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Will Donald Trump’s final act be defining the presidency downward?
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In the space of 30 minutes on Thursday afternoon, the two candidates for president both put out statements on the ongoing 2020 vote count. Here's what Joe Biden said: "Be patient, folks. Votes are being counted, and...
Donald Trump’s seat-of-his-pants presidency hurtles toward the debates
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It's been a cataclysmic week for President Donald Trump, with a damning Atlantic report detailing the President's disparaging comments about military veterans and Bob Woodward's reporting about how he sought to "dow...
14 lingering questions about Donald Trump, coronavirus and the future of his presidency
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The 72 hours between President Donald Trump's acknowledgment early Friday morning that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and his wildly irresponsible parade by supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Mili...
What Joe Biden’s choice for chief of staff says about his plans for the presidency
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RESOLVED: The single most important personnel decision a newly elected president makes is who will serve as their chief of staff. The pick not only reveals how the president-elect views himself -- his strengths, hi...
Trump’s been playing the pardon long game his entire presidency
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More than a year and a half ago, special counsel Robert Mueller had caught on to what President Donald Trump might do with his pardon power. "Why would I take it off the table?" Trump had said at the height of inves...
This is a stunning and historic rebuke of Donald Trump’s presidency
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The New England Journal of Medicine is, as the name suggests, mostly focused on, well, medicine. Which makes what it published this week all the more important and impactful. In an editorial titled "Dying in a Leade...
Obama returns to the campaign trail, rallying support for Biden in hopes of ending Trump’s presidency
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Philadelphia Barack Obama had always intended to sit out the first presidential election of his post-presidency, taking heed of the private guidance given to him from Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush. O...
Trump shows transition will be as turbulent as his presidency
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The question is not whether President Donald Trump is leaving. It's how much destruction, revenge and chaos he will wreak on the way out the door. Trump's refusal to concede the election, delusional tweets about sta...
How 24 hours changed the Biden presidency
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Before Wednesday in Washington, President-elect Joe Biden's fundamental challenge upon assuming office was this: How to navigate a divided Congress on everything from his Cabinet picks to his policy agenda. After a ...
This is always how the Trump presidency was going to end
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It was once said about a famous TV personality that when he left a job, he didn't burn bridges with his past employer, he napalmed them. That's exactly what Donald Trump is doing in the final weeks of his presidency...
As White House scrambles on Afghanistan, Biden faces some of most dire days of his presidency
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Two photographs of President Joe Biden this week neatly illustrated the White House's fight to contain the fallout of the biggest crisis of his presidency. In the first, he sat alone at Camp David, staring upwards a...
Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte says the presidency is no job for a woman
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Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday declared the presidency was no job for a woman because of their emotional differences to men, and dismissed speculation his daughter would succeed him next year. "My dau...
Lara Trump: Truth about Hunter Biden’s artwork could be ‘very damaging’ to Biden presidency
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FORMER OBAMA ETHICS OFFICIAL SLAMS BIDEN WHITE HOUSE FOR AVOIDING QUESTIONS ON HUNTER BIDEN'S ARTWORK LARA TRUMP: The more condescending and dismissive Jen Psaki is with her response to a reporter's question, it's pr...
Texas Mayor blasts Biden for a ‘failed presidency’
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Donald McLaughlin: It’s pretty much a clown show. I mean, the border is wide open, and all of the checkpoints are closed, from west Texas to Del Rio. The foot traffic increased tenfold. The human smuggling has increa...
Russia-Ukraine crisis offers Biden moment to save his presidency
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Expectations that this exercise in diplomacy will deliver a better night’s sleep for the White House are low. Still, President Biden has a real opportunity here. Global events could well push the next catastrophe for...
Pacquiao files bid for presidency as Philippine race heats
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Elections officials placed heavy restrictions to prevent the Oct. 1-8 registration period from drawing huge crowds of political supporters and becoming hotbeds for coronavirus infections. Aside from the presidency an...