Donald Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19 early this month, has said that as a president he cannot remain locked in a basement and he has to meet people despite the risks.Trump, responding to a question at a townhall organised by the NBC News, also defended not wearing a mask as much as his own administration’s public health experts recommend and said that lockdowns imposed by various states across the country to curb the coronavirus cases were "unconstitutional".He said he is not averse to wearing a mask, but “people with masks are catching it all the time."“As a president, I have to be out there.

I can’t be in a basement. I can’t be locked in a very beautiful room someplace in the White House. And I want to see the gold star.

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Final Trump-Biden debate marked by clashes but less chaos

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Presidential debate: Biden claims Trump wasn’t ‘joking’ about injecting bleach amid coronavirus pandemic

During the final U.S.

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Trump lashes out over debate rule change to mute mics as campaigns enter final stretch

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at the presidential debates commission once again after a new rule was put in place to mute a candidate when the other is speaking during Thursday’s final debate.

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How Trump’s team ‘burned’ through $1 billion during U.S. election campaign

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Trump threatens to release ’60 Minutes’ footage early after walking out of interview

Donald Trump is threatening to release footage from an upcoming interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes before it airs on Sunday, telling his supporters to “watch what we do to” the long-running news program.Trump’s comments came after he walked out of his interview with 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl at the White House Tuesday, which CBS News confirmed was cut short.In a statement to Global News, CBS News did not say what may have led to or caused the president to end the interview.

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Many thorny global situations hinge on US election outcome

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'So much work to do': How Biden is planning for transition

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AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story

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Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects

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Donald Trump tells rally there was 'no way' he was coming to their town before the pandemic

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Melania Trump cancels campaign trip due to ‘lingering cough’ from coronavirus

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Melania Trump postpones campaign trip due to a cough related to COVID-19

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Melania Trump nixes campaign trip due to cough from COVID

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Melania Trump Has a 'Lingering Cough' Amid COVID-19 Recovery, Cancels Appearance

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Deadline looms as differences narrow on coronavirus relief aid

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The Latest: Cough keeps Melania Trump off campaign trail

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How Trump impacted the fight against climate change

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Bill Kelly: Thank God we live in Canada

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Senate to work through weekend to push Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation

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AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: US trust in COVID-19 information down

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Deadline looms, but COVID relief deal may be far off

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'Running Angry': Trump attacks Dr. Fauci, press and polls

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Some Republican voters refuse to vote for Trump

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How Trump plowed through $1 billion, losing cash advantage

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Senate to work through weekend to push Barrett onto court

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Trump visits Newport Beach for private fundraiser

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Trump rips Fauci as COVID-19 ‘disaster’ with a ‘bad arm’ for baseball

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Trump calls Fauci a 'disaster,' says people are tired of hearing about COVID-19

Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the daily press briefing on the Coronavirus pandemic situation at the White House on March 17, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Brian Wilson denounces Beach Boys performance at Trump fundraiser: ‘We didn’t even know about it’

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Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden for 'listening to the scientists' on Covid-19

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Supreme Court to review 2 cases involving Trump administration policies at US-Mexico border

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one about a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings and a second about the administration's use of money to fund the border wall.The justices’ decision to hear the cases continues its practice of reviewing lower court rulings that have found President Donald Trump's immigration policies illegal over the past four years.Most notably, the high court reviewed and ultimately upheld Trump's travel ban on visitors from some largely Muslim countries.

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The Latest: Trump tells staffers, 'We're going to win'

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local):11:20 a.m.President Donald Trump is bucking up his campaign staffers 15 days from Election Day, amid worrisome public and private polling.On a conference call, Trump says, “We’re going to win.

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Supreme Court to review Trump administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review a Trump administration policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings.As is typical, the court did not comment in announcing it would hear the case.

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Brit astrologer who 'predicted' coronavirus says what'll happen in next 6 months

Astrologer Jessica Adams was so confident in her prediction that a "virus would disrupt the world" that she started preparing.

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Why Dr Fauci is 'absolutely not' surprised on President Trump getting Covid-19

Donald Trump tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.When asked “Were you surprised that President Trump got sick?", Dr Fauci told CBS News that he was worried after seeing Trump surrounded by several people not wearing a mask and flouting best public health practices against the novel coronavirus pandemic.During an interview, Dr Fauci said, "I was worried that he was going to get sick when I saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded -- no separation between people, and almost nobody wearing a mask."“When I saw that on TV, I said, Oh my goodness. Nothing good can come outta that, that's gotta be a problem.

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2020 Watch: Is debate Trump's last chance to save himself?

NEW YORK – Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:Days to general election: 15Days to next scheduled presidential debate: 3___THE NARRATIVEPresident Donald Trump is openly contemplating the prospect of losing, while Democratic challenger Joe Biden is warning his supporters against overconfidence as the 2020 presidential election speeds into its closing days.With more than 22 million votes already cast, Biden’s lead in the national polls appears to be as strong as ever.

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Trump, Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip

CARSON CITY, Nev. – President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense over the weekend, as both campaigned in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks away.Trump began his Sunday in Nevada, making a rare visit to church before a fundraiser and an evening rally in Carson City.

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2016 sequel? Trump's old attacks failing to land on Biden

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump stood before a crowd in a state that had once been firmly in his grasp. There were fewer than three weeks left in the campaign, one reshaped by a virus that has killed more than 215,000 Americans, and he was running out of time to change the trajectory of the race.He posed a question.“Did you hear the news?” the president asked the hopeful crowd.

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COVID delay: New coronavirus relief slipping past election

WASHINGTON – Congress is past the point at which it can deliver more coronavirus relief before the election, with differences between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her Senate Republican rivals and President Donald Trump proving insurmountable despite the glaring needs of the country.Trump’s GOP allies are reconvening the Senate this week to vote on a virus proposal, but it's a bill that failed once before, and that Trump himself now derides as too puny. The debate promises to bring a hefty dose of posturing and political gamesmanship, but little more.Even the architect of the Senate measure, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., isn’t claiming the vote will advance the ball.

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'Masks Work? NO.': Twitter removes 'misleading' post by Trump's adviser on Covid-19

Washington: Twitter on Sunday removed a "misleading" tweet downplaying the efficacy of masks posted by a top coronavirus adviser to President Donald Trump, while U.S. cases surged before the November 3 election.As the Trump administration fends off accusations that its mixed messaging on wearing masks hampered the fight against the coronavirus, Dr.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. would be in massive depression if he ‘listened totally to the scientists’

U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate and former vice-president Joe Biden during a rally in Carson City, Nev., on Sunday, for his calls to listen to science amid the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that if he had “listened totally to the scientists” the U.S.

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Trump riles up supporters with attack on Michigan governor

In the U.S., President Donald Trump once again attacked Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who’s been one of his frequent targets due to her state’s COVID-19 restrictions.

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Twitter blocks tweet from Trump adviser downplaying masks

NEW YORK – Twitter blocked a post Sunday from an adviser to President Donald Trump who suggested that masks do not work to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Scott Atlas, who joined the White House in August as a science adviser, had tweeted “Masks work? NO,” and said widespread use of masks is not supported.The tweet violated a Twitter policy that prohibits sharing false or misleading misinformation about COVID-19 that could lead to harm, a company spokesperson said.

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Michigan governor pushes back against Trump rally chants

DETROIT – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday that President Donald Trump is inciting “domestic terrorism” following “lock her up” chants at his rally in the state the night before.

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Policy vs. personality: Undecideds torn as election nears

WASHINGTON – Amanda Jaronowski is torn. The lifelong Republican from suburban Cleveland supports President Donald Trump's policies and fears her business could be gutted if Democrat Joe Biden is elected.But she abhors Trump personally, leaving her on the fence about who will get her vote.It's a “moral dilemma," Jaronowski said as she paced her home one recent evening after pouring a glass of sauvignon blanc.

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Trump, Biden are campaigning across country from each other

LAS VEGAS – President Donald Trump made a rare visit to church Sunday as he and Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned across the country from one another in key states with the Nov. 3 election close at hand.Trump was attending services at the nondenominational International Church of Las Vegas before raising money in Newport Beach, California, and holding an evening rally in Carson City, Nevada.

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