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Trump signs four executive orders after economic relief talks with Democrats collapsed — The orders aim to temporarily extend unemployment aid and eviction protections — President Trump on Saturday signed several executive orders that he said would provide economic relief to millions of Americans …
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Trump seems ready, willing to bypass lawmakers on virus aid — BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Ready and willing to bypass elected lawmakers, President Donald Trump seemed set to claim the power to defer payroll taxes and extend expired unemployment benefits after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.
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Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he's reelected — The president made the pledge after signing a directive postponing payroll tax payments into next year — President Trump pledged on Saturday to pursue a permanent cut to the payroll taxes …
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Pelosi Is Playing Hardball on Coronavirus Relief. She Thinks She'll Win. — Emboldened by Republican divisions and a favorable political landscape, the speaker is refusing to agree to a narrow relief measure, unbothered by charges that she is an impediment to a deal.
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Trump signs executive orders on coronavirus economic relief — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed four executive orders Saturday for coronavirus economic relief, upending negotiations with Congress after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on Friday. — The executive orders defer …
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Trump's order to bypass Congress on coronavirus relief faces likely legal challenges
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‘Like Groundhog Day’: Republicans fret over Trump's fading fortunes
‘Like Groundhog Day’: Republicans fret over Trump's fading fortunes
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Trump orders $400-per-week unemployment payments amid COVID crisis, hits Dems for stonewalling
Trump orders $400-per-week unemployment payments amid COVID crisis, hits Dems for stonewalling
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Trump aides exploring executive actions to curb voting by mail — This past spring, President Donald Trump began a full-fledged assault on voting by mail, tweeting, retweeting and railing about massive fraud and rigged elections with scant evidence. — Then the Republican apparatus got to work backing up the president.
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Trump antagonizes GOP megadonor Adelson in heated phone call — When President Donald Trump connected by phone last week with Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson — perhaps the only person in the party who can cut a nine-figure check to aid his reelection — the phone call unexpectedly turned contentious.
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How Kristi Noem, Mt. Rushmore and Trump Fueled Speculation About Pence's Job — After Ms. Noem, the South Dakota governor, flew to Washington on Air Force One, speculation about her ambitions ensued. She made a second trip to smooth things over with Mike Pence.
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‘If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here’: Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally
‘If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here’: Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally
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97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction — Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds.
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Unwanted Truths: Inside Trump's Battles With U.S. Intelligence Agencies — Last year, intelligence officials gathered to write a classified report on Russia's interest in the 2020 election. An investigation from the magazine uncovered what happened next. — In early July of last year …
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No Wrist Corsages, Please — Has America grown since 1984, or will the knives still be out for Biden's running mate? — WASHINGTON — On the cusp of Joe Biden teaming up with a woman, I am casting back to my time covering the first woman who was a serious contender for veep.
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My Statement on President Trump's Executive Orders to Sow More Chaos and Confusion — Unable to deliver for the American people in a time of crisis, Donald Trump offered a series of half-baked measures today. He is putting Social Security at grave risk at a time when seniors are suffering …
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Stephen F. Williams, longtime federal appeals judge in D.C., dies of coronavirus at 83 — Judge Stephen F. Williams, a member of the powerful Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for more than three decades, died Friday of complications from the coronavirus, his family and court officials said.
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Fact check: At his golf club, Trump nonsensically accuses Democrats of election ‘cheating’ — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump turned a hastily scheduled Friday night “news conference” at his New Jersey golf club into a surreal kind of campaign rally — uttering the usual boasts and false claims …
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President Trump wittily shuts down a snarky reporter
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Calling it a ‘peaceful protest,’ Trump flouts coronavirus guidelines with golf club gathering
Calling it a ‘peaceful protest,’ Trump flouts coronavirus guidelines with golf club gathering
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TikTok's fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl — Trump advisers Mnuchin and Navarro fought over TikTok as Silicon Valley dealmakers tried to get closer to Trump — Last week, as leaders in Silicon Valley, China and Washington raced to seal the fate …
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The lost days of summer: How Trump struggled to contain the virus — As the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows is responsible for coordinating the vast executive branch, including its coronavirus response. But in closed-door meetings, he has revealed his skepticism of the two physicians guiding …
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A protester tried to ID a police officer on Twitter. Now he faces a felony — along with four who retweeted him. — When Kevin Alfaro noticed a masked police officer befriending a counterprotester who had threatened him at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Nutley, N.J., on June 19, he whipped out his phone and took a picture.
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Twitter, TikTok Have Held Preliminary Talks About Possible Combination — Microsoft still seen as front-runner in bidding for video-sharing app's U.S. operations — Twitter Inc. TWTR -1.46% has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app …
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“Friday Night Massacre” at US Postal Service: Postmaster General boots top brass ahead of election — The Postmaster General — a major Trump donor — suddenly ousted the Postal Service's top officials … Government watchdogs, Democratic lawmakers, and pro-democracy advocates declared it a …
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NYC moms fleeing Upper West Side amid crime and chaos — However, the people packing their bags are not coming to New York City — they're fleeing it for good. — Due to increasingly squalid conditions on the Upper West Side, including two new homeless shelters packed with junkies …
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PM prepares for “COVID election” as NZ marks 100 days of no community spread — New Zealand has now gone 100 days with no detected community spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement. — Why It Matters: New Zealanders are going to the polls on Sept. 19.
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