White House communications director Anita Dunn on Tuesday launched a furious attack against Republicans who have criticized President Obama’s remarks on the Ground Zero mosque, labeling the GOP as the party of intolerance. “The Republican party as solidifying its reputation for intolerance in this year, for almost any kind of difference in American society, is going down a very dangerous long term road,” Dunn said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “They might see some short term things although I think the American people are better than that,”...

Politics: What with a $14 trillion federal debt, it may not mean much that White House staffers who make six-figure salaries are also getting hefty raises. But it says a lot about what's wrong with the Obama administration. Late last Friday, ahead of a three-day weekend when few would notice, the White House released its annual salary report for its 454-member staff. The $37.1 million payroll revealed an average salary of $81,765 per person, with 141 — more than a third — making more than $100,000. Twenty-one got the maximum pay package of $172,000. But it wasn't just the high...