Tag: Trump
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Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ hits US theaters weeks before election
Explosive Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice” hits US theaters Friday, with filmmakers gambling that it will draw audiences in a fiercely polarized nation just weeks before its subject’s election showdown with rival Kamala Harris. The hot-topic film about the Republican candidate’s younger years has drawn legal threats from Trump’s attorneys, not least for deeply unflattering…
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Biden tests positive for Covid, fueling health worries
US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid with mild symptoms Wednesday, shortly after conceding he would consider dropping his reelection bid if doctors diagnosed him with a serious medical condition. The 81-year-old Democrat gave reporters the thumbs up and said “I feel good” as he cut short a trip to Las Vegas and flew…
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Trump shot at in assassination attempt
US President hopeful Donald Trump says he has been shot in the ear at a political rally, saying he heard a “whizzing sound” and feeling a “bullet ripping through skin” At the scene, a male attacker was shot and killed by a member of the Secret Service after the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at…
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Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Meta said Friday it was lifting restrictions on US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, ending measures put in place after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol in 2021. It said that “former President Trump, as the nominee of the Republican Party, will no longer be subject to the heightened suspension penalties.”…
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Biden seeks reset after debate flop rocks campaign
A badly wounded Joe Biden looked to get his reelection campaign back on track Friday after a debate performance that unnerved supporters and left allies of Donald Trump unable to conceal their glee. Democrats had hoped to see the president defiantly answering critics who say he is too old for a second term while hammering…
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Social media trolls Joe Biden for weak debate with Trump
President of the United States (US) Joe Biden and Donald Trump had the first public debate of the 2024 US presidential race; however, Biden struggled to articulate his points at several moments, often fumbling his words. Netizens did not spare Biden as memes ruled the social media with many Democrat supporters disappointed at Biden’s inability…
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Trump backs Israel’s military operations in Gaza
Washington (AFP) – Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump expressed his support for Israel’s military operations in Gaza Tuesday, in his most explicit comments yet on the fighting, as international pressure grows on the United States to rein in its ally. “Yes,” Trump responded, when asked during an interview on Fox News if he was “in Israel’s…
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Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for sexual assault defamation
A jury in New York ordered former US president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump on Friday to pay $83.3 million to compensate the writer E. Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted and defamed. The civil order, which prompted an audible gasp in the federal court, far exceeds the more than $10…
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‘I walked to my home, spent a week in silence, biggest moment of my life’: Trump claims Khan was delighted about Iran operative death
Former American President Donald Trump is revealing about the killing of Iran’s master operative General Qassem Soleimani in 2020 just before COVID took over the world. Trump said that former Prime Minister Imran Khan ‘rejoiced’ at the killing. “There was a Khan, a great cricket player, he became the head of Pakistan, he said it…
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Trump indicted for third time for trying to overturn 2020 US election
Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted for the third time in a case pertaining to attempts at overturning the results of the 2020 election which Joe Biden won. Since he began his 2024 Republican primary campaign, he has been the first former US president to face three felony indictments in history. No other…