Donald and Joe Are Ready to Go

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Obama mocks Trump’s Chinese bank account: ‘They would’ve called me Beijing Barry.’

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Giuliani denies he did anything wrong in the new ‘Borat’ movie.

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ICE arrested 15 foreign students accused of claiming to work for fake companies in order to stay in the US

"These latest arrests demonstrate that the agency is actively targeting individuals who try to exploit the student visa system," ICE officials said.

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Epsilon rapidly intensifies from tropical storm to Category 3 hurricane in a day

In 24 hours, Hurricane Epsilon’s rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds.

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US and Russia Scramble Jets in Another Exchange of Aerial Intercepts

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Letters to the Editor: USC is taking strong action against anti-Semitism and other forms of hate

An ugly fight over social media about racism at USC had one positive outcome: the university president's strong statement condemning anti-Semitism.

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Why 780 retired generals and former national security leaders spoke out against Trump

The willingness of hundreds of career officers to break with tradition and speak out on behalf of one candidate reflects beliefs, on both sides, that the nation faces an uncertain future.

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Biden Contradicts His Son, Insists Family Did Not Profit from Biden Name

Joe Biden denied that his family has profited from his public offices, appearing to contradict a statement his son Hunter Biden made last year in which he said he thinks he would "probably not" have been asked to be on the board of a Ukrainian energy company if he were not Biden's son.In an interview published Wednesday, the Democratic presidential nominee was asked about Republican Senator Ron Johnson's claim that Hunter Biden along with other Biden family members profited off the family name, an accusation that has become a frequent attack line by the Trump campaign less than two weeks out from the election."Is there any legitimacy to Senator Johnson's claim?" WISN 12 News's Adrienne Pedersen asked Biden."None whatsoever," Biden responded, calling the accusations "garbage" promoted by "Trump's henchman," Rudy Guiliani."It's a last-ditch effort in his desperate campaign to smear me and my family," Biden continued, citing Senator Mitt Romney in the former vice president's argument that "there's no basis to this."Romney serves on the Senate Homeland Security committee, which Johnson chairs, and in September criticized the committee's probe of Hunter Biden's business dealings, saying it is "not the legitimate role of government or Congress … to be used in an effort to damage political opponents.""And the vast majority of the intelligence people have come out and said there's no basis at all," Biden added. "Ron should be ashamed of himself."Last week, the New York Post reported on leaked emails revealing high-dollar negotiations between his son Hunter Biden and foreign companies.In leaked emails from 2014, Biden appears to try to leverage his influence with his father, then-vice president Joe Biden, in negotiations regarding his lucrative position on the board of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma. He refers to his father, who was heavily involved in U.S. policy on Ukraine at the time, as “my guy.”Emails from 2017 show Biden discussing a deal with the former chairman of Chinese energy company CEFC China Energy, Ye Jianming, saying Ye agreed to improve the terms of Biden’s three-year consulting contract with CEFC, which initially promised Biden $10 million per-year “for introductions alone.” One of Biden's business partners who was included on the chain confirmed the email's authenticity to Fox News.In an interview last year Hunter Biden appeared to contradict his father's claim that the family name did not provide opportunities for profit."If your last name wasn't Biden, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board of Burisma?" ABC's Amy Robach asked the younger Biden."I don't know. I don't know. Probably not. I don't think that there's a lot of things that would have happened in my life that if my last name wasn't Biden."Trump has claimed that "Biden and his son are stone cold crooked" and on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr to investigate the pair.“We’ve got to get the attorney general to act,” Trump said during an interview on Fox News. “He’s got to act, and he’s got to act fast. He’s got to appoint somebody. This is major corruption, and this has to be known about before the election.”

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'I don't have to do what you say!': Pro-Trump Starbucks customer lashes out at a barista in an anti-mask rant, as workers face harassment and violence on the job

"It's a hoax," a Starbucks customer screamed at the barista. "I don't have to wear a mask. I don't have to wear a mask."

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Large earthquake off southern coast of Alaska prompts tsunami fears, fleeing

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake prompted a tsunami warning Monday for a nearly thousand-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast, with waves over 2 feet at the nearest community as the threat subsided.

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Fears of ecological disaster grow over stricken oil tanker in Caribbean

Lawmakers from the National Assembly called on the country's government to urgently unload oil from Nabarima to avoid a spill.

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Fact check: Photo claiming to show large Trump rally in Florida is of Swiss music festival

A large Trump rally in Ocala, Florida, looked nothing like a Zurich music festival, though social posts claim otherwise.

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France bans Islamist group after killing of teacher: government spokesman

France will ban an Islamist group named after the late Sheikh Yassin as part of a crackdown on militants following the murder of a French schoolteacher last week, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday. Samuel Paty was beheaded on Oct. 16 by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin seeking to avenge his victim's use of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression. "This is a battle over security, culture and education," Attal said.

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Singapore Airlines is launching the new world's longest flight that will see flyers spending almost 19 hours on a plane nonstop

Singapore Airlines is known for its ultra-long-haul flights with this latest addition securing the top spot on the list of the world's longest flights.

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U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian bombers near Alaska

U.S. fighter jets intercepted four Russian military aircraft in international airspace near Alaska, NORAD said.

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Human remains found in search for Tulsa massacre victims

One set of human remains, and perhaps a second, have been found in a Tulsa cemetery where investigators are searching for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Tuesday. “We do have one confirmed individual and the possibility of a second” body found, Stackelbeck said. The confirmed human remains were found little more than 3 feet (90 centimeters) underground in an area known as the “Original 18,” where funeral home records show massacre victims are buried.

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Senate vote on Supreme Court nominee would toss a can of gasoline into heated election

Our View: Rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett by Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell betrays voters casting their verdict.

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Mitch McConnell admits he's blocking coronavirus bill — will media finally stop blaming Democrats?

Republicans clearly never intended to pass a new relief bill — so why has the media consistently blamed Democrats?

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Fact check: Biden leveraged $1B in aid to Ukraine to oust corrupt prosecutor, not to help his son

Despite a Senate GOP investigation that found no wrongdoing by Joe Biden on foreign policy in Ukraine, claims to the contrary continue to circulate.

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial Brazil volunteer dies, trial to continue

Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue. Oxford confirmed the plan to keep testing, saying in a statement that after careful assessment "there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial." AstraZeneca declined to comment immediately.

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Iran, Russia attempting to interfere with election: US officials

10/21/20 5:03 PM

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FBI holds 'major' news conference regarding election security

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