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US election 2020
On 3 Nov, America chooses its president for the next 4 years
Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump decisions on COVID, climate change
- Fresh off his inauguration Wednesday, President Biden began his term with executive orders on measures ranging from curbing the coronavirus pandemic to addressing racial inequality, many of which roll back measures enacted by former President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Trump demands Biden take drug test before debate as he attends fundraiser after Barron’s graduation: Live
Donald Trump spoke in St Paul, Minnesota after attending son’s graduation in pause from criminal hush money trial
- PoliticsAssociated Press
Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could make the first debate stage under stringent Biden-Trump rules
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long argued that the biggest hurdle of his presidential campaign is the perception that independent candidates can't win. With a famous name and a loyal base, Kennedy has the potential to do better than any third-party presidential candidate since Ross Perot in the 1990s. Both the Biden and Trump campaigns, who fear he could play spoiler, bypassed the nonpartisan debate commission and agreed to a schedule that leaves Kennedy very little time to qualify for the first d
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Complaint dismissed against Trump hush-money judge who donated to Biden
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has dismissed an ethics complaint against Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the hush money criminal case against former U.S. President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for the judge said. "Justice Merchan said the complaint, from more than a year ago, was dismissed in July with a caution," spokesperson Al Baker of the state Office of Court Administration said this week in response to a Reuters inquiry. The complaint stemmed from donations in
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Explainer-Biden vs Trump: What to expect from presidential debates
U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to two debates ahead of November's election, scheduling televised face-offs that could prove critical in their tight rematch to win the White House. Television news channel ABC said it will host the second presidential debate on Sept. 10, also from an audience-free studio. Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate CNN's June debate.
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Dow tops 40,000, Biden trolls Trump in split-screen video
The Dow topped 40,000 for the first time on Thursday in an all-time high, giving U.S. President Joe Biden an opening to prove his Republican election rival's 2020 predictions wrong. Persistently high prices have hindered Biden's efforts to win credit from voters for his handling of the economy, although inflation in recent months has been easing. "Good one, Donald," Biden said in a post on X hours after the blue-chip index made its gains.
- PoliticsReuters
From Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Biden: six decades of U.S. presidential debates
- 1960: The first televised debate pitted Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy against Republican Vice President Richard Nixon, who was recovering from a hospital visit and had a 5 o'clock shadow, having refused makeup. Kennedy won the election. - 1976: In the first TV debate in 16 years, Democrat Jimmy Carter faced unelected incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford.
- PoliticsThe Independent
Trump says RFK Jr ‘needs more than his name’ to join him and Biden in debate
RFK Jr took issue with being left out of Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s debate plans, claiming it’s because they’re ‘afraid’ to lose to him
- PoliticsThe Independent
Stephen Colbert roasts Trump over Biden election debate: ‘let’s get ready to ramble’
‘Rumble? I’ve seen your rallies,’ the host quips
- PoliticsAssociated Press
The Commission on Presidential Debates faces an uncertain future after Biden and Trump bypassed it
The nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has planned presidential faceoffs in every election since 1988, has an uncertain future after President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump struck an agreement to meet on their own. The Biden and Trump campaigns announced a deal Wednesday to meet for debates in June on CNN and September on ABC. Just a day earlier, Frank Fahrenkopf, chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, had sounded optimistic that the candidates would
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'Ready to rumble' - Biden, Trump agree to two election debates
US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold election debates in June and September, with the rivals trading barbs about their first on-stage meetings in nearly four years.Trump, 77, quickly responded that he was "ready to rumble" -- and within hours CNN announced it would host the first debate in Atlanta on June 27 and ABC said it would stage the second on September 10.
