Author: Daniel Chaitin
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Trump packs schedule with rallies in key states before midterm elections
WASHINGTON • Former President Donald Trump is filling up his schedule in the final days leading up to the midterm elections, another sign that the Republican standard-bearer is far from slowing down as anticipation builds for a 2024 run. At least four rallies were announced by Trump’s Save America PAC on Wednesday, geared toward boosting…
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Trump makes striking combo claim over two Mar-a-Lago documents
WASHINGTON • Former President Donald Trump claims there are two documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort that are personal and protected by executive privilege. The assertion came in a court document filed Thursday after discussion between Trump’s team and the Justice Department, narrowing the scope over documents in which there remain disputes in response to…
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Biden’s approval rating in free-fall
WASHINGTON • President Joe Biden dropped to a new low in terms of poll numbers. The RealClearPolitics average of polls on Wednesday showed Biden’s job approval rating plummeting to 38% for the first time since he became president a little more than 17 months ago. Those who disapprove account for 57.5%, making for a 19.5-point…
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Secret Service: ‘Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel’
WASHINGTON • Two key figures from the Secret Service mentioned in the Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday have already testified to investigators on the panel, but questions remain about what they have said behind closed doors. Bobby Engel, who was head of former President Donald Trump’s security detail, and Tony Ornato, the White House deputy chief of staff for operations,…
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Trump says abandoning Afghan airfield was critical mistake
Former President Donald Trump says abandoning Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan was a mistake. Adding his voice to a chorus of Republicans critical of the Biden administration’s decision to vacate the base used to coordinate the decadeslong war effort in Afghanistan, Trump argued it could have been used to alleviate the chaotic evacuations of U.S. citizens…
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Fauci predicts ‘good control’ over COVID-1`9 by fall of 2022 if ‘overwhelming majority’ get vaccinated
In one year, by the fall of 2022, Dr. Anthony Fauci says the United States can get control of COVID-19. But the prediction by President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser on Monday evening is contingent on there being widespread vaccinations, a contentious issue that lingers more than eight months after the jabs became available to…
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US diplomats sent memo urging swift evacuation of Afghan allies weeks before Taliban takeover
U.S. diplomats issued an internal memo last month urging top State Department officials to take urgent action with evacuations as the Aug. 31 military withdrawal deadline approached. The cable warning of the possible fall of Kabul soon after the troop pullout, sent through the agency’s confidential dissent channel on July 13, pressed the Biden administration…
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Trump says he told DeSantis not to attend July Fourth weekend rally in Florida
Former President Donald Trump said he was the one who told Gov. Ron DeSantis not to attend his July Fourth weekend rally in Sarasota, Florida. The pair had a conversation, during which both sides stressed they agreed the governor should stay in Surfside, where a condominium building partially collapsed over a week ago that left…
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Reporter who broke story on Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting found dead
The journalist who broke the story about the controversial tarmac meeting between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch was found dead Saturday morning, according to police. The body of 45-year-old Christopher Sign, a news anchor for ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, was discovered by Hoover police and fire personnel at around 8 a.m.…
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Mike Lindell forecasts election fraud ‘game changer’ in Michigan
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell predicts a “game changer” development will soon emerge in Michigan related to claims of 2020 election fraud. The controversial mustachioed businessman, whose election documentary effort has been panned as being rife with falsehoods, said there will be a filing in court on Monday that will be “very embarrassing” for Newsmax, a…