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White House staff, Secret Service eye virus with fear, anger

by Associated Press
| October 5, 2020 11:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The West Wing is a ghost town. Staff members are scared of exposure. And the White House is now a treatment ward for not one — but two — COVID patients, including a president who has long taken the threat of the virus lightly.

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