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Nov 04 2020
Fact Check
Did Trump Promise a COVID-19 Vaccine by Election Day?
As the 2020 U.S. general election inched closer, Snopes readers asked us to investigate whether it was true that U.S. President Donald Trump had promised a COVID-19 vaccine by Election Day, Nov. 3.
While Trump repeatedly flirted with the idea that there may be a vaccine “possible” or available “right around that time” for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the global pandemic,
SnopesJan 08 2019
News
Supreme Court issues ‘crushing blow’ to Exxon in major climate case, legal experts say
"The significance of the Massachusetts AG's investigation has been grossly underestimated."
ThinkProgressJun 25 2020
News
'Sabotage': Obama administration's Flynn probe represents broader assault on Trump presidency
The collapse of the Obama administration’s dogged pursuit of retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has come to represent a broader assault on the Trump campaign, transition and presidency that Attorney General William P. Barr has concluded amounted to FBI “sabotage.”
From July 31, 2016, to deep into the Trump presidency, the FBI littered its investigative trail with questionable conduct
Washington TimesNov 23 2020
News
New report details Trump effort to seize thousands of acres of private land for border wall
The Trump administration acquired at least 135 tracts of private land to build barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border and planned to seize a total of 5,275 acres to fulfill President Trump's campaign pledge, according to a government watchdog report obtained by CBS News.
A study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress' independent investigative arm, found that the Trump
CBS News (Online)Apr 30 2020
News
Flynn Lawyers Seize on Newly Released F.B.I. Documents
President Trump’s allies cheered new documents unsealed on Wednesday in the criminal case of his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, saying that internal investigative notes showed that Mr. Flynn was set up by F.B.I. officials intent on undermining the president.
It will be up to a federal judge to decide if the notes and emails advance claims that Mr. Flynn was framed
New York Times (News)Dec 28 2020
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After naming bombing suspect, focus turns to motive
With federal officials having identified the man believed to be behind Nashville’s Christmas Day bombing, authorities now turn to the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown buildings and injured three people.
While officials on Sunday named Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, as the man behind the mysterious explosion in which
Associated PressFeb 02 2018
Opinion
OPINION: Did Trump just reveal the real reason this memo was written?
Republican leaders in Congress have one main defense for releasing a controversial memo on the FBI's Russia investigation: It reveals mistakes and even bias at the FBI, not with the separate, independent special counsel investigation set up by the Justice Department.
Washington PostJul 30 2020
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Trump meets with family of slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén
President Trump on Thursday met with the family of slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén in the Oval Office.
Trump said that the federal government is conducting a “very powerful investigation” into Guillén’s killing and offered support for legislation her family supports to address sexual harassment in the U.S. military.
“We’re going to look into it very powerfully, and we
The HillSep 17 2020
News
Trump says he will sign executive order on "patriotic education" in rebuke of 1619 project
President Trump said he would sign an executive order on Thursday to "promote patriotic education" through an effort called the 1776 Commission, while denouncing a New York Times' project that investigated the impacts of racial injustice for Black Americans.
The big picture: The 1619 project dug into the personal histories of Black Americans in the U.S. who have faced present-day
AxiosDec 09 2020
News
Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians
A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015, Axios found in a yearlong investigation.
Why it matters: The alleged operation offers a rare window into how Beijing has
Axios