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All Stories for Presidential Election Of 2020
US elections: Donald Trump has normalised selfishness, made it America's national credo
• 4 years agoWhen a once-in-a-century pandemic strikes, public health experts ask all to wear masks, but the US president tells Americans that mask-wearing is one of those rules not to be followed (like paying taxes, like the emoluments clause, like campaign finance laws, like obstructing justice)
‘Fat and happy’ with a conservative US Supreme Court, are Republicans losing a winning issue?
• 4 years agoWithout the specter of a liberal court to motivate conservative voters anymore, they may find themselves without the issue that played a crucial role in Trump’s unexpected victory four years ago and has fortified his political base throughout a tumultuous first term
Is everybody doing okay amid the pandemic? US researchers ask social media
• 5 years agoThough the answer is not a perfect representation of the national mental health, analysis of Twitter data shows an uptick in signs of sadness, anxiety, depression, stress, and suicidal thoughts as compared to 2019
Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic
• 5 years agoThe facts of Trump’s experience with coronavirus, including how how quickly it sickened him to the point of requiring intensive medical care, are the best tools to fight the misinformation campaign against COVID-19
As Donald Trump questions his opponent’s health, US President finds his own under scrutiny
• 5 years agoThe question of presidential health has sometimes played an important role in election contests, but rarely has it seemed more acute than this year as 74-year-old Trump squares off against 77-year-old Biden
Donald Trump cannot deny or block release of his financial records, rules US Supreme Court
• 5 years agoThe court’s decision was a major statement on the scope and limits of presidential power in the US, one that will take its place with landmark rulings
Donald Trump a 'narcissist', embraced ‘cheating as way of life’, says US president's niece Mary Trump in tell-all book
• 5 years agoThe book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man”, depicts a multigenerational saga of greed, betrayal and internecine tension
Donald Trump delivers divisive culture war message at Mount Rushmore in bid to win second term, barely mentions pandemic
• 5 years agoThe scene at Mount Rushmore was the latest sign of how Trump appears, by design or default, increasingly disconnected from the intense concern among Americans about the COVID-19 crisis gripping the country
Democratic rivals jostle for advantage as coding issue causes delay in Iowa caucus results; Trump calls it 'unmitigated disaster'
• 5 years agoThe Iowa Democratic Party will begin to release results from Monday’s caucuses at 5 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday, the party chairman, Troy Price, told the Democratic presidential campaigns in a conference call.
Republicans block subpoenas for new proof as US Senate debates norms of trial on Day One; moderates force last-minute reversal in pro-Trump rules
• 5 years agoA divided Senate began the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday in utter acrimony, as Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts to subpoena witnesses and documents related to Ukraine