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NYT Sees &#39;Highly Unusual&#39; Trump Windfall in Tax Returns
NYT Sees 'Highly Unusual'
Trump Windfall in Tax Returns
investigation
Oct 9, 2020 2:20 PM CDT

NYT Sees 'Highly Unusual' Trump Windfall in Tax Returns

$21M from his Vegas hotel came when his 2016 campaign needed it badly

(Newser) - The New York Times is out with an another story on President Trump's tax returns, and this time it's focusing on what is described as a "highly unusual" windfall of more than $21 million Trump received in 2016—just when his campaign needed it most. The money...

Barr Reportedly Isn't Happy With New Trump Pressure

President wants report on Russia investigation released before election, which looks unlikely

(Newser) - President Trump is making it very clear that he wants his attorney general to take action before the election against top Democrats such as former President Obama and Joe Biden over the origins of the Russia investigation. Trump's public pressure is reportedly causing new friction with William Barr, though...

Trump&#39;s Debate Boycott Baffles Republicans
Trump's Debate Boycott
Could Backfire, GOP Fears
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 9, 2020 6:56 AM CDT

Trump's Debate Boycott Could Backfire, GOP Fears

He needs debate more than Biden does, analysts say

(Newser) - President Trump's decision to boycott the second presidential debate with Joe Biden because it was to be held virtually has flummoxed Republican strategists, who say that with Trump behind in the polls, he's the one who needs a game-changing moment. "While an online debate is clearly problematic,...

McConnell: I Stopped Visiting White House Months Ago

Due to concerns over COVID-19 precautions

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell made what the AP calls a "stunning admission" Thursday: He stopped going to the White House over the summer due to concerns over coronavirus precautions, or the lack thereof. "My impression was their approach to how to handle this was different from mine and what I...

Trump Planning Rally Saturday
Trump Planning Rally Saturday
Oct 9, 2020 12:11 AM CDT

Trump Planning Rally Saturday

His physician says president should be ready to re-enter public life by that day

(Newser) - President Trump's plan? Hold a rally Saturday. That's what he told Sean Hannity soon after his physician gave an update on the POTUS's condition Thursday. Dr. Sean Conley said Trump "remained stable" after completing his course of therapy for COVID-19, and has shown no signs "...

With Plot Broken, Governor Calls Out Trump's Rhetoric

President's adviser accuses Whitmer of hating

(Newser) - After law enforcement officials announced the arrests of 13 people they said were plotting to kidnap her, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stepped to the microphone. After thanking the people who foiled the domestic terrorism conspiracy , she addressed the big picture, the Detroit Free Press reports. In a time when Americans...

Democrats to Consider 25th Amendment

Speaker complains about lack of information on Trump's health

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she didn't want to shift the focus from the coronavirus stimulus package under negotiation. But it happened anyway when the House speaker said Democrats plan to meet Friday to discuss the 25th Amendment, which spells out presidential succession and the process for removing...

DC Health Official Makes a Plea Over Rose Garden Event

Everyone who attended is urged to get tested

(Newser) - With more than a dozen confirmed coronavirus cases among people who attended a White House event last month, DC health officials have issued a plea. In an open letter Thursday, the district's health director asked that anyone who's worked at the White House in the past two weeks...

Trump: My COVID Possibly Came From Gold Star Families

Says he would never ask them to social distance while they're speaking of war dead

(Newser) - In a Thursday interview on Fox Business , President Trump pooh-poohed the idea of debating Joe Biden virtually next week, a change announced by the Commission on Presidential Debates "in order to protect the health and safety of all involved." When speaking with Fox host Maria Bartiromo, Trump touched...

Trump Contradicts CDC, Claims He's Not Contagious

It's been a week since diagnosis was made public; CDC calls for at least 10 days of isolation

(Newser) - President Trump is "cured" of the coronavirus—or so he claims in his first interview since his hospitalization a week ago. "I feel perfect. There's nothing wrong," he told Maria Bartiromo of Fox News in a phone interview on Thursday, per CNBC . "I don't...

Trump Calls Unapproved Drug a 'Cure' for His COVID

President says it was 'blessing from God' he got virus

(Newser) - Just hours before Mike Pence defended the Trump administration's response to COVID-19 at the vice presidential debate, President Trump shared a video containing a direct message from him to the public on the virus. "I think this was a blessing from God that I caught it," the...

After 208 Years, Medical Journal Gets Political

'New England Journal of Medicine' essentially endorses a candidate for first time ever

(Newser) - The New England Journal of Medicine has been nonpartisan for all of its 208 years—until now. In what the New York Times calls a "blunt" and USA Today calls a "blistering" editorial, the medical journal on Wednesday called for the Trump administration to be voted out in...

Pelosi Reacts to Trump's Latest COVID Relief Offer

The House Speaker says she won't go for piecemeal relief

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi swiftly rejected President Trump's idea of a stand-alone bill to send Americans $1,200 checks, NBC News reports. "All the president wants is his name on a check," she said Wednesday. "And that doesn't—we're here to honor our heroes, crush the...

White House Issues Trump Health Update

Physician Sean Conley focuses on the positive

(Newser) - The White House issued an upbeat statement about President Trump's health Wednesday that included positive details while leaving a few questions unanswered, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The President this morning says 'I feel great!'" writes White House physician Sean Conley in the short message....

Court: Trump Still Needs to Hand Over His Tax Returns

Case set to return to SCOTUS

(Newser) - A case involving President Trump's tax returns is set to go to the Supreme Court for the second time this year. A federal appeals court handed Trump yet another defeat in the case Wednesday, ruling that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. can enforce a subpoena ordering Trump's...

Watchdog: Sessions Said 'We Need to Take Away Children'

Former AG pushed Trump's agenda of separating children from their families

(Newser) - When US attorneys objected to orders to prosecute all undocumented immigrants in May 2018, then-attorney general Jeff Sessions made clear President Trump's intentions. "We need to take away children," he told the prosecutors, per the New York Times . A week later, then-deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein complained...

'White House Gift Shop' Is Selling Trump COVID Coins

Unofficial shop is celebrating president's 'personal defeat' of the virus

(Newser) - The White House Gift Shop—which no longer has any official ties to the White House—isn't waiting for President Trump to make a full recovery before it commemorates his recovery from COVID-19. The online store is now taking orders for a $100 "Trump defeats COVID" coin, to...

Trump Halts COVID Relief Talks Until After Election

Moves ends hopes of near-term relief for millions affected by pandemic

(Newser) - The stock market rose when President Trump was released from the hospital Monday—and sank again less than 24 hours later when he declared that talks on a coronavirus relief package will be suspended until after the election. "Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout...

White House Doctor Has Upbeat News on Trump

President has no symptoms on first day back at White House, says Sean Conley

(Newser) - A day after President Trump's discharge from the hospital, his doctor is providing an upbeat assessment of Trump' prognosis. The president "had a restful first night at home, and today he reports no symptoms,” wrote White House physician Sean Conley in a Tuesday memorandum , reports the Hill...

What the Latest Polls Say About November
In New Polls, 'a Really
Bad Number for Trump'
the rundown
Oct 6, 2020 12:52 PM CDT

In New Polls, 'a Really Bad Number for Trump'

Biden appears to widen lead in crucial Pennsylvania, as well as nationally

(Newser) - A flurry of new polls are out about the presidential race, and they don't bode well for President Trump. They come with the usual caveat that Trump trailed Hillary Clinton at this point in 2016. The new results show Joe Biden widening his lead nationally and at least maintaining...

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