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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Under Trump, citizenship and visa agency focuses on fraud

11:53 pm November 1, 2020

Sandiego: The head of the agency handling citizenship and visa applications was surprised when he faced blowback for cutting a reference to the U.S. being a “nation of immigrants” in its mission statement. The son of a Peruvian immigrant added language about “protecting Americans” instead. L. Francis Cissna argued that America is indisputably a nation of immigrants but that U.S. […]

In campaign’s final days, Trump hopes rallies mean big votes

7:08 pm November 1, 2020

Butler: President Donald Trump is mounting one final test of whether the massive crowds that often show up at his signature rallies will translate into votes as he finishes the final 48 hours of his re-election campaign with a dizzying onslaught of events in the battleground states that could decide the race. The president will hold five […]

Protests flare in Philadelphia after police kill Black man

12:16 am October 28, 2020

Philadelphia: More than a dozen people were arrested and more than 30 officers injured in protests stemming from the police shooting death of a Black man they say refused their orders to drop a knife in a confrontation captured on video, Philadelphia police said on Tuesday. The man, identified by city officials as Walter Wallace, 27, […]

Trump charges into battleground states despite rising virus

12:35 am October 27, 2020

Allentown: President Donald Trump on Monday embarked on a final-week charge through nearly a dozen states ahead of the election, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the US and a fresh outbreak in his own White House. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, is holding far fewer events in an effort to demonstrate that he’s taking the worsening pandemic seriously. […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Surging coronavirus colors White House race in closing days

6:15 am October 25, 2020

Dallas: President Donald Trump assured supporters packed shoulder to shoulder Saturday that “we’re rounding the turn” on the coronavirus — despite spiking cases — and mocked challenger Joe Biden for raising alarms about the pandemic. Meanwhile, Biden bemoaned to a smaller gathering the need to campaign at a distance but said he understood the public […]