U.S. President Donald Trump said during a press conference on Monday that the Spanish flu “probably ended the Second World War… all the soldiers were sick.” The Spanish flu ended in 1920 while World War II ended in 1945, over 20 years later.

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Trump promotes false conspiracy claiming Kamala Harris ineligible for White House

President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy about Kamala Harris‘ eligibility to be vice-president, fueling an online misinformation campaign that parallels the one he used to power his rise into politics.Asked about the matter at the White House, Trump told reporters he had “heard” rumours that Harris, a Black woman and U.S.-born citizen whose parents were immigrants, does not meet the requirement to serve in the White House. The president said he considered the rumours “very serious.” Biden campaign raises $26M in 24 hours after naming Kamala Harris running mate The conspiracy is false.

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States can’t afford Trump’s jobless aid plan, Wolf says

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania does not have the money to provide $100 a week as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment assistance, Gov.

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President Trump and Joe Biden trade barbs over coronavirus, mask mandate

WILMINGTON, Del. – President Donald Trump is attacking Joe Biden for calling on governors to mandate that all Americans wear masks for the next three months, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of politicizing an issue Trump himself has used for political gain in recent months.Trump claimed Biden has been wrong about the coronavirus pandemic at every turn, “ignoring the scientific evidence and putting left-wing politics before facts and evidence." Trump went on to falsely say that Biden was advocating for the president to use executive power to institute a nationwide mask mandate and that Biden was in favor of “locking all Americans in their basements for months on end.”“To Joe, I would say stop playing politics with the virus,"

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Trump requests mail-in ballots for Florida primary despite weeks of criticism

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has requested a mail-in ballot for Florida’s Tuesday primary election, despite weeks of criticizing the practice.Ballots were mailed on Wednesday to both the president and First lady Melania Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort, which Trump lists as his legal address, according to online Palm Beach County elections records.

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Trump reacts to Newsweek opinion article questioning Kamala Harris’s citizenship

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would have to look into claims that Sen.

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Coronavirus: President Trump opposes Biden’s position on mandatory face masks

After U.S.

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Axl Rose Fires Back At Trump Admin Over Handling Of Pandemic: They ‘Don’t Care’ About Families

Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose, 58, lashed out at the Trump administration again on Twitter, criticizing them for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Axl, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, tweeted on August 13, “It isn’t that this Administration doesn’t grasp the ‘magnitude’ of the problems that American families r facing. It’s that they don’t care. There’s a difference.”

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President Donald Trump says UAE to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state, President Donald Trump said Thursday.The announcement makes the UAE the first Gulf Arab state to do so and only the third Arab nation to have active diplomatic ties with Israel.“Today we usher in a new era of peace between Israel and the Arab world,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised statement.

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Trump opposes funding to USPS, acknowledging impact on mail-in voting

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.Trump also falsely stated that Democrats were pushing for universal mail-in voting and made the unfounded claim that mail-in voting would lead to massive voter fraud in the November election.

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President Trump: Widespread mail-in voting hard without funding USPS

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President Donald Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House August 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Aug.

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Bob Woodward's new Trump book, 'Rage,' due out next month

WASHINGTON – Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled “Rage” and will be released Sept.

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Coronavirus: Trump continues push to get kids back to school despite surge in cases

U.S. President Donald Trump met with several parents and health officials on Wednesday as he continues his push to get children back in schools despite a recent surge in cases.

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Trump lip-sync star Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special

LOS ANGELES – Sarah Cooper, whose lip-sync parodies of President Donald Trump are an online sensation, is coming to Netflix with a variety special.“Everything's Fine," starring the writer and comedian, will debut this fall, the streaming service said Wednesday.Cooper is working with heavyweight talent on the special: Maya Rudolph is the executive producer and Nastasha Lyonne ("Russian Doll") is directing.The show will include “vignettes dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, class, and other light subjects,” Netflix said, with guest performers taking part in short interviews, sketches and “more shenanigans.”In her early Trump satiric video, “How to Medical,” an expressive Cooper silently mouthed along to the president's musings

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Donald and Ivanka Trump donated to Kamala Harris’ previous bid for California attorney general

show. Ivanka Trump donated $2,000 to Harris’ attorney general re-election campaign in 2014.President Donald Trump delivers remarks on supporting small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program while flanked by White House advisor Ivanka Trump in the East Room of the White House on April 28, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Trump surprised Biden picked Kamala Harris as running mate

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was surprised Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose Sen.

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US, Moderna in deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine: Donald Trump

coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, said President Donald Trump on Tuesday."This evening, I am pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Moderna to manufacture and deliver one hundred million doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidate," Trump said on Tuesday evening while addressing reporters.Moderna said that the US government awarded the company USD 1.5 billion for 100 million doses of its vaccine once it is ready.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. inks agreement with Moderna for 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

The United States has penned an agreement with drug-maker Moderna Inc. to acquire 100 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump claims that 87% of U.S. counties report declining COVID-19 numbers

During his Tuesday briefing in the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that 87 per cent of American counties have reported declining COVID-19 case numbers.

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Pa. officials seek guidance on President Trump's executive order for new unemployment benefits

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about a loan to prop up its unemployment compensation trust fund as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment benefits.Gov.

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Trump blames Spanish Flu for ending Second World War — 2 decades later

Donald Trump on Monday blamed the Spanish Flu for ending the Second World War — which didn’t start until two decades later — during a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.The president mixed up his world wars, misstating the year of the Spanish Flu and doubling the estimated death toll from that pandemic while trying to factually compare it to COVID-19.“Nobody’s ever seen anything like this,” Trump said during the briefing. “The closest thing was in 1917 they say, right? The Great Pandemic — and it certainly was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people.

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Trump says person shot by law enforcement outside gates of White House, other details unknown

Shortly after being escorted out of the press room by the Secret Service, U.S.

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‘Do I seem rattled?’: Trump escorted from White House briefing room, cites shooting

Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon.

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President Donald Trump escorted from briefing after shooting outside White House

U.S. President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from the White House briefing room on Monday shortly after a shooting outside the fence surrounding the complex.

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Murphy rejects Trump plan for states to foot some benefits

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Coronavirus: Trump asserts schools should reopen because children ‘don’t get very sick’

U.S. President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that schools should reopen because children are less likely than adults to contract COVID-19.

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Trump: Convention speech locale is White House or Gettysburg

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Trump, coaches push for college football as cracks emerge

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Trump tweets play ball as reports swirl that 2 of college football's key conferences have canceled season

Tigers Quarterback Joe Burrow gives US President Donald Trump a team jersey as they take part in an event honoring the 2019 College Football National Champions, the Louisiana State University Tigers, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, President Trump appeared to support college football players who wish to play in the fall despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Trump quote-tweeted Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence who issued a statement on the issue Sunday night.“The student-athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled #WeWantToPlay,” Trump tweeted.White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany also commented on the issue."I spoke to the president in the Oval Office about that.

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Coronavirus: Trump touts job numbers, warns of executive orders if COVID-19 aid deal not reached

U.S. President Donald Trump touted the latest job numbers for July in which the U.S. saw 1.8 million jobs added, saying the economy was coming back.

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Coronavirus: Trump says White House officials will speak with Democrats about stimulus if ‘not a waste of time’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that White House officials were willing to speak with Democrats on the coronavirus stimulus bill, despite signing multiple executive orders to extend the unemployment bonus and other measures.

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‘Laughable’: New York’s Gov. Cuomo calls out Trump’s benefits executive orders

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Trump’s aluminum tariffs are ‘bad economics’: Canadian industry minister

aluminum comes down to “bad economics” by the Trump administration, says Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, the minister in charge of what was formerly known as the industry portfolio, stressed the move announced by U.S. President Donald Trump last week will only hurt American manufacturers given the tight integration of North American supply chains.“This is bad economics.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Trump issues executive orders for pandemic stimulus packages

President Donald Trump is issuing executive orders over economic relief for Americans, after talks broke down in Congress this week. As Jennifer Johnson reports, Democrats could take Trump’s administration to court over his plans.

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Trump says unemployment benefits to roll out ‘rapidly’ after executive orders, won’t give date

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to extend the unemployment bonus, which would drop from US$600 to US$400 a week.

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Trump signs executive orders on payroll tax, evictions, and unemployment bonus

U.S. President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on Saturday after talks on the latest coronavirus stimulus bill failed.

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Donald Trump bypasses congress, signs orders on coronavirus aid

Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation’s elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.

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Trump says he may take executive action on evictions, student loans, payroll taxes if no aid agreement reached

WASHINGTON (AP) - A last-ditch effort by Democrats to revive Capitol Hill talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money collapsed in disappointment Friday, making it increasingly likely that Washington gridlock will mean more hardship for millions of people who are losing enhanced jobless benefits and further damage for an economy pummeled by the still-raging coronavirus.President Donald Trump said Friday night he was likely to issue more limited executive orders related to COVID, perhaps in the next day or so, if he can't reach a broad agreement with Congress.The day's negotiations at the Capitol added up to only "a disappointing meeting,” declared top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer, saying the White House had rejected an offer by House Speaker

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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg now worth $100billion as wealth soars during pandemic

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s worth has now surpassed $100billion (£770m) as of Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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‘Totally unacceptable’ Doug Ford blasts Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on Canadian aluminum

During a news conference on Friday, Premier Doug Ford expressed his disappointment in U.S. President Donald Trump after his decision to re-impose tariffs on some Canadian aluminum products and encouraged retaliatory action.

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Trump’s aluminum tariffs ‘absurd,’ Canada to hit back with measures worth $3.6B: Freeland

Chrystia Freeland says the United States’ decision to reimpose a 10 per cent tariff on some Canadian aluminum products is “absurd” and vows that Canada will “respond swiftly and strongly” with retaliatory tariffs valued at C$3.6 billion.“Let me be clear. Canadian aluminum is in no way a threat to U.S.

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‘Totally unacceptable:’ Doug Ford slams Trump for imposing aluminum tariffs

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests negative after positive COVID-19 test before Trump visit

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday after testing positive earlier in the day before he was to meet with President Donald Trump, according to a statement from his office.His wife, Fran DeWine, also tested negative, as did staff members.

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Biden says border wall construction will stop if he’s elected president

A view of the border wall between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on January 19, 2018.The Mexican government reaffirmed on January 18, 2018 that they will not pay for US President Donald Trump's controversial b Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that while he won’t tear down President Trump’s much-touted wall along the United States’ southern border with Mexico, he also won’t continue construction of the barrier if he’s elected president in November.“There will not be another foot of wall construction in my administration,” Biden said during an interview, according to the Dallas Morning News.

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Kirstie Alley shares support for Donald Trump's controversial claims on Covid cures

Kirstie Alley has defiantly shared her support for Donald Trump 's controversial claims on coronavirus cures.

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Coronavirus: Trump says he’s optimistic vaccine possible near U.S. Election Day

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said on Thursday that he was optimistic a COVID-19 vaccine could be ready “probably around that date,” referring to Election Day on Nov.

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Trump issues executive orders to ban TikTok, WeChat apps in 45 days

TikTok, and Tencent, operator of the WeChat app, starting in 45 days, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing.The executive orders come as the Trump administration said this week it was stepping up efforts to purge “untrusted” Chinese apps from U.S. digital networks and called the Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok and messenger app WeChat “significant threats.” Trump threatens Tik Tok ban unless U.S.

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Trump signs executive order banning TikTok and WeChat ‘transactions’ in 45 days

In this photo illustration, a mobile phone featuring the TikTok app is displayed next to the American flag on August 03, 2020 in New York City.

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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

Trump says Spanish flu ‘probably ended’ World War II during press conference

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