President Donald Trump railed against upcoming congressional oversight his administration will face after Democratic leaders announced the creation of a new select committee that will oversee how the $2.2 trillion economic coronavirus aid package will be divvied out. On Thursday, the president used the White House press briefing on the …
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The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said hundreds of thousands of Americans will likely die of coronavirus. The doctor made the ominous prediction during an interview on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. After host Jake Tapper asked how many COVID-19 cases the U.S. will see, …
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The president opened his response to a looming pandemic with a lie about a vaccine. The United States is “rapidly developing” a remedy to COVID-19, or the coronavirus, President Trump said, seeming more desperate to stop the plummeting stock market than any new or current cases. He said it would …
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President Trump visited the NASCAR Daytona 500 in what appeared to be a campaign event as he seeks reelection in 2020. “Daytona International Speedway, we love our country and it’s truly an honor to be with all of you at the Great American Race,” Trump, who was serving as grand …
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Michael Stipe went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night to discuss his new book, Our Interference Times: A Visual Record. Stipe talked about the inspiration behind the book (the merging of analog and digital technology) as well as about one of his earliest heroes: Quasimodo, the hunchback of …
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“This president is impeached for life,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of President Trump, “regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell.” The speaker’s words, which she said on ABC’s This Weekon Sunday, immediately caused the hashtag #ImpeachedForLife to start trending on Twitter. During the interview with George …
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Anthony Comello, 25, the conspiracy theory believer accused of killing alleged Gambino family boss Francesco “Frank” Cali was in court on Thursday where a judge ruled his statements to police after the murder were admissible. Comello’s attorney had argued the statements should be thrown out because of Comello’s mental and …
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President Trump, a very rich guy who promised to help not-rich people get ahead but so far hasn’t, is pushing rules that would place new limits on a program that helps poor people buy food. The push isn’t new, but it’s getting new attention due to an Urban Institute study …
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WASHINGTON — Democrats cleaned house in Virginia, grabbing full control of the state government for the first time in decades. In Kentucky, an unpopular, Trump-endorsed Republican governor appears to have lost by the thinnest of margins. But Kentucky Republicans won every other statewide race, and an establishment Republican cruised past …
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Start with the initial headline, in the story the Washington Post “broke” on September 18th: TRUMP’S COMMUNICATIONS WITH FOREIGN LEADER ARE PART OF WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT THAT SPURRED STANDOFF BETWEEN SPY CHIEF AND CONGRESS, FORMER OFFICIALS SAY The unnamed person at the center of this story sure didn’t sound like a …
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