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Trump on Language Change In SEALs Ethos: 'Ridiculous'

President claims he's going to overturn alterations that get rid of words like 'brotherhood'

(Newser) - Although no women have yet qualified to become Navy SEALs, the elite US combat unit recently changed the language in its official guiding beliefs in anticipation that female service members may one day join its ranks. As reported earlier this week by American Military News , the ethos and creeds of...

Biden Is Negative. Here&#39;s Who Else Is Getting Tested
What the Virus's Timeline
Could Mean for Trump
the rundown
Oct 2, 2020 11:15 AM CDT

What the Virus's Timeline Could Mean for Trump

Complications generally don't set in for many days

(Newser) - President Trump and Melania Trump's positive coronavirus tests have kicked off a flurry of testing among the political elite—followed by a midday sigh of relief from Democrats following news that Joe Biden tested negative. The New York Times has confirmation by way of his campaign. Meanwhile, one other...

Official Explains Those 9 Discarded Military Ballots

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar calls them a 'bad error'

(Newser) - It looks like nine discarded military ballots were tossed out in Pennsylvania by mistake, the AP reports. The state's senior elections official said Wednesday that election workers in Luzerne County are still learning how to handle military mail-in and overseas ballots and goofed on this one. "The investigation...

White House Comments on Trump's Symptoms

So far, the president looks like he has a cold

(Newser) - White House officials say President Trump is experiencing "mild" symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19, USA Today reports. Details remain scant, but an insider tells the New York Times that Trump has coldlike symptoms. It was said that he fell asleep on Air Force One when returning from a...

White House Has a Lot of Contact Tracing to Do

Mike Pence has tested negative for COVID

(Newser) - Mike Pence has tested negative for the coronavirus, his office says—but he is far from the only person in President Trump's orbit who will be getting tested following the president's diagnosis. "Vice President Pence and the Second Lady tested negative for COVID-19," Devin O'Malley,...

Wallace: Trump 'Put His Foot' in My 'Delicious Cake'

'I had baked this beautiful, delicious cake and frankly, the president put his foot in it'

(Newser) - Chris Wallace says that when President Trump first engaged with Joe Biden in Tuesday night's debate, he was pleased because he "thought we were gonna have a real debate here." He was less thrilled over the next 94 minutes of the chaotic debate, during which he says...

World Reacts to Trump Diagnosis
World Reacts to
Trump Diagnosis
Oct 2, 2020 6:58 AM CDT

World Reacts to Trump Diagnosis

Well wishes, dark jokes, concern expressed after president, first lady announce they have the virus

(Newser) - "[The] president of the United States has tested positive for COVID-19," was Brian Williams' somber announcement at around 1am Friday on MSNBC. "This puts us in all new territory." And with that new territory, per the Washington Post , well wishes from around the world began pouring...

Trump Diagnosis Shakes White House
Trump Diagnosis
Shakes White House
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 2, 2020 6:53 AM CDT

Trump Diagnosis Shakes White House

President's age, weight could cause COVID complications

(Newser) - President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus in a stunning development that takes the president off the campaign trail just 32 days before the election. The president tweeted early Friday that he will begin the quarantine process immediately. Trump, who traveled to New Jersey...

Trump Diagnosis Hits Stock Futures, World Markets

'To say this potentially could be a big deal is an understatement'

(Newser) - US stock futures and world markets fell Friday after President Trump said he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus. The future contracts for both the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials dropped nearly 2% but were trading 1.2% lower several hours later, the...

Pence Sends 'Love and Prayers' to Trump

With president in quarantine, VP may have to step in for some duties

(Newser) - Mike Pence sent warm wishes to President Trump early Friday after the president announced that he and Melania Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus . "Karen and I send our love and prayers to our dear friends President and Melanie Trump," the vice president tweeted . "We join...

Trump, First Lady Test Positive for Coronavirus

'We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,' the president says

(Newser) - President Trump said Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, just a month before the presidential election and after having spent much of the last year largely downplaying the threat of the virus, the AP reports. Trump's positive test came just hours...

Top Trump Aide Has Coronavirus
Hope Hicks
Tests Positive
Oct 1, 2020 8:57 PM CDT

Hope Hicks Tests Positive

Aide has traveled with the president several times this week

(Newser) - One of President Trump's top aides has tested positive for the coronavirus. Hope Hicks, 31, traveled with the president as recently as Wednesday on Air Force One. She went to Cleveland with him for the presidential debate Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. Hicks was photographed without a mask getting...

Weird Al Sums Up Debate in &#39;America Is Doomed&#39;
Weird Al Sums Up
Debate as Only He Can
video
Oct 1, 2020 6:47 AM CDT

Weird Al Sums Up Debate as Only He Can

Yankovic 'moderates' first debate between Trump and Biden

(Newser) - There's perhaps no one better to sum up the first presidential debate of 2020 than Weird Al Yankovic. And that's what he does to hilarious effect in a new video for the New York Times titled "America Is Doomed." It features the catchy refrain, "Who'...

Trump Backtracks on the Proud Boys in a Big Way

'I don't know who the proud boys are'

(Newser) - President Trump drew a blank on the Proud Boys less than 24 hours after appearing to support them on national television, the Hill reports. "I don't know who the Proud Boys are. You'll have to give me a definition because I really don't know who they...

Trump on the Debate: '2 on 1 Was ... Fun'

President tweets about Chris Wallace, Joe Biden

(Newser) - Americans are buzzing about Tuesday night's hot mess of a debate —and that group includes President Trump. The president took to Twitter late Wednesday morning with comments on moderator Chris Wallace and rival Joe Biden. Of Fox News host Wallace, Trump retweeted a New York Times post on...

Trump Blew &#39;Biggest Layup in the History of Debates&#39;
One Phrase
From Trump Is
Picked Apart
THE RUNDOWN
Sep 30, 2020 10:40 AM CDT

One Phrase From Trump Is Picked Apart

He told Proud Boys to 'stand by'—a dangerous move, some argue

(Newser) - Members of the far-right group Proud Boys celebrated its mention by President Trump during the first presidential debate on Tuesday, seeing it as an implicit endorsement and boasting of a jump in recruits, per the New York Times , which perused private social-media channels. Members of the "western chauvinist" group...

The First Debate Is Over. Biden's Trolling Isn't

Joe Biden swaps crying emoji in for Trump's head in online post

(Newser) - If you thought Tuesday night's insult fest in the guise of a presidential debate was over, grab another cup of coffee. The Washington Times reports it was Joe Biden that started things up Wednesday morning, posting a video on Twitter that slightly altered a scene from the debate the...

Clinton Has Thoughts on Biden's 'Shut Up'

'You have no idea' how much she wanted to say that during the 2016 debates

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton entered the debate fray Tuesday night with a comment on Joe Biden's request that President Trump "shut up, man." In a tweet , the writer Jill Filipovic said she empathized with Clinton "because I'm positive she wanted to say that [during the 2016 presidential...

'A Terrifying Time to Be Alive': Reactions to the First Debate

President Trump faced off with Joe Biden on Tuesday

(Newser) - "A hot mess." "A terrifying time to be alive." "Mayhem." "Almost unwatchable." Those were just some of the media descriptions given to the first presidential debate of the 2020 general election. Takeaways from both sides after the Tuesday night event, which was...

Trump, Biden Square Off in First Presidential Debate
As Far as Debates Go,
This One Is Very Messy
UPDATED
Sep 29, 2020 9:41 PM CDT

As Far as Debates Go, This One Is Very Messy

It was a night of insults and sparring in Cleveland

(Newser) - With just 35 days until the election, President Trump and Joe Biden took the stage in Cleveland for their first face-off but declined to shake hands due to the coronavirus—one of six topics moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News plans to question the candidates about tonight. The others: the...

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