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Trump Campaign Draws Rebuke for Surveilling Philadelphia Voters
President Trump’s campaign has been videotaping voters at ballot drop boxes, a tactic that could amount to illegal voter intimidation, Pennsylvania’s attorney general says.
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President Trump’s campaign has been videotaping voters at ballot drop boxes in Philadelphia, a tactic that could amount to illegal voter intimidation, Pennsylvania’s attorney general said
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Fiancée Sues Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Killing
The fiancée of the slain Washington Post journalist sued Prince Mohammed bin Salman in an attempt to learn more about the 2018 killing.
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The fiancée of the slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in a lawsuit on Tuesday of murder and dismemberment in an attempt to silence Mr. Khashoggi’s criticism of the kingdom
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Refugees Who Assisted the U.S. Military Find the Door to America Slammed Shut
President Trump has reduced the flow of refugees into the country to a trickle, and even Iraqis and Afghans who risked their lives for American service members have been cut off.
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“We don’t have a country anymore.” They helped the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, putting their lives at risk. Now President Trump's refugee policies have cut them off from safety in the United States. nyti.ms/31hbNjO by @KannoYoungs
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Focusing on Firearms Proves Contentious in Struggle to Reduce Veterans’ Suicides
The gun control debate complicated an effort to encourage frank talk by health professionals about the risks posed by firearms.
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Congress passed a bill aimed at addressing the climbing suicide rate among veterans. But at the last minute, it was stripped of a proven prevention technique: talking about the danger of firearms.
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How Mormons Fed Up With Trump Could Help Lift Biden in Arizona
Loyalty to the Republican Party is ingrained in the Latter-day Saints religion. But in Arizona, some find the president’s behavior at odds with their values and are shifting to Joe Biden.
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Loyalty to the Republican Party is ingrained in the Latter-day Saints religion. But in Arizona, some find President Trump's behavior at odds with their values and are shifting to Joe Biden.
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Third Justice Dept. Prosecutor Publicly Denounces Barr
The prosecutor also said he retired after staying on to protect a public corruption case against a Republican congressman.
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A 36-year veteran of the Justice Department this week accused the attorney general of abusing his power to sway the election for President Trump and said he was quitting. He is the third sitting prosecutor to issue a rare public rebuke of William Barr.
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Federal Appeals Courts Emerge as Crucial for Trump in Voting Cases
Federal district courts have tended to rule for Democrats in litigation over how to run the election, but appeals courts, well stocked with the president’s nominees, are blocking them.
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The Texas case is one of at least eight major election disputes in which Federal District Court judges sided with civil rights groups and Democrats in voting cases only to be stayed by federal appeals courts, whose ranks President Trump has driven to fill
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‘Please Like Me,’ Trump Begged. For Many Women, It’s Way Too Late.
The white suburban voters the president needs to carve a path to victory have turned away from him, for deeply personal reasons.
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“I do feel guilty," said Kate Rabinovitch, 29, of having cast her ballot for Donald Trump in 2016.
Though much of the country's polarized views about the president haven’t budged since, one demographic group has changed its mind: white suburban women.
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Pfizer Says It Won’t Seek Vaccine Authorization Before Mid-November
Friday’s announcement represents a shift in tone for the company and its leader, who has repeatedly emphasized the month of October in interviews and public appearances.
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The chief executive of Pfizer said Friday that the company would not apply for emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine before mid-November, ruling out President Trump’s assertion that a vaccine would be ready before Election Day on Nov. 3
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Trump Campaign Suggests Omarosa Manigault Newman Pay for $1 Million in Ad Spending
The suggestion emerged in an arbitration case over the critical comments Ms. Manigault Newman, a former White House aide, made about President Trump in her 2018 book “Unhinged.’’
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The Trump campaign has suggested that Omarosa Manigault Newman pay for an ad campaign costing nearly $1 million as a “corrective” remedy for her critical comments about President Trump in her 2018 book and in subsequent interviews
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As Trump Flouts Safety Protocols, News Outlets Balk at Close Coverage
Newspapers and networks are wary of exposing their staff members to the president and his aides, saying they do not have assurance that basic precautions will be taken to protect reporters’ health.
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Major news organizations have become increasingly wary of sending journalists to travel with President Trump as the president and his aides continue to shun safety protocols after an outbreak of the coronavirus within their ranks
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Trump Thought He Had a Nuclear Deal With Putin. Not So Fast, Russia Said.
Trump administration officials want to broaden the New START accord and warn that the price of a new deal will rise after the election. Joe Biden supports a straight five-year extension of the deal.
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News Analysis: President Trump had a plan to announce that he and President Vladimir Putin had reached an agreement in principle to extend a major arms control agreement. But Russia pushed back. “Washington is describing what is desired, not what is real."
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Showtime in a Potential Petri Dish
The Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court are a different kind of pinstripe rodeo — one with hazmat suits.
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Washington Memo: "It was a holiday. It was raining. It was Monday. Chants were muffled by germ masks," @markleibovich writes of the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
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Top General Declines to Endorse Trump’s Afghan Withdrawal Timeline
The comments from Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came after the White House tripped over itself on the issue of Afghanistan troop levels in recent days.
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The nation’s top general declined to endorse either of the sudden announcements on Afghan troop withdrawals that came out of the White House last week
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Trump’s Taxes Show He Engineered a Sudden Windfall in 2016
Over $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin were routed through other Trump companies, then paid out in cash.
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Donald Trump needed money in 2016, whether to help his campaign, his businesses or both. Tax records show how he engineered more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from his Las Vegas hotel to other Trump companies, then paid himself in cash.
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Election Officials Scramble to Avert Conflicts at Polling Places
Election experts say President Trump’s messaging, the pandemic and other factors are creating a tension around casting ballots not seen since the Jim Crow era.
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As early voting accelerates across the nation, election experts say President Trump’s recent statements, emboldened extremist groups and the coronavirus pandemic have combined to create tension around casting ballots not seen since the Jim Crow era
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Facebook Amps Up Its Crackdown on QAnon
The company said an earlier effort to curb the conspiracy movement’s growth didn’t properly address its increasing popularity.
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Facebook says it will remove any group, page or account that openly identifies with QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that's found a home on the platform. The company has been criticized for not doing enough to slow the far-right movement's spread.
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Barr Plans to Return to Justice Dept. After Negative Coronavirus Test Results
A spokeswoman said the attorney general was considered an essential worker exempt from guidelines on quarantining after potential exposure.
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Attorney General William Barr was likely to return to work at the Justice Department on Wednesday, his spokeswoman said. That would be before the end of the 14-day quarantine period recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Russians ‘Have Committed’ to Not Interfering in Elections, Trump Aide Insists
Robert C. O’Brien, the national security adviser, said he warned his Russian counterpart there would be “no tolerance” for interference, but didn’t mention evidence of Moscow’s influence operations.
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President Trump’s national security adviser said he had warned his Russian counterpart last week that there would be "no tolerance" for interference in the November election. But he did not mention that there is evidence of Russian influence operations.
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Schiff Sees Rise in Russian Disinformation as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting
Foreign adversaries want to undermine confidence in the American election and the House Intelligence Committee chairman says they are amplifying President Trump’s false assertions.
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American intelligence officials have seen an uptick in Russian disinformation about mail-in ballots as President Trump has escalated his attacks on voting by mail, Representative Adam Schiff said in an interview
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