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In China, a Trump wax statue maker laments virus impact

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – For Zeng Sheng, the manager at Shanghai Maiyi Arts, this autumn should have been a boon for business: with the U.S. presidential election, demand for the centre’s wax replicas of Donald Trump should have been off the charts. Instead, the s... More »

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Trump gets verified account on TikTok competitor Triller

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller, another sign of the White House’s disfavor toward the ByteDance-owned video-sharing app. Triller is one of several TikTok alternatives that have experie... More »

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Pelosi considering recalling Congress over Post Office woes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may recall lawmakers from a summer recess to address changes at the Postal Service that have prompted anger among Democrats and alarm about possible impact on the 2020 election. A Democratic congressional ... More »

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Trump says Confederate flag proud symbol of U.S. South

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday, saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South. The Republican president was asked on “Fox News S... More »

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Twitter disables Trump tweet over copyright complaint

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late S... More »

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Reddit bans ‘The_Donald’ forum amid broad social media crackdown

(Reuters) – Social media site Reddit on Monday shut down r/The_Donald, a forum which long served as a popular online home base for fans of President Donald Trump, saying it violated the site’s hate speech rules. Other sites also conducted high-profile sweeps: ... More »

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Trump’s troop cut in Germany blindsided senior U.S. officials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s decision to cut U.S. troop levels in Germany blindsided a number of senior national security officials, according to five sources familiar with the matter, and the Pentagon had yet to receive a formal order to ca... More »

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Trump campaign rallies to start up again in next two weeks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to start holding campaign rallies again in the next two weeks, a Trump campaign official said on Monday, ending a three-month hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, who thrives on the ener... More »

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Obama, Biden not targeted in U.S. review of Russia probe, Barr says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Monday he does not expect a Justice Department review of the FBI’s handling of 2016 election interference to lead to criminal investigation of former President Barack Obama or former Vice Presid... More »

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Pence says he would welcome Trump ex-adviser Flynn’s return: Axios

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said he would welcome Michael Flynn’s return to the Trump administration after the U.S. Justice Department’s controversial move last week to drop criminal charges against the president’s former na... More »

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In leaked call, Obama describes Trump handling of virus as chaotic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a source said on Saturday. Obama has largely kept out of t... More »

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Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by t... More »

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Trump says will address national debt if re-elected: interview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to address the ballooning national debt if he wins re-election in November, but did not provide details on how he would do so. Asked if he had a debt reduction plan, Trump told con... More »

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Trump fires intelligence official involved in his impeachment probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year. In a letter to key lawmake... More »

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Trump negative for coronavirus again, says wearing masks okay

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he underwent a second coronavirus test on Thursday, using a new diagnostic that produced a result in less than 15 minutes, and it determined he has not been infected. “I think I took it really out of curiosity... More »

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Trump’s attack on GM over ventilators quickly turns to praise

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who excoriated General Motors Co on Friday and invoked emergency powers to compel the production of badly needed ventilators to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, has abruptly shifted gears to praise the automaker. ... More »

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Trump brags about high TV viewership of coronavirus briefings

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday bragged about the millions of people tuning in to view his daily press briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, saying on Twitter that his average ratings matched a season finale of “The Bachelor.” “Because the ‘... More »

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Trump says he will enter Saudi-Russia oil fray at appropriate time

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would get involved in the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia at the appropriate time, saying low gasoline prices were good for U.S. consumers even as they were hurting the indust... More »

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Trump considering full pardon for ex-adviser Michael Flynn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is considering a full pardon for his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia’s ambassador before Trump took offi... More »

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Trump promises farmers that China trade deal will be good for them

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – President Donald Trump sought on Sunday to assure American farmers and ranchers hit by a protracted tariff war with China that a trade agreement he signed with Beijing will lead to major purchases of U.S. agricultural products. Trump’... More »

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U.S. House files brief laying out impeachment case against Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. lawmakers managing the impeachment case against Donald Trump filed a brief on Saturday laying out their arguments supporting charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the president. The Democratic House of Re... More »

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Highlights: Key quotes from the U.S. House impeachment memo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Here are highlights from the 111-page House Impeachment Brief filed Saturday afternoon. ON IMPEACHMENT: “President Trump has demonstrated his continued willingness to corrupt free and fair elections, betray our national security, and sub... More »

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Trump impeachment: What happens next?

(Reuters) – The White House on Friday named members of President Trump’s defense team for his impeachment trial, which will begin in earnest next week. Here is what to look out for next as the proceedings advance. Jan. 20 * The House has until noon (1700 GMT) ... More »

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Trump to deliver State of the Union address on Feb. 4

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver his annual State of the Union speech on Feb. 4 after accepting an invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday. Pelosi extended the invitation for Trump to address a joint session of the U... More »

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U.S. lawmakers head home amid impasse over Trump impeachment trial

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers who control the fate of President Donald Trump left Washington for a holiday break on Friday with no agreement over how they will handle the Senate trial to consider his impeachment charges in January. Trump, a Republican,... More »

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Factbox: Trump impeachment – What happens next?

(Reuters) – Donald Trump became the third president in U.S. history to be impeached when the House of Representatives formally charged him on Wednesday with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The votes set up a trial in the Republican-controlled Senat... More »

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U.S. Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to shield financial records

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trump’s appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records, including tax returns, being handed over to Democratic-led House of Representatives committees and... More »

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Democrat lawmaker opposed to impeachment will switch parties: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic U.S. lawmaker who opposed his party’s moves to impeach President Donald Trump told staff on Saturday he will become a Republican as soon as next week, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the dis... More »

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Trump impeachment looms as U.S. House committee approves charges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political riv... More »

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Factbox: Trump impeachment trial – What happens next?

(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will take up impeachment charges against President Donald Trump next week after the House Judiciary Committee on Friday recommended two charges, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, to the full chamber. Here... More »

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Biden campaign attacks Trump policy on Saudi Arabia, North Korea

(Reuters) – Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched new attacks on Donald Trump on Sunday, advocating a reevaluation of U.S.-Saudi relations and calling North Korea’s apparent weapons test a “rebuke” to the U.S. president in a statement to Reuters.... More »

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Democrats zoom in on Trump impeachment charges this week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers could vote this week on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the House Judiciary Committee chairman said on Sunday as lawmakers sharpened their focus on charges of wrongdoing in his dealings with U... More »

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Schiff: focus on ‘overwhelming evidence’ in Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said on Sunday it was best to focus charges in the impeachment of President Donald Trump on where there was overwhelming evidence and not try to charge everything. “It’s always been my st... More »

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Democrats huddle to draft impeachment charges against Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Saturday to prepare for what could be the final week of their months-old impeachment inquiry that has imperiled Donald Trump’s presidency. After emerging from an all-day closed door m... More »

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Bromance or bad date? Trump, Macron trade barbs over tariffs, NATO

LONDON (Reuters) – They have hosted each other for state visits and dined at the Eiffel Tower, but the once-budding bromance between U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron looks to have turned into a bad date as they traded blows ahead of a N... More »

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White House stays mum about hearing participation as deadline passes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House made no public statement as of a 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) deadline on Sunday to say whether he would send legal counsel to participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week. Although the dead... More »

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Judges place temporary hold on ex-White House lawyer ruling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Appeals court judges put on hold a ruling by a lower court that would require former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify to lawmakers as part of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. McGahn, who left ... More »