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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump ‘running angry’; attacks polls, press and Dr. Fauci

11:00 am October 20, 2020

Tucson, Arizona: An angry President Donald Trump came out swinging Monday against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the press and polls that show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden in key battleground states in a disjointed closing message two weeks out from Election Day. On the third day of a western campaign swing, Trump was facing intense pressure […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Florida begins early voting with no major problems reported

9:20 pm October 19, 2020

Fort Lauderdale: Floridians began early voting in much of the state Monday with no serious problems reported as the Trump campaign tries to cut into an early advantage Democrats have posted in mail-in votes in the key swing state. Many polling sites had long lines before dawn as voters awaited their opening. One county had […]

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

Outrage over mispronunciation of Kamala Harris’ name, supporters launch online campaign

3:18 pm October 18, 2020

Washington: Outraged over the mispronunciation of Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris‘ name by a Republican Senator from Georgia, her supporters launched an online campaign with the hashtags ‘MyNameIs’ and ‘IstandwithKamala’. During an election rally of US President Donald Trump on Saturday in Macon City in Georgia, a battleground state, Senator David Perdue mispronounced 55-year-old Harris’ name. “KAH’-mah-lah? Kah-MAH’-lah? Kamala-mala-mala? I don’t know. Whatever,” he told […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections

2:59 pm October 18, 2020

Tehran: A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States. While insisting it planned no “buying spree,” Iran in theory can purchase weapons to upgrade military armament dating […]

Twitter CEO says it was wrong to block links to Joe Biden story

Twitter CEO says it was wrong to block links to Biden story

10:06 pm October 16, 2020

New York: Twitter was wrong to block weblinks to an unverified political story, CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday, as the company responded to criticism over its handling of the story that had prompted cries of censorship from the right. “Straight blocking of URLs was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to fix,” […]