Trump calls off trip to Colorado and Nevada

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President Trump will no longer leave on Thursday for a three-day trip out west, the White House announced Wednesday night.

Trump was set to attend fundraisers in Nevada and Colorado, and also deliver a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham told reporters that "out of an abundance of caution from the coronavirus outbreak, the president has decided to cancel his upcoming events in Colorado and Nevada."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.