WASHINGTON — It took practically the entire 2016 presidential campaign for many in the media, including the powerful TV networks, to realize that Donald Trump‘s casual attitude toward truth and facts required a new approach to covering him. The first step was obvious: Stop airing his rallies live. The Trump …
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President Donald Trump named Vice President Mike Pence to oversee the government’s response to the coronavirus this week, raising immediate concerns because of how the former governor of Indiana mishandled an HIV outbreak in the state during his tenure. Following Trump’s Wednesday press conference on the coronavirus, candidate Bernie Sanders …
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Freshly acquitted of impeachment charges, President Trump has circled back around to complaining about the Mueller investigation. Last week it was what he deemed a too-harsh sentencing recommendation for former adviser Roger Stone, as well as the Justice Department‘s decision not to prosecute former FBI Director Andrew McCabe. This week …
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President Trump marked his impeachment acquittal with what he called a “celebration” on Thursday by weaving an hour-long speech with rally-esque boasting, shout-outs to loyalists and a dark listing of grievances. “This is a day of celebration because we went through hell,” Trump said during a gathering in the White …
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The months-long impeachment saga concluded on Wednesday, and as expected, President Trump will remain in office. The Senate voted to acquit the president on both impeachment charges — one for abuse of power and one for obstruction of Congress — that were approved in December by the House of Representatives. …
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President Trump went after Michael Bloomberg’s height when asked what he thought of the Democratic presidential candidate. He’s “very little,” the president said. “I just think of little. Now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. OK, it’s OK, there’s nothing wrong — you can be short.” …
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The damning drip, drip, drip from John Bolton’s leaked manuscript chronicling some of President Trump’s wrongdoing with Ukraine continued on Friday. Bolton, who was Trump’s national security advisor at the time, says in his book that during a May 2019 Oval Office meeting, the president instructed him to call the …
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The American public should distrust a “weak” and “ineffective” president whose “poll numbers are in a tailspin” if he provokes a military confrontation with Iran. He’s doing it to “save face” and “look tough” in a transparent attempt “to get reelected.” That was the stark warning that Donald J. Trump …
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The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment against President Trump on Friday, voting along party lines to uphold the “abuse of power” and “obstruction of Congress” counts the Democrat-controlled committee submitted earlier this week. The articles’ passage sets the stage for a House-wide vote on whether to officially impeach …
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Donald Trump bragged that he was having a “very busy day” on Thursday. And he was… on Twitter, tweeting or retweeting more than 100 times, and counting, since the morning. But there’s one problem, Trump does not work in social media. He’s the president of the United States. So, when …
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