Trailing in his reelection campaign, the president tells delegates, ‘The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election.’
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Postal chief warns voters to request, return ballots early
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is warning that voters should request mail-in ballots at least 15 days before the Nov. 3 election.
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Barr says he’s ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning Snowden
President Trump has said he would ‘look at’ whether to pardon the former National Security Agency contractor charged with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programs.
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Democratic AGs, including Maine’s, file lawsuit over postal changes
The attorneys general who sued the U.S. Postal Service also include those in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
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Trump praises, Pence decries QAnon ‘conspiracy theory’
Vice President Mike Pence is drawing a line between himself and President Donald Trump, who has retweeted QAnon-supporting accounts.
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Postmaster general says he won’t restore mailboxes, sorting machines that were removed
Louis DeJoy tells senators he doesn’t yet have a plan to ensure that mail-in ballots would arrive on time but says it’s his ‘sacred duty’ to do so.
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Trump wants Supreme Court to let him block critics on Twitter
A federal appeals court ruled last year that Trump uses the account to make daily pronouncements and observations that are overwhelmingly official in nature.
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Trump appeals as judge OKs Manhattan DA getting tax returns
The president denounces the quest for his financial records as a ‘continuation of the most disgusting witch hunt in the history of our country.’
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Key takeaways from the Democratic convention: Make history, pound Trump
One persistent theme in the Democratic National Convention so far: Portray President Donald Trump as unsuited for the White House.
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Bill Nemitz: When the mail slowed, Maine postal workers picked up their whistles
Without front-line workers willing to sound the alarm, the postal service crisis may have gone undetected far longer.