Given how well known the candidates are, the effect could be minimal – voters who are torn, unenthusiastic or flippable are going to be affected more by real news.
Donald Trump
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Trump calls for massive aid bill with stimulus payments, upending Republicans’ stance
His Twitter post and subsequent comments at a news conference could reframe talks that have stalled for more than a month, and put new pressure on leaders in both parties.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Eric Trump to campaign in Maine and New Hampshire on Thursday
President Trump’s son Eric will hold events in Saco and Portsmouth, N.H.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Is it too late for a nation engulfed in fires and COVID deniers?
Now the bill for ignorance and inaction comes due, payable in currency of ashes and fevers, blackened homes, congested lungs and death.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump tax cut was neither boon nor bane
Ignore the campaign claims on both sides. The 2017 law didn’t favor the rich or boost the economy. (It did pump up the deficit, but how many voters care about that?)
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage
In a televised town hall, the president is defensive but not agitated when pressed on his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. drops tax on Canada’s aluminum, heading off retaliation
Gov. Janet Mills had joined New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott to ask President Trump to eliminate the tariff.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Trump’s China tariffs violate global trade rules, WTO says
The administration said its tariffs were needed to curb years of trade cheating by China. But in a 66-page report, the panel rejected that claim.
Posted inNation & World
Trump presides as Israel, 2 Arab states sign historic diplomatic pacts
The Jewish state already had thawing relations with the nations in line with their common opposition to Iran and its aggression, but the agreements do not address the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump seizes on ruling that Pennsylvania lockdown is unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge William Stickman, a Trump appointee, finds that the state’s limits on gatherings and closure of nonessential businesses violated the First Amendment and parts of the 14th Amendment.