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A four-year timeline of Trump’s impact on science
Oct 15, 2020 14:43From travel bans to human spaceflight to the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump’s policies and actions have changed science. Since he took office in January 2017, Trump has not made science a priority; he has proposed massive cuts to many science agencies and took 19 months to nominate a science adviser. But his policies and actions have had strong impacts – many of them harmful – on researchers and issues related to science.
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Trump has made hundreds of millions from foreign business interests since 2016
Oct 12, 2020 16:24US President Donald Trump is making hundreds of millions from foreign business dealings during his time in the White House, an OpenSecrets analysis of personal financial disclosures found.
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Despite Trump’s boast, insulin in America among the most expensive liquids on earth
Oct 06, 2020 22:00Research shows that one in four Americans ration their insulin due to its cost, risking entering a diabetic coma and dying. Americans spend two to three times more on healthcare than other comparable countries, with some of the worst outcomes in the developed world. Tens of millions have no access to any form of healthcare at all.
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After mixed messages from White House, Trump says 'real test' ahead in his COVID fight
Oct 05, 2020 15:35US President Donald Trump said from his hospital room on Saturday Oct. 03 that he felt “much better” but the next few days will be “the real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, capping a day of contradictory messages from the White House about his condition.
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Trump’s properties billed taxpayers $1.1 million for secret service rentals
Sep 24, 2020 15:30Properties owned by US President Donald Trump have billed the U.S. Secret Service at least $1.1 million in rental stays and other charges since he took office more than three years ago, according to The Washington Post.
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What happens if Trump loses but refuses to concede?
Sep 22, 2020 22:09For months, US President Donald Trump has been planting the seed that he might not accept the result of the November presidential election should he lose to his Democratic rival, Joe Biden. Such a scenario would ensure months of civil unrest while posing a dilemma for the nation’s courts, Congress and the military.
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Trump wants to punish US cities that don’t pledge allegiance to him
Sep 07, 2020 15:48The Trump administration once again ratcheted up its war against the majority of Americans who didn’t vote for Donald J. Trump in 2016 and who don’t plan to vote for him in 2020: In a truly extraordinary move, Trump ordered the Justice Department and the Office of Management and Budget to work with federal agencies to identify “anarchist jurisdictions” with the intention of blocking them from receiving federal funds.
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Trump is placing letters in food aid boxes to boost his reelection campaign
Sep 06, 2020 09:49Millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table may discover a new item in government-funded relief packages of fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and meat: a letter signed by Donald Trump. The letter is the latest example of the US president blurring his official duties with his reelection campaign.
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As Trump pushes new tax cuts for wealthy, analysis shows US billionaires $800 billion richer since pandemic hit
Sep 03, 2020 18:52A new research found that between March 18 and August 20—a five-month period in which the economy tanked and tens of millions of people across the U.S. lost their jobs—the combined wealth of America's more than 600 billionaires jumped by $792 billion, bringing their collective net worth to a staggering $3.7 trillion.
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As GOP officially re-nominates Trump, poll shows 68% in US disapprove of president's pandemic response
Aug 26, 2020 15:43As the GOP's 2020 convention kicked off Monday August 24th and Republicans officially nominated President Donald Trump for reelection, new polling revealed that a bipartisan majority of Americans disapprove of how the president and federal government are handling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.