Mr Trump was asked by a reporter on Wednesday evening if he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power "win, lose or draw" to Democrat Joe Biden. "I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots," Mr Trump said. "And the ballots are a disaster." When the journalist countered that "people are rioting", Mr Trump interjected: "Get rid of the ballots, and you'll have a very - you'll have a very peaceful - there won't be a transfer, frankly, there'll be a continuation."

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The president said Monday he has narrowed his list of possible nominees to five women, and two have emerged as the frontrunners: Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa. The president told Fox News in an interview Monday he was also considering Judge Allison Jones Rushing, but at just 38 years old, she would likely face scrutiny over her age and experience.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides are “probably directing” a Russian foreign influence operation to interfere in the 2020 presidential election against former vice president Joe Biden, which involves a prominent Ukrainian lawmaker connected to President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, a top-secret CIA assessment concluded, according to two sources who reviewed it.

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President Trump was speaking at a rally in Ohio yesterday when he said the coronavirus "affects virtually nobody." Today, the U.S. reached the grim milestone of 200,000 COVID-19 deaths. The United States has for many months had the highest number of infections and deaths in the world, with more than 6.8 million confirmed cases as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

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The Justice Department labeled the cities of Portland, Ore., New York and Seattle as jurisdictions “that have permitted violence and destruction of property,” targeting them for possible cuts in federal funding.

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday abruptly reverted to its previous guidance about how corona virus is transmitted, removing language about airborne transmission it had posted just days earlier.

San Francisco's Catholic Archbishop is blasting City Hall over corona virus restrictions, prohibiting indoor worship services. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone says local officials are "mocking God" by refusing to let indoor masses take place.

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President Trump will likely name his Supreme Court pick on Saturday, as McConnell secures key support and vows to hold a vote ‘this year.’

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Attorney General William Barr suggested on Wednesday that the calls for a nationwide lock down to prevent the spread of the corona virus were the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties" in history "other than slavery."

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A federal judge Thursday granted a request to temporarily block new operational changes within the United States Postal Service that have been criticized as causing delayed mail delivery ahead of a presidential election which is predicted to bring in a record number of mail-in ballots.The injunction comes after several Democratic state attorneys general sued the USPS last month, claiming Postmaster General Louis DeJoy broke the law when he administered several sweeping policy changes that disrupted mail delivery nationally.

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Do you think Biden is fit to be president? John feels he did a splendid job tonight at his town hall.

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