Tag: claims
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Trump claims Democrats are more dangerous than U.S. foreign adversaries
Former President Donald Trump called Democrats and others who have opposed or investigated him “the enemy from within” in an interview that aired Sunday, describing them as more dangerous than major foreign adversaries of the United States, including Russia and China. Trump specifically singled out those whom he called “lunatics that we have inside, like…
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Trump and Putin have talked as many as 7 times since 2021, new book claims
Former President Donald Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times since leaving the White House, including as recently as this year, according to new reporting by journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward makes the claims in his forthcoming book, “War,” a dramatic account of the White House under President Joe Biden…
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House GOP chairman demands FEMA accountability for Hurricane Helene after flooding claims more than 200 lives
The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be catastrophic flooding. Helene made landfall in Big Bend, Florida, on Sept. 26, causing flooding that devastated North Carolina, Tennessee and other Southern states and claimed more than 200 lives. In…
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Trump falsely claims he was endorsed by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
Former Donald Trump on Friday falsely claimed in a social media post that he had been endorsed by longtime JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. A representative for Dimon said he hasn’t endorsed anyone in the 2024 presidential race, and Trump quickly tried to distance himself from the claim. Trump first posted about the endorsement on his…
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False claims about FEMA disaster funds and migrants pushed by Trump
False claims that federal emergency disaster money was given to migrants in the U.S. illegally have spread quickly in recent days, boosted by former President Donald Trump and some of his most high-profile supporters. Trump repeated one of the more extreme baseless allegations during a rally Thursday in Saginaw, Michigan, saying that the money had…
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Trump claims new Jack Smith filing is election interference. Here’s how it became public.
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and his campaign have accused special counsel Jack Smith of violating long-standing Justice Department norms by including new revelations about the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in a filing released Wednesday. In reality, a federal judge, not Smith, made the decision to release that filing…
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Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Tuesday night claimed — in contradiction of history — that his running mate, former President Donald Trump, “salvaged Obamacare,” the health insurance program that Trump tried to kill. During the vice presidential debate on CBS against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Ohio senator echoed Trump’s own recent revisionism.…
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FBI to pay $22 million to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy
The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception “to control their moods.” The payout to…
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UNLV QB quits, claims ‘commitments’ were unfulfilled in what could be first midseason pay dispute in college football
UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka quit his undefeated football team on Tuesday, claiming undisclosed ‘commitments’ to him weren’t fulfilled in what could be first midseason pay dispute the sport’s history. While college athletes are not directly paid by universities, the NCAA in 2021 opened the door for players to profit from their name, likeness and image…
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Local Republicans reject Trump’s claims about Haitian immigrants in their towns
Camera Bartolotta knew she had to say something. The Republican state senator in Pennsylvania caught wind that former President Donald Trump was targeting a small town in her district as part of his new focus on recent Haitian immigration to red America. At a rally earlier this month, Trump mentioned that Charleroi, with a population…