President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended calling the coronavirus the "Chinese virus," arguing that he's countering Chinese propaganda that it originated in America. 
Two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday compared Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign to the same “baloney” as his 2016 campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday falsely claimed that President Donald Trump was “muzzling” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, from speaking to the public about the dangers of the coronavirus.
Democratic 2020 candidate Tom Steyer on Sunday accused ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz of "standing up for" President Donald Trump's "version of the economy" after she cited a poll showing high satisfaction with the economy. 
Tuesday night's Democratic primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa will feature just six candidates: former vice president Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), unemployed 37-year-old Pete Buttigieg, and billionaire tycoon Tom Steyer. All of them are white, a fact that some Democrats, primarily journalists, consider to be problematic. 
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Monday said he doesn't believe he has made mistakes with female employees, despite multiple complaints of sexism and allegedly telling a pregnant employee to “kill it.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) is demanding answers from ABC News regarding allegations that the network killed a story investigating the full extent of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. 
Ashley Bianco, the former CBS and ABC News producer fired over the leaked video of ABC anchor Amy Robach, denied being the leaker and said she did not have a chance to defend herself. 
CNN's Brian Stelter on Tuesday used video evidence that ABC had buried a story on Jeffrey Epstein to argue that conservatives had weaponized the video to harm the media. 
A leaked video showed ABC News anchor Amy Robach saying her network for three years suppressed an interview concerning disgraced financier and alleged pedophile Jeffrey Epstein due to pressure from external sources including the British royal family. 