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Inside Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump's epic bromance
Senate Democrats file ethics complaint against Hawley, Cruz
Florida bank says it has closed Trump's accounts
Fauci says it's 'liberating' working under Biden
Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem is a stunning vision of democracy
Is Donald Trump's brand 'radioactive' or will he reinvent himself once again
Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president on family Bible his son Beau used
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Donald Trump is turning on even his most devoted allies
Increasingly isolated, the president has lashed out at loyalists like Newsmax’s Chris Ruddy — “I could move your audience in a heartbeat” — and had to be pushed by advisers and allies, including Lindsey Graham, to call for a “smooth” transition as 25th Amendment and impeachment talk intensifies.


President Trump has been lying about his health for years
President Trump has been misleading the public about his own health ever since he issued an obviously bogus doctor’s note early on in his first run for president. Now, after years of overstating his own physical fitness and months of severely downplaying the threat of the coronavirus, Trump’s second campaign rests on asking Americans to take his word about his health. Trump’s late-night tweet announcing his positive COVID-19 diagnosis threw his campaign and presidency into unpredictable chaos.
Republicans are real threat to American democracy
QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19
Giuliani pleads ignorance on bombshell report
Polls undercount level of Trump support
Donald Trump Jr. fears his dad is going to lose the election

5 winners and 2 losers from the RNC’s first night
The first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention is in the books. The event was supposed to be in Charlotte, North Carolina (then Jacksonville, Florida), but mostly featured speeches delivered from a podium in Washington, DC. It felt a little odd, and not just because of the virus-required distancing.

Wave of extremist Republicans run for office
When Donald Trump congratulated Laura Loomer, an Islamophobe and conspiracy theorist, on her Republican congressional primary victory this week, it seemed to bring the president’s version of the Republican party full-circle to the start of his rise.

Why is Trump's circle so at odds with the law?
To live outside the law, Bob Dylan sang, you must be honest. It also helps, apparently, to stay as clear as possible from Donald Trump, whose inner circle of advisers has suffered steady attrition since 2017, through a series of encounters with the criminal justice system.

Algorithm found to 'actively promote' Holocaust denial
Facebook’s algorithm “actively promotes” Holocaust denial content according to an analysis that will increase pressure on the social media giant to remove antisemitic content relating to the Nazi genocide.

The rise of Kamala Harris
Bancroft Way in Berkeley, California, is quaint and slow, the kind of street where everyone seems to know each other by name. This week, neighbors sat outdoors drinking wine under the evening sun, as they chatted animatedly about their childhood companion who had just become headline news.
Shortnews
Josh Hawley delays quick confirmation
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced on Tuesday he would place a hold on Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Hawley, who has come under fire recently amid allegations that he played a role in the Capitol riot early this month, made the announcement just hours after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs wrapped its hearing with Mayorkas. The move delays the nomination of a post Democrats have argued is critical to fill immediately to protect national security.
EU leader calls Trump 'political pyromaniac'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cancelled a trip to Europe at the last minute after European officials were publicly critical of Donald Trump’s role in last week’s storming of the Capitol. The official reason for the cancellation of the trip, originally to Brussels and Luxembourg, was the need to coordinate with a transition team from the incoming Biden administration, but it comes after the unprecedented attack on American democracy that stunned many world leaders and US allies.
Trump should be removed immediately
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that Washington policymakers should act immediately to remove President Trump from office just two weeks before his term ends, citing "seditious" acts related to the president's role in encouraging the assault on the U.S. Capitol a day earlier. Pelosi said Vice President Mike Pence should invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump immediately. Short of that, she said, the House will impeach him for a second time.
Biden leads Trump Arizona, Minnesota
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gained a small lead over President Trump in the battleground state of Arizona and holds a larger 9-point lead over the president in Minnesota, according to a new poll. Biden is backed by 47 percent of likely voters in Arizona, compared to Trump’s 44 percent, according to a CBS News poll released Sunday. Biden’s 3-point lead is within the poll’s margin error. Biden has gained on Trump in Arizona since a similar poll conducted in July found the race tied, with 46 percent of likely voters backing both candidates.
Donald Trump is compromised by the Russians
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok told NBC’s Chuck Todd Sunday that he still believes President Trump to be “compromised by the Russians...I believed at the time in 2016 and I continue to believe that Donald Trump is compromised by the Russians,” Strzok said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And when I say that I mean that they hold leverage over him that makes him incapable of placing the national interest, the national security ahead of his own.”