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Sep 24 2021
News
Trump blames media after Arizona audit finds Biden won
Former President Trump on Friday laid into the news media after a draft report of the 2020 election audit in Arizona reaffirmed President Biden’s victory in the state’s largest county and showed Trump with fewer votes than previously counted.
In a statement issued through his leadership PAC, Save America, the former president called the audit report, which is slated for release Friday
The Hill
Oct 08 2020
News
How damaging is Trump's illness to his reelection chances?
The 2020 presidential election, already one of the most turbulent campaigns in modern American history, was thrown into even more uncertainty with the announcement late last week that President Trump had contracted the coronavirus.
The most pressing issue is, of course, the president’s health. But with less than a month left before Election Day, Trump’s diagnosis creates a long list of
Yahoo! The 360
Nov 05 2020
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Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
The new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for
Associated Press Fact Check
Mar 22 2021
News
Trump hints at launching his own social media platform
Former President Donald Trump teased the creation of his own social media platform in a new interview, but did not elaborate on any details of the potential business venture.
“I’m doing things having to do with putting our own platform out there that you’ll be hearing about soon,” Trump told Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe in the debut episode of her “The Truth” podcast, which was
Politico
Jul 08 2021
Fact Check
House GOP’s Misplaced Blame for Rising Homicides
On Twitter, the House Republican Conference posted an image of rising homicide rates in seven cities with this bit of misleading commentary: “Welcome to President Biden’s America.”
Homicides are on the rise, but the increase started last year when Donald Trump was president. According to data compiled by the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the number of homicides rose 33% in 66 major
FactCheck.org
Oct 07 2020
News
White House Eyes Piecemeal Pandemic Aid After Trump Ends Talks On Overall Package
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Wednesday that he and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are discussing potential stand-alone bills for aid to airlines, small businesses and Americans. He said the Trump administration was "still willing to be engaged" on piecemeal aid bills, though it was not optimistic about a comprehensive aid bill.
The White House has suggested various
NPR (Online News)
Oct 27 2020
News
Judge: US can’t replace Trump in accuser’s defamation suit
President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit, which alleges he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, was denied Tuesday by a federal judge.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came after the Justice Department argued that the United States — and by extension the American people — should
Associated Press Fact Check
Aug 18 2021
News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for Covid-19
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Tuesday.
Abbott, a Republican, is fully vaccinated against the virus, his office said in a statement, adding that he is tested daily and this is his first positive result.
He is currently isolated in the governor’s mansion and is receiving Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment, the statement said. Abbott
CNN Digital
Mar 03 2021
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Senate Democrats limit eligibility for stimulus checks in $1.9 trillion COVID bill
President Biden and moderate Senate Democrats have struck a deal to limit eligibility for direct stimulus checks to Americans, lowering the income level for those who would qualify for payments, according to a Democratic source.
The Senate is set to take up Mr. Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill as early as Wednesday. Since the bill is not expected to attract any Republican
CBS News (Online)
Jul 09 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Donald Trump Thinks He Has Been Cancelled
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Donald Trump’s latest attempt at performance art has just arrived, in the form of his announcement of a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEOs under the dubious grounds that their decisions to ban him from their platforms represented a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech. Legal experts
Dan Schnur