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New York Attorney General hints at plan to obtain Trump's presidential records

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is investigating the Trump Organization for potential fraud, suggested this week that she could seek presidential records once Donald Trump leaves office.

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Trump appointee pushed for millions more COVID infections as part of 'herd immunity' plan: emails

A Trump-appointed official at the Department of Health and Human Services pushed for the government to allow millions more people to get infected with the novel coronavirus as a way to achieve "herd immunity."

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Melania Trump breaks children's hospital COVID policy by removing mask while reading to sick kids

While visiting Children's National Hospital this Tuesday, First Lady Melania Trump broke the hospital's mask policy when she removed her face covering to read a book to children, according to ABC 7.

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The View’s Whoopi Goldberg scorches Fox News scaremongering about Joe Biden and ‘socialism’

Fox News and Republican lawmakers are already starting in on President-elect Joe Biden as secret socialist, and "The View" host Whoopi Goldberg isn't having it.

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'You lied repeatedly!' Ron Johnson's sham election hearing goes off the rails as shouting match breaks out

A Senate Homeland Committee hearing on election irregularities went off the rails on Wednesday after Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) began shouting at ranking member Gary Peters (D-MI).

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Trump's 'downplay and denial' of COVID-19 named 'Lie of the Year' by top fact checkers

Politifact has awarded its annual "Lie of the Year" to President Donald Trump and his political allies for spreading misinformation about the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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'Irresponsible and dangerous': Far-right GOP congressman-elect slammed for calling COVID 'a phony pandemic'

Although the coronavirus pandemic has killed over 300,000 people in the United States, the far right is full of COVID-19 deniers who continue to downplay the pandemic's severity. One of them is congressman-elect Bob Good, who described COVID-19 as a "phony pandemic" during a December 12 speech at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.

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US retail sales fall 1.1 percent in November as virus surges

US retail sales fell sharply in November, according to government data released Wednesday, a further sign of economic trouble as Covid-19 cases climb and lawmakers remain deadlocked on approving economic stimulus.

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CNN host shreds Trump for 'tweeting about Fox News commercials' while staying silent on Russian hack

CNN's Jim Sciutto on Wednesday knocked President Donald Trump for seemingly blowing off his duties as president while focusing entirely on his personal grievances about losing the 2020 presidential election.

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Dem blisters Ron Johnson for election stunt: 'This hearing gives a platform to conspiracy theories'

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) on Wednesday blasted Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for holding a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing with unproven allegations about voter fraud in the 2020 election.

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Pompeo forced into quarantine after hosting indoor holiday party at the State Department

On Wednesday, ABC News' Conor Finnegan reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in quarantine after possible exposure to COVID-19.

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Trump supporters seethe at GOP pollster after he schools the president on basic arithmetic

Longtime GOP polling guru Frank Luntz on Wednesday schooled President Donald Trump on basic arithmetic -- and the president's supporters were not happy about it.

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'One more betrayal': Barr’s resignation was yet another attack on the rule of law – according to these top legal experts

In the wake of Attorney General Bill Barr's resignation this Monday, Norman Eisen and Donald Ayer write in the Washington Post that no one should think Barr's stepping down was a principled act.

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