Author: Zeke Miller
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Trump, Biden fight for Florida, appeal for Tuesday turnout
TAMPA, Fla. • President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are encouraging voters to turn out in person on Election Day next Tuesday, both campaigning in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican’s pathway to another term. More than 80 million Americans have voted, absentee or by mail, and Trump and Biden…
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Trump, Biden teams debate next debate: Next week? Never?
WASHINGTON • The campaign’s final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the rival camps offered dueling proposals for the remaining faceoffs that have been upended by the president’s coronavirus infection. The chair of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates said that the final debate, scheduled for…
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Trump opposes changing debate rules but will still attend
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump opposes changing the rules for the remaining two presidential debates against Democrat Joe Biden, but his campaign says he will attend regardless. Tuesday’s opening debate in Cleveland quickly turned chaotic, with frequent interruptions by the candidates — particularly Trump. The Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that it…
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Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio. The 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in age, and they share a mutual dislike. But they differ starkly in style…
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Senate GOP lines up with Trump to quickly fill court seat
WASHINGTON • Senate Republicans have swiftly fallen in line behind President Donald Trump’s rush to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat, all but ensuring a divisive confirmation vote despite Democrats’ objections it’s too close to the Nov. 3 election. Trump, who will announce his nominee Saturday, says he’s confident his choice…
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Trump expands ban on new offshore drilling sites in Atlantic
JUPITER, Fla. • President Donald Trump expanded a ban on new offshore drilling Tuesday, an election-year reversal likely to appeal to voters in Florida and other coastal states. Two years ago, Trump had taken steps to vastly expand offshore drilling from coast to coast. “This protects your beautiful gulf and your beautiful ocean, and it…
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Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence ‘domestic terrorism’
KENOSHA, Wis. • President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha. Trump declared the violence “anti-American.” He did not mention Jacob Blake, a Black man left paralyzed after being shot in…
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GOP convention defends police as racial tension rises anew
FORT McHENRY, Md. • Republicans aggressively defended law enforcement on the third night of their convention, as the nation faced renewed tensions following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Wisconsin, that sparked protests in a state that could decide the fall election. Vice President Mike Pence, the evening’s featured speaker, seized…
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Trump promises pardon for Susan B. Anthony
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa • Grappling for votes — and the spotlight — as Democrats hold their national convention, President Donald Trump targeted voters in key states and constituencies Tuesday and promised a pardon for Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Trump headed for Arizona, one of the top 2020 battleground states,…
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Trump calls off Florida segment of GOP National Convention
WASHINGTON • Bowing to the coronavirus threat, President Donald Trump on Thursday scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Florida that had been set to draw more than 10,000 people to a pandemic hot spot to mark his renomination. Trump had moved the convention’s public events out of North Carolina because of…