FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce makes a move during the second half of the team’s NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Kansas City, Mo. Kelce was a unanimous choice Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, for The Associated Press […]
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Donald Trump Lost His Battle. The Culture War Goes On.
You could say that the Trump presidency effectively ended when the polls closed election night or when news outlets called the contest for Joseph R. Biden Jr. four days later. You could say that it ended when the Electoral College voted on Monday to make Mr. Biden the president, or […]
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Joe Biden Had To Beat Donald Trump With One Hand Tied Behind His Back
President-elect Joe Biden just did something incredibly difficult: He defeated an incumbent president for the first time in 28 years, and only the fifth time in 100. Beyond overcoming the traditional advantages held by an incumbent, Biden had to maneuver through the archaic Electoral College, which denied the clear winner […]
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The year of constant sorrow: Defeating Donald Trump won’t heal the damage of 2020
How many times can you say “I’m so sorry” without the words losing their meaning? How many times can you answer a text or an instant message or an email by typing “I’m so sorry” without becoming inured to the feeling of sorrow? Even if you manage to pause your […]
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‘This is Donald Trump’s economy’
A national TV ad airing Sunday from Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign focuses on the Blind Pig, a fabled Ann Arbor concert venue, to criticize President Donald Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ad comes a day after Trump visited Michigan, touting his belief that the nation’s economy will soon […]
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‘Made in Iran’ Beats Sanctions in Economy Donald Trump Tried to Crush
Workers assemble jeans at a clothing factory in the outskirts of Tehran on Oct. 14.. Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg There can’t have been many worse times to start a new business in Iran. Even before officials in the Islamic Republic alerted the public to a major outbreak of […]
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Donald Trump suggests veterans’ families could have given him Covid
Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that relatives of fallen soldiers could have given him coronavirus after they visited the White House – as the timetable for the remaining two presidential debates between Trump and Biden was thrown into turmoil. In a phone interview with the Fox Business TV channel on […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden would face hurdles undoing Trump environmental rollbacks | Biden team weighs climate ‘czar’: report | Donald Trump Jr. urges hunters to vote for his father
HAPPY WEDNESDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our newsletter. THERE […]
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Donald Trump Jr. urges hunters to vote for his father
Donald Trump Jr.Don John TrumpTrump campaign launches ‘Operation MAGA’ while president recovers from COVID-19 ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic requests pardon from Trump: ‘Be my hero please’ Zaid Jilani discusses Trump’s move to cancel racial sensitivity training at federal agencies MORE released a new video on Wednesday encouraging hunters and […]
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US President Donald Trump will ‘remain on the job’ despite getting coronavirus, White House insists
The president is facing questions about the wisdom of holding events with hundreds of supporters, often without social distancing, as on Wednesday night in Minnesota, the day before his positive test. During Tuesday night’s debate against Mr Biden in Cleveland, Ohio, members of the Trump family were seen removing their face masks […]
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who are the far-right group that backs Donald Trump?
Photograph: Maranie R Staab/AFP/Getty Images Freshly brought to the world’s attention by Donald Trump’s refusal to condemn their associations with white supremacist ideology during Tuesday night’s US presidential debate, the US neo-fascist group the Proud Boys was created by the Canadian-British far-right activist and Vice magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes in […]