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President Trump on Friday said he would move to define houses of worship as essential services to be opened during the coronavirus pandemic. “I am identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services,” Trump said at a press briefing. “I call upon governors to allow our …
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Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell on Friday implied that he plans to release the transcripts of December 2016 phone calls between former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. “Those are coming. It’s very important for the public to see ALL of them. For too long the public has …
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President Trump said the US will not shut down again if a second wave of coronavirus infections emerges. “We’re not going close the country,” Trump told reporters Thursday while touring a Ford plant in Michigan. “We’re going to put out the fires. Whether it’s an ember or a flame we’re going put it out, but …
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Representative John Ratcliffe (R., Texas) was confirmed as national intelligence director by the Senate on Thursday, securing President Trump’s preferred pick for the position despite Democrat protests. The Senate voted by party lines to confirm Ratcliffe, 49-44 — the most votes against the confirmation of any DNI in the 15-year history of the office. The …
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The health of US Presidents is a well-kept secret, especially while they’re in office. The public is on a need-to-know basis, and, generally speaking, the government doesn’t think the public needs to know at all – especially when it comes to presidents’ illnesses. From George Washington to Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama, presidents have suffered from various ailments …
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A new Quinnipiac poll shows former vice president Joe Biden with rising support and favorability ratings against President Trump as the U.S. moves closer to the general elections. If the elections were held today, Biden would win 50 percent of the vote, one point up from the April version of the poll. By contrast, Trump …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday defended the firing of the State Department’s inspector general and took aim at Democrats investigating him over the decision, singling out Senator Robert Menendez for particularly harsh criticism. President Trump fired Inspector General Steve Linick on Friday at Pompeo’s recommendation, saying in a letter to House Speaker Nancy …
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The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on the Chinese Communist Party by forging closer political and business ties with Taiwanese technology firms, while at the same time working to undermine Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to a report. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, said last week it would build a factory in Arizona, …
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In a newly declassified email that Susan Rice sent to herself on January 20, 2017, the former national-security adviser said that former FBI director James Comey had “no indication” that Michael Flynn had passed along classified information to Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, but stipulated that Comey was nevertheless wary about sharing sensitive information with Flynn …
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Comedian Joe Rogan has signed a deal to air his popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, exclusively on Spotify. Rogan’s podcast currently receives tens of millions of downloads per month, and is currently available for free on YouTube and Apple’s podcast app. Spotify, a streaming services platform, offers listeners free access to content with ads, …
President Trump on Friday said he would move to define houses of worship as essential services to be opened during the coronavirus pandemic. “I am identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services,” Trump said at a press briefing. “I call upon governors to allow our …
