U.S. Attorney General William Barr will step down from his post before Christmas, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet late Monday. Barr’s last day will be Dec. 23. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will step in as acting attorney general, and Richard Donoghue will move up to deputy attorney …
Read More »The Wall Street Journal: Trump inclined to tap special counsel to probe election loss to Biden
President Trump has expressed interest in pursuing the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations of fraud in the November elections and issues related to Hunter Biden, according to people familiar with the matter. In recent days, the president has directed advisers to look for people who could serve in such …
Read More »: Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election
In this Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, then-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, left, walks with President Donald Trump as Trump arrives for a rally in Macon , Ga. President Trump said Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 he was “ashamed” for endorsing the Republican governor of Georgia after he lost in …
Read More »Key Words: Trump acknowledges Biden presidential election win for first time—but ‘concedes nothing,’ repeats unfounded claim of ‘rigged’ vote
Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted his first tacit acknowledgment of former Vice President Joe Biden’s election victory, but continued to claim the democratic election was “rigged” and fraudulent without providing any evidence and after other agencies have deemed the voting process one of the most secure in U.S. history. On …
Read More »The Margin: How Trump lawyer Giuliani’s Four Seasons press conference ended up at a garden center on Philadelphia’s outskirts
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at a press conference held in the rear parking lot of a landscaping company in Philadelphia on Saturday. Getty Images Some are suspecting a total goof-up by President Donald Trump’s campaign team after lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, ended …
Read More »Election: Biden edges closer to presidency as he leads Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania
Fulton County election workers examine ballots while vote counting at State Farm Arena on Thursday in Atlanta. AFP via Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden was edging closer to winning the presidency late Friday, as he led President Donald Trump in key battleground states and ballots continued to be …
Read More »Fracking and the ‘Green New Deal’: Here’s where Trump and Biden stand on climate change
It may be a squishy timeline on fossil fuels for Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, but that there’s a timeline at all for moving away from oil and gas is a factor in key swing states heading into the Nov. 3 election finale. Biden said in Thursday’s debate he would …
Read More »: Trump was warned Giuliani was target of Russian disinformation operation: reports
Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference at the White House on Sept. 27. Getty Images President Donald Trump was told last year by U.S. intelligence officials that his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, had been targeted by a Russian intelligence influence operation, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Citing four unnamed …
Read More »As Trump says he’s abandoned stimulus talks, renters and landlords face a financial cliff
President Donald Trump has quashed hopes for a new federal stimulus package before the presidential election in November. And that could leave America’s renters and landlords in a lurch. On Twitter TWTR, +0.26% Tuesday afternoon, Trump initially said that he had instructed his team to stop negotiating with Democrats until …
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