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Sanders Reveals Trump Reaction to Kim Jong Un Flirting

'He f---ing hit on you!' ex-WH press secretary says he exclaimed in incident detailed in new book

(Newser) - Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been making the rounds of late to help her ex-boss stump for November. This week, however, the buzz around Sanders is focused on her upcoming memoir, a copy of which the Guardian got its hands on a few days before its...

Fauci: 'Let There Not Be Any Confusion' on COVID Death Toll

NIAID director says yes, more than 180K have died, not just 9K, as claimed in tweet Trump shared

(Newser) - There have been nearly 185,000 deaths in the US from COVID-19, and Dr. Anthony Fauci is backing up that number after a misleading post retweeted by President Trump minimized the toll. Per the Hill , Trump on Sunday shared a since-deleted tweet from a QAnon fan named "Mel Q"...

Trump: Kenosha Unrest Was 'Domestic Terror'

'You have to be tough,' he says after touring area damaged in protests

(Newser) - President Trump visited protest-wracked Kenosha, Wis. Tuesday, despite objections from local leaders , and blamed the unrest on "domestic terror." The president surveyed parts of the city damaged in protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake and spoke to law enforcement officers, the Washington Post reports. "You...

A Response From Trump About New Book's Claim

Book says Pence was prepared to take over if president needed anesthesia

(Newser) - A new book by a New York Times reporter adds a twist to an unscheduled visit Trump made to a hospital last year. In Donald Trump v. The United States , Michael Schmidt writes about the president's surprise visit in November to Walter Reed Medical Center. At the time, the...

Trump Can Win If He Follows Bill Clinton&#39;s Lead
Trump Can Win If He
Follows Bill Clinton's Lead
OPINION
Sep 1, 2020 12:55 PM CDT

Trump Can Win If He Follows Bill Clinton's Lead

He needs a 'Sister Souljah moment,' writes Jamelle Bouie

(Newser) - If President Trump wants to win a second term, he will need what has come to be known as a "Sister Souljah moment," writes Jamelle Bouie in the New York Times . The reference goes back to the 1992 campaign, when Bill Clinton denounced the words of hip-hop artist...

Trump Mentions Plane Filled With 'Thugs' in Dark Uniforms

He also says Biden is controlled by people in 'dark shadows'

(Newser) - In an interview on Fox News on Monday night, President Trump made the case that Joe Biden is not in control of his own campaign. So who is? "People that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows," he told Laura Ingraham, per Politico...

Here's What Trump Has to Say About Kyle Rittenhouse

'He would have been, he probably would have been killed' if he hadn't shot

(Newser) - The night before his controversial visit to Kenosha, Wis., President Trump appeared to back the teen suspected of fatally shooting two protesters in the city. "That was an interesting situation, you saw the same tape that I saw. He was trying to get away from them, I guess, looks...

The Nominations Are In for Trump's Garden of Heroes

Suggestions from outside the administration are much more diverse

(Newser) - George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Sacagawea. The guy who invented air conditioning. Americans' suggestions of statues for President Trump's planned National Garden of American Heroes are in, the AP reports, and they're considerably different from the names the administration has locked in for many of the pedestals. The outside...

Biden: 'Will We Rid Ourselves of This Toxin?'

He accuses Trump of 'stoking violence in our cities'

(Newser) - Joe Biden spoke out on the protests gripping American cities in a speech in Pittsburgh Monday—and he didn't pull any punches when it came to President Trump, the New York Times reports. He accused the president of "stoking violence in our cities," adding: "He can'...

Jim Gaffigan Explains His Political Rant

Comedian who usually skips politics says it was 'liberating' to unload on Trump

(Newser) - For fans of a comedian who is known to work clean and avoid politics, the rant from Jim Gaffigan came out of nowhere last week. Gaffigan unloaded on President Trump on Thursday on Twitter, complete with expletives. "I don't give a f--- if anyone thinks this is virtue...

Portland Mayor, Trump Go At It in Real Time

Ted Wheeler says president should either 'support us or ... stay the hell out of the way'

(Newser) - As Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was giving a press conference Sunday, during which he criticized President Trump for quite some time, the POTUS was apparently watching. "Ted Wheeler, the wacky Radical Left Do Nothing Democrat Mayor of Portland, who has watched great death and destruction of his City during...

Wisconsin Governor Asks Trump Not to Visit

'Now is not the time,' says Tony Evers, but trip is still on for Tuesday

(Newser) - President Trump plans to visit the hot spot of Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, and the state's governor isn't happy about it. In a letter to the president on Sunday, Tony Evers asked Trump to reconsider, reports Fox News . “I am concerned your presence will only hinder our...

Wisconsin Officials to Trump: Please Don&#39;t
Wisconsin Officials Tell
Trump: Don't Come Here
sunday talk shows
Aug 30, 2020 3:40 PM CDT

Wisconsin Officials Tell Trump: Don't Come Here

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes calls the president's remarks 'incendiary'

(Newser) - Words are flying on Capitol Hill over the Kenosha protests and President Trump's planned visit to the city on Tuesday. First off, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said Sunday that Trump's trip to Kenosha would only fan the flames lit by Jacob Blake's shooting and the days...

Trump to Visit Kenosha Tuesday
Trump Is Heading to Kenosha
Aug 30, 2020 5:33 AM CDT

Trump Is Heading to Kenosha

President will visit city amid protests over police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back

(Newser) - President Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back , which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. White House spokesman Judd Deere told reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday that Trump will be meeting with law enforcement officers...

Residents Face the Damage Done by Laura

It was the most powerful hurricane ever to hit Louisiana

(Newser) - Residents in southwestern Louisiana embarked Saturday on the epic task of clearing away felled trees, ripped-off roofs and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of the state, the AP reports. The US toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths, with more than half of...

Hours After Convention Speech, Alice Johnson Receives Pardon

Kim Kardashian West had championed her case

(Newser) - President Trump pardoned a woman on Friday who was a featured speaker on the final night of the Republican National Convention and had praised him as a compassionate leader. Trump pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a nonviolent drug offense....

Congress May Make Exception to Honor an Iraqi War Hero

Alwyn Cashe died after pulling others from burning vehicle in Iraq

(Newser) - Fifteen years after his act of heroism in Iraq, time has officially run out to posthumously award Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe the Medal of Honor. But the Defense Department hopes to make that happen anyway, assuming Congress grants a waiver of the five-year time limit, the Washington Post reports....

Proof It&#39;s Trump&#39;s Party: See 2016 Convention
5 Takeaways From
the GOP Convention
the rundown
Aug 28, 2020 9:22 AM CDT

5 Takeaways From the GOP Convention

Including clear signs that the GOP is Trump's party now

(Newser) - The assessments are rolling in from the Republican National Convention. A sampling:
  • Trump's party: Remember at the 2016 convention when Ted Cruz caused a ruckus by failing to endorse Trump in his speech? No fear of anything like that in 2020. "If any proof were needed as to
...

What You Need to Know From the RNC&#39;s Final Night
Trump's Acceptance Speech
Among the Longest Ever
rnc rundown
Aug 28, 2020 6:28 AM CDT

Trump's Acceptance Speech Among the Longest Ever

He promises to put the first woman on the moon

(Newser) - President Trump closed out the Republican National Convention Thursday night by formally accepting the Republican nomination for president, which he did from the White House—the AP calls this the first political convention ever to be held there, and CNN notes Trump's was one of the longest acceptance speeches...

From 'I Alone Can Fix It,' to Another Nomination

Trump accepts the GOP nod on convention's final night

(Newser) - Joe Biden had his big night , and now President Trump has had his. He closed out the Republican National Convention Thursday night by accepting the GOP nomination from the South Lawn of the White House, where CNN notes the more than 1,500 guests mingled closely with few wearing masks....

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