WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sept. 9 announced he had added 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates that he's pledged to choose from if he has vacancies to fill.The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 87 left the nation's highest court with an empty seat on Sept.

18.The list includes 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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Florida Democrats post wide lead in mail-in ballot requests

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida Democrats are building a substantial lead in mail-in ballot requests for November’s presidential election even as their registration advantage shrinks, but questions remain about whether that will be a boon for Joe Biden as he tries to wrest the nation’s largest swing state from President Donald Trump.The Florida secretary of state’s office shows that 2.4 million Democrats have requested mail-in ballots compared with 1.6 million Republicans — a 767,000 request advantage as the coronavirus pandemic makes some voters leery of entering a polling place. It’s also a sharp change from 2016 when requests — and returned mail-in ballots — were evenly split.

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Biden, Trump press contrasts in Midwest after debate chaos

CLEVELAND – Fresh off their chaotic debate-stage clash, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden targeted voters across the Midwest on Wednesday, hitting hard at their contrasting messages as millions of voters cast early ballots.Biden headed out on his most aggressive day on the campaign trail all year, with eight stops planned for a train tour that began mid-morning in Cleveland and was scheduled to end Wednesday night in western Pennsylvania. Trump was to address voters and donors in Minnesota late in the day.Both men were active on social media, too, hoping to use the turbulent debate to score political points.

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Far-right extremist group 'Proud Boys' celebrates after Trump callout during debate

CLEVELAND - President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by."However, the president's campaign insisted in an interview with Fox News that Trump denounced white supremacist groups "twice" during the first presidential debate on Tuesday in Cleveland.“Almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing," said Trump, whose exchange with Democrat Joe Biden left the extremist group Proud Boys celebrating what some of its members saw as tacit approval.He was responding to a question from debate moderator and "Fox News Sunday"

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Trump and Biden Square Off On Pandemic, Racism in First Presidential Debate

President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden squared off Tuesday night in their crucial first debate of the 2020 campaign, the most pivotal opportunity yet for them to outline starkly different visions for a country facing multiple crises. It began with a contentious exchange over the Supreme Court with Trump defending his nomination of a new justice barely a month before the election.

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Foreign observers note 'chaos,' 'rancor' in US debate

BEIJING – “Chaos, interruptions, personal attacks and insults," one outspoken Chinese newspaper editor said of the U.S. presidential debate.

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Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute

WASHINGTON – 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.

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Debate veers from 'How you doing?' to 'Will you shut up?'

CLEVELAND – It started out civilly enough, with President Donald Trump striding deliberately to his lectern, and Democrat Joe Biden nodding to his opponent and offering a “How you doing, man?”But within 15 minutes, the debate had devolved into a series of endless interruptions, with Biden, seemingly unable to complete a sentence, finally blurting out, “Will you shut up, man?”It was a chaotic and unusually bitter first presidential debate of the 2020 general election, made all the more unusual by the the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. There was no friendly handshake to kick things off, no room full of supporters in each candidate's court.

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Chaotic first debate: Taunts overpower Trump, Biden visions

CLEVELAND – The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos Tuesday night as Trump repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry — and personal — jabs that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has for a nation facing historic crises.In the most tumultuous presidential debate in recent memory, Trump refused to condemn white supremacists who have supported him, telling one such group known as Proud Boys to “stand back, stand by.” There were also heated clashes over the president's handling of the pandemic, the integrity of the election results, deeply personal attacks about Biden's family and how the Supreme Court will shape the future

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‘I don’t want to pay taxes,’ Trump says while disputing NYT report in debate with Biden

Donald Trump was challenged on reports that he paid hardly any federal taxes in 2016 and 2017 during his first debate with Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday night.The New York Times has reported that Trump paid only $750 in those two years as he campaigned for and then began his presidency, and paid no taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. ‘Shut up man’: Trump, Biden clash, interrupt each other during U.S.

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Donald Trump refuses to condemn white supremacists during first U.S. presidential debate

Donald Trump refused to directly condemn white supremacists during the first U.S. presidential debate Tuesday evening.Fox News journalist and debate moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump if he would condemn white supremacists during a segment focusing on race tensions in the U.S.

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Fact check: A look at claims Trump, Biden made during 1st U.S. presidential debate

Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden sparred Tuesday in their first of three debates, hoping to sway undecided voters planning to cast ballots by mail and in person in the final weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 election.A look at how their statements from Cleveland stack up with the facts: Trump will be the “first (president) in American history” to lose jobs during his presidency.

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Trump to far-right extremists: 'Stand back and stand by'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t clearly condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”“Almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing," said Trump, whose exchange with Democrat Joe Biden left the extremist group Proud Boys celebrating what some of its members saw as tacit approval.He was responding to a question from debate moderator Chris Wallace, who asked the president if he would condemn white supremacist and militia groups that have showed up at some protests.

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For moderator Chris Wallace, debate was runaway train

NEW YORK – For much of the opening presidential debate, moderator Chris Wallace looked like a man trying to stop a runaway train with his bare hands.The contest between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden was chaotic from start to finish. With interruptions and interjections, Trump tried to throw his Democratic opponent off stride.

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US Presidential debate: Biden tells Trump to ‘shut up!’ after multiple interruptions

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday told President Donald Trump to “shut up” following repeated interruptions from the President during the latter’s answer on the Supreme Court.

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US Presidential debate: Biden presses Trump to release his tax returns after Trump claims he’s paid ‘millions’

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US Presidential debate: Trump avoids condemning white supremacist groups

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U.S. election: Trump, Biden set to face off in 1st presidential debate of 2020

All eyes will be on United States President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden Tuesday as the two square off during the first presidential debate of 2020 on Tuesday night. Jackson Proskow gives a preview of what viewers can expect.

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US Presidential debate: Biden said ‘everybody knows’ Trump is a liar

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday during the debate said that he was not there to fact check President Donald Trump, saying “everybody knows he’s a liar,” before talking about health care.

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‘Shut up man’: Trump, Biden clash, interrupt each other during U.S. presidential debate

Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden erupted in contentious exchanges Tuesday night over the coronavirus pandemic, city violence, job losses and how the Supreme Court will shape the future of the nation’s health care.In what was the most chaotic presidential debate in recent years, somehow fitting for what has been an extraordinarily ugly campaign, the two men frequently talked over each other with Trump interrupting, nearly shouting, so often that Biden eventually snapped at him, “Will you shut up, man?”“The fact is that everything he’s said so far is simply a lie,” Biden said. “I’m not here to call out his lies.

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'Bad things happen in Philadelphia': President Trump calls out Philly during presidential debate

PHILADELPHIA - During the first presidential debate Tuesday night, President Donald Trump mentioned Philadelphia and satellite voting centers after his tweets earlier in the day claimed that poll watchers were not allowed in."As you know today there was a big problem in Philadelphia. They went in to watch.

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What was your reaction to first presidential debate? Let us know with your emojis

After weeks of preparation and anticipation, the first of three presidential debates is now over.Democratic nominee and former vice president Joe Biden and the Republican incumbent nominee, President Donald Trump, met face-to-face on the same stage for the first time during this election year and debated various issues and questions posed by moderator Chris Wallace.So, what did you think of responses and ideas presented by Biden and Trump?Let us know your reaction by clicking on an emoji below each statement that was made.

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No debate: Judge, Yankees pound Bieber, Indians in opener

CLEVELAND – On a night for debates, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees made quite an opening statement.Shane Bieber had no rebuttal.Judge smashed a tone-setting, two-run homer on Bieber's fourth pitch, Cole struck out 13 and the New York Yankees opened the AL playoffs with a resounding 12-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday.

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Presidential debate: Trump, Biden spar over Supreme Court, health care, COVID-19

CLEVELAND - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden faced off Tuesday night in the first of multiple presidential debates, often interrupting each other while sharing different visions for the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, a vacant Supreme Court seat and concerns about racial justice and violence in U.S.

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Debate Takeaways: Stark differences between Trump, Biden

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Senate advances bill to fund government into December

WASHINGTON – A bill to fund the federal government cleared a key Senate procedural hurdle Tuesday as lawmakers sought to accomplish the bare minimum before they depart Washington to campaign — preventing a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins.The measure to keep the government running through Dec. 11 advanced by a 82-6 tally.

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Amy Coney Barrett: Trump officially sends Supreme Court nomination to Senate

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday officially sent his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, to the U.S. Senate.Trump announced his pick on Saturday to fill the U.S.

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Biden releases 2019 tax returns ahead of presidential debate with Trump

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, released more of their personal tax returns just hours before the first presidential debate with President Donald Trump.Biden's running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, released her 2019 returns as well.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event on Sept.

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Central Florida political expert to weigh in on presidential debate

Tuesday marks the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.At 10 p.m. Tuesday, News 6 Anchor Lisa Bell will interview University of Central Florida history professor Jim Clark to get his thoughts on the first hour of the debate.The interview will be streamed in a video player at the top of this story.The segment will last around 15 minutes as Clark will break down the first hour of the debate.If you have a question for Clark for Tuesday’s debate, submit it using the form above.The debate will be moderated by Fox News host Chris Wallace from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Mueller pushes back on criticism from lawyer on Russia team

WASHINGTON – Former special counsel Robert Mueller pushed back Tuesday against criticism from one of the top prosecutors on the Russia investigation team that the team was not as aggressive as it should have been in probing connections between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.The rare public statement from Mueller, his first since his July 2019 congressional testimony, follows reports on a book by Andrew Weissmann, due out Tuesday, that suggests the team did not aggressively pursue line of inquiries out of concern that President Donald Trump could fire them and close down the operation.

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Biden releases 2019 tax returns before 1st debate with Trump

WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden paid nearly $288,000 in federal income taxes last year, according to returns he released just hours before his Tuesday night debate with President Donald Trump.The move came following a report from The New York Times that Trump paid just $750 in income taxes in 2016, the year he ran for president, and in 2017, his first year in the White House. Biden and his wife, Jill, along with Biden’s running mate, California Sen.

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Lawyer for Flynn says she updated Trump on status of case

WASHINGTON – A lawyer for former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn told a judge Tuesday that she recently updated President Donald Trump on the case and asked him not to issue a pardon for her client.The attorney, Sidney Powell, was initially reluctant to discuss her conversations with the president or the White House, saying she believed they were protected by executive privilege. But under persistent questioning from U.S.

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The Latest: Trump in debate prep before faceoff with Biden

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):12:30 p.m.President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning in informal preparations for the first debate with Joe Biden. A longer, more formal preparation session was set for the afternoon once he arrives in Cleveland.Trump’s prep team includes former New Jersey Gov.

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Trump gets third 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nomination

President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at Central Wisconsin Airport on September 17, 2020 in Mosinee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) President Trump received his third 2020 Nobel Peace Prize nomination in September, this time from a group of Australian law professors.“What he has done with the Trump Doctrine is that he has decided he would no longer have America involved in endless wars, wars which achieve nothing but the killing of thousands of young Americans and enormous debts imposed on America," Australian legal scholar David Flint told Sky News Australia on Sunday.

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Presidential Debate: Trump, Biden face off in 1st of 3 debates

CLEVELAND - First, the primaries. Then, the conventions.

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U.S. election: Biden, Trump set to face each other in first presidential debate

Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden Tuesday as the two square off during the first presidential debate of 2020.The event will be livestreamed at 9 p.m. ET from the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

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AP Interview: US ambassador defends tough approach to China

BEIJING – The departing U.S. ambassador on Tuesday defended a tough approach to China that has riled relations between the world's two largest economies, saying the Trump administration has made progress on trade and that he hopes it will extend to other areas.

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Trump dismisses report he paid little to no income taxes

The New York Times is reporting U.S. President Donald Trump avoided paying federal income taxes for 10 of the past 15 years, partly because he lost more money than he made.

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Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rally ahead of US debate

Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street recovered some of this month's losses as investors looked ahead to a debate between President Donald Trump and his challenger in the November election, Joe Biden.Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo advanced Hong Kong and Sydney declined.Overnight, Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index gained 1.6%, led by big tech stocks.“This is welcome cheer, but does not redeem equities from a negative September,” said Mizuho Bank in a report. With no obvious catalyst, its analysts questioned whether the rise was driven by little more than “month-end short-covering,” or traders buying stocks to fulfill commitments to re-sell them.

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Trump’s reported debts raise national security issues for possible 2nd term: experts

Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow over his presidency that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by organizations or individuals he’s indebted to.New scrutiny of Trump, who claims great success as a private businessman, comes after The New York Times reported that tax records show he is personally carrying a staggering amount of debt — including more than $300 million in loans that will come due in the next four years.

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Democrats try to stick to health care in Supreme Court fight

WASHINGTON – Democrats are confronting the limits of their power as they fight against the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett with a strategy aimed at avoiding costly mistakes that could hurt the party's candidates in November.Unable to block President Donald Trump’s pick on their own, they are arguing to voters that Barrett’s nomination threatens the protections of the Affordable Care Act — a focus that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has embraced and many Democrats see as a winning message.

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Ethics experts see national security concern in Trump's debt

WASHINGTON – Revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt are casting a shadow over his presidency that ethics experts say raises national security concerns he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by organizations or individuals he’s indebted to.New scrutiny of Trump, who claims great success as a private businessman, comes after The New York Times reported that tax records show he is personally carrying a staggering amount of debt -- including more than $300 million in loans that will come due in the next four years.

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Times' tax story is talker, but perceptions mostly hold

NEW YORK – Orlando Sentinel Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson was curious how readers in polarized central Florida would react to her newspaper leading Monday's edition with a report that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016 and 2017 — and no income tax at all in 10 of the previous 15 years.By midday Monday, she'd heard from two people.

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5 questions heading into Trump and Biden's first debate

NEW YORK – President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, will meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night in Cleveland. Millions of voters will get their first opportunity to compare the candidates' policies and personalities side by side on national television for 90 minutes just five weeks before Election Day and as early voting is already unfolding in some states.Here are some of the biggest questions heading into the night:HOW DOES TRUMP HANDLE BEING ON THE DEFENSIVE?In his first formal debate since taking office, Trump has a lot to answer for.

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Harris to voters: Don't give up as Trump rushes court pick

RALEIGH, N.C. – Kamala Harris urged voters on Monday not to be discouraged by Republican efforts to fill a Supreme Court seat before the election, charging it's the GOP's goal to make people feel like their votes don't matter. “We will not give up, and we will not give in," the Democratic vice presidential nominee said.

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Trump, Biden prepare to debate at a time of mounting crises

CLEVELAND – In an election year like no other, the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, could be a pivotal moment in a race that has remained stubbornly unchanged in the face of historic tumult.The Tuesday night debate will offer a massive platform for Trump and Biden to outline their starkly different visions for a country facing multiple crises, including racial justice protests and a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and cost millions of jobs.The health emergency has upended the usual trappings of a presidential campaign, lending heightened importance to the debate.

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Woman pleads not guilty, denied bail over Trump ricin letter

BUFFALO – A woman charged with making threats against President Donald Trump by mailing a package containing ricin to the White House was ordered held without bail Monday by a judge in Buffalo who cited “a very strong case" against her based on an indictment in Washington, D.C.Pascale Ferrier, 53, of a Montreal suburb, was arrested a week ago as she tried to enter the U.S. through a border crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo.

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GOP takes Pennsylvania court’s ballot deadline to high court

(Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Monday asked the U.S.

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Cindy McCain joins Biden's transition advisory board

PHOENIX – Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican Sen. John McCain, will advise Democrat Joe Biden's presidential transition team as it prepares for him to take office if he wins in November, the team announced Monday.McCain is the second Republican on the 16-member transition advisory board, joining Bob McDonald, the former Procter & Gamble Co.

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