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Justice Dept. Moves to Help Trump With Accuser's Lawsuit

Or, as accuser E. Jean Carroll puts it, 'TRUMP HURLS BILL BARR AT ME'

(Newser) - President Trump might be getting some help from the Justice Department with the lawsuit one of his accusers filed against him last year. E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her at a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, sued him for defamation over his public denial of ever having...

Trump Announces U-Turn on New Offshore Drilling

'Trump is the great environmentalist,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump expanded a ban on new offshore drilling Tuesday, an election-year reversal likely to appeal to voters in Florida and other coastal states. Two years ago, Trump took steps to vastly expand offshore drilling from coast to coast. "This protects your beautiful gulf and your beautiful ocean, and...

Cohen: Trump Hates Obama Because He's Black

ANC responds to alleged Mandela insult

(Newser) - Michael Cohen is no longer President Trump's lawyer, but he has some advice for his former client: Cohen, speaking ahead of the Tuesday release of tell-all memoir Disloyal , told NBC that he would tell the president to "resign now, let Mike Pence pardon you from any and all...

For Trump Campaign, a Surprising &#39;Cash Crunch&#39;
For Trump Campaign,
a Surprising 'Cash Crunch'
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Sep 8, 2020 12:52 PM CDT

For Trump Campaign, a Surprising 'Cash Crunch'

President weighs putting $100M of his own money into the race, per Bloomberg

(Newser) - Candidate Trump spent $66 million of his own money on the 2016 campaign. President Trump might make the unusual move of pouring even more of his own money into the 2020 race, reports Bloomberg . Trump is considering a personal outlay of up to $100 million, an unprecedented expense for an...

Harris: This Could Cost Us the Election
Harris: This Could
Cost Us the Election
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Sep 6, 2020 2:10 PM CDT

Harris: This Could Cost Us the Election

Kamala Harris says she's 'a realist' about the political forces at play

(Newser) - Kamala Harris says foreign interference, doubt cast about the election by President Trump, and voter suppression could potentially cost her and Joe Biden the White House in November. "I am a realist about it. Joe is a realist about it," the California senator said on CNN's State ...

Trump to US Diplomat: Your $750K Art Is Mine

Ambassador Jamie McCourt didn't object, sources say

(Newser) - President Trump, art lover? That's what Bloomberg is reporting. Seems the president carted home a box-load of art from the US ambassador's mansion while visiting France in 2018. Insiders say Trump told the ambassador, Jamie McCourt, that a painting, bust, and set of figurines were returning with him...

Michael Cohen's Tell-All Makes Damning Claims

He writes that Trump made 'overt and covert' efforts to get Russia's help in 2016 election

(Newser) - Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir about President Trump is out Tuesday, but some media outlets have obtained advance copies. Among other things, he calls the president, his former legal client, “a cheat, a liar, a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator, a con man.” Some highlights from...

Boats Sink at &#39;Trump Parade&#39;
Boats Sink at 'Trump Parade'
Sep 5, 2020 4:30 PM CDT

Boats Sink at 'Trump Parade'

Over 2.6K people planned to attend the Texas event

(Newser) - A "Trump Boat Parade" ran into a little trouble Saturday when several boats sent out distress calls and some actually sank, CBS Austin reports. The event on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, was going well until boats along the parade route sent out calls for help. "TCSO responded...

Fox News Slammed the 'Suckers' Story—at First

Jennifer Griffin's reporting provided a different take

(Newser) - Fox News initially criticized a report that President Trump called America's war dead "suckers" and "losers"—but partly refuted that denial within an hour, the Huffington Post reports. On Friday afternoon, two days after the Atlantic published Trump's remarks, Fox News' national security correspondent Jennifer...

He Slammed Biden at GOP Convention. Now, a Big Honor

President Trump announces ex-Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz to get Medal of Freedom

(Newser) - Lou Holtz gave an impassioned speech at the Republican National Convention last month praising President Trump. Now, the favor is being returned, with the nation's highest civilian honor thrown in for good measure. On Friday, Trump announced he'll bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the former Notre...

Trump to Federal Agencies: Nix 'White Privilege' Training

President directs OMB to cancel anti-racism sessions, which he calls 'anti-American'

(Newser) - President Trump has directed the Office of Management and Budget to crack down on federal agencies' anti-racism training sessions, calling them "divisive, anti-American propaganda." OMB Director Russell Vought, in a letter Friday to executive branch agencies, directed them to identify spending related to any training on "critical...

Under Fire, Trump Gives Reprieve to Military Paper

'Stars and Stripes' had been told to shut down this month

(Newser) - President Trump said Friday that he won't allow the Pentagon to cut funding for Stars and Stripes, effectively halting the plan to shut the military paper down this month. "The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under my watch," Trump tweeted...

Trump Defenders Diss Vets Story, as Other Outlets Pile On

Fallout continues over report in the 'Atlantic'

(Newser) - The big political story of the day is the scathing article by Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic alleging that President Trump referred to America's war dead as "suckers" and "losers." It's a potentially damning piece two months before an election in which Trump can't...

Trump: I Didn't Call US War Dead 'Suckers'

'I never said that about our fallen heroes'

(Newser) - President Trump has angrily denied a report that he called Americans who died in war "losers and suckers." The report in the Atlantic , citing "four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion," said Trump skipped a visit to a US war cemetery in France in 2018...

Kayleigh McEnany Narrates Pelosi Video on a Loop

Trump joins attacks over speaker's visit to salon

(Newser) - "Apparently the rules do not apply to Speaker Nancy Pelosi," the White House press secretary told reporters at the beginning of a briefing Thursday. To make sure everyone got the point, Kayleigh McEnany played—and played—a leaked surveillance video, Mediaite reports. "As you can see, we...

Press Chief: Trump Isn't Advocating 'Anything Unlawful'

Kayleigh McEnany says president doesn't want people to vote twice

(Newser) - The White House is pushing back against the allegation that President Trump is encouraging people to break the law by voting twice. "The president is not suggesting anyone do anything unlawful," press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox News Thursday, per Mediaite . "What he said very clearly...

3 Former GOP Governors Throw Their Support to Biden

Rick Snyder, Christine Todd Whitman, and Bill Weld are part of new coalition

(Newser) - After four years of a Trump presidency, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he just wants some civility. And in his opinion, that means Joe Biden must become president. Snyder, who traces his history in the Republican party back to the 1976 Republican National Convention, announces his endorsement of Biden...

Trump Seeks to Cut Funding to 'Anarchist' Cities

His attempts at similar moves were previously blocked

(Newser) - President Trump is seeking to cut what could amount to billions of dollars in federal funding to several Democratic-run cities in response to "anarchy, violence, and destruction." In a Wednesday memo , Trump directed Attorney General William Barr and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to find...

Biden to Trump: This Is All Your Fault

The Democratic candidate slams Trump's response to COVID-19

(Newser) - Joe Biden made headlines Wednesday by criticizing President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the Hill reports. "Let me be clear, if President Trump and his administration had done their jobs early on with this crisis, American schools would be open, and they’d be open safely,"...

Moderators Announced for 3 Presidential Debates

Fox's Chris Wallace is first on the list

(Newser) - A Fox News anchor has been chosen as the moderator of the first debate between President Trump and Joe Biden—but the Trump campaign may not be thrilled about it. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Tuesday that the Sept. 29 debate in Cleveland will be moderated by Chris Wallace,...

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