Donald Trump launched a Twitter war of a different sort Thursday, picking a fight with the online platforms that helped to shape his political career — a feud that, should it escalate, could curtail free speech in the United States and even run afoul of North America’s new trade pact.

Angered by Twitter’s decision to place fact-check flags on two of his recent tweets, Trump signed an executive order Thursday authorizing a review of Section 230 of the U.S.

Communications Decency Act, a cornerstone of the modern-day internet that protects online platforms from being held liable for third-party content on their sites. “Currently, social media giants like Twitter receive an unprecedented liability shield based on the theory that they’re a

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Trump photo op, talk of military force amp up GOP challenge

WASHINGTON – The mumbling and dodging this week by Republicans came straight from the GOP playbook that helped the party endure President Donald Trump’s cringe-inducing choices.

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States jockey to host Trump as he accepts GOP nomination

WASHINGTON – Several states are vying to host President Donald Trump when he accepts his party’s nomination later this year, after Trump officially pulled the plug on North Carolina because of the state's concerns over the coronavirus.

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Doctors kept close eye on Trump's use of malaria drug

WASHINGTON – The White House medical team kept a close eye on President Donald Trump's heart rhythms, including at least one electrocardiogram, to watch for potential side effects when he took a two-week course of a malaria drug to try to prevent the coronavirus, his doctor reported Wednesday.

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White House: Trump church visit akin to Churchill WWII role

WASHINGTON – The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s visit to a nearby church where he held up a Bible was a “leadership moment” akin to Winston Churchill’s inspection of bomb-damaged London during World War II, a comparison that drew swift condemnation from the author of a new best-selling book on the former British prime minister.

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper breaks with Trump, opposes using military for protests

The law gives the president to deploy the U.S. military across the country, but only under certain circumstances.

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Esper breaks with Trump, opposes using military for protests

The law gives the president to deploy the U.S. military across the country, but only under certain circumstances.

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Trump to bar Chinese passenger airlines from flying to U.S.: sources

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration plans to bar Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States starting in mid-June as it pressures Beijing to allow U.S. air carriers to resume flights, three U.S. and airline officials briefed on the matter told Reuters.

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Trump threatens to halt Chinese Airline flights to US as relations fray

WASHINGTON : The Trump administration on Wednesday issued an order suspending passenger flights from China-based airlines, saying it was retaliation for Beijing barring American carriers from re-entering that market, in a continued escalation of tensions between the two nations.

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Trump Says GOP is Pulling Convention from North Carolina

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he is seeking a new state to host this summer’s Republican National Convention after host North Carolina refused to guarantee the event could be held in Charlotte without restrictions because of ongoing concerns over the coronavirus. Trump announced the news via tweet, complaining the state’s governor, Democrat Roy Cooper, and other officials “refuse to guarantee that we can have use of the Spectrum Arena” and were not “allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated and promised.” “Because of @NC_Governor, we are now forced to seek another State to host the 2020 Republican National Convention,” he wrote.

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How Kanye West 'destroyed' legacy with Donald Trump friendship and 'betrayed' John Legend

John Legend and Kanye West's beautiful friendship has come to an end.

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Thousands join Black Lives Matter demo in Hyde Park following George Floyd killing

Thousands of demonstrators chanted "no justice, no peace" as they gathered in London's Hyde Park to take part in a Black Lives Matter protest.

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Trump, chafing at oversight, takes aim at inspectors general

WASHINGTON – Steve Linick irritated powerful Democrats and Republicans alike in his seven years as the independent watchdog investigating waste and mismanagement at the State Department. Still, he was stunned by a Friday night phone call saying President Donald Trump had fired him.

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Trump says GOP is pulling convention from North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. – President Donald Trump said he is seeking a new state to host this summer’s Republican National Convention after North Carolina refused to guarantee the event could be held in Charlotte without restrictions because of ongoing concerns over the coronavirus.

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Trump tries religious gestures to hike support amid protests

WASHINGTON – Cloaking himself in religion for the second day in a row, President Donald Trump sought to seize the moral authority to justify his hard line against demonstrators protesting the killing of another black man in police custody and at the same time mobilize his religious conservative base.

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Zuckerberg still under fire over inflammatory Trump posts

OAKLAND, Calif. – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spread misinformation about voting by mail and, many said, encouraged violence against protesters.

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US protesters ignore curfew to hit streets for 8th night as Trump berates 'lowlife scum'

Rallies against police brutality continued to swell across the US for an eighth consecutive night over the death of George Floyd - just as Donald Trump labelled rioters "scum".

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Trump says GOP is pulling convention from North Carolina

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: President Donald Trump walks out of the White House to make a statement to the press about restoring "law and order." Earlier in the day, he encouraged governors to be more aggressive against violent protesters following sev ( Chip Somodevilla )

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Trump Says Republican National Convention No Longer Happening in North Carolina for This Reason

President Donald Trump is finding a new place to stage the 2020 Republican National Convention.

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Melania Trump urges protesters to stay at home after 'awkward' photo-op with husband

Melania Trump has condemned the furious protests which have broken out across the US in the wake of the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer.

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Trump, Biden win Pennsylvania primary amid pandemic, unrest

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania held a primary election Tuesday amid civil unrest, a pandemic, the introduction of new voting machines in some counties and the debut of mail-in balloting that pushed county election bureaus to their limits.

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Protesters march again in US cities despite curfews, Trump vow to crack down

President Donald Trump has called for the National Guard or U.S. military to crack down on what has called 'hoodlums'

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Zuckerberg still under fire over inflammatory Trump posts

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Trump to send military to ‘dominate the streets’ as George Floyd protests continue

Hours after a carefully orchestrated declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump to send out the military and “dominate the streets,” American cities were engulfed in more violence and destruction that overshadowed peaceful protests demanding justice after generations of racism.

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Trump offers 'domination' of DC protests as model for states

The law gives the president to deploy the U.S. military across the country, but only under certain circumstances.

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GOP senators offer rare rebuke of Trump on church visit

President Donald Trump makes a brief address Monday from the Rose Garden after the death of George Floyd last week in Minneapolis police custody has resulted in days of protests, some of them violent, in multiple American cities.

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Virginia county pulls officers from DC after Trump photo-op

ARLINGTON, Va. – A county in northern Virginia pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia Monday night after they played a supporting role in clearing protesters from a park outside the White House so the president could walk to a church for a photo opportunity.

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Fauci says his meetings with Trump have 'dramatically decreased,' despite ongoing pandemic

Health experts fear that silent carriers of the virus could unwittingly infect others at protests where people are packed cheek to jowl.

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Trump invites Modi to attend G7 summit in US later this year

PM Modi said India would be happy to work with the US for proposed summit’s success

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GOP criticism muted on Trump's handling of protests

WASHINGTON – Most Republicans continued Tuesday to avoid any criticism of President Donald Trump, though at least two GOP senators spoke out against police use of tear gas to clear peaceful demonstrators from a park near the White House so Trump could walk to a nearby church and pose with a Bible.

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#WendysIsOver Trends Nationwide After It’s Discovered Franchise CEO Is A HUGE Trump Supporter!

Late last month, restaurant business leaders met with Donald Trump about steps the food service industry needed to take in order to bounce back from the devastating and long-lasting coronavirus pandemic.

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Pelosi to Trump: Be a 'healer in chief'

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to be a “healer in chief” and not a “fanner of the flame” as the nation reels from mass protests over the treatment of black people in the United States.

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Modi speaks to Trump over phone, discusses Covid-19 situation among other issues

NEW DELHI: India and the US discussed on Tuesday the ongoing border tensions between India and China during a telephone call between US president Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, made by the former to invite Modi to the G7 summit in the US later this year.

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Biden: President Trump 'consumed' by ego, not leading during crisis

In an address to the American public, Joe Biden addressed a need for strong, uniting leadership.

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Joe Biden Slams Trump In Speech: ‘I Won’t Fan Flames Of Hate — I Will Seek To Heal Racial Wounds’

Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned speech slamming President Donald Trump on June 2, calling him out for “fanning the flames of hate” amid nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd. Trump tweeted days earlier that protestors were “thugs,” and threatened on June 1 to invoke the Insurrection Act as demonstrators launched into their fourth day of protesting police brutality while being teargassed by police.

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Biden: Trump 'consumed' by ego, not leading during crisis

WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden on Tuesday blistered President Donald Trump a day after police drove back peaceful protesters near the White House so Trump could pose with a Bible before a damaged church. Biden said Trump's “narcissism has become more important than the nation that he leads.”

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Facebook Loses Business Deal as Employees Protest Donald Trump Posts

Online therapy service Talkspace ended its partnership with social media giant Facebook Monday after Facebook refused to moderate a post by President Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump’s move to invite India, Russia, Australia, S Korea to attend G-7 summit riles China

BEIJING : China on Tuesday angrily reacted to US President Donald Trump's plans to invite India, Russia, Australia and South Korea to G7 summit, saying that any attempts to draw a "small circle" against Beijing will be "doomed to fail" and become "unpopular".

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EU says Russia should not yet rejoin G7, despite Trump plan

BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of members of the Group of Seven major economic powers to insist that Russia must not be allowed back into the fold, after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he plans to invite the country to a G7 summit next fall.

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Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic says Trump ‘knocked it out of the park’ with ‘law and order’ speech

Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has sparked controversy by praising President Donald Trump’s ‘law and order’ speech.

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WWE News: David Bautista SLAMS Jaxson Ryker for posting ‘ignorant’ tweet in supporting Donald Trump

WWE superstar David Bautista has always been vocal about his feelings for US President Donald Trump and never shies away from criticising him. In his latest social media update, the Hall of Famer threw shade at wrestler Jaxson Ryker for posting tweets in Trump’s support. Bautista took to twitter and slammed the SmackDown superstar for posting “ignorant” tweets. He also mentioned that he would like to speak with the wrestler in person. While he did not mention Ryker’s name in his tweet, he did mention that he was talking about his peer.

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Showdown: Law-and-order president versus protesters

WASHINGTON – Hours after a carefully orchestrated declaration by President Donald Trump to send out the military and “dominate the streets,” American cities were engulfed in more violence and destruction that overshadowed peaceful protests demanding justice after generations of racism.

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George Floyd protests: Police disperse peaceful protest for Trump photo op outside church

Shortly after addressing the nation on Monday night, U.S. President Donald Trump walked from the White House to St.

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Online therapy provider ends deal with Facebook over Trump's post

San Francisco: Online therapy provider Talkspace has announced to end its partnership discussions with Facebook over its inability to remove or moderate a controversial post from US President Donald Trump.

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Celebrities criticise 'Agent Orange' Trump as US protests continue

Celebrities have continued to speak out as the protests that have swept the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death show no signs of stopping.

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Amid protests, Trump talks of war — and reelection

WASHINGTON – Embracing the language of confrontation and war, President Donald Trump declared himself the “president of law and order” and signaled he would stake his reelection on convincing voters his forceful approach, including deploying U.S. troops to U.S. cities, was warranted in a time of national tumult and racial unrest.

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Peaceful George Floyd protests tear gassed as Donald Trump makes presidential address

Peaceful protesters across the street from the White House were tear gassed as Donald Trump made his first presidential address since the death of George Floyd.

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Religious leaders ‘outraged’ over Trump photo op at D.C. church amid George Floyd protests

After promising to deploy the U.S. military against protesters angry over the killing of unarmed Black people, President Donald Trump made his way to a historic Washington, D.C., church for a photo op where he held up a Bible and posed with members of his administration.

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DC Episcopal bishop: 'I am outraged' by Trump church visit

The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington sharply criticized President Donald Trump for staging a visit to the historic St. John's Church across from the White House, where he held up a Bible after authorities had cleared the area of peaceful protesters.

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