North Carolina

Trump defies virus rules as ‘peaceful protest’ rallies grow

11:14 am September 15, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is running as the law and order candidate. But that hasn’t stopped him and his campaign from openly defying state emergency orders and flouting his own administration’s coronavirus guidelines as he holds ever-growing rallies in battleground states. Democratic governors and local leaders have urged the president to reconsider the events, warning […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House

10:47 pm September 12, 2020

Washington: Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump is going on the offence this weekend in Nevada, which hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. Trump is confronting local authorities by holding public events Saturday and Sunday after state officials blocked his initial plans for rallies in Reno and Las Vegas because they would have violated coronavirus health guidelines. […]

Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump and Biden run vastly different pandemic campaigns

9:24 pm September 9, 2020

Winston-Salem: North Carolina caps outdoor gatherings at 50 people to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but don’t tell that to President Donald Trump. He basked in a largely maskless crowd of several thousand supporters during a campaign rally in this critical state. “As far as the eye can see,” Trump said, reveling at […]

Russian interference could theoretically cost Democrats presidential elections: Kamala Harris

11:32 pm September 6, 2020

Washington: Russian interference could theoretically cost Democrats the presidential elections, party’s vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris said on Sunday. “I am clear that Russia interfered in the election of president of the United States in 2016,” Harris told CNN in an interview. “I serve on the Senate Intelligence Committee. We have published detailed reports about exactly what we believe happened. And I do […]

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

10:17 pm September 3, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is facing a backlash for urging voters in North Carolina to vote by mail and then try to vote again in person to test the mail-in ballot system in the Nov. 3 election. Trump was asked by a television reporter during his trip Wednesday to Wilmington, North Carolina, if he had […]