The Supreme Court last month rejected claims by the president’s lawyers that he cannot be criminally investigated while in office.
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White House explores Trump acting on his own on coronavirus relief
The White House is concerned about the economic impact of Friday’s expiration of $600-a-week supplemental benefits.
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Nevada lawmakers OK sending mail ballots to all voters; Trump slams move
Nevada joins seven states that plan on automatically sending voters mail ballots.
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Trump may order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok
Published reports say the president may soon order the sale because of national-security concerns, and Microsoft is in talks to buy the hit video app.
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Unemployed Americans losing $600 in benefits as talks stall
The White House chief of staff says Democrats rejected reasonable offers, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi derides Republicans for trying to advance a short-term fix.
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Trump floats idea of delaying election, a virtual impossibility
The date of the presidential election – the Tuesday after the first Monday in November – is enshrined in federal law and would require an act of Congress to change.
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Barr defends aggressive federal response to protests
The hearing marks the attorney general’s first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, bringing him face-to-face with a panel that is holding hearings on what Democrats say is politicization of the Justice Department under his watch.
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Jim Fossel: Trump deserves credit for standing up to China
Beijing is appropriately considered an adversary by this administration, which hasn’t always been the case.
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Trump calls off Florida segment of Republican National Convention
The president cites a ‘flare-up’ of the coronavirus, but some delegates will still gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, to formally renominate him on Aug. 24.
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Ralph Nader: Five reasons to call for Donald Trump’s resignation
Waiting for the results of the next election gives the president too many months in power to do mischief.