Republican and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich spoke during the Democratic National Convention on Monday, saying America was “at a crossroads.” Kasich said that he is still a member of the Republican party, but the current administration under President Donald Trump doesn’t reflect his party and is why he’s supporting Joe Biden for president..

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Key takeaways from the Republican National Convention

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention. He ordered up a scene never before seen at the White House: an American president using the South Lawn as the official backdrop for such overtly political activity.

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Conventions highlight aggressive fact-check efforts

NEW YORK – Rachel Maddow ended her fact-check mission with a lightning round after President Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech — 12 corrections in about a minute.

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Facing a national moment fraught with racial turmoil and a deadly pandemic, President Donald Trump accepted his party's renomination on a massive White House South Lawn stage Thursday night, boasting of helping African Americans and defying his own administration's pandemic guidelines to address a tightly packed, largely maskless crowd. As troubles churned outside the gates, Trump painted an optimistic vision of America’s future, including an eventual triumph over the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 175,000 people, left millions unemployed and rewritten the rules of society.

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GOP convention takeaways: What coronavirus? Fear motivates

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention. He ordered up a scene never before seen at the White House: an American president using the South Lawn as the official backdrop for such overtly political activity.

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GOP convention takeaways: RNC speakers light on pandemic, heavy on other fears

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Will produce Covid vaccine by this year end or sooner, says Donald Trump

vaccine before the end of this year or maybe even sooner. We will defeat the virus and the pandemic, and emerge stronger than ever before," he added.Trump further informed that three vaccines are in the final stage adding that the US "would crush the virus"."We have three different vaccines in the final trial stage.

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Trump formally accepts Republican re-nomination from RNC stage at White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump accepted his party's renomination on a massive White House South Lawn stage Thursday night, breaking with tradition by using the executive mansion as a political backdrop and defying pandemic guidelines to address a tightly packed, largely maskless crowd.As crises churned outside the gates, Trump painted an optimistic vision of America’s future, including an eventual triumph over the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 175,000 people, left millions unemployed and rewritten the rules of society.

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On RNC’s final night, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani asks Trump to ‘Make America Safe Again’

NEW YORK - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani slammed Joe Biden as a “Trojan Horse” for the Left and asked President Trump to “make our nation safe again” in a speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday.In his speech, Giuliani blamed Democrats for the recent wave of unrest and riots throughout several cities across the United States, criticizing alleged inaction by Democratic officials and claiming that Black Lives Matter and Antifa hijacked the original peaceful protests over the “unforgivable police killing of George Floyd” and turned them “into vicious, brutal riots.” “It is clear that a vote for Biden and the Democrats creates the risk that you will bring this lawlessness to your city, town, or suburb,”

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MSNBC tweaks Trump by inviting niece Mary to convention show

NEW YORK – MSNBC is making its final night of Republican convention coverage a family occasion for President Donald Trump, but not in a way that he's likely to enjoy.The left-leaning cable network says it will feature Trump's niece Mary as a guest, on the night Trump brings the convention to a close by accepting the Republican nomination for another four years in the White House.Mary Trump authored the summer bestseller, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.”The Nielsen company estimated that 17.3 million people watched television coverage of the convention's third night on Wednesday, where Vice President Mike Pence was the featured speaker.On the same night of the Democratic convention last week,

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Kamala Harris says Trump has shown ‘reckless disregard’ for well-being of Americans

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris took aim at U.S.

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Philadelphia accepts $10M grant for 2020 election plan

Mail-in ballots HARRISBURG - Philadelphia on Thursday accepted a $10 million grant to help it advance an ambitious election plan to buy counting equipment and spread satellite election offices and secure drop boxes around the city to absorb growing demand for voting by mail in November's presidential election.The city's election board, the Philadelphia City Commissioners, voted to accept the grant from the Chicago-based Center for Tech and Civic Life, whose donors include Facebook and Google.Accepting the grant comes as President Donald Trump's campaign is suing to outlaw drop boxes -- used in the primary in the heavily Democratic city of Philadelphia and its suburban counties where Trump lost badly in 2016's election despite prevailing in

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Republican National Convention: Kellyanne Conway touts Trump’s commitment to elevating women

Kellyanne Conway, outgoing adviser to President Donald Trump, said Wednesday during the Republican National Convention that the president looks at women in a leadership role as being “not novel,” saying he’s elevated women to leadership positions for decades.

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RNC Day 3: Pence, in convention speech, pledges he and Trump will 'make America great again, again'

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RNC night 3 takeaways: Republicans push American exceptionalism amid national crises

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Republicans proceeded with the third night of their national convention, but many Americans — particularly those in the path of Hurricane Laura — were focused on more immediate concerns.

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Do Republicans or Democrats benefit from mail-in voting? It turns out, neither

Warren CornwallIn the United States, the coronavirus crisis has thrust a typically wonky debate—the effectiveness of mail-in voting—into the political spotlight. Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, this week again warned that expanding the use of mail-in ballots could give Democrats an edge in the November elections.

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Pres. Trump: Gov. Evers 'agreed to accept federal assistance,' National Guard coming to Kenosha

KENOSHA, Wis. - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon, Aug.

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WHAT TO WATCH: Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway and protest pushback at GOP convention

Photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Aug. 24, 2020 shows a computer screen displaying U.S.

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‘You’re not alone’: Melania Trump delivers speech at Republican National Convention

Melania Trump went there.While others at the Republican National Convention spoke about the coronavirus as a challenge successfully conquered, the first lady on Tuesday night used her address from the Rose Garden to acknowledge the pain of lives lost and families upended by the pandemic.“I want you to know you’re not alone,” she said to the tens of thousands of families that have been affected.

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Mike Pompeo hails Trump's America First policy at RNC

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has plunged into the heart of the 2020 presidential race with a speech supporting President Donald Trump’s reelection at the Republican National Convention.The speech was recorded in Jerusalem during an official visit to the Middle East and aired Tuesday at the RNC.The address was roundly condemned by Democrats and others as an inappropriate breach of decades of diplomatic precedent and a possible violation of federal law prohibiting executive branch employees from overt political activism while on duty.

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Herschel Walker says critics calling Trump 'racist' deeply hurt him during RNC address

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Former football player Herschel Walker talked about his 35-year friendship with President Donald Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention on Monday.Walker, the former Georgia Bulldog and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner recalled meeting Trump and how they developed a deep, personal friendship over the past three decades.The two-time NFL Pro-Bowler discussed how Trump made him feel special and shared with Walker about how it was important for him to know each person personally.He said it hurt him when he heard people calling the president a racist."It hurts my soul to hear the terrible names that people call Donald.

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Mike Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with GOP convention speech

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement to the press with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (unseen) after meeting in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2020. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S.

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Fact check: Donald Trump, allies make several false claims on first day of Republican convention

Donald Trump made a dizzying array of misleading claims about voting fraud and health care as fellow Republicans opened their convention with speeches distorting the agenda of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.Trump falsely asserted that he was the one who ensured that people with preexisting medical problems will be covered by health insurance; actually that was Democratic President Barack Obama. Several speakers accused Biden of proposing to defund police, ban fracking, take over health care and open borders — none of that true.A look at statements Monday at the Republican National Convention:: “We protected your preexisting conditions.

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Pompeo to go against own warning by endorsing Trump at Republican National Convention

Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign.

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Trump officially renominated as Republican convention begins

In the U.S., Republicans are kicking off their four-day convention, with President Donald Trump accepting the presidential nomination for a second time.

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FDA commissioner disputes Trump, says no 'deep state' elements delaying coronavirus vaccine

WASHINGTON : The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not made up of "deep state" elements that are trying to delay a coronavirus vaccine as President Donald Trump has suggested, the agency's commissioner told Reuters on Monday.Dr.

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RNC takeaways: Trump in spotlight as convention kicks off

US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia on August 21, 2020. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump aggressively asserted control over the Republican National Convention on Monday, overshadowing the prime-time speakers, as he made clear he wants voters to focus on him.Here are key takeaways from the first night of the convention:RELATED: Delegates ready to renominate Trump at Republican National ConventionAN OMNIPRESENT CONVENTION PRESENCETrump.

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Trump's moment: What's at stake for GOP as national convention begins

US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia on August 21, 2020. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump will try to reintroduce himself — and his party — to voters this week at the Republican National Convention.It will be no easy task.Over the last four years, the GOP has been fundamentally redefined by the instinct, attitude and social media posts of the most divisive president in the modern era.

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Joe Biden says he’d shut down economy if scientists recommend it

ATLANTA – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers’ advice if they called for a national shutdown should he take office and the coronavirus had not abated.“I would be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives. We cannot get the country moving until we control the virus,” Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday night on ABC News.Asked specifically whether he’d push to shutter economic activity if scientists said it was necessary, Biden replied: “I would shut it down.”The former vice president's remarks came as part of his first joint interview with vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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Delegates ready to renominate Trump at Republican National Convention

Signs for the 2020 Republican National Convention outside of the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22, 2020. (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Republicans are ready to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kickoff in Charlotte that begins a weeklong effort to convince the American people that the president deserves a second term.Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, delegates will hold an in-person roll-call vote in a ballroom at the Charlotte Convention Center before attention turns to prime-time programming.

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Biden has not been tested for coronavirus, deputy campaign manager says

Former vice-president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wear a facemask as he watches fireworks outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, at the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention, held virtually amid the novel coron Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has still not been tested for the novel coronavirus, his deputy campaign manager said on Sunday.Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Kate Bedingfield defended Biden not being tested – saying that the campaign has “put the strictest protocols in place, and moving forward, should he need to be tested, he certainly would be.”Bedingfield added that the former vice president has not had COVID-19.Despite not being tested himself, Biden has laid out a plan for free

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Donald Trump says FDA expands access to Covid-19 treatment with plasma

Covid-19 will be expanded to more sick Americans, widening access to a promising therapy even before researchers fully understand how well it works.“This is a powerful therapy," Trump said at a White House news conference. “Today’s action will dramatically expand access to this treatment."The U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump says FDA has authorized emergency use of convalescent plasma for COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an emergency use authorization for the use of convalescent plasma in helping treat patients with COVID-19.

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Trump campaign unveils convention speakers, POTUS to speak every night

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House on Aug. 13, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Pelosi says ignore Trump comments on elections, says it’s to ‘suppress the vote’

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that people need to not pay attention to President Donald Trump in his comments about the election, saying that it’s to “suppress the vote.” She also said that a suggestion by Trump recently that he would have law enforcement at polling sites was a way to “instill fear in people” when they show up to vote.

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President Donald Trump says 2020 Democratic National Convention was 'gloomiest' in history

ARLINGTON, Va. - President Donald Trump sought to cast a more positive light on his presidency Friday after four days of bashing at the Democratic National Convention, saying that where Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sees “American darkness," he sees “American greatness.”Trump was anxious for his turn in the spotlight after the four-day Democratic National Convention, which was culminated by Biden describing “a perfect storm" hitting the nation under Trump's watch as a result of the pandemic, the jolt to the economy that it delivered and racial unrest after the killing of George Floyd.

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Ozzy Osbourne says Donald Trump is “acting like a fool” with coronavirus response

Ozzy Osbourne has criticised Donald Trump‘s response to the coronavirus crisis, saying the US President is “acting like a fool”.Speaking in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Osbourne questions why Trump ran for President in 2016, before criticising his response to the ongoing pandemic.“If I was running for president, I would try and find out a little bit about politics,” he said. “Because the fucking guy you’ve got in there now doesn’t know that much about it, I don’t think.“It’s not like anyone could be a fucking heart surgeon and just go in with a scalpel.

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Hydroxychloroquine shouldn’t be used at all for Covid, ISDA says

President Donald Trump as a way to deal with the pandemic.IDSA now recommends not to use hydroxychloroquine either by itself or along with the antibiotic azithromycin for patients with the coronavirus, even in hospitals. The society previously called for limited use of hydroxychloroquine in trials.“IDSA’s expert guidelines panel concluded that higher certainty benefits (e.g., mortality reduction) for the use of these treatments are now highly unlikely even if additional high quality data would become available," the group said in a statement.Earlier, a National Institutes of Health panel recommended against using hydroxychloroquine with azithromycin, unless in a clinical trial, because of an increased risk of cardiac arrest.

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says election mail will go through despite cuts

WASHINGTON - New Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Friday he has no plans to restore mailboxes and other agency cuts made since he took over in June, sparking fresh questions over how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of an expected surge of mail-in ballots for the November election.It was DeJoy's first time publicly answering questions since summer mail delays brought a public outcry. Testifying before a Senate committee, the ally of President Donald Trump said it was his “sacred duty” that ballots arrive on time.

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Ozzy Osbourne Says Donald Trump Is ‘Acting Like A Fool’ About The Pandemic

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne isn’t big on talking politics, but can’t hold his tongue this time.

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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says ballots No. 1 priority, but details no plan

WASHINGTON - Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pressed by senators over mail delivery disruptions, said Friday he was unaware of changes that sparked a public uproar, but his responses raised fresh questions about how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of ballots for the November election.DeJoy told senators he has zero plans to restore blue mailboxes and sorting equipment that have been removed, saying they are “not needed.” He did say that election mail would continue to be prioritized for delivery as in years past.But while DeJoy distanced himself from President Donald Trump's complaints about mail-in ballots that are expected to surge in the coronavirus pandemic, he told senators could not yet provide a detailed plan about how

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Biden accepts Democratic nomination for president at convention’s final night

Joe Biden vowed to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt Thursday night, accepting the Democratic presidential nomination and achieving a pinnacle in an unfinished quest that has spanned three decades and been marred by personal tragedy, political stumbles and more dynamic rivals.The past hurdles fell away as Biden addressed his fellow Democrats and millions of Americans at home who he hopes will send him to the White House to replace Donald Trump – though his triumphant moment was drained of immediate drama by the coronavirus pandemic, which left him speaking to a nearly empty arena rather than a to a joyously cheering crowd. ‘Come together’: Biden kicks off battle with Trump for U.S.

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‘If you entrust me with the presidency, I will draw on the best of us’: Joe Biden accepts Democratic presidential nomination

During his Thursday speech on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden formally accepted the party’s presidential nomination in the race for the White House against Donald Trump.

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Takeaways from the final night of the Democratic convention

FAITH AT THE FOREFRONTOn the night he was to officially accept the Democratic nomination for president, Joe Biden put faith front and center, making a point not to cede the issue to Republicans.Sen. Chris Coons, who represents nominee Biden’s home state of Delaware, spoke of a “private” faith that is personally defining for Biden, a practicing Roman Catholic.

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DNC Day 4: Biden seeking unity as he accepts Democratic nomination on last night of convention

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Dozens of former GOP national security officials to back Biden, call Trump ‘dangerously unfit’

Republican national security officials from multiple administrations are coming forward to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden – the latest in a number of former GOP officials and lawmakers to back the former vice president."While we – like all Americans – had hoped that Donald Trump would govern wisely, he has disappointed millions of voters who put their faith in him and has demonstrated that he is dangerously unfit to serve another term,” the statement, to run in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, says.The officials, from the Trump, George W. Bush, George H.W.

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Kamala Harris, in historic VP nomination acceptance speech, says America at 'inflection point'

WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris made history on Wednesday as the first Black woman to accept a spot on a major party's presidential ticket, a moment intended to galvanize Democratic voters heading into the fall campaign against President Donald Trump.This will be her second time speaking to the Democratic National Convention.

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DNC Day 3: With Biden nominated, Democrats hear from Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Democrats’ historic boundary breakers, led by former President Barack Obama, joined forces Wednesday night at the party’s national convention, pleading for Joe Biden’s diverse coalition to put voting ahead of everything else this fall to save the nation from the chaotic leadership of President Donald Trump.Their overriding message: Don't just complain about Trump; vote because your lives and democracy itself may be at stake.RELATED: In Obama, Democrats see a bridge between Joe Biden and young votersIn remarks remarkable for their urgency and dismissiveness of a U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump says closing universities amid pandemic ‘could cost lives’

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Democratic National Convention: Republican John Kasich says America ‘is at a crossroads’

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