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.

On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the Republican National Convention endorsing President Donald Trump for a second term.Pompeo’s message to State Department employees reminding them of restrictions on political activity under the Hatch Act was not unusual.

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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

Former U.S. vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is set to visit Kenosha, Wis.

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Trump walks back suggestion that voters should cast ballot twice, urges visit to polls to double-check

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that people who vote early by mail should show up at polling places and vote again if their ballots haven’t been counted, a slight walk back from his comments a day earlier when he suggested people vote twice to test the mail-in system.Trump claims, without evidence, that the Nov. 3 election will be awash in fraud because so many voters will mail in their ballots to avoid being exposed to the coronavirus at polling sites.The president said people could mail in their ballots as early as possible and then follow up with a trip to the polls to see whether their mail-in vote was tabulated.

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President Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is facing a backlash for urging voters in North Carolina to vote by mail and then try to vote again in person to test the mail-in ballot system in the Nov. 3 election.Trump was asked by a television reporter during his trip Wednesday to Wilmington, North Carolina, if he had confidence in the vote-by-mail system.“They will vote and then they are going to have to check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way because if it tabulates then they won’t be able to do that," Trump told WECT.

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Trump tells voters to vote twice, once by mail and once in person, in Nov. election

Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that voters in the state of North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by vote and once by mail, to make sure their vote was counted.“So, let them send it in and let them go vote,” Trump said in an interview with WECT-TV in Wilmington, North Carolina, when asked about the security of mail-in votes. “And if the system is as good as they say it is then obviously they won’t be able to vote” in person.Voting more than once in an election is illegal.

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Trump, Biden will both mark Sept. 11 anniversary in Shanksville

WASHINGTON - Both President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in rural Pennsylvania where one of the hijacked planes crashed in a field, the White House and Biden’s campaign announced Wednesday.It was not immediately clear whether their visits to the memorial in Shanksville will overlap.

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Trump targets Seattle, Portland, NYC, DC by threatening federal funding for ‘anarchist’ cities

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Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump among likely voters in key states

FILE - A President Donald Trump and a former Vice President Joe Biden supporter converse before the Joe Biden Campaign Rally at the National World War I Museum and Memorial on March 7, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Fox, C-SPAN, NBC moderators for upcoming Trump-Biden debates

WASHINGTON – Representatives from Fox News, C-SPAN and NBC will moderate the upcoming debates between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.According to the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, the moderators will be:—Chris Wallace of Fox News for the debate Sept. 29 in Cleveland.

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Biden to take aim at Trump’s handling of coronavirus as schools return

Joe Biden plans to hammer U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for not helping the nation’s schools reopen safely during the coronavirus pandemic, as the Democratic challenger tries to keep the spotlight on the Republican incumbent’s handling of the outbreak and the nation’s overall security.Biden and his wife, Jill, a longtime college professor and former high school teacher, will meet with public health experts to talk about school reopening options.

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Trump visits Kenosha, does not meet with Jacob Blake’s family

Despite warnings that he was not welcome, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha, Wisconsin anyway, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. As Jackson Proskow reports, Trump did not meet with Blake’s family.

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Fact Check: Donald Trump’s claims about the Kyle Rittenhouse video

Donald Trump is not waiting for a trial to sort out what happened on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where prosecutors say a 17-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle fatally shot two men on a night of protest and violence. He’s giving an account at odds with the authorities who charged Kyle Rittenhouse with homicide.

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President Trump denies suffering 'series of mini-strokes,' doctor says he 'remains healthy'

WASHINGTON - President Trump on Tuesday denied that he had "a series of mini-strokes" prompting an unscheduled visit to Walter Reed hospital in November 2019.READ MORE: Federal appeals court says it won't step in for now on President Donald Trump's tax records"It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Never happened to THIS candidate — FAKE NEWS.

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President Trump, AG Barr announce $41M 'to address a surge in violence in Wisconsin'

KENOSHA, Wis. - Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump during a visit to Kenosha Tuesday, Sept. 1 announced $41 million in grant awards to the state of Wisconsin and local jurisdictions within the state "to address a surge in community violence and ongoing civil unrest."According to a news release from the U.S.

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In Kenosha, President Trump calls violence 'domestic terror,' 'anti-American'

KENOSHA, Wis. - President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha and making no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests — the shooting of a yet another Black man by police.Trump declared the violence “anti-American." He did not mention Jacob Blake, who was badly wounded last week in Kenosha.Soon after arriving in the city, a visit made over the objections of state and local leaders, Trump toured the charred remains of a block besieged by violence and fire.

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Pa. lawmakers ask Trump’s postmaster to return sorting machines

HARRISBURG, Pa. - President Donald Trump's postmaster general was asked to immediately return sorting machines that were removed by U.S. Sen.

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Pres. Trump tours damaged parts of Kenosha, takes part in roundtable on 'Community Safety'

KENOSHA, Wis. - President Donald Trump dove into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice on Tuesday, visiting the “destruction” left by rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and declaring it was enabled by Democratic leaders.Soon after arriving in the city, a visit made over the objections of state and local leaders, Trump toured the charred remains of a block besieged by violence and fire. He spoke to the owners of a century-old furniture store that had been destroyed and blasted the Democrats in charge of Kenosha and Wisconsin.“They just don’t want us to come in and then destruction is done,” said Trump, who has offered to send in federal enforcement.

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Right-wing activist killed in Portland mourned by his friends, President Trump

Aaron "Jay" Danielson, 39, was fatally shot in Portland over the weekend amid clashes between supporters of President Trump and counter protesters. (Source: Portland Police Bureau ) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A supporter of a right-wing group who was shot dead on a Portland, Oregon, street was mourned by both friends and President Donald Trump as a victim of mob violence while an online fundraising effort raised tens of thousands of dollars in his memory.Just hours before he was shot in the chest Saturday night, 39-year-old Aaron “Jay” Danielson and a friend were seen heading downtown to protect a flag-waving caravan of Trump supporters.

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Trump visits Kenosha despite objections from local leaders

U.S. President Donald Trump dove into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders.The city has been riven by protests since the Aug.

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Court blocks release of Trump's tax records until appeal is heard

President Donald Trump at the 2020 RNC NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked a New York prosecutor from obtaining Donald Trump’s tax returns while the president's lawyers continue to fight a subpoena seeking the records. The three-judge panel ruled after hearing brief arguments from both sides.Trump's lawyers had asked for a temporary stay while they appeal a lower-court ruling that granted Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s office access to Trump's tax returns.

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Trump says he gave no consideration to Kenosha mayor’s request not to visit city

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Pres. Trump to tour damaged parts of Kenosha, emergency operations center at Bradford HS

KENOSHA, Wis. - President Donald Trump will visit Kenosha on Tuesday, Sept. 1 in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake Sunday, Aug.

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‘He probably would’ve been killed,’ Trump says of Kenosha shooting suspect

Donald Trump says Kyle Rittenhouse — a man who has been charged in connection with the shooting deaths of two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., — was “very violently attacked” and “probably would’ve been killed.”“You saw the same tape I saw, and he was trying to get away from them I guess — it looks like — and he fell and then they very violently attacked him and it was something that we’re looking at right now,” Trump said.“I guess he was in very big trouble, he probably would’ve been killed.” Who is Kyle Rittenhouse? Accused Kenosha shooter loves police, guns, Trump The president made the comments during a press conference at the White House Monday evening, after a reporter asked whether Rittenhouse should be condemned for his alleged

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Trump calls shooting of protesters in Kenosha ‘interesting situation’, suggests Rittenhouse could have been killed

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Trump and Biden campaigns butt heads over U.S. unrest

As COVID-19 cases surge and protests rage over racial injustice in the U.S., the candidates for November’s presidential election are hitting the campaign trail.

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Joe Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for inciting unrest

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Declaring President Donald Trump a “toxic presence,” Joe Biden forcefully condemned the violence at recent protests while also blaming Trump for fomenting the divide that’s sparking it.“He doesn't want to shed light, he wants to generate heat, and he’s stoking violence in our cities,” Biden said Monday.

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'Don't need that right now,' Wisconsin lieutenant governor says of planned Pres. Trump visit to Kenosha

KENOSHA, Wis. - Democrats on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions and incite violence to benefit his campaign as he praised supporters who clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, where one man died overnight, and announced he will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid anger over the shooting of another Black man by police.Trump unleashed a flurry of tweets and retweets the day after a man identified as a supporter of a right-wing group was shot and killed in Portland when a large caravan of Trump's supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the city's streets.

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President Trump to visit Kenosha, plans to meet with law enforcement, survey damage

KENOSHA, Wis. - President Donald Trump will visit Kenosha on Tuesday, Sept.

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Trump’s intelligence chief ends election security briefings to U.S. Congress

upcoming presidential election.U.S. President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress.

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Trump vs. Biden in a divided nation

As the U.S. grapples with the pandemic, economic collapse, and a reckoning over systemic racism, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, are vying to win over a divided nation. Jackson Proskow reports.

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Trump promises COVID vaccine this year despite current progress

During the final night of the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump, speaking on the White House lawn in front of a large, mostly unmasked audience, said his administration will have a vaccine against COVID-19 within the next 4 months.

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Day after Alice Johnson's RNC speech, Trump grants her full pardon

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pardoned a woman on Friday who had praised him the night before at the Republican National Convention.Trump pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a nonviolent drug offense. She had been convicted in 1996 on eight criminal counts related to a Memphis-based cocaine trafficking operation.

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House Democrats announce contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

LOS ANGELES - The Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Friday that House Democrats are moving to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt of Congress, saying that Pompeo refused to cooperate with the committee’s request to initiate investigations.Rep. Eliot Engel, the committee chairman and 16-year incumbent, said Pompeo refused to turn over documents in the House’s impeachment inquiry last fall.“From Mr.

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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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Trump Lashes Biden, Defies Pandemic During Republican National Convention

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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Biden, Harris attack Trump’s response to racial unrest ahead of RNC speech

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stepped up their criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he’s rooting for violence amid unrest in Wisconsin and blasting him for a lack of leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, hours before Trump’s planned address on the final night of the Republican National Convention.“He views this as a political benefit,” Democratic presidential nominee Biden said on MSNBC about protests in Wisconsin after police shot a Black man earlier this week.

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‘By the grace of God and compassion of Trump’: Alice Johnson, whose drug sentence was commuted, speaks at RNC

WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman whose drug crime sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump said his reforms on criminal justice are “just getting started.”Alice Johnson said Thursday during the Republican National Convention that she “hollered hallelujah” after Trump signed the First Step Act, which she said “brought joy, hope and freedom to thousands of well-deserving people.”“I am alive, I am well and most importantly, I am free,” announced Johnson at Thursday’s convention as she thanked the president for giving her the opportunity to come home to her family and regain her life. Johnson is a Tennessee grandmother convicted on felony drug and money laundering charges in 1996.

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Ivanka Trump introduces her father at RNC as ‘the people’s president’ and a ‘warrior of the White House’

LOS ANGELES - Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, introduced her father at the Republican National Convention Thursday night.“Four years ago, I introduced to you a builder, an entrepreneur, an outsider and the people’s nominee for president of the United States. Tonight I stand before you as the proud daughter of the people’s president,” Ivanka told the large crowd at the White House to witness her father’s re-nomination acceptance speech.About 1,500 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House so President Donald Trump could accept his party’s nomination for reelection in front of a roaring crowd.

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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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At RNC, UFC’s Dana White praises Trump’s response to COVID-19 pandemic

LOS ANGELES - Just a few days before the final night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, UFC President Dana White expressed a serious lack of concern for criticism from those who have opposed his endorsement of President Donald Trump. “That s--t doesn’t bother me,” White said, according to MMA Junkie. “Listen, this is America.

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Crowd of 1,500, many without masks, packed onto White House South Lawn amid pandemic for Trump's RNC speech

Ivanka Trump, daughter and Advisor to the US president speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention from the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDA WASHINGTON (AP) - It was a stunning scene in a country where parents and children have been laid to rest without their loved ones present, schools have gone to online-only learning and businesses have shut their doors to halt the spread of the coronavirus.On Thursday night, about 1,500 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House so President Donald Trump could accept his party’s nomination for reelection in front of a roaring crowd.

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

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