By Heather Gillers, Gunjan Banerji The Wall Street Journal The drop in tax revenue has led to a total shortfall expected in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Connecticut acted fast. Social distancing, lockdowns and testing slashed Covid-19 cases in the spring. But when Comptroller Kevin Lembo opened an email from his budget director on April 15, it was […]
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Four battleground states see the most unreturned mail ballots so far
By Associated Press An estimated 1.9 million ballots were still outstanding in Florida, along with 1 million in Pennsylvania. ATLANTA (AP) — Just days before the presidential election, millions of mail ballots have yet to be returned in key battleground states, and election officials warn that time is running out for voters who want to avoid […]
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Clawing back votes: 7 states allow voters to resubmit ballots
By Ronn Blitzer, Audrey Conklin | Fox News Several states have already reached more than 60% of their 2016 voter turnout. Many Americans are voting early in the 2020 presidential election amid concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. Postal Service timing. More than 59 million total ballots cast as of Monday morning suggested a record turnout for this year’s race compared to the 47.2 million […]
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The 3 American Counties With Zero Cases of COVID-19
By Lynn Allison As COVID-19 continues to ravage the country, there are three counties that remain unscathed by the virus. Esmeralda County in Nevada, Loving County in Texas, and Skagway in Alaska that technically calls itself a borough, have reported no cases of the disease. So far, statistics show there have been over 8 million cases of […]
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Ratcliffe says Hunter Biden laptop, emails ‘not part of some Russian disinformation campaign’
By Brooke Singman | Fox News ‘There is no intelligence that supports that,’ Director of National Intelligence Ratcliffe says. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Monday said that Hunter Biden’s laptop “is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign,” amid claims from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff suggesting otherwise. Ratcliffe, during an exclusive interview on FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria,” […]
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Team Trump Turns Tide in Voting Law Legal Battles
By Ashley Oliver South Carolina is the latest in a string of states to side with President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign in upholding voting laws ranging from ballot harvesting regulations to Election Day deadlines. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with state Republicans in reinstating a South Carolina voting requirement that absentee ballots have a witness’s signature, […]
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Biden says voters don’t deserve to know his stance on packing Supreme Court
By Adam Shaw | Fox News Biden has said voters will know his position the day after Election Day. Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Friday said that voters don’t deserve to know if he would attempt to pack the Supreme Court if he wins in November and Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the high court. Biden was asked […]
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Attorney General Barr rips Democrats as he warns U.S. approaching mob rule ahead of 2020 election
By Caitlin McFall | Fox News ‘There undoubtedly are many people in the government who surreptitiously work to thwart the administration’. Attorney General William Barr went after Democrats this week on a range of issues, including rumors that President Trump would attempt to stay in office if he loses the general election in November. “You know liberals project,” an uncharacteristically […]
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Trump in ‘Fox & Friends’ interview claims coronavirus vaccine coming ‘in a matter of weeks’
By Tyler Olson | Fox News The president also spoke about Hurricane Sally, slammed Bob Woodward’s book and ripped Joe Biden. President Trump in an interview on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday claimed a vaccine for coronavirus could be approved “in a matter of weeks.” “I’m not doing it for political reasons, I want the vaccine fast,” Trump said of the push […]
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Trump campaign raises $210M in August, still behind Biden’s record haul
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Biden campaign, DNC raised an unprecedented $364.5 million in August. The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee raked in $210 million in August, an impressive haul that marks their biggest month to date – though still short of the record-smashing amount Democratic nominee Joe Biden and the Democrats brought in during the same time period. The Biden campaign and […]
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Secretaries of states caution that election results could take weeks to determine
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Election officials across the country are making contingency plans should counting ballots accurately become difficult. A number of secretaries of states warned on Sunday that voters may not see finalized results until weeks after Election Day. Citing concerns over voting during the coronavirus pandemic, election officials across the country are making contingency plans […]
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Trump campaign bracing for legal battle over election, forming ‘coalition’ of lawyers
By Brooke Singman | Fox News Efforts come amid a fierce war of words over the integrity of the vote. The Trump campaign is bracing for the possibility of a protracted legal battle in the event of a contested election, even forming what it’s calling a “Lawyers for Trump” coalition to “protect the integrity” of November’s vote. Campaign General Counsel […]
