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People crowd together without masks to attend a campaign rally by President Donald Trump at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 24, 2020. [Tom Brenner/Reuters]

19:30 ET – Trump campaigns before a large crowd in Jacksonville, Florida

President Donald Trump campaigned outdoors before a large crowd, many without masks in Jacksonville, Florida. Polls show Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in a tight race in Florida.

“I just wish the cameras would show the crowd. They don’t want to do that. They don’t like to do that,” Trump said.
“It’s interesting, when Biden comes to Florida he has like one, two, three people,” Trump said. “He has a hard time filling up the circles.”     source

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Deadline Now: Donald Trump Booed At Memorial, White House Calls It “Appalling,” Nancy Pelosi Tweets “Vote Him Out”

Sep. 24 - The president and the first lady visited the casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday, and all did not go as planned. They were booed and then met by chants of “Vote Him Out.”

It set off conflicting choruses of pro and con responses.

White House Press Secretary Kaley McEnany called the boos “appalling.”

Nancy Pelosi shared the video along with some words of advice.

Trump, for his part, claimed he didn’t even hear the boos.     source

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PRESIDENT TRUMP CAMPAIGN RALLY IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDAPresident Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida.

Donald Trump holds campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida
Sep. 24, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Sep. 24, 2020

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Wednesday news conference in the briefing room of the White House.
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Trump says Kentucky attorney general is ‘handling’ Breonna Taylor situation ‘very well’ and refuses to commit to peaceful transition of power

President suggests he might not allow FDA to tighten standards for an emergency-use authorization of a coronavirus vaccinea

Sep. 24 - President Donald Trump, saying he needed to take a phone call, departed Wednesday’s coronavirus press briefing as a reporter asked him about protests in Louisville, Ky., after no police officer was charged directly over the shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

One officer was charged with wanton endangerment for firing shots into neighboring apartments. Trump applauded Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s response to the case.

“He’s handling it very well,” Trump said, after reading a statement from Cameron that said justice is beholden “only to the facts and to the law.”

“If we simply act on emotion or outrage, there is no justice,” said Cameron, a Republican, who is often described as a protégé of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...     more

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Hundreds of people gathered for protests in Lousiville following the announcement of a grand jury's indictment of just one of the three officers involved in the fatal killing of Breonna Taylor. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE

Protesters gather in Louisville after no officers directly charged in Breonna Taylor killing

Sep. 24 - Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Louisville to march in protest of a grand jury's decision to indict just one of three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor.

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Democrats call Trump rally a ‘super spreader’ ahead of Western Pa. visit

Sep. 23 - With Pre  sident Donald Trump about to descend on Western Pennsylvania, riding the momentum of a likely Supreme Court nomination later this week, three prominent Democrats did what they could to highlight what they described as Trump’s “failed economic policies.”

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Pennsylvania Democratic Party chair Nancy Patton Mills, and Darrin Kelly, president of the Allegheny/Fayette Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, took turns hammering Trump in a virtual news conference Tuesday morning.

The event coincided with the rollout of a mobile billboard set to be driven through Pittsburgh during the day with messages stating Trump has botched his handling of the covid-19 pandemic.

Mills and Fitzgerald made a point of referring to Trump’s scheduled campaign rally Tuesday at a hangar outside Pittsburgh International Airport as a “super spreader event.”

“We’re going to have thousands and thousands of people show up tonight without masks,” Fitzgerald said. “We have people in our colleges and our schools and our workplaces who have been responsible and now we have a president who is going to come tonight and encourage people to not wear a mask, making fun of people who do wear a mask.

“I’m very disappointed that people are going to listen to this president and believe his falsehoods when it comes to science, this virus and how we should be spreading out and wearing masks.” ...  continue to read

Trump and Xi tensions at UN meetingTrump and Xi tensions at UN meetingUS and China tensions have been on show at the annual UN General Assembly in New York, with US President Donald Trump blaming China for the spread of coronavirus.
In his speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country had "no intention to enter a Cold War with any country".
Ties between the two world powers are strained on a number of fronts.
The assembly was opened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who, without naming China or the US warned "we must do everything to avoid a new Cold War".
Date published on Sep. 23, 2020
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President Donald Trump addresses the UN in a pre-recorded message. Source: UN Photo

Donald Trump attacks China for 'unleashing coronavirus plague onto the world'

US President Donald Trump continues to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic as the UN Chief warns of a cold war between the two superpowers.

Sep. 23 - US President Donald Trump angrily cast blame on China over the coronavirus pandemic in an address on Tuesday before the United Nations, whose chief warned against a new "Cold War" between the two powers.

At a General Assembly held almost entirely virtually due to COVID-19, Mr Trump delivered a speech in election campaign mode, even using his loaded term "China virus" as the US death toll crossed the grim milestone of 200,000.

"We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world - China," Mr Trump said in a recorded address to the General Assembly, where each nation was represented by a single, masked delegate...   more details

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Trump v. Mazars USA

Trump v. Mazars USA was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on May 12, 2020, during the court's October 2019-2020 term. The case came on a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case was consolidated with Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG.[2][3]
The court vacated the D.C. Circuit's decision in a 7-2 ruling and remanded the case. The court held that the lower courts (the D.C. Circuit and the 2nd Circuit) did not adequately consider whether congressional subpoenas requesting information from the president raise separation of powers concerns.[4] Click here for more information.

Oral argument was initially scheduled for March 31, 2020. However, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on March 16 that it was postponing the 11 oral arguments originally scheduled during its March sitting. In a press release, the court said the delay was "in keeping with public health precautions recommended in response to COVID-19."[5] COVID-19 is the abbreviation for coronavirus disease 2019, caused by SARS-CoV-2. On April 15, the court announced it had rescheduled the case for May 12, 2020.

• Click here for more information about the court's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
• Click here for more information about political responses to the pandemic.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The case: In both cases, certain U.S. House committees issued subpoenas requesting financial documents. One subpoena was issued to President Donald Trump's (R) accounting firm, Mazars USA, LLP ("Mazars"). Two others were each issued to Deutsche Bank and the Capital One Financial Corporation. The president, acting in his individual capacity, challenged the subpoenas' validity in federal district court. In each case, the district court ruled in favor of the U.S. House committees. The president appealed to federal circuit courts, which upheld the district courts' decisions in both cases. Click here for more details about Trump v. Mazars USA and here for more information about Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG.

• The issue: Whether the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee, Financial Services Committee, and Intelligence Committee have the "constitutional and statutory authority to issue" subpoenas to President Trump's accountant and to the president's creditors "demanding private financial records belonging to the president."[6][7]

• The outcome: The court vacated the D.C. Circuit's decision in a 7-2 ruling and remanded the case. The court held that the lower courts (the D.C. Circuit and the 2nd Circuit) did not adequately consider whether congressional subpoenas requesting information from the president raise separation of powers concerns.[4]

Manhattan's district attorney on Monday said the 'mountainous' allegations of misconduct linked to President Donald Trump and his businesses justified enforcing a subpoena for his tax returns and other financial records. The district attorney's office also suggested for the first time Monday that Trump could be investigated for tax fraud. 

Manhattan's district attorney says he has grounds to investigate Donald Trump for tax fraud and argues the president's returns should be released because of 'mountainous' allegations of misconduct

Sep. 22 - Manhattan's district attorney on Monday said the 'mountainous' allegations of misconduct linked to President Donald Trump and his businesses justified enforcing a subpoena for his tax returns and other financial records.

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"Looking at today's global landscape, it is clear that the common good is best served through more international cooperation, not less," the UN chief said on Friday.

"The UN's 75th anniversary, now more than ever, reminds us that multilateralism, consensus and cooperation must be instrumental in maintaining and safeguarding the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter," the secretary-general said.

Guterres reiterated his stance on multilateralism under the current situation, noting it must be both "networked" and "inclusive"...He said he trusts that China will continue playing an important role in supporting multilateral efforts in building more equal and inclusive societies that are more resilient towards unprecedented global challenges...     more details

Trump urged the GOP-run Senate to consider 'without delay' his upcoming nomination to fill the seat vacated by Justice Ginsburg, who died Friday. Since 1869 nine justices have served on the nation's highest court. 'If he holds a vote in 2020, we pack the court in 2021', Kennedy tweeted Sunday. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to pack the court with new judgeships in 1937 after watching the high court deal setbacks to his New Deal initiatives. That legislation was unpopular with the public and ultimately stalled. House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote on Twitter: 'If Sen. McConnell and @SenateGOP were to force through a nominee during the lame-duck session -- before a new Senate and President can take office - then the incoming Senate should immediately move to expand the Supreme Court.' And Sen. Ed Markey tweeted Friday: 'Mitch McConnell set the precedent. No Supreme Court vacancies filled in an election year. Senator Elizabeth Warren, vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, as well as former Rep. Beto O'Rourke had already raised the possibility of adding as many as six seats to the nine-seat court, even before Ginberg's death.

'If he holds a vote in 2020, we pack the court in 2021': Democrats threaten radical move to pack Supreme Court with extra justices if Trump's nomination goes through and they take the White House and the Senate

Sep. 21 - Democrats have threatened to pack the Supreme Court if Donald Trump's nomination gets confirmed following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.