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Trump pushes 'rigged election' conspiracy theory during Oval Office interview with right-wing media outlet

President Donald Trump spent nearly a half an hour talking with Breitbart News reporter Matthew Boyle on Monday, the website reported.

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Governors balk at Trump's executive order forcing them to pick up slack for pandemic stimulus

On Monday, The New York Times reported that multiple governors are upset about President Donald Trump's plan to extend unemployment benefits by executive order, saying that the plan forces them to come up with too much money for their budgets to afford.

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Man shot by Secret Service outside the White House was unarmed: CNN law enforcement sources

The person shot by Secret Service on Monday was reportedly unarmed.

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George Conway burns Trump supporters who are suckered by his lies

On Monday, writing for The Washington Post, conservative attorney and Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway excoriated Trump supporters, by writing a parody of what one might say in defense of the president.

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Nevada GOP blasted for allowing ‘dangerous lies’ by the Trump campaign about the state’s elections

Republicans were harshly criticized by veteran Nevada reporter Jon Ralson for telling "dangerous lies" about the state's upcoming 2020 election.

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'Driveling idiot' Trump slammed for 'disgusting' speech from White House briefing room

On Monday, President Donald Trump gave a news conference, briefly interrupted by a shooting just outside the White House grounds.

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Trump mocked for claiming the 1918 flu pandemic ended World War II

World War II ended in Europe following Benito Mussolini being executed and Adolf Hitler committing suicide. The war in the Pacific ended after Japan surrendered, following the U.S. detonating two atomic bombs.

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Right-wing OANN asks briefing question about Biden's VP pick — and Trump responds with accusations of ‘treason’

At Monday's press briefing, a reporter with the far-right One America News Network asked President Donald Trump what she called an "opinion question" — asking him to speculate whether former Vice President Joe Biden might choose ex-National Security Adviser Susan Rice as his running mate because she could help "cover up" the "Obamagate" conspiracy to use the intelligence system to sabotage him.

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Trump ripped for pushing capital gains tax cut during unemployment crisis: ‘Only rich people pay that tax’

President Donald Trump on Monday again floated the idea of a capital gains tax cut in response to the coronavirus economic crisis.

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‘Just a double-safety net’: Trump babbles about his executive order that just repeated federal law

At Monday's White House press briefing, Reuters correspondent Jeff Mason asked President Donald Trump why he plans to release an executive order to cover pre-existing conditions, given that the Affordable Care Act already ensured they were covered a decade before.

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Leaked Facebook documents show scope of QAnon conspiracy theorists on the social media platform

On Monday, NBC News reported that leaked documents from Facebook reveal QAnon conspiracy theorists have penetrated their social network on a scale not previously imagined.

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GOP senator: 'I hope' pandemic stimulus talks fail — so the government doesn't spend more money

On Monday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said that he "hopes" bipartisan talks on the next round of coronavirus pandemic stimulus break down — because he doesn't want the federal government to spend any more money on it.

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MSNBC panel mocks Trump for being too scared to put himself in his own campaign ads

One of the things that observers noticed with President Donald Trump’s campaign ads is that he’s no longer featured, instead only being included in the disclaimer that is legally mandated -- while there’s certainly no mention of the coronavirus.

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