Fact Check: Biden’s ‘Breakfast Club’ Interview
In a May 22 radio interview, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims.
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Fact Check: Faulty Trump Claims on Virus Drug, Vote Fraud
President Donald Trump has been relentlessly promoting a malaria drug for coronavirus patients and assuring people it won’t hurt them
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Biden Aims to Move Left Without Abandoning Centrist Roots
Calls for pragmatic centrism helped Joe Biden clinch the Democratic presidential nomination
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GOP Sues California Over Vote-by-Mail Plan
Bay Area Republican leaders have confirmed that the party is suing California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vote-by-mail order, claiming that the system opens itself up to inaccuracy and fraudulent voting.
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Trump’s Pitch to Voters: Trust Me, Economy Will Soar in 2021
President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall. He’s asking them to trust him when it comes to an economic recovery. The coronoavirus pandemic has put more than 38 million people out of work in the United States, and Trump is increasingly talking up a future recovery that probably won’t materialize until after the November...... -
Joe Biden Wins Hawaii Presidential Primary Delayed by Virus
Joe Biden has won the presidential primary in Hawaii
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Biden Says He Was Too ‘Cavalier’ About Black Trump Backers
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is explaining an offhand comment again. Now he says he “should not have been so cavalier” in comments in which he suggested African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black.”
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Economic Recovery From Coronavirus Is a ‘Long Way Away,’ Joe Biden Says
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic looks “a long way away.” He also condemned President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis, blaming him for lost lives and economic ruin. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the apparent Democratic presidential nominee criticized the 2017 Repu... -
Biden Accuser’s Life Marred by Abuse and Financial Hardship
Tara Reade’s accusation of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden has revived difficult questions about how to evaluate allegations of misconduct
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Biden’s Vice President Shortlist Emerges, as Demings Says She’s Being Vetted
A growing number of contenders to be Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee indicated Thursday that they’ve advanced to a round of intense vetting, suggesting that a shortlist for the slot is taking shape.
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Trump Threatens Funds for States Easing Voting in Pandemic
President Donald Trump has threatened to hold back federal funding from two election battleground states that are making it easier to vote by mail during the pandemic
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Biden Wins Oregon Democratic Presidential Primary
Republican voters in Oregon’s vast 2nd Congressional District chose a former state senator to be their candidate to replace Rep. Greg Walden, who didn’t run for a 12th term in the conservative region covering the rural eastern and central part of the state
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Appeals Court OKs June 23 NY Democratic Presidential Primary
New York state’s June 23 Democratic presidential primary will definitely take place now
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Voting During Coronavirus: Will We Have Universal Vote-by-Mail by November?
Experts say vote-by-mail is the safest route, but implementing it for the November presidential election has become a partisan debate.
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2020 Watch: Battleground Map Taking Shape for Biden, Trump
As states are relaxing shutdown and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump is traveling more
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2016 Repeat? Trump Revives Clinton Playbook to Battle Biden
President Donald Trump and his allies have dusted off the political playbook that helped them defeat Hillary Clinton four years ago.
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Biden’s VP Search Puts Spotlight on How Long He’ll Serve
Seventy-seven-year-old Joe Biden says he would like to be a “transition” from President Donald Trump to younger, rising Democratic figures
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Experts Warn of 2020 ‘Meltdown’ as Election Funding Faces Rocky Path Through Congress
The House passed sweeping legislation Friday that gives states $3.6 billion to boost election infrastructure and allow every American to vote by mail as the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim lives with no end in sight.
