Joe Biden’s late son Beau was featured repeatedly at this week’s Democratic convention, showcasing the central role he plays in Biden’s campaign and identity. It’s rare for a presidential campaign to make personal grief so central to its message.
Category: Politics
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‘Are you really going to impeach me?’: How the Ukraine bombshell unfolded over 48 hours and laid bare Trump’s fixation with Biden
“Trump on Trial” lays out the backstory and aftermath of the impeachment of Trump, only the third president to face a trial in the Senate.
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Yeah, Trump’s not as popular with Republicans as he keeps trying to tell you
He’s not as popular with Americans overall, either.
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Trump’s reelection effort has officially spent more than $1 billion, a record sum at this point in the campaign
President Trump’s campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees have spent more than $1 billion since 2017, a record-breaking sum spent toward a reelection effort at this point in the presidential campaign, new filings show.
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Facebook removes page using image of LeBron James over ‘voter suppression tactics’
The page, Protect My Vote, was promoted extensively by FreedomWorks and had purchased false and misleading ads about mail-in voting that were viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
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Election 2020 live updates: Republicans eager to highlight contrasts at next week’s convention, Pence says
The vice president made a series of television appearances Friday after the Democrats wrapped up a four-day virtual convention with a speech by Joe Biden in which he criticized President Trump for sowing division.
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Facebook’s decision to shut down militia pages prompts backlash among some targets
Supporters of armed groups say they’re being punished for their conservative politics.
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Four major talking points Democrats mostly left out of the convention
Like Trump’s scandals and extensive outreach to Obama-Trump voters
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Democrats embrace ‘who we are’ — women, people of color and young voters
The hand-wringing after the 2016 election and the caution of 2018’s races were not visible during the Democratic National Convention this week.
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DeJoy Senate hearing live updates: The postmaster general testifies amid tumult over election mail
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set to testify at a Senate hearing Friday, then go before a House panel on Monday with Robert M. Duncan, chairman of the USPS Board of Governors.
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Trump’s claim he’ll send sheriffs to polling places is revealing in a lot of unintended ways
He’s said it before, and based on the same insecurity.
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A popular fertility app shared data without user consent, researchers say
The app says it stopped sharing data with one Chinese company.