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Voters of color reacted with alarm, or sometimes shrugs, to President Trump’s failure to disavow white supremacist groups during Tuesday’s debate.
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President Trump’s call for the right-wing group Proud Boys to “stand by” has brought renewed attention to his relationship with the far right.
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Republican senators confront former FBI Director James Comey about his oversight of the Trump-Russia investigation.
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The nonpartisan commission says it will add ‘tools to maintain order’ after a debate characterized by repeated interruptions by President Trump.
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Republicans cringe at Trump’s refusal to clearly denounce white supremacists as Joe Biden begins a campaign swing through two key states.
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Trump has tried for a year to find an attack that would throw Biden off stride. So far, none has done the job. At the debate, he just repeated them.
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The first presidential debate showed Trump at his worst and Biden at his best.
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When debate moderator Chris Wallace asked President Trump to condemn white supremacists, he instead called on the Proud Boys hate group to ‘stand back and stand by!’
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President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in Cleveland in their first presidential debate.
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President Trump repeatedly interrupted Joe Biden and moderator Chris Wallace in the first 2020 presidential debate. We analyzed the debate, round by round.
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Fact-checking the debate: President Trump unleashed a blizzard of falsehoods; Joe Biden hewed closer to the truth, but strayed at times.
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The Trump administration pumps up military and diplomatic relations with Greece, in a warning to neighboring Turkey.
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Trump hopes Tuesday night’s debate will revive his flagging campaign, but new revelations about his taxes and voter discontent over the virus will make it tough.
Politics and the Pandemic
President Trump made a number of claims about lowering drug prices during his debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Most were untrue.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 3216 which would have provided protections for workers laid off during the pandemic
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With skilled nursing homes hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a law requiring the facilities in California to report disease-related deaths to health authorities within 24 hours during declared emergencies.
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Eager to control high costs, employers are more open to government regulation of drug prices and to expanding Medicare to younger Americans.
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President Trump has announced the shipment of millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week
A look at where President Trump and Joe Biden stand on key issues in the 2020 election, including healthcare, immigration, police reform and climate.
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It was an unconventional night in an unconventional year. There’s plenty to take away from Biden and Trump’s first presidential debate.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will begin meeting with senators this week on Capitol Hill.
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Trump’s stunning case cries out for full tax disclosure by any presidential nominee of a major party. And my flip-flop was validated in Tuesday’s dark debate that was so painful to watch.
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Many California firms will have to increase the diversity of their boards of directors under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to lift an injunction barring President Trump from shutting down the census count early.
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In a year of national protests against racial injustice, state lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 3121 to force the state to begin to confront its racist history and systemic disparities that persist today.
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Eight measures earned a spot on the Nov. 3 ballot through the collection of voter signatures. Four were added by the California Legislature.
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Whether you’re breaking quarantine to protest in the streets or looking for ways to participate safely from home, here’s how to get started.
Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris released their 2019 tax returns as an explosive report shed light on President Trump’s income taxes.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden and Republican President Trump will face off Tuesday in their first 2020 presidential debate. Here’s what to expect.
Trump needs to change a race he’s losing. Biden needs to prove himself to voters who don’t like the president but remain uncertain about the challenger.
Many supporters of Biden and Trump fear violence is likely in November. Each side blames the other.
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COVID-19’s spread in Florida jeopardizes Trump’s reelection prospects in the crucial battleground state.
Trump’s refusal to say that he’d peacefully transfer power may just be bluster. But there are steps he could take, and Democrats are on the alert.
Joe Biden vows he won’t ban fracking. But in Pennsylvania, many voters are skeptical, and Trump is exploiting their anxieties in a key battleground.
Two states give electoral votes by congressional district, not winner-take-all statewide. That brings Biden’s campaign to Omaha, Trump’s to Maine.
Joe Biden, if he wins the White House, will have the most experience with the federal courts of any president in modern times.
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The Trump administration has proposed further slashing the number of refugees whom the U.S. accepts to a new record low of 15,000 in fiscal year 2021.
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The angry exchanges between President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden made it a challenging evening for the “Fox News Sunday” anchor.
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More than 30 years ago, the League of Women Voters quit sponsoring the presidential debates after campaigns hijacked the process. That’s one reason Tuesday night happened.
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Angry exchanges marked Tuesday’s debate between President Trump and Joe Biden, which fell far below the audience of 84 million for 2016’s first debate.
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New pistols introduced in California will have to include technology that micro-stamps bullets with identifying characters to help law enforcement better trace firearms.
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Yara Shahidi, Tessa Thompson, Ava DuVernay, Kumail Nanjiani, Kerry Washington, Brie Larson and other celebrities live-tweeted Tuesday’s presidential debate.
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“Sitting through that debate felt like getting a COVID test in both nostrils at once,” Jimmy Fallon said Tuesday on “The Tonight Show.”
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In the history of American presidential debates, there never has been a spectacle of imprecations and interruptions like Tuesday night’s prize fight.
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With interest in the U.S. election running high worldwide, foreign observers took note of the ‘chaos’ and ‘rancor’ of the first debate.
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A judge says a revised Oct. 5 date for the end of the 2020 census may violate an order she issued allowing the count to finish at the end of October.
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Chris Wallace tried pleading, placating, interrupting back. Nothing stopped President Trump from ignoring all the rules in his first debate with Joe Biden.
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Voters of color reacted with alarm, or sometimes shrugs, to President Trump’s failure to disavow white supremacist groups during Tuesday’s debate.
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President Trump repeatedly interrupted Joe Biden and moderator Chris Wallace in the first 2020 presidential debate. We analyzed the debate, round by round.
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President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in Cleveland in their first presidential debate.
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Fact-checking the debate: President Trump unleashed a blizzard of falsehoods; Joe Biden hewed closer to the truth, but strayed at times.
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President Trump’s call for the right-wing group Proud Boys to “stand by” has brought renewed attention to his relationship with the far right.
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As Donald Trump and Joe Biden try to sway the rapidly vanishing “undecided voter,” 2020 is the year the presidential debates become pure TV spectacle.
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Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania ask the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on a court ruling that extends the deadline to receive and count mail-in ballots.
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The 29-year-old hip-hop mogul said that this would be the first election in which he voted, and he implored his fans to turn out on Nov. 3.
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Cindy McCain will advise Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential transition team as it prepares for the former vice president to take office if he wins.
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On the eve of the 2020 presidential debates, the return of “The Great British Baking Show” provides a model for detoxifying our electoral process.
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The Fox News Sunday host will handle the first showdown between President Trump and former vice president Joe Biden
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Florida police and campaign officials say President Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has been hospitalized after threatening to harm himself.
