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White House & economy, Bloomberg. Views are my own. Reach out! e: jwingrove4 @bloomberg .net. Insta: josh_wingrove.

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Josh Wingrove
4 years
"She also is a Rhodes scholar," Trump's @PressSec says of Amy Coney Barrett, who did not receive a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, but instead received her BA from Rhodes College in Tennessee.
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BTS anticipation seems high
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BTS is here.
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Fauci to CNN: "I'm actually disturbed and concerned about the fact that our baseline of infections is still stuck at 40,000 cases a day. That's no place to be."
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McEnany ends her first press briefing in weeks by telling CNN's @kaitlancollins : "I don't call on activists." (She'd just called on @ChanelRion .) Collins replied: "That's not doing your job, your taxpayer-funded job."
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Pfizer says it has "millions more doses" of its vaccine waiting in a warehouse for the U.S. government to tell it where to send it, via @TheTerminal . "As of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses," Pfizer said.
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(Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lowered its forecast for U.S. economic growth after Senator Joe Manchin said Sunday he won’t support the $2 trillion tax-and-spending plan that’s the heart of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.
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Senator Kyrsten Sinema, pictured here playing a character who sets out to purposefully tank her team
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Mitt Romney
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Biscuits with the boss.
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The White House -- after holding a big outdoor signing ceremony this week, only rarely wearing masks and traveling to big rallies, some of them indoors -- is now declining comment on reports that members of the administration have tested positive for the virus.
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Canada released a report on legal weed today. The authors needed a way to compare the maximum size of a licensed "micro-cultivation" area. And lo, in all its Canadian glory:
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My sincere respect to the translator, who has been taking notes as AMLO speaks without pausing for periodic translation. (7 minutes and counting!)
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Germany had 279 new cases yesterday, Denmark had 12, Norway had 3, Sweden had 302. The U.S. had 58,000, which was a record daily high.
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Donald J. Trump
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In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!
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Annnnnnnnnnnd Trump's rally is again playing 'Fortunate Son' at tonight's rally -- a song sharply critical of powerful people who avoided serving in Vietnam, like Trump did. I wrote about the song's author being dumbfounded Trump was using it:
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Biden, asked about Trump dining with White supremacist Nick Fuentes: “You don’t want to hear what I think.”
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3 years
Obama statement.
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The briefing room is… not typically this occupied.
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2 years
The official White House transcript:
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Trump returns, on the @POTUS account, and says he is looking "at the possibilities of building out our own platform in the near future."
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Tucker Carlson is distancing himself from Trump sharply tonight -- saying that Trump is on his way out and that Trump only thinks about Trump. He told his viewers that they should ask themselves: who's thinking about them? Channeling Trump populism into his own, in other words.
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President Trump has departed the White House. They haven't said where he's going (but it all suggests golf). The secret service positioned their SUVs on an angle to block photographers' shot. They don't usually do that.
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Hospitalization rates among the unvaccinated and vaccinated, via the @CDCDirector .
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4 years
quittttttttte the pause.
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3 years
The U.S. has said, and is reiterating this morning (Kirby just now on CNN), that the aircraft left behind were left inoperable, fwiw. "They can look all they want but they can't fly them," Kirby told CNN.
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#Taliban fighters enter a hangar in #Kabul Airport and examine #chinook helicopters after #US leaves #Afghanistan .
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Josh Wingrove
4 years
McEnany later acknowledged, asked by @justinsink , that she meant that Coney Barrett attended Rhodes College. "My bad," she said.
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4 years
I should add: Coney Barrett graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame and was the top student in her law class there, per the school. In other words, she's not someone who needs some, er, topspin on her academic credentials.
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3 years
The latest: no network has called Pennsylvania or the race yet. Trump's still pledging a legal fight. Vote counts are still rolling in, and are not done. But: Pennsylvania: Biden's up 12,497. Georgia: Biden's up 1,557. Arizona: Biden's up 43,779. Nevada: Biden's up 20,137.
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3 years
*FRANCE STARTS 4-WEEK NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN ON SATURDAY: MACRON
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Biden, half off stage, circles back to a shouted question about if he's concerned about inauguration: "I am not concerned about my safety, my security or my inauguration. I am not concerned. The American people are going to stand up, and stand up now. Enough is enough is enough."
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Biden's team keeps saying Trump left them literally no plan on Covid -- but they inherited a vaccination program already meeting their target, kept some of the same people and are pledging much of the same stuff. It's complicated. With @rileyraygriffin :
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2 years
Biden’s public schedule tomorrow: - Oval Office meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (11 am) - Oval Office meeting with Fed Chair Jay Powell on inflation (1:15 pm) - Meeting megagroup BTS privately on addressing anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination (3 pm)
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1 year
Zelenskiy has arrived at the White House.
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Josh Wingrove
3 years
Trump, a hotelier at heart, announces a press conference at Philadelphia's "Four Seasons" at 11, before specifying it's at Four Seasons Total Landscaping at 11:30.
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3 years
Good morning! Here's the latest. Georgia: Biden took the lead overnight and is up by 1,096. It'll be close, no matter what. Pennsylvania: Trump leads by 22,473. It's narrowing. Arizona: Biden leads by 47,052. It's narrowing. Nevada: Biden leads by 11,438. More data at noon.
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Biden is handing each Coast Guard Academy graduate their commission scroll as they cross the stage, and is taking a photo with each one. There are 240 graduates.
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3 years
In other words, the county is saying the woman already voted and then tried to vote again.
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3 years
The Clark County registrar is saying that he personally spoke with the woman that the Trump campaign featured at a press conference -- who said she tried to vote and was told she already had -- and that officials looked at her mail ballot and believe its signature is hers.
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3 years
Canada's PM, commenting on the mob that swarmed the Capitol: “What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians."
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4 years
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau took a knee during an anti-racism protest in Ottawa today:
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President Biden and the First Lady called Al Roker while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from Nantucket. (Photo via the White House; the press pool wasn’t brought in.)
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Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf tells Fox that they're "proactive arrest[ing] people" in Portland.
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3 years
Trump told the secretary of state's lawyer, Ryan Germany, that "you have a nice last name."
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(Bloomberg) -- Western nations are set to enact drastic new sanctions that would cripple Russia’s economy and financial system after initial penalties failed to deter Putin. A common decision -- and coordinated announcement -- on SWIFT is likely on Sunday.
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National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien says mask-wearing is now mandatory for NSC staff. It had previously been voluntary.
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Trump in Erie, PA: "Before the plague came in, I had it made. I wasn't coming to Erie. I mean, I have to be honest: there's no way I was coming. I didn't have to. I would have called you and said `hey Erie, you know, if you have a chance get out and vote.' We had this thing won."
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Biden's administration has announced that it will increase the Medicare reimbursement for giving the Covid shot to $40, from $23, to further incentivize providers to deliver it.
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Josh Wingrove
3 years
The trendlines are basically: Biden is looking good in Pennsylvania. Georgia is going to be tight, regardless. It's not clear whether Trump's gaining in Arizona at the pace he needs to catch Biden (and Fox stands by its call of the state for Biden). Nevada:🐢.
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Josh Wingrove
3 years
I've asked the White House for a response, needless to say. Two days ago, @PressSec said there will be another 4 million Pfizer vaccine doses shipped on Friday. (It's unclear whether that's the same batch that Pfizer is referring to.)
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3 years
Trump's clemency list is out. 73 pardons, 70 commutations. Trump didn't pardon himself (or try to). Nothing for Rudy, either. Bannon's is there.
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Josh Wingrove
3 years
Twitter has already deleted them.
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2 months
. @mcuban tells me he'd vote for Biden over Trump. “If they were having his last wake, and it was him versus Trump, and he was being given last rites, I would still vote for Joe Biden,” he said. He voted for Haley in the primary, too.
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(Before earning her JD from Notre Dame.)
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3 years
SCOOP: Biden will announce today that 90% of U.S. adults will be eligible for the vaccine by April 19, and that the U.S. will more than double the number of pharmacies where people can get a shot by then. Story link to come.
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3 years
Meanwhile, in the popular vote, Biden is currently leading Trump by 4.1 million votes.
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I've never wanted to go to Disneyland more.
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3 years
1,885 people died in the U.S. yesterday from the coronavirus, double what had been the average a month ago.
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After the president encouraged people to vote by mail in North Carolina, then try to vote in person to test whether it counted, the NC state board of elections has now felt the need to say: "It is illegal to vote twice in an election."
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Stimulus checks will be deposited into bank accounts as soon as this weekend, @PressSec says.
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2 years
(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden will announce plans Monday to combat the market power of the giant conglomerates that dominate meat and poultry processing, ratcheting up a months-long campaign that has blamed anti-competitive practices for contributing to surging inflation.
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3 years
New: Biden has hairline fractures in his foot, per a statement from Dr. Kevin O’Connor via the campaign. “It is anticipated that he will likely require a walking boot for several weeks," O'Connor says in the statement.
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Americans. pay. the. U.S. tariffs.
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Jennifer Jacobs
6 years
Trump today: “China's now paying us billions of dollars in tariffs and hopefully we'll be able to work something out. We'll be having an announcement tonight, after close of market and that will take place—pretty comprehensive statement. Kevin may speak and Larry may speak.”
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Trump is receiving the 2019 bipartisan justice award here, for the passage of the First Step Act. The award "will be at a very high level at the Oval Office -- a place called the Oval Office," Trump says, to cheers.
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SCOOP: The FDA is set to authorize the Covid-19 treatment pills from *both* Pfizer and Merck. An announcement is expected this week. It would open up two significant treatment options for severe cases. A big milestone. With @JenniferJJacobs and @RobertLangreth on @TheTerminal .
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3 years
Meanwhile, both Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have surpassed the threshold required to avoid a recount in the Georgia Senate races. Perdue and Loeffler haven't conceded yet.
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3 years
Actual lol at this headline White House's Kudlow not resigning, but taking vacation this month -CNBC
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5 years
Trump has arrived at the Trump Tower and hotel here in Chicago for a fundraiser. This is as close as the pool has gotten to the ongoing protests. Many streets closed.
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Ric Grenell is now speaking about the Trump camp's latest lawsuit, in Nevada. A local journalist there asked Grenell his name; Grenell scowled at him, didn't say and just kept talking.
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Biden and Harris made an unannounced trip today to Taqueria Habanero in Washington for lunch (it’s cinco de mayo).
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Biden spoke with Boris, after speaking with Trudeau and AMLO yesterday.
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Boris Johnson
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Great to speak to President @JoeBiden this evening. I look forward to deepening the longstanding alliance between our two countries as we drive a green and sustainable recovery from COVID-19.
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Josh Wingrove
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Background, obvs: Trump is unpopular in Canada, Trudeau's voter base is a center-left coalition, & he tends to imply critique without explicitly critiquing Trump (and sending his gov't back through the Nafta/232 negotiation gauntlet). It's his brand of nudge-and-wink realpolitik.
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Josh Wingrove
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Biden says he spoke with Jimmy Carter last night. He thanks the other presidents in attendance, including Bush. (He has not yet mentioned the only other living ex-president, who of course is not there: Trump.)
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Josh Wingrove
4 years
Four hours after calling off stimulus talks because he thought Pelosi wanted too much, Trump now tweets apparent agreement with the Fed chair about the need for more stimulus and the low risk of going overboard.
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Another break from the Trump era: Biden is signing executive orders in pen, not sharpie.
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Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis, speaking after Giuliani and Powell: "This is an elite strike force team that is working on behalf of the president and the campaign."
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Former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell has been sued for defamation by Dominion, the voting-machine company she repeatedly placed at the center of a vast and unfounded election conspiracy, @eelarson reports via @TheTerminal .
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Ingraham is telling Fox viewers that the invasion is in part a result of the Mueller investigation.
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OK, the latest: no network has called the race yet. Biden just gave a speech saying basically he's getting ready to take the reins. Court fights abound. Votes: Pennsylvania: Biden's up 28,833. Arizona: Biden's up 29,861. Georgia: Biden's up 4,395. Nevada: Biden's up 22,657.
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Josh Wingrove
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Arnon Mishkin, director of Fox's decision desk, is live on air and says he's absolutely sure about their Arizona call.
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Josh Wingrove
4 years
Interesting to generally see American progressives applaud this response (saying basically: the pause says it all!) and Canadian progressives and others criticize Trudeau for fouling off the pitch (saying basically: the pause and the answer that followed said nothing at all).
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Josh Wingrove
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At one point during a lengthy pool spray shortly ago in the Cabinet Room, Trump got irritated when a (visibly pregnant) reporter from NBC, @HallieJackson , slipped quietly out of the room. He said NBC is worse than CNN, and that he made lots of money for NBC with The Apprentice.
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Josh Wingrove
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Trump is repeating his false claim that he asked Shinzo Abe for car plants and that, poof, 5 Japanese auto makers are now building plants in Michigan. He said the same thing in Michigan. The actual number of Japanese plants being built there is 0:
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tl;dr: the Trump campaign is suing in Nevada to "stop the counting of improper votes," but hasn't actually sued yet, and held a bizarre-even-by-Vegas-standards news conference where Trump advisers declined to identify themselves to local press & said they wouldn't take questions.
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Josh Wingrove
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The U.S. recorded 1.1 million vaccine shots in today's data, Covid adviser Jeff Zients says during a briefing. That's the highest single-day total since July 3rd, he says.
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Josh Wingrove
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many people are saying it’s a day for even the newest fathers
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Josh Wingrove
4 years
What pandemic?
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3 years
Ok, the latest: Georgia: Trump's lead is 2,497 and the count is trickling in. Biden could take lead soon. Pennsylvania: Trump's lead is 48,751. Data trickling in. Arizona: Biden's lead is 46,257. Next data expected tomorrow. Nevada: Biden's lead is 11,438. More tomorrow.
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Josh Wingrove
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Speaking to CNN, Dr. Fauci was asked if he's been at all involved in Trump's care. "I think it's obvious that I have not been involved," Fauci replies. He adds that Dr. Conley is a very good physician and is very qualified.
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Josh Wingrove
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The @CDCDirector is (barely) holding back tears as she warns of "impending doom" as Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising again. She's begging people to hold on a while longer and keep up mitigation measures.
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3 years
this is not how it works. Pennsylvania has not declared a winner, while Trump's campaign is fighting in court to impede or slow the count.
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Kayleigh McEnany
3 years
VICTORY for President @realDonaldTrump in PENNSYLVANIA ‼️
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"You're a third rate reporter," Trump tells @jonkarl , who is the president of the White House Correspondents' Association. "You will never make it."
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Minutes after suing to stop counting in Pennsylvania (with 1.1 million ballots uncounted), Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien says on a press call that "we are declaring a victory in Pennsylvania."
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Trump spokesman @TimMurtaugh responds, downplaying the development: "He filed a very detailed affidavit, he named names, he described explicitly what it is that he experienced, and we don't know what kind of pressure he has been under since he publicly made those statements."
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Oversight Committee Democrats
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BREAKING NEWS: Erie, Pa. #USPS whistleblower completely RECANTED his allegations of a supervisor tampering with mail-in ballots after being questioned by investigators, according to IG. THREAD:
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Josh Wingrove
3 years
As Trump has been speaking, his lead in Georgia dropped again -- to 3,635 votes.
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Josh Wingrove
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Today, the U.S. recorded another 2.6 million vaccine doses administered, per CDC data. That pushes them over Biden's goal of administering 100 million shots early in his presidency, as he announced yesterday. (He'd said he'd do so in 100 days, it was done in 58.)
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Josh Wingrove
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Overheard in the U.S. press pool van: "Why is Trudeau's hair so long?"
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Josh Wingrove
6 years
I have literally never heard anyone say that
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Catherine Porter
6 years
Canadians are calling it C-Day. On Wednesday, Canada will legalize recreational cannabis use across the country. I'll be live on Periscope at 3 p.m. ET tomorrow at a pot lounge in Toronto, answering your questions & giving you a look at the festivities. Tweet me your questions.
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The White House press pool is being called for an unscheduled event in the West Wing, per @JenniferJJacobs . Looks like Trump wants to talk after markets got hammered again today.
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Josh Wingrove
3 years
. @jrpsaki is asked if Biden will keep Trump's paintjob for the new Air Force Once planes (left) or revert to the current look on the existing planes (right). She says she doesn't know but will poke around.
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3 years
The latest: MICHIGAN: Biden leading by 12,000 votes, 90% reporting. WISCONSIN: Biden leading by 21,000 votes, 97% reporting. NEVADA: Biden leading by 8,000 votes, 86% reporting. PENNSVYLANIA: Trump leading by 589,000 votes, just 76% reporting.
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Josh Wingrove
4 years
In the past 24 hours, the total of confirmed cases now includes President Trump, the first lady, a senior White House aide, two Republican senators who sit on the judiciary committee and the head of the University of Notre Dame. All have links to Saturday's White House event.
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