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In France, Trump-like TV pundit rocks presidential campaign

Editorial Bureau October 25, 2021

PARIS — A survivor of the terrible journey to Auschwitz remembered how the youngest wailed. There were 99 children squeezed among 751 adults gasping for air, crazed by thirst and hunger, aboard convoy No. 63 that departed Paris at 10 minutes past midday on Dec. 17, 1943. The 828 murdered at the

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Former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas found guilty of unlawful campaign donations

Editorial Bureau October 23, 2021

Soviet-born businessman Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was found guilty Friday of making unlawful campaign donations totaling more than $350,000 to two pro-Trump super PACs and a GOP congressman in 2018, acting as a straw donor for a wealthy Russian who wanted to enter the burgeoning marijuana market in the United States. […]

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Trump announces launch of his very own social media site

Editorial Bureau October 21, 2021

NEW YORK — Nine months after being expelled from social media for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s launching a new media company with its own social media platform. Trump says his goal in launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its “Truth Social” […]

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Terry McAuliffe’s Other Obstacle in Virginia Race: Democrats’ Apathy

Editorial Bureau October 15, 2021

RICHMOND, Va. — Terry McAuliffe doesn’t do subtext well. So when Mr. McAuliffe appeared on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC this week, it wasn’t long before the Democrat let slip the biggest challenge he’s facing next month in his bid to reclaim Virginia’s governorship. “People got to understand, Joe, this is about turnout,” he told the […]

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White House pushes for release of Jan. 6 documents as Trump rebuffs committee

Editorial Bureau October 14, 2021

The battle over White House records of former President Donald Trump’s activities related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack intensified Wednesday as President Joe Biden formally rejected Trump’s claims that the documents should be shielded from release to the House select committee investigating the insurrection. In a letter to the National Archives, the White House […]

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Amid high security, small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol

Editorial Bureau September 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) -Police and media vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday at a sparsely attended rally by supporters of the people who breached the building on Jan. 6, trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election defeat. About 100 to 200 protesters showed up, some carrying the flags of the right-wing group […]

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U.S. Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally

Editorial Bureau September 18, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) – Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s election defeat. A black eight-foot-high (2.44 m) fence which surrounded the white-domed building […]

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US Supreme Court permits releasing Trump tax returns

Editorial Bureau February 22, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) – The US Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for a New York City prosecutor to obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records as part of a criminal investigation, a blow to his quest to conceal details of his finances. The justices without comment rebuffed Trump’s request to […]

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Trump lawyers to submit pretrial documents with US Senate as part of impeachment defense

Editorial Bureau February 2, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) – Former President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Tuesday to respond to the US House of Representatives’ impeachment charging him with inciting insurrection in a fiery speech to supporters before last month’s deadly assault on the Capitol. The deadline comes just days after Trump parted ways with his initial legal team amid […]

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Biden to enforce South Africa travel ban to tackle new COVID-19 variant – CDC

Editorial Bureau January 25, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) – President Joe Biden will enforce a ban on most non-US citizens making their entry into the country, after recently being to South Africa starting Saturday in an attempt to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, a senior US public health official told. Biden on Monday is also bring back […]