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Facebook Inc.’s first action to limit political advertising in the U.S. with a ban of news ads in the week preceding the Nov. 3 elections announced Thursday comes amid unrelenting criticism that its platform fuels misinformation and is a haven for far-right groups. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, who in particular …
Read More »Retire Better: Trump’s election year gamble: Messing with Social Security and Medicare
Wow. With less than three months to go in an election year, President Trump, clearly trailing in the polls, has touched the so-called “third rail” of American politics: Entitlements. Reviving an idea that he backed away from only a few weeks ago, he said recently that he wanted to eliminate …
Read More »Election: Trump says Biden’s ‘not a savior of America’s soul,’ but rather the ‘destroyer of America’s jobs’
President Donald Trump on Thursday night made an effort to turn his Democratic challenger’s campaign rallying cries against him, as he accepted the Republican Party’s nomination and delivered the last speech at the GOP’s four-day convention. “In America, we don’t turn to government to restore our souls. We put our …
Read More »Oddsmakers say Joe Biden is the favorite over Donald Trump in the 2020 election
Joe Biden saw his lead grow to 14 points over President Donald Trump in a recent presidential poll, and for the first time this year, Biden has better odds than Trump to win control of the White House according to Betfair, a sportsbook based in Europe. The betting odds and …
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