“As Lyndon Johnson said, ‘I’m hunkered down like a mule in a hailstorm,’ ” says Dan Rather from his New York apartment. Now 88, the veteran reporter and newsman is holed up like many in his city, but he’s hardly silent. Although it’s been 14 years since he and CBS …
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When President Trump declared a national emergency over COVID-19 last Friday, he did so under the National Emergencies Act, which was also cited in his national-emergency ruse to fund the border wall in February 2019, and the Stafford Act, a 1988 disaster-relief law that allows the government to funnel the …
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Nevada is feeling the Bern. Fresh off popular-vote wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders has again racked up an early-state victory, this time in the Silver State. On the strength of support from younger voters and Hispanics, Sanders took Nevada in what appears to be a rout, likely …
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President Trump has long loathed the Academy Awards, viewing the ceremony as a teeming hive of the Hollywood elites who have categorically rejected him (except for Jon Voight). But he has a predictable new gripe with this year’s Oscars, which he aired Thursday night during a rally in Colorado. Trump …
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In matters concerning the impeachment trial, Republican senators have been warned: if they go against Trump they should be prepared to reap the whirlwind. “Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike,” a source told CBS News’ Nancy Cordes. The report did not say whether the …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Going into the 2020 election season, Americans are worried about the next wave of election interference, and they’re skeptical the U.S. government is doing enough to defend against those potential attacks, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. They’re right to be concerned. As a new Rolling …
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the intelligence community is hesitant to speak in an open hearing, as was the norm prior to the Trump administration, “because they’re worried about angering the president.” And, he said, the NSA and CIA are withholding documents from Congress and the Senate …
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In a debate expected to produce fireworks between front-runners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, the two Democrats instead joined forces to blast Donald Trump for not telling the truth on Iran. The debate in Iowa began with questioning from CNN’s hawkish host Wolf Blitzer, questioning the judgments and qualifications of …
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President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Mark Zuckerberg met over dinner at the White House in October, according to a report from NBC News citing a Facebook insider. Also in attendance was Peter Thiel, a Facebook board member, Trump donor and Silicon Valley financier who backed Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit …
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Reports are circulating — on Twitter and elsewhere— that Donald Trump has cancelled Native American Heritage Month and replaced it with a new designation: National American History and Founders Month. They’re wrong. On Thursday, Trump continued a tradition started by President George H.W. Bush back in 1990 and declared the …
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