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Ahead of US election, lawyers fight over ethics breach accusations

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania – After Donald Trump‘s bid to overturn his 2020 election loss, an advocacy group was launched to take on the lawyers who aided in his doomed effort, hitting them with more than 80 ethics complaints. With Trump again the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, his allies […]

Trump claims ‘major fraud’ being perpetrated; says he will fight election in Supreme Court

By Lalit K Jha (Eds: Updating with more details, quotes) Washington, Nov 4:  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that a “major fraud” is being perpetrated on the American people and said he will fight the election in the Supreme Court, even as the counting of votes […]

With two days to go, Trump casts doubt on integrity of prolonged vote count

ROME, Ga./PHILADELPHIA – President Donald Trump cast doubt on the integrity of the U.S. election again on Sunday, saying a vote count that stretched past Election Day would be a “terrible thing” and suggesting his lawyers might get involved. With two days to go until Tuesday’s election and […]

A referendum election in November? Trump allies see risks

WASHINGTON — Six months from Election Day, President Donald Trump’s prospects for winning a second term have been jolted by a historic pandemic and a cratering economy, rattling some of his Republican allies and upending the playbook his campaign had hoped to be using by now against Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s standing has slumped as the nation’s focus […]

2016 again? Russia back to stirring chaos in U.S. election

WASHINGTON — Just weeks into this year’s election cycle, Russia already is actively interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign in hopes of reelecting President Donald Trump, and is also trying to help the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side, intelligence officials have concluded. The Russian […]

Facebook, Twitter do not find Chinese meddling in 2018 U.S. elections: Bloomberg

Social media companies Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have not detected Chinese meddling in the 2018 U.S. elections, Bloomberg reported bloom.bg/2AqGNkuon Wednesday, citing unnamed press representatives for both companies. U.S. President Donald Trump last month accused China of seeking to meddle in Nov. 6 congressional elections, a charge almost […]

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