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• Republican Party is now more illiberal and resembles authoritarian parties in India, Hungary and Turkey, study says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Oct 2020
• Trump's 'epic meltdown' on 60 minutes revealed as CBS releases full interview with president

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Oct 2020
• 'We're not going to get control of the pandemic': White House chief of staff says focus is on vaccines and therapeutics

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• Democrats planning 30-hour 'digital filibuster' to try to stop Amy Coney Barrett being confirmed

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• Biden slams Trump for not telling truth on Covid risks: 'The American people don't panic, he panicked'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• Most Americans see Trump as a coronavirus super-spreader and dishonest about Covid, poll finds

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• Obama mocks Trump for walking out of 60 Minutes interview as he rallies Biden supporters in Miami

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• Trump says 'in many ways it's foolish' to test for Covid after US suffers record number of new cases

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Oct 2020
• Trump-Biden debate: Snap poll gives clear double-digit victory to Democrat

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  Published on 23rd Oct 2020
• Half of all Americans want Trump criminally investigated after presidency, Independent poll finds

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 22nd Oct 2020
• Coronavirus: 8 million more Americans in poverty due to pandemic

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  Published on 21st Oct 2020
• Ivanka Trump mocked for saying she's been using pandemic to learn guitar, as eight million fall into poverty | ‘Lucky she doesn’t have to worry about rent or food,’ says one Twitter user

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 21st Oct 2020
• Trump campaign strapped for cash after ‘stupidly burning through $1bn’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 20th Oct 2020
• If Trump loses, the lame duck session will be our punishment

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 20th Oct 2020
• Gretchen Whitmer accuses Trump of 'inciting domestic terrorism' for attacking her in wake of kidnap plot. ‘It is dangerous, not just for me and my family, but for public servants everywhere,’ says Whitmer

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Oct 2020
• Trump insists he doesn't owe Russia money as he refuses to reveal financial details at town hall

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• Trump claims Michigan governor 'wants to be dictator' as critics say he encouraged kidnapping attempt

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• Biden says drug users should not be jailed as he admits crime bill was a mistake at town hall

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• Trump tries to blame Fauci for his decision to not wear a mask

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• Trump 'doesn't know' if he took test on debate day despite guaranteeing he'd done one

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  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• White House was told Russia targeted Giuliani to feed misinformation to Trump, report says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Oct 2020
• White House economic advisers warned investors about pandemic, but not American public

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  Published on 15th Oct 2020
• Rudy Giuliani staffers accidentally upload video of him being racist

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  Published on 15th Oct 2020
• Trump campaign events linked to new coronavirus cases in Minnesota

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  Published on 14th Oct 2020
• Trump falsely claims Virginia governor Ralph Northam ‘executed a baby’

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  Published on 9th Oct 2020
• 'They knew and they covered it up': Harris slams Pence over coronavirus in VP debate

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  Published on 8th Oct 2020
• 'Mr Vice President, I'm speaking': Harris stops Pence interrupting her at debate

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  Published on 8th Oct 2020
• 'Who does Trump owe money to?': Kamala Harris calls out president in VP debate with Mike Pence

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  Published on 8th Oct 2020
• Trump coronavirus: Morning Joe host says president could be guilty of ‘manslaughter’ if he infects Secret Service and White House staff — ‘At some point isn’t this manslaughter?’ Ms Brzezinski said.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Oct 2020
• Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani ‘spotted maskless at Manhattan fundraiser’ after coughing through Fox News interview

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Oct 2020
• It looks increasingly likely that Amy Coney Barrett won’t be confirmed before Election Day

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Oct 2020
• Biden says Trump's 'stand by' comment to Proud Boys was 'clarion call' for white supremacists

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  Published on 6th Oct 2020
• Coronavirus: Memorial held outside White House in honour of more than 200,000 Americans killed by Covid

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  Published on 5th Oct 2020
• Melania Trump caught on tape talking about children separated at border: ‘Give me a f***ing break’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 2nd Oct 2020
• Trump rows back and says he 'doesn't know who the Proud Boys are' after debate outrage

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 1st Oct 2020
• Presidential debates organisers to overhaul format after chaotic Trump v Biden clash

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  Published on 1st Oct 2020
• Police arrest Proud Boy member on assault and gun charges hours after Trump refuses to denounce white supremacy

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  Published on 1st Oct 2020
• Trump refuses to denounce white supremacism and instead tells Proud Boys to ‘stand back and stand by'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 30th Sep 2020
• 'Did I dream Herman Cain's death?': Trump slammed for claiming campaign rallies don't spread coronavirus

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  Published on 30th Sep 2020
• Trump refuses to take questions at White House event after bombshell tax revelations.

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  Published on 29th Sep 2020
• Trump's refusal to commit to the election result is his ultimate assault on US democracy

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  Published on 24th Sep 2020
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Encourage Americans to 'Reject Hate Speech' and Vote in US Election

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  Published on 23rd Sep 2020
• ‘You run our country like an eight-year-old’: Ilhan Omar condemns Trump after racist attack at rally

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  Published on 23rd Sep 2020
• ‘It affects the elderly. That’s it’: Trump makes outlandish coronavirus claims as supporters boo masks at Ohio rally

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  Published on 22nd Sep 2020
• Trump mocks RBG’s dying wish and claims it was invented by ‘Pelosi or Schumer'

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  Published on 21st Sep 2020
• Trump’s gene comments ‘indistinguishable from Nazi rhetoric’, expert on Holocaust says

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  Published on 21st Sep 2020
• Cries of 'white power' and 'f*** black lives' heard at pro-Trump rally

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 21st Sep 2020
• Biden calls on Trump to step down over his coronavirus response as he holds first town hall

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Sep 2020
• Trump said corona virus was good because he didn’t have shake hands with ‘disgusting people’, claims ex-White House aide

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Sep 2020
• Bill Barr 'wanted to arrest Seattle mayor over BLM protests' - Attorney general also reportedly asked for protesters to be charged with sedition

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 17th Sep 2020
• New Woodward tape reveals Trump ‘bailed’ on meeting over sneeze

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Sep 2020
• 'Please stop and let me finish my question': Town hall questioner reacts to Trump interrupting her

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Sep 2020
• ‘No citizen is above the law’: New York lawmakers want to make it easier to prosecute ex-presidents for crimes they commit in office

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 15th Sep 2020
• Trump repeats California 'forest management' is to blame for wildfires despite it being dismissed as 'devastating lie'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 14th Sep 2020
• Trump hosting of large indoor rally condemned as 'negligent homicide'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 14th Sep 2020
• DHS official told to stop analysis on Russia election interference because it 'made the president look bad', whistleblower complaint claims

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 10th Sep 2020
• 'Bring it': Trump rape accuser E Jean Carroll defiant over Justice Department move to defend him

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 9th Sep 2020
• Trump says he opposes using the 1619 Project to teach about slavery because 'we grew up with a certain history'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 8th Sep 2020
• Michael Cohen claims Trump ogled his 15-year-old daughter in new memoir

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Sep 2020
• Trump campaign criticised for mocking Biden while he visited family grave — Biden’s late son, first wife and daughter are buried in cemetery

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Sep 2020
• A third of Republicans believe QAnon theory of deep state paedophile cannibals is 'mostly true', poll finds

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 3rd Sep 2020
• Trump suggests supporters commit electoral fraud by trying to vote twice

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 3rd Sep 2020
• Trump’s performance at the Republican convention reminds me of Saddam Hussein – nationalism at its worst | The last few nights of political discourse in the US represents a toxic strain of American nationalism that feeds on violence and myths of superiority

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 31st Aug 2020
• Protests erupt outside White House as Trump prepares to speak at RNC

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 28th Aug 2020
• Trump had public meltdown over missed call from Putin, former No 10 aide says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 27th Aug 2020
• ‘We’re losing, dude, and we’re going to get really hurt’: Trump Jr believes father will be defeated by Biden, report says

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Aug 2020
• Trump promised pardons for staff who broke law following his orders, former official says. Former official claims president wanted US-Mexico border closed and was willing to pardon anyone who would make it happen

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Aug 2020
• RNC: Guests invited to Melania Trump’s speech ‘were not tested for coronavirus before entering White House’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Aug 2020
• Melania Trump says US deserves 'total honesty' from president despite husband’s 20,000 untruths in office

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Aug 2020
• Eric Trump falsely claims his father achieved Middle East peace and ended America's wars in RNC speech.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 26th Aug 2020
• Eric Trump should be forced to testify about Trump Org after abruptly cancelling interview, says New York AG | Investigation is looking into improper valuations of Trump-owned properties

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 25th Aug 2020
• Rachel Maddow 'chilled' by Mary Trump's prediction of 2020 election outcome | Political experts fear street-level violence if Mr Trump refuses to leave office

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 23rd Aug 2020
• Joe Biden ‘hit a home run’ with powerful DNC speech, Fox News hosts say - Democratic nominee won over various hostile commentators and left others silent

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 21st Aug 2020
• Trump says he'll send police to polling stations to monitor voter fraud - Sheriffs, law enforcement, and US attorneys may all be deployed to prevent fraudulent in-person voting – despite evidence that voter fraud is vanishingly rare

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 21st Aug 2020
• ‘The worst president’: 95-year-old Republican World War II veteran says he regrets voting for Trump and now backs Biden

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 21st Aug 2020
• ‘I have no idea’: Trump baffled when questioned about ‘culture of lawlessness’ surrounding him. ‘Respectfully, sir, it’s not just Steve Bannon. It’s Roger Stone, it’s Michael Flynn, it’s Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 21st Aug 2020
• Kirsten Dunst baffled after featuring on Kanye West's campaign poster: 'Why am I a part of it?'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 20th Aug 2020
• Laura Loomer: Far-right ‘proud Islamophobe’ wins Republican primary in Florida - Extremist candidate has been banned from Twitter, Uber and Lyft for expounding hateful views

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 19th Aug 2020
• Trump was 'infuriated' by efforts to stop Russian election meddling, ex-DHS official alleges

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 19th Aug 2020
• 'Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfs': Bernie Sanders calls on supporters to back Biden against threat of second Trump term

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Aug 2020
• 'What we saw was terrifying': Former senior Trump official Miles Taylor endorses Joe Biden in damning video

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 18th Aug 2020
• 'He conned me': Pennsylvania farmer who voted for Trump in 2016 to speak at DNC

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 17th Aug 2020
• ‘No way to spin that’: Mitt Romney blames Trump administration for surge in US coronavirus deaths

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 16th Aug 2020
• 'From golden showers to tax fraud': Michael Cohen releases explosive foreword to Trump book

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 14th Aug 2020
• Trump calls Kamala Harris a ‘mad woman’ and bizarrely claims Democrats want to abolish ‘any kind of animals’ and ‘tear down’ Empire State Building

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Aug 2020
• 'The President is afraid of the American people': Pelosi says Trump is trying to rig election by undermining USPS because he knows he can't win

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Aug 2020
• AOC challenges Trump to release his college transcript after he called her a 'poor student' on Fox News | 'You release your college transcript, I’ll release mine, and we’ll see who was the better student. Loser has to fund the Post Office,' New York congresswoman tweets

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 13th Aug 2020
• 'Let's go win this thing': Obama and Sanders lead reaction to Kamala Harris VP announcement, as NAACP brands it ‘defining moment in US history’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 12th Aug 2020
• Trump calls Kamala Harris 'nasty' in record time and suggests she lied about smoking cannabis while listening to Snoop Dogg

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 12th Aug 2020
• Trump’s attorney general under fire for calling Black Lives Matter ‘Bolshevik' and 'fascistic'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 11th Aug 2020
• 'You better watch out if Trump is reelected': Critics warn new executive orders will 'defund' Medicare and social security

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 10th Aug 2020
• Trump mocked after calling Thailand ‘Thighland’ in latest speech blunder

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Aug 2020
• Kanye West appears to admit his presidential campaign is being run to hurt Joe Biden

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 7th Aug 2020
• One American is dying every 80 seconds from coronavirus as Trump shrugs off death toll: 'It is what it is'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 6th Aug 2020
• Trump claims 2020 election results may not be known for 'years'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 5th Aug 2020
• Trump refers to deadly Beirut explosions as 'terrible attack' - despite no evidence incident was deliberate

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 5th Aug 2020
• Trump says he supports Florida mail-in voting because state has had two 'good Republican governors'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 5th Aug 2020
• Coronavirus: Trump pushes school re-openings by insisting children 'virtually immune'

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 5th Aug 2020
• Trump dismisses legacy of civil rights hero John Lewis: ‘He didn’t come to my inauguration’ — President also repeated his unfounded claim that he has done more for black Americans than anybody else.

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 4th Aug 2020
• Trump says Jeffrey Epstein may have been murdered and again wishes Ghislaine Maxwell ‘well’

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 4th Aug 2020
• Trump will use emergency powers to remain in White House if he loses election, says House majority whip

  (independent.co.uk)

  Published on 3rd Aug 2020