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No evidence Democrats and allies ‘manufacturing voters'
A recount is underway in Florida, where three statewide races remain undecided a week after Election Day. Despite no final vote tally in the gubernatorial U.S. Senate and agriculture commissioner contests, some conservative pundits have accused their political opponents of fraud.
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Trump wrong that opioid bill didn't get Democratic backing
Did Democrats try to shirk efforts to pass a bill on opioids that President Donald Trump recently signed? Trump said they did at a rally in Lebanon, Ohio, on Oct. 12. He said, "I'll soon sign into the law the largest legislative effort in history to address the opioid crisis where just this year…
Fact-checking Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum in first debate
Florida voters got their first side-by-side look at the state’s top two candidates for governor Sunday. The differences between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum were abundant and stark. The political attacks during the hour-long CNN debate, however, were not always accurate. Fl…
Trump falsely says Steele dossier triggered Russia probe
President Donald Trump claimed newly released documents underlying the FBI’s surveillance of a former campaign adviser show the controversial Steele dossier was responsible for triggering the investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia. On July 21, in response to a Freedom of …
Russian election interference: an on-the-record timeline
U.S. law enforcement agencies and Congress are investigating links between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia, as part of a broader probe into Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election. To date, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has swept up four members of Trump’s campaig…