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Biden Speaks to Supporters After Midnight
Biden Speaks, Twitter
Flags a Trump Tweet
election 2020
Nov 4, 2020 12:06 AM CST

Biden Speaks, Twitter Flags a Trump Tweet

Former VP tells supporters to be patient, while Trump warns of attempt to 'STEAL' election

(Newser) - Joe Biden's first line to supporters at a drive-in rally just after midnight Wednesday: "Your patience is commendable." Biden's Election Night message heavily emphasized the fact that we likely won't have a winner of the presidential election projected any time in the next few hours,...

Exit Polls: 6 in 10 Say Nation on the Wrong Track
2 in 3 Voters Say Choice
Was Mostly About Trump
election 2020
Nov 3, 2020 6:29 PM CST

2 in 3 Voters Say Choice Was Mostly About Trump

Pandemic, economy, racial justice were among the top issues in exit polls

(Newser) - With the coronavirus surging anew, voters ranked the pandemic and the economy as top concerns in the race between President Trump and Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate. Voters were especially likely to call the public health crisis the nation’s most important issue,...

This Election Day, It's a Common Sight

Storefronts boarded up across the country in anticipation of protests

(Newser) - This Election Day looks different. Federal officials on Monday erected "non-scalable" fencing around the White House in anticipation of protests, per ABC News . Some businesses are following suit. "If you go downtown, everything is boarded up," a manager at Commercial Glass Door Repair in Washington, DC, tells...

Trump: I'll Do Better in 2020 Than 2016

He also tells Fox News that he will declare victory 'only when there's victory'

(Newser) - President Trump isn't setting the bar low for expectations: On Fox News Tuesday, he predicted he'll rack up more electoral votes against Joe Biden than he did against Hillary Clinton. "I ended up with 306," he said, per Politico . "That was a big number, and...

After Biden Sign Stolen, a Trump Supporter Stepped Up

Wisconsin's Josh Schoemann wanted this to be a 'learning moment' for his sons

(Newser) - Tim Place is rooting for Joe Biden. Josh Schoemann is pulling for President Trump. But these two Wisconsin neighbors still found a way to come together after Place's Biden/Harris yard sign went missing. FOX6 News notes that the two men live in a very heavily Republican area in Washington...

3 Teens Shot in Dispute Over Trump Signs

Topeka police say no arrests made yet

(Newser) - Police in Topeka, Kansas say three teenagers were shot Saturday in a dispute over Trump campaign signs allegedly stolen from a man's yard—but no arrests have been made yet. Police say the teens were shot after being confronted by the man, who believed they had stolen his signs...

Trump Reveals Election Night Plans to Confidants
Trump Reveals
Election Night
Plans to
Confidants
the rundown
Nov 2, 2020 6:36 AM CST

Trump Reveals Election Night Plans to Confidants

Sources say that if the president appears to be ahead Tuesday, he'll declare victory

(Newser) - President Trump has reportedly revealed to confidants that if he appears to be ahead on Election Night, he'll prematurely declare victory, regardless of how many votes remain uncounted. That's per three sources who spoke to Axios , which says, "Trump's advisers have been laying the groundwork for...

After 'Fire Fauci' Chant, Trump Suggests He Will

President tells rally he might follow through with crowd's advice after the election

(Newser) - Relations between President Trump and Anthony Fauci might be at their lowest level yet. At a rally in Florida shortly after midnight, the president suggested he would fire the health official after the election, reports the New York Times . The comments came as Trump complained about what he called incessant,...

What Happened With That Big Wisconsin Project
They Promised 13K Jobs.
Then Came the 'Screams'
longform
Nov 1, 2020 4:30 PM CST

They Promised 13K Jobs. Then Came the 'Screams'

How Foxconn built a 'state visit project' in Wisconsin

(Newser) - President Trump called it "the eighth wonder of the world." Foxconn's project in Wisconsin came with the glittering promise of a $10 billion investment, a huge LCD-screen factory, and 13,000 jobs—but two years later it looks like a bust, the Verge reports. The company, a...

'Armed Trump Trolls' Surround Biden Bus in Scary Encounter

Democratic lawmakers were planning to speak in an Austin suburb

(Newser) - Democrats scrapped a campaign event Friday in Texas after a "small caravan" of Trump supporters surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus in a menacing manner, TMZ reports. Videos show the vehicles, Trump flags flying, encircle the bus on the I-35 and try to slow it down. Democratic lawmakers were on...

White Castle Is Making Rare Move on Election Day
White Castle Starting
'New Tradition' on Nov. 3
in case you missed it
Oct 31, 2020 12:00 PM CDT

White Castle Starting 'New Tradition' on Nov. 3

Restaurants will be closed for 4 hours to give employees time to vote

(Newser) - White Castle normally keeps its restaurants open 24 hours a day every day except Christmas Day—but it is making an exception on Tuesday. The burger chain says its 377 restaurants in 13 states will be closed from 7am to 11am on Election Day to give workers time to vote....

Trump's COVID Accusation Riles America's Doctors

President alleged at rally that doctors are inflating coronavirus numbers for personal profit

(Newser) - A claim made without evidence by President Trump at a Friday rally in Michigan is now receiving pushback from the medical community. Per the Hill , Trump was speaking in Waterford Township when he stated that the coronavirus death count may be inflated for a wallet-packing reason. "Our doctors get...

A Golf Legend Endorses Trump
A Golf
Legend
Endorses
Trump
Oct 29, 2020 5:05 PM CDT

A Golf Legend Endorses Trump

Jack Nicklaus wants 4 more years

(Newser) - A president who loves to golf just got endorsed by one of the biggest names in the game. Jack Nicklaus posted a lengthy statement on Twitter , saying that Trump has delivered on his promises and will keep America from turning into a "socialist" country. Nicklaus, 80, also backed Trump...

'Anonymous' Comes Out of the Shadows

Miles Taylor says he's the author of a book and op-ed about President Trump

(Newser) - "Anonymous" has emerged. Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at Homeland Security, says he is the author of a scathing op-ed and a book about President Trump that roiled Washington over the past two years, the New York Times reports. "Much has been made of the fact that...

Trump-Loving Brother Calls Cops on Biden-Loving Sister

Because that 49-year-old sister allegedly stole his Trump car magnet

(Newser) - She says her brother is "brainwashed." He says his sister is a thief. At the heart of the matter? Election 2020, naturally. The Omaha World-Herald reports on a family dispute out of Omaha that ended up involving police. A 52-year-old President Trump supporter says he was looking outside...

Trump's Hundreds of Millions in Debt Was Forgiven: NYT

And he paid almost no federal tax on it, records show

(Newser) - President Trump's lenders have forgiven some $287 million in debt that he's failed to repay since 2010, most of that stemming from the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, the New York Times reports in its latest foray into the president's tax records. Deutsche Bank and...

White House Science Office Says Trump 'Ended Pandemic'

'White House ... on a completely different speed than the rest of the health agencies': official

(Newser) - We might be at " the highest baseline we've ever been " in the US, with an average of 70,000 new coronavirus cases recorded per day and hospitalization and death rates on the rise—but according to the White House science office, the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In...

Trump Campaign Website Defaced
Trump Campaign
Website Defaced
Oct 28, 2020 1:30 AM CDT

Trump Campaign Website Defaced

But just briefly, and it appears no sensitive data was accessed

(Newser) - The Trump campaign website was briefly defaced Tuesday night, campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh says. As Politico puts it, a message posted on the site "borrowed language common to disinformation campaigns designed to demoralize Americans and depress voter turnout, warning that 'the US citizens have no choice.'"...

Trump Slams Fox for Airing Obama Speech

'This would not have happened with Roger Ailes'

(Newser) - President Trump had a busy campaign schedule Tuesday, but he found time to watch Fox News—and he didn't like what he saw. He complained that the network had aired a speech from Barack Obama, who was campaigning for Joe Biden in Florida, the Hill reports. "I only...

Trump's Legal Strategy in Rape Case Is Rejected

Justice Department said US government, not Trump himself, should be defendant

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Trump's request that he be replaced as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, per the AP . The decision by US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came after the Justice...

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