Election 2020

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September 10, 2020 2:15 PM

Trump, Biden to campaign in Minnesota next week

Both President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden will campaign in Minnesota on Sept. 18.

by MPR News Staff

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September 10, 2020 12:54 PM

Twitter's new rules aim to prevent confusion around the 2020 vote

Twitter will label or remove posts that spread misinformation. Social media companies are under pressure to curb the spread of false claims and prevent interference from foreign and domestic actors.

by Shannon Bond

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September 10, 2020 7:27 AM

Woodward defends decision to withhold Trump's virus comments

Bob Woodward says he needed time to be sure that President Donald Trump's private comments from February were accurate. On Twitter and elsewhere online, commentators accused Woodward of valuing book sales over public health.

by The Associated Press

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September 10, 2020 6:17 AM

'Deadly stuff': Trump's own words bring focus back to virus

A new book by journalist Bob Woodward reveals that President Donald Trump told Woodward he had been warned in January that the virus had the potential to kill millions. Yet Trump reassured Americans publicly that the virus was "very well under control."

by The Associated Press

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September 9, 2020 6:42 PM

Whistleblower alleges DHS told him to stop reporting on Russia threat

The Department of Homeland Security official has filed a whistleblower complaint, saying he was ordered to halt reports that made the president “look bad.” DHS and the White House deny the allegation.

by Greg Myre

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September 9, 2020 4:56 PM

Trump, Republicans raise $210 million in August — far behind Democrats' haul

President Donald Trump and Republicans could've set a one-month fundraising record — had their Democratic counterparts not hauled in some $150 million more.

by Benjamin Swasey

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September 9, 2020 4:19 PM

Trump adds Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, to list of potential SCOTUS picks

Trump on Wednesday released an additional 20 names he said he would select from if any Supreme Court vacancies arise during his remaining time in office.

by Alana Wise

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September 9, 2020 9:57 AM

Trump, Biden surrogates bring campaign messages to Minnesota

Minnesota is getting extra attention from the campaigns of Donald Trump and Joe Biden this week. Donald Trump Jr. led a “Make America Great Again” rally in Duluth on Wednesday night. Jill Biden spent about an hour Wednesday morning touring an elementary school in Prior Lake and meeting education leaders in Minnesota.

by The Associated Press, Brian Bakst and Dan Kraker

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September 9, 2020 6:20 AM

Trump, Biden and the road to 270 electoral votes

With Election Day just eight weeks away, former Vice President Joe Biden is maintaining the same comfortable lead in most national polls that he enjoyed through the summer. He also has an advantage, though narrower, in many of the battleground states that will decide the election. But President Donald Trump remains in striking distance.

by The Associated Press

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September 9, 2020 4:01 AM

Trump's rural support puts Democratic bulwark Minnesota in play

The president hopes that what led to victory in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania will extend to Minnesota, where his response to COVID-19 and racial justice protests has support in rural areas.

by Mark Zdechlik

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