President Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, will meet on the debate stage for the first time Tuesday night in Cleveland.
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Trump’s $400 million debt could make him vulnerable to manipulation, ethics experts say
Revelations that President Trump is personally liable for the debt raise worries that his finances pose a national security risk.
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Trump considered Ivanka as 2016 running mate, book says
Donald Trump repeatedly discussed with advisers the idea of naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016 before settling for Mike Pence, according to a former Trump campaign aide who became a star witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Rick Gates, who in the summer of 2016 was Trump’s deputy campaign chairman, […]
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5 takeaways from New York Times report on Trump’s tax returns
That Sunday’s report came just weeks before Trump’s re-election bid served to intensify the spotlight on Trump the businessman – an identity he’s spent decades cultivating.
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New York Times: Trump paid $750 in U.S. income taxes in 2016, 2017
The president has paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years.
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Jim Fossel: SCOTUS seat should not be filled during campaign season
A rushed, partisan confirmation process would further politicize the court, damaging its credibility.
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Lawmakers from both parties denounce Trump’s assertion on power transfer
Congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, reject the president’s position that he’ll ‘see what happens’ before abiding by the election outcome.
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Trump attacks Collins over Supreme Court nomination timeline
Speaking on Fox News, the president said Maine’s Republican senator is ‘very badly hurt’ by suggesting the winner of the presidential election should decide on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor.
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The Maine Millennial: Trump doesn’t get military families’ sense of duty
People who make a commitment to serve something bigger than themselves are not ‘suckers’ or ‘losers.’
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Assange lawyer says Trump offered a deal to avoid extradition in exchange for documents
The alleged “win-win” deal by President Donald Trump would allow Assange to avoid extradition to the U.S. if he revealed the source of a leak of documents from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2016 election.