President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in their final debate, and an AP Fact Check looks at their statements.
Donald Trump
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Mute buttons and masks: Inside the final 2020 debate
The mute button is among a handful of changes implemented by the Commission on Presidential Debates to help ensure a better sense of order than in the raucous first debate.
advertisement
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Final debate could thrust foreign policy back into presidential campaign
President Trump’s loudest foreign policy pitch isn’t about his record. It’s casting Biden as corrupt because of his son Hunter’s business associations in Ukraine and China.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Biden, Gideon win mock elections in Maine schools
Democrats did well in the mock election exercise – a tradition in Maine schools – as students also chose incumbent Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden over their Republican challengers.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump’s handling of pandemic takes center stage in final debate
While the president says the coronavirus is ‘going away’ and a vaccine will be ready in weeks, Joe Biden says, ‘Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president.’
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump’s path to victory hinges on Pennsylvania, Florida, tough odds
If Trump can claim both states and hold onto North Carolina and Arizona while playing defense in Georgia and Ohio, which he won handily in 2016 but where Biden is now competitive, he will win.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Donald Trump’s best path to victory hinges on Florida and Pennsylvania
President Donald Trump still has a path to the 270 Electoral College votes he needs to win reelection
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
U.S. officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters
John Ratcliffe, the national intelligence director, and FBI Director Chris Wray say the U.S. will impose costs on any foreign countries interfering in the 2020 U.S. election.
Posted inNation & World, News
Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land projects in China
President Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump pressures Barr to investigate Bidens with election 2 weeks away
The president recently retweeted a photo of his attorney general with the caption ‘for the love of GOD ARREST SOMEBODY.’