Jeffrey MervisDisastrous. Damaging. Catastrophic. Those are just some of the more polite terms that many U.S. scientists use to describe the policies of President Donald Trump.

His handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, his repeated public dismissals of scientific expertise, and his disdain for evidence have prompted many researchers to label him the most antiscience president in living memory.Last month, that sense of betrayal led two of the nation’s preeminent scientific bodies, the U.S.

National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, to issue an uncharacteristically harsh rebuke. Although the 24 September statement did not name Trump, it was clearly aimed at the president.“Policymaking must be informed by the best.

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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

Donald Trump‘s sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire.Trump bought a $10 million Super Bowl ad when he didn’t yet have a challenger. He tapped his political organization to cover exorbitant legal fees related to his impeachment.

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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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AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story

WASHINGTON – Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden two weeks before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. But the story in the New York Post raised more questions than answers, including about the authenticity of an email at the center of the story.The origins of the story also trace back to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has repeatedly pushed unfounded claims about Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

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Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company, The New York Times reported Tuesday. China is one of only three foreign nations — the others are Britain and Ireland — where Trump maintains a bank account, according to a Times analysis of the president’s tax records.

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

Donald Trump tonight told voters there was "no way" he would have visited their town before the pandemic struck.

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

Melania Trump’s return to the campaign trail will have to wait.The first lady has decided against accompanying U.S. President Donald Trump to a campaign rally Tuesday in Erie, Pennsylvania, because of a lingering cough after her bout with COVID-19, said Stephanie Grisham, her chief of staff.It was to be Mrs.

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

WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump’s return to the campaign trail will have to wait.The first lady has decided against accompanying President Donald Trump to a campaign rally Tuesday in Erie, Pennsylvania, because of a lingering cough after her bout with COVID-19, said Stephanie Grisham, her chief of staff.It was to be Mrs.

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Melania Trump nixes campaign trip due to cough from COVID

WASHINGTON – Melania Trump’s return to the campaign trail will have to wait. The first lady has decided against accompanying President Donald Trump to a campaign rally Tuesday in Erie, Pennsylvania, because of a lingering cough after her bout with COVID-19, said Stephanie Grisham, her chief of staff.

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

Melania Trump has canceled an upcoming appearance due to a “lingering cough” that she has been experiencing amid her recovery from COVID-19.

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The Latest: Cough keeps Melania Trump off campaign trail

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local)12:25 p.m.Melania Trump’s return to the campaign trail will have to wait. Her chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, said Tuesday that Mrs.

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How Trump impacted the fight against climate change

Donald Trump rolled back one of the last major environmental regulations made under the Obama administration, allowing oil and gas companies to not have to detect and repair methane leaks — a potent contributor to climate change.The rollback was the latest in a series of dismantling former President Barack Obama’s efforts to cut climate-changing emissions from the oil, gas and coal industries.“It’s very classic,” said John Smol, a professor in the biology department at Queen’s University and Canada Research Chair of Environmental Change. “It’s short term thinking and making it easier to pollute.

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

TUCSON, Ariz. – An angry President Donald Trump came out swinging Monday against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the press and polls that show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key battleground states in a disjointed closing message two weeks out from Election Day.On the third day of a western campaign swing, Trump was facing intense pressure to turn around his campaign, hoping for the type of last-minute surge that gave him a come-from-behind victory four years ago.

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Some Republican voters refuse to vote for Trump

He may have an enthusiastic fanbase, but some Republicans are adamantly refusing to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election. As Mike Armstrong reports, they have organized campaigns to support Joe Biden and vote out Trump.

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How Trump plowed through $1 billion, losing cash advantage

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire.Trump bought a $10 million Super Bowl ad when he didn’t yet have a challenger. He tapped his political organization to cover exorbitant legal fees related to his impeachment.

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Trump visits Newport Beach for private fundraiser

Thousands of people lined the streets in Newport Beach on Oct. 18 as President Donald Trump made his way to his fundraiser held at tech billionaire Palmer Luckey’s house on Lido Island. Brittney Hopper of CBS News reports.

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

Donald Trump complained about the entertainment value of COVID-19 and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert at the White House, in a call with campaign staff on Monday.The president claimed that Americans are getting “tired of” hearing about the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 220,000 Americans to date — more than any other nation in the world.

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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’

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was surprised to discover his band played at a Los Angeles Donald Trump fundraiser — without his even knowing until after the fact.Al Jardine, another member of the Beach Boys, joined Wilson, 77, in his condemnation of the performance.After the Beach Boys celebrated their 50th anniversary during a 2012 tour, the surviving members of the band have performed in various iterations. Mike Love, the current lead singer of the band that has toured as “the Beach Boys” since the anniversary tour, owns the legal rights to use the name for concert purposes.

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

Donald Trump mocked his presidential rival Joe Biden’s cautious approach to Covid-19 mimicking the former Vice President saying he would “listen to the scientists.”

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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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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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'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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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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Twitter removes post from Trump coronavirus advisor Scott Atlas claiming masks don’t work

Twitter has removed a tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump’s novel coronavirus advisor, Scott Atlas, suggesting wearing masks does not help stem the spread of the virus.In a tweet Saturday morning, Atlas shared an article suggesting face coverings do not help limit the spread of COVID-19.“Masks Work? NO,” he wrote.

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Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements

PHILADELPHIA – Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism — but a number of Black law enforcement officers are speaking out against these endorsements, saying their concerns over entering the 2020 political fray were ignored.Trump has touted his support from the law enforcement community, which includes endorsements from national, city and state officers’ unions — some of which publicly endorsed a political candidate for the first time.

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‘SNL’ parodies dueling town halls with Trump-Guthrie wrestling match, Biden as Bob Ross

Saturday Night Live opened up once again with a spoof of the presidential race, this time recreating the “dueling town halls” between U.S.

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Donald Trump promises free antibody coronavirus treatment to all Americans

election is a choice between a Trump super recovery and a Biden depression," Trump added.Earlier in the day, speaking at another rally in Muskegon, Michigan, Trump warned that a Democratic victory in the November elections could make the coronavirus situation worse in Michigan, as well as the US as a whole."Democrats would terminate our recovery with a draconian unscientific lockdown like your governor is doing right now," Trump said, stressing that "Biden will shut down the country, delay the vaccine and prolong the pandemic."Trump resumed his campaign trail earlier this month, holding his first rally (since his positive COVID19 diagnosis) in Sanford, Florida.Trump told his supporters in Florida that "whatever the hell they gave me" was

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Trump carries on with re-election campaign as COVID-19 cases surge

The U.S. has reported one million COVID-19 cases in the past 3 weeks, but those numbers aren’t slowing down President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.

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For President Trump, city where ‘bad things happen’ looms large

PHILADELPHIA - When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of his party’s struggles in the nation’s sixth-most populous city.For decades, Philadelphia has been the cornerstone of Democratic victories in the battleground state — producing Democratic margins so massive that winning statewide has been a longshot for most Republican presidential candidates.But it’s a longshot Trump pulled off in 2016 and is trying to repeat again.

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Headwinds for Trump in bid to repeat Upper Midwest victories

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is making a late reelection pitch to voters Saturday in Michigan and Wisconsin, states in the Upper Midwest that were instrumental to his 2016 victory but may now be slipping from his grasp. He's facing headwinds not only in national polling, which shows Democrat Joe Biden leading, but also in battleground surveys.

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Fact check: A look at recent Trump, Biden claims on coronavirus, Supreme Court

Donald Trump sees in the pandemic what he wants to see. He seemed to acknowledge as much when he was challenged on stage a few days ago for repeatedly and thoroughly misrepresenting a study about masks.No, the study did not find that most people who wear masks get COVID-19.

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For Trump, city where 'bad things happen' looms large

PHILADELPHIA – When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of his party's struggles in the nation's sixth-most populous city. For decades, Philadelphia has been the cornerstone of Democratic victories in the battleground state — producing Democratic margins so massive that winning statewide has been a longshot for most Republican presidential candidates.But it's a longshot Trump pulled off in 2016 and is trying to repeat again.

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Trump on defense, courting voters in two must-win states

MACON, Ga. – Backed into a corner and facing financial strains, President Donald Trump went after his opponent's family and defended his own struggle to contain the pandemic as he fought to energize his sagging reelection bid in the nation's Sun Belt. With Election Day looming, Democrat Joe Biden pushed to keep voters focused on health care in the Midwest.Trump campaigned 'Friday in Florida and Georgia, neighboring states he carried four years ago and must win again to extend his presidency.

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Giuliani’s risk to Trump in the spotlight again after Biden email saga

Joe Biden’s son has raised some red flags. One of the biggest involves the source of the emails: Rudy Giuliani.Giuliani has travelled abroad looking for dirt on the Bidens, developing relationships with shadowy figures, including a Ukrainian lawmaker who U.S.

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Republican senator mangles Kamala Harris’ name on stage at Trump rally

Republican Sen. David Perdue mocked his Senate colleague and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris onstage at a Georgia rally for U.S.

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Trump plays down virus as he steps up pitch for second term

WASHINGTON – Gone are the days when President Donald Trump held forth daily at the White House podium flanked by members of his coronavirus task force. And the days when Vice President Mike Pence and other task force officials would head to Trump’s office to brief him immediately after their meetings.

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GOP senator mispronounces Kamala Harris' name at Trump rally

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. David Perdue mocked Kamala Harris, his Senate colleague and the Democratic vice presidential nominee, on Friday by repeatedly mispronouncing her name at a Georgia rally for President Donald Trump.Perdue was wrapping up his remarks at an event in Macon when he referred to Harris as “KAH'-mah-lah? Kah-MAH'-lah? Kamala-mala-mala? I don’t know.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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