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The Kenosha Shooting Suspect Was In The Front Row Of A Trump Rally In January — The law-enforcement obsessed 17-year-old who was charged with shooting and killing two people and injuring another in Kenosha during protests for Jacob Blake appeared in the front row at a Donald Trump rally in January.
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Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings — Footage appears to show a teenager shooting three people during protests in Wisconsin. We tracked his movements that night. — A teenager who walked among protesters in Kenosha, Wis., carrying a military-style semi-automatic rifle …
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Immigrants in Trump-Led Ceremony Didn't Know They Would Appear at RNC — Two women say they didn't mind being featured as they became citizens; critics accuse president of using them, politicizing government functions — Sudha Narayanan and Neimat Awadelseid looked forward to Tuesday …
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How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin — As residents see fires and looting, some worry that local Democratic leaders are failing to keep control of the situation. — John Geraghty, a 41-year-old worker in a tractor factory, has barely paid attention to the presidential race or the conventions.
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POLITICO Playbook: More than 100 Bush-McCain-Romney alums go for Biden — DRIVING THE DAY — IT'S THURSDAY, and President DONALD TRUMP will close the Republican convention this evening from the White House. And, as the GOP seeks to rally around TRUMP 68 DAYS before Election Day, here's what the world looks like:
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Alleged Kenosha Shooter Fervently Supported ‘Blue Lives,’ Joined ‘Local Militia’ — Despite wearing a full replica police uniform — complete with tie, bomber jacket and trooper hat — Kyle Rittenhouse looked a lot more like a Halloween trick-or-treater than an actual cop in the photo taken in 2017.


'It's playing into Trump's hands': Dems fear swing-state damage from Kenosha unrest
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An inescapable echo between Trump's campaign rhetoric and the deaths of protesters in Kenosha
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Woman who became a citizen on TV did not know she would be part of Republican National Convention

Kristi Noem says ‘Democrat-run cities’ are being ‘overrun by violent mobs’
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3 takeaways from the third night of the Republican National Convention — The Republican National Convention held its third of four prime-time sessions on Wednesday night, with Vice President Pence headlining and a younger generation of lesser-known Republicans featured on the undercard.
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Kellyanne Conway: Hurricane adds uncertainty to Trump speech — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump might postpone his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention due to concerns about Hurricane Laura's potentially devastating impact on the Gulf Coast.
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Pence reinvents Trump's presidency on a disorienting night of crises
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Pence addresses Kenosha in RNC speech: “The violence must stop”
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Republicans Insist Only Trump Can Stop This Chaos. But He's in Charge Now.
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Over 100 Ex-Staff Members for John McCain Endorse Joe Biden — The group endorsement of Mr. Biden is the latest effort from anti-Trump Republicans to lure conservatives and moderates away from the president, who often clashed with the former Arizona senator.
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Bush, McCain and Romney presidential staffers unite behind effort to elect Joe Biden
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McCain Alums endorse Joe Biden for President
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Trump calls for drug tests before Biden debate — President Trump says he will call for drug tests for both former Vice President Joe Biden and himself before the first candidates' debate on Sept. 29. In an Oval Office interview Wednesday, the president expressed suspicion at what he said was a sudden …
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Trump says election workers, not USPS, could lead to 2020 miscount — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is shifting his focus from the U.S. Postal Service in his concerns about potential fraud in mail-in voting, claiming problems with mailed ballots lie with local elections officials who are “going to count them wrong.”
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Trump's former spy chief: Being called a “nationalist” is not an insult
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Don Jr. robocall urges supporters to vote by mail
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TikTok chief Kevin Mayer quits after Trump threatens to ban app — Former Disney executive resigns just months after appointment by Chinese video platform — Kevin Mayer has quit TikTok just months after becoming chief executive of the Chinese video app accused by the Trump administration …
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TikTok Chief Executive Kevin Mayer Resigns
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits as Trump Pushes Chinese App to Sell U.S. Business
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Facebook chose not to act on militia complaints before Kenosha shooting — Multiple users reported the account for inciting violence, but were told it did not violate platform policy — In the wake of an apparent double murder Tuesday night in Kenosha, Facebook has faced a wave of scrutiny …
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Turmoil consumes Chamber of Commerce as it backs Democrats — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is poised to endorse nearly two dozen freshmen House Democrats for reelection, triggering a revolt within the right-leaning organization and drawing fierce pushback from the group's powerful GOP donors.
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Melania Trump's Ex-BFF Tells (Almost) All An insider's account of falling out with the First Lady. — Excerpted from Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship With the First Lady, by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff — I'd heard Melania Trump speak before. But I'd never heard her sound like this.


Iowa counties can't set up drop box systems for absentee ballots, secretary of state says — The Iowa Secretary of State's Office says county auditors cannot set up drop boxes to accept absentee ballots this fall — something several auditors say they did during this year's primary election.


China Secretly Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims — China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn't enough space to hold them. Then the government started building. — Copy … China has secretly built scores of massive new prison and internment camps …


More than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again — FILE - In this April 30 ,2020 file photo, a barber shop shows closed and hiring sign during the COVID-19 in Chicago. On Thursday, Aug. 27, just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week …
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Wisconsin authorities say there was knife in Jacob Blake's vehicle — Blake admitted he had a knife in his possession, which was found in the driver's side floorboard, police say. — Jacob Blake, the man wounded by a police officer In Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday, had a knife in his car …
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RNC Video Showing Rioters In “Biden's America” Is Actually Spain — On the first night of the Republican National Convention, the party aired a segment featuring Catalina and Madeline Lauf warning of dire consequences if Democratic candidate Joe Biden is elected president.
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Why Trump is giving Rudy a prime slot at the convention — Very few people have remained constant in President Donald Trump's orbit amid three years whipsawing between scandals. And then there's Rudy Giuliani. — The former New York City mayor has ties to two indicted Ukrainians …
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Unemployment Claims Remain Historically High — New applications for jobless benefits fell slightly to one million last week — Unemployment claims fell slightly to 1 million last week, signaling layoffs continue as the coronavirus hampers a smooth economic recovery.
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Trump's White House Convention May Be Coercing Staffers Into Violating The Hatch Act — While Trump is exempt from the law banning political activity by government workers in government facilities, hundreds of White House employees are not. — WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's insistence …