Former U.S. vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is set to visit Kenosha, Wis. amid ongoing unrest following the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake by police, and is expected to meet with the family.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to suggest to people try and vote twice in his latest criticism of mail-in voting..

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Trump heads to Michigan amid Woodward book fallout

WASHINGTON – Reeling from the fallout of another crisis of his own creation, President Donald Trump was trying to move past revelations that he was determined to play down the threat of the coronavirus as he headed for a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday.But the president was facing renewed pushback from local leaders worried that his rallies are growing in size and flouting public health guidelines intended to halt the spread of the virus. This week, the state of Nevada became the first to scuttle Trump’s plans for rallies initially set for Las Vegas and Reno.

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Wisconsin Democrats think they've learned mistakes of 2016

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Democrats, stung by President Donald Trump's narrow win four years ago, are confident the lessons they learned will ensure he doesn't do it again.But Republicans say civil unrest that followed a police shooting in Kenosha, and Trump's “law and order” message, will help him win over the crucial white suburban voters he needs to capture a second term.With less than two months to go until the election, the presidential race is focused on Wisconsin and other battleground states that will likely determine the winner.

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President Trump ‘showed his contempt’ for Americans in Woodward tapes: Nancy Pelosi

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said that President Donald Trump “showed his contempt” for the American people by downplaying the coronavirus pandemic, even though it was revealed in Bob Woodward’s new book that the president was aware of the virus’ severity early on.

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Biden says Trump should be kicked out of office for downplaying COVID-19

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden late Wednesday responded a second time to revelations that President Donald Trump said in interviews with journalist Bob Woodward earlier this year that he had been publicly downplaying COVID-19, saying Trump should be kicked out of office for his actions.

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Trump admitted to playing down coronavirus threat, new book reveals

Washington Bureau Chief Jackson Proskow talks about a new book revealing President Donald Trump’s awareness of COVID-19’s severity and his failure to efficiently help Americans.

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Alyssa Milano blames Trump for COVID-19 dishonesty, calls for GOP to be 'tried for treason'

Alyssa Milano took to Twitter to blame Donald Trump for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic and called on the entire GOP to be tried for treason in light of revelations made in Bob Woodward’s new book. Excerpts from the longtime reporter's book ‘Rage” were published by The Washington Post on Wednesday along with audiotapes from early February in which Trump told Woodward that the coronavirus was “deadly stuff” while he was also telling the public that it was no worse than the seasonal flu.

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Trump admitted playing down coronavirus danger

US President Donald Trump admits he tried to minimise the seriousness of the threat from Covid-19 at the outset of the pandemic in audio recordings released from interviews with veteran journalist Bob Woodward.

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Trump drilling reversal could boost coastal GOP senators

COLUMBIA, S.C. – With one stroke, President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on offshore drilling this week has loosened a political vise that was tightening around three Republicans senators running for reelection in coastal states where drilling is widely opposed.Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum instructing his interior secretary to prohibit drilling in the waters off both Florida coasts, and off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, for a period of 10 years. For Trump, it was a dramatic about-face on a major policy decision, but one that could yield election-year dividends in key coastal states like Florida.

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Book: Kim Jong Un told Trump about killing his uncle

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's comments about the threat from the novel coronavirus attracted widespread attention after excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward's book “Rage” were released.

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Donald Trump admits to 'playing down' Covid-19 in US

coronavirus early on.On Wednesday afternoon, Trump confessed of "playing it down" with regard to the pandemic and its severity to the American people."I'm a cheerleader for this country," Trump said. "I love our country. And I don't want people to be frightened.

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Bob Woodward: 5 Things On Author Who Exposed Donald Trump’s ‘Deadly’ COVID-19 Comments

UPDATE (9/09/20, 10:34 PM ET): Journalist Bob Woodward is coming out with yet another tell-all book about Donald Trump, after conducting 18 interviews with the POTUS. In a preview for this book called Rage, which will hit bookstands on Sept. 15, Woodward documented startling conversations with Trump about the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

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Donald Trump Caught On Tape ADMITTING To Lying To American People About Coronavirus!

At this point, are we really surprised to hear that President Donald Trump has lied again?

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New book: Trump admitted to playing down threat of COVID-19

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Coronavirus: Trump admits to ‘playing down’ COVID-19 threat in taped Woodward interviews

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged back in March that he was deliberately playing down the threat of COVID-19, even as he publicly claimed that the coronavirus would “disappear” several times over the following days, weeks and months.

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Coronavirus: Trump addresses claims he intentionally mislead public on COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday addressed audio recordings of him admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that he “wanted to always” downplay the COVID-19 disease, as well as excerpts from a book alleging he intentionally downplayed the virus, saying he merely did not want to show panic when speaking about the coronavirus in public.

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Trump releases list of 20 possible Supreme Court picks, including Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz

WASHINGTON - Hoping to replicate a strategy that has long been seen as key to his appeal among conservative voters, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is adding 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates that he's pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies to fill.The list include Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Christopher Landau, the current ambassador to Mexico, and Gregory Katsas, a Trump nominee to the U.S.

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Trump admits to ‘playing down’ coronavirus threat in taped Woodward interviews

Donald Trump acknowledged back in March that he was deliberately playing down the threat of COVID-19, even as he publicly claimed that the coronavirus would “disappear” several times over the following days, weeks and months.“I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because I don’t want to create a panic,” Trump told veteran journalist Bob Woodward in an interview recorded on March 19.Trump also acknowledged that he knew in March that the virus was a threat to different age groups, though he has publicly claimed children were “virtually immune” as recently as August.“Now it’s turning out it’s not just old people, Bob.

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Coronavirus: White House denies report Trump intentionally misled public on COVID-19

Asked about Bob Woodward’s new book, which alleges U.S. President Donald Trump intentionally misled the public as to the true threat posed by COVID-19, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday flatly denied the allegations.

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Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’

JUPITER, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 08: President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the environment during a stop at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse on September 08, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida. President Trump announced an expansion of a ban on offshore drilli WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S.

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Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian official, citing Israel-UAE peace deal

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House August 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Donald Trump hints at covid-19 vaccine ‘surprise’ as Joe Biden demands transparency

coronanvirus vaccine in October, ahead of the November election, as Joe Biden demanded transparency from the government as it studies the shots.“This could’ve taken two or three years, and instead it’s going to be -- going to be done in a very short period of time," Trump said during a news conference in which he criticized Biden for his skepticism that the FDA is operating free of political pressure.“Could even have it during the month of October," Trump added, calling Biden’s doubts “political lies."Many public health officials and scientists have expressed concerns that the Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from the White House to approve a vaccine before Trump faces re-election on Nov. 3.

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Covid-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign

White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging" for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election.“It's so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine will be very safe and very effective," the president pledged at a White House news conference.Trump leveled the accusation a day after Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate, said she “would not trust his word" on getting the vaccine.

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‘Stupid’: Trump demands Biden apologize for challenging him on coronavirus vaccines

Donald Trump, accused by Joe Biden of putting lives at risk in his handling of the coronavirus, on Monday called his Democratic rival “stupid” and demanded an apology for what Trump called anti-vaccine rhetoric.Trailing in national opinion polls as the U.S. death toll from the virus approaches 190,000, Trump unleashed a broad attack against both the former vice president, his opponent in the Nov.

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Coronavirus: Joe Biden says he’d take COVID-19 vaccine but ‘wants to see what scientists say’ first

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday said that he if he could get a COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, he’d “do it,” even if it cost him the 2020 election, but stressed he’d want to see what scientists have to say.

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Coronavirus: Trump says Kamala Harris should apologize for ‘anti-vaccine rhetoric’

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris should apologize for her “anti-vaccine rhetoric,” referencing comments she made saying she would not trust Trump over having a safe, effective vaccine by November.

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Trump threatens to defund schools that teach '1619 Project'

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 1, 2020, heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin to meet with law enforcement officials and to survey President Trump said Sunday that the Department of Education is examining the use of the New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project in schools, and warned that institutions that teach this alternative narrative of American history could lose federal funding.The project is based on the premise that American history began in 1619 -- cited as the date African slaves arrived in Virginia -- and that everything following this should be viewed through that lens.

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Trump floats using extra $300B in coronavirus relief aid for second stimulus check

President Donald Trump makes remarks as he meets with U.S. tech workers and signs an executive order on hiring Americans in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 3, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Labor Day bringing Biden to Pa., Pence and Harris to Wis.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisconsin as the 2020 presidential race, disrupted for months by the pandemic, enters its final phase.Biden was heading Monday to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for an AFL-CIO virtual town hall with union President Richard Trumka. President Donald Trump planned an afternoon news conference from the White House.Both campaigns see Wisconsin as a prize that could be pivotal.

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Donald Trump minimised seriousness of coronavirus outbreak in US: Kamala Harris

elections.""We have a President of the United States who made this a partisan issue. The virus could care less who you voted for in the last election or who you plan to vote for in the next election," the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate said.As per the latest update, the United States -- the worst affected country from the COVID-19 pandemic-- has a total of 6,270,950 cases and 188,810 deaths due to the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Kentucky congressman defends teen accused in Kenosha protest deaths

Kyle Rittenhouse LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky congressman said a teenager charged with fatally shooting two people with a semi-automatic rifle during the unrest in Wisconsin showed “incredible restraint" and acted in self-defense.Rep.

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Jacob Blake speaks for first time since police shooting

Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wis. police officer shot him seven times in the back, saying he’s in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down.

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Sheriff: Five boats sank in Texas Trump parade, no injuries

AUSTIN, Texas - Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a nautical parade in support of President Donald Trump, but no one was injured or killed, officials said Sunday.Boaters began calling for help “almost immediately” after the procession for Trump’s reelection got underway on a lake west of Austin on Saturday, according to Kristen Dark of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.

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President Trump to campaign in battleground states, Florida and North Carolina, on Tuesday

Photo by the White House WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald Trump will highlight his environmental agenda as he campaigns in the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina on Tuesday.The White House says Trump will stop in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday to remind voters there of his conservation and environmental protection efforts in the Everglades region.For the federal budget year beginning Oct. 1, the White House said, Trump asked Congress for $250 million in annual funding to accelerate construction of infrastructure for the Everglades as part of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration.

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Hundreds gather for U.S. boat parades in support of President Trump

Hundreds of people took part in boat parades Saturday in locations including Austin, Texas, in support of U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the November election.

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Several vessels sink during Trump supporters’ boat parade in Texas

Donald Trump.“We responded to multiple calls of boats in distress, several of them sank,” but there are no reports of fatalities or injuries and investigators have not determined how many boats sank on the lake near Austin, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Kristen Dark.

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Kamala Harris wouldn't trust Donald Trump on pre-election coronavirus vaccine

coronavirus vaccine is available before November's election, she would not take President Donald Trump's word on its safety and efficacy.Trump faces intense pressure to curb the contagion that has clouded his re-election prospects, sparking worries his administration could rush vaccine research to fit a political timetable."I would not trust Donald Trump and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of (a vaccine)," Harris told CNN."I will not take his word for it."A shot against the virus that has killed over 188,000 in the US and hobbled the world's largest economy has become another flashpoint ahead of the November 3 vote.This week news broke that the US Centers for Disease

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Lawyer of accused Kenosha shooter resigns from $700K+ defense fund

Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, charged with homicide in fatal shooting of two Kenosha protesters KENOSHA, Wis. - A lawyer representing a 17-year-old charged with shooting three people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has resigned from his position with a defense fund that has raked in more than $700,000 to defend his client and conservative causes.Attorney John Pierce is defending Kyle Rittenhouse against intentional homicide charges for shooting two people to death and wounding a third during a night of unrest last month over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down.Pierce said he resigned from the #FightBack Foundation fund, which has raised money to defend Rittenhouse, to avoid any

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UCF professor discusses historical significance of NBA boycott on ‘The Weekly’

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been an exciting few months inside ‘The Bubble’ as the NBA restarted its season, but winning a championship hasn’t been the only focus for the players.Social injustice, inequality and police brutality have been discussed ever since the players started to arrive at Disney, and especially when every team boycotted a playoff game over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconson.Dr.

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Reality check: A look at Trump’s claims on John McCain, Black Lives Matter protests

Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his own.Trump distorted events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the past week and his own hand in them before a furor over his reported comments on fallen soldiers diverted his rhetoric.

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Trump moves to cancel ‘divisive’ racial diversity training programs at White House

Donald Trump is seeking to stop federal funding for certain racial diversity training programs at the White House, which a memo calls “divisive, anti-American propaganda.”The memo from Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought alleges employees have been required to attend training sessions “where they are told that ‘virtually all white people contribute to racism’ or where they are required to say that they ‘benefit from racism,'” citing unnamed media reports.

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Jacob Blake pleads not guilty in Kenosha court to charges filed in July

KENOSHA, Wis. - Jacob Blake appeared remotely to Kenosha County court on Friday afternoon, Sept. 4.

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How to vote by mail in New Jersey

A mail-in ballot envelope for elections in New Jersey. (FOX 5 NY file photo) Election Day 2020 is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

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Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war dead

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump "unfit" for the presidency on Friday, delivering an impassioned reaction to a report that Trump — who never served in uniform — allegedly mocked American war dead.The president and his allies have dismissed the report in The Atlantic as false.The allegations, sourced anonymously, describe multiple offensive comments by the president toward fallen and captured U.S.

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Trump, White House deny report he called fallen soldiers 'losers' and 'suckers'

President Trump participates in a Memorial Day ceremony in 2018. (Official White House Photo/Andrea Hanks) A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump says shutdowns ‘causing much bigger problems’ amid pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday that shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic are “causing much bigger problems,” and telling the crowd “you haven’t even opened up the great Commonwealth.”

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Trump mocks Biden’s mask-wearing during Pennsylvania rally

During a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asking the crowd, “did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him?”

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Trump mocks Biden for wearing mask amid coronavirus, hones ‘law and order’ platform

Donald Trump on Thursday honed the “law and order” message he intends to wield for the next two months against his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, stepping up attacks that his campaign believes are resonating with battleground state voters.“Biden’s plan is to appease the domestic terrorists and my plan is to arrest them and prosecute them,” Trump declared at a rally in Pennsylvania — a state that flipped in his favour in 2016, helping to pave his road to victory. Joe Biden heads to Kenosha, meets with family of Jacob Blake The rally comes as Trump’s campaign is claiming new signs of momentum, including in the longtime Democratic stronghold that Trump won by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

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COVID-19 remains key election issue for Biden, Trump

With talk of a vaccine in time for Election Day ramping up, both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and incumbent Donald Trump continue to confront the pandemic as a major talking point for the presidential election, now 2 months away.

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Biden to visit Kenosha, Trump appears to urge people to vote twice in latest criticism of mail-in voting

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