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An election workers sorts vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington on March 10, 2020. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s favorite social media platform, Twitter, on Tuesday began fact-checking his posts, applying warning labels to two of his tweets that made misleading claims about
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters following a closed Senate Republican policy lunch meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 19, 2020. Yuri Gripas | Reuters Congress will “probably” have to pass more legislation to mitigate
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WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday defended his record of helping African Americans and advancing civil rights and voting rights, before ending an interview by telling a black radio host that if he can’t decide whether to vote for Biden or Trump, then he “ain’t black.”  Appearing on the syndicated program “The Breakfast
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President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that governors reopen churches, synagogues and mosques “right now,” and threatened to “override” state leaders’ restrictions if they do not do so by the weekend. The surprise announcement marked the president’s latest attempt to ramp up the political stakes surrounding the country’s coronavirus recovery efforts. He is facing a
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday lashed out at Democrats investigating him, particularly Sen. Bob Menendez, as he defended his recommendation to President Donald Trump to fire the State Department’s internal watchdog. Pompeo also told reporters at a press briefing that he had previously submitted written responses to questions sent by State Department Inspector
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President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Ford Motor Company said Tuesday that it has told the White House that President Donald Trump and other people with
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Michael Flynn, former U.S. national security adviser, exits federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 24, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former national security advisor Michael Flynn on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to order a lower court to grant the Justice Department’s controversial request to dismiss the criminal case.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily White House coronavirus press briefing while flanked by Attorney General William Barr April 1, 2020 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he doesn’t expect the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into former President Barack
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he was unaware the State Department’s inspector general was investigating him at the time he recommended that President Donald Trump fire the internal watchdog, a new report said. But Pompeo, in a phone interview with The Washington Post, would not provide any specific reasons why Inspector General Steve
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