A judge has denied the president’s request that the United States – and American taxpayers – replace him as the defendant in the defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in the 1990s.
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Surge in early voting scrambles expectations for Election Day, as states head for record turnout
The massive turnout all but ensures the majority of ballots will be cast before Election Day for the first time.
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Republican former U.S. attorneys sign letter calling Trump ‘a threat to the rule of law’
The letter, signed by prosecutors appointed by every GOP president from Eisenhower to Trump, is the latest instance of Republicans backing Biden.
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Biden goes on offense in Georgia while Trump targets Midwest
Joe Biden plans to use the week before Election Day to go on offense, heading Tuesday to Georgia and planning travel that may put President Trump on defense in other states he won 4 years ago.
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Trump, Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania, with far different approaches
The president stages rallies with thousands of largely mask-less supporters, while the former vice president meets with a few dozen supporters outside a field office.
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Maine official was alerted to potential COVID exposure after Pence visit
Andre Cushing, a Penobscot County commissioner and former state senator, said he was contacted on the day after last week’s event and took a test that showed he was negative.
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Coronavirus again shadows Trump as he enters final campaign week
The administration’s pandemic response has weighed on President Trump’s campaign all year.
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Trump courts Maine voters in 2nd District campaign stop
Throngs of supporters attended the event in Levant; some wore masks, but most did not, and neither did the president.
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Insight: Why friendships are falling apart over politics
Our need to feel like we belong to a group makes us easy to push into despising others.
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Trump’s political future could affect his company, which owes more than $400 million
In the next four years, Trump faces payment deadlines for more than $400 million in loans.