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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other company executives have been discussing a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after the election is over to curb misinformation, the New York Times reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. Facebook is looking at post-election scenarios that include attempts by President Trump or his campaign to use the …

President Donald Trump will host a funeral service at the White House Friday for his younger brother Robert who died aged 71 after ‘suffering brain bleeds from a recent fall’, according to sources familiar with the matter.   Robert’s body will be driven from New York to the White House for the private service, which will …

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden slammed President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic during his speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, vowing that his first action if he is elected president will be to “get control of the virus that has ruined so many lives.” “Our current president has failed in his most …

A federal judge on Thursday rejected President Trump’s most recent effort to stop the Manhattan district attorney from obtaining his tax returns, despite the president’s argument that the prosecutor’s grand jury subpoena was “wildly overbroad” and issued in bad faith. The ruling by District Judge Victor Marrero follows a decision by the Supreme Court last …

Goodyear Tire Chief Executive Rich Kramer said Thursday the company had clarified its policy to make clear employees can wear apparel expressing support for law enforcement after it faced a boycott call from President Trump. The Republican president, who is seeking a second term in office, told reporters Wednesday he would swap out the Goodyear …

Facebook removed hundreds of QAnon conspiracy groups over concerns that they could threaten public safety. The social-media giant said Wednesday it took down more than 790 groups, 100 pages and 1,500 ads linked to the conspiracy theorist movement. Facebook has also blocked more than 300 hashtags and imposed restrictions on more than 1,950 groups, 440 …

Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) slammed President Trump’s remarks on Wednesday in which he seemed to encourage believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory. Followers of QAnon believe that the U.S. is run by a cabal of pedophiles and cannibals in the Democratic “deep state,” media, and Hollywood, and that Trump is saving the country from …

The Susan B. Anthony Museum and House has rejected President Donald Trump’s pardon, arguing that the move would go against the late women’s suffrage leader’s wishes. “On news of a presidential pardon for Susan B. Anthony on August 18, 2020:  Objection! Mr. President, Susan B. Anthony must decline your offer of a pardon today!” the …

In her Wednesday DNC convention speech, Hillary Clinton implied that a “foreign adversary” could sway the U.S. elections, and suggested that an electoral college victory without a corresponding popular vote win would render the victor’s election illegitimate. “Vote for honest elections, so we, not a foreign adversary, choose our president,” Clinton implored viewers. “And don’t …

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, admitting that he altered an email that he used to apply for a FISA warrant against former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page. Clinesmith changed the email, which was originally sent to him by the CIA and which he was forwarding to …