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Biden never said he attended Delaware State

Joseph R. Biden declared last year on the campaign trail that he "started out of" Delaware State University, a historically Black college, but the school says he was not referring to his academic career.

September 25, 2020

George Soros draws right’s wrath, but ‘the left has multiple Soroses’

When billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced he would sink $100 million into helping Democrats capture Florida, he briefly did what had been viewed as impossible: He took the focus of the right's wrath off George Soros.

September 24, 2020

Gavin Newsom phasing out gas-powered cars to fight wildfires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sought Wednesday to fight the state's disastrous wildfires by phasing out gas-powered cars, signing an executive order requiring all new passenger vehicles sold by 2035 to be emissions-free.

September 23, 2020

Joe Biden 1988 election disaster doesn’t stop tall tales

Joseph R. Biden has been caught on numerous occasions spinning false and even ludicrous yarns, a tendency that has prompted head-scratching from his supporters and exasperation from conservatives stunned that his tall tales have yet to torpedo his salt-of-the-earth image.

September 23, 2020

Ex-husband says Jill Biden ‘betrayed’ him by cheating on him with Joe Biden; Biden camp denies it

The ex-husband of Jill Biden has accused her of breaking up their marriage by cheating on him with then-Sen. Joseph R. Biden, a bombshell claim that the Biden campaign adamantly denies.

September 23, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ link seen on abortion views

Media outlets have already taken aim at U.S. District Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a possible Supreme Court nominee, whipping up alarm about her abortion views and linking her Catholic beliefs to "The Handmaid's Tale."

September 22, 2020

Joe Biden claims 200 million U.S. coronavirus deaths

About 200,000 Americans have died of the novel coronavirus, but Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden says it's closer to 200 million.

September 21, 2020

Cory Gardner says he will vote for ‘qualified nominee’ to fill Supreme Court vacancy

Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican, said Monday he would vote to confirm a "qualified nominee" for the Supreme Court who upholds the Constitution, giving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell another vote in favor of filling the vacancy.

September 21, 2020

Gavin Newsom, California governor, plays both sides in forest management fight as wildfires rage

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pointed out that the state's wildfires are located primarily on federal land -- and he's right -- but now he and other Democratic governors are trying to block the Trump administration's effort to speed up the clearing of overgrown, tinder-dry forests.

September 21, 2020

Supreme Court pick battle prompts Democrats, activists to vow scorched-earth battle

The fight over the 2017 Kavanaugh nomination already looked tame by comparison Sunday as Democrats geared up to block whomever President Trump picks to fill the seat left by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

September 20, 2020

A ‘dramatic shift’ among Catholics is drawing the devoted to Trump’s ‘fortitude and courage’

Catholic voters have an opportunity in November to help elect only the second Catholic president in U.S. history in former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, but already the more devout followers are lining up behind President Trump.

September 20, 2020

ActBlue donations spike as Ginsburg’s death fuels Democratic fundraising

Democrats wasted little time issuing fundraising pleas tied to the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fueling a record-breaking spike in donations on the ActBlue platform less than a day after her Friday death.

September 19, 2020

Joe Biden repeats debunked claim about being first in his family to attend college

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden was on a roll during Thursday's CNN town hall as he played up his working-class roots, until he repeated the long-debunked claim about being the first person in his family to attend college.

September 18, 2020

CNN mum as Biden claims nobody would have died if Trump had ‘done his job’ on coronavirus

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden declared at Thursday's CNN town hall that nobody would have died from the novel coronavirus if President Trump had "done his job," a whopper that CNN anchor Anderson Cooper let slide.

September 18, 2020

Black conservatives counter Black Lives Matter ‘systemic racism’ narrative

The Black Lives Matter movement is dominating the headlines, but just as every action has an equal and opposite reaction, Black conservatives have never been more visible.

September 17, 2020

‘Cuties’ outcry escalates as House Republicans urge DOJ to prosecute Netflix for ‘child porn’

More than 30 House Republicans called Thursday on Attorney General William P. Barr to prosecute Netflix executives for airing "Cuties," a French film about a girls' dance team that the GOP lawmakers decried as "child pornography."

September 17, 2020

Alicia Garza, BLM co-founder, awarded endowed chair at University of Hawaii

Black Lives Matter leader Alicia Garza, an increasingly influential social-justice advocate described by another co-founder as a "trained Marxist," has been selected for an endowed chair at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

September 17, 2020

Los Angeles County Rosh Hashanah coronavirus crackdown spurs backlash

After months of feuding with evangelical Christians over indoor worship services, Los Angeles County has now run afoul of observant Jews seeking to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with friends and extended family.

September 16, 2020

Joe Biden can’t count on Catholic vote as traditionalists swing to Donald Trump

Catholic voters have an opportunity in November to help elect only the second Catholic president in U.S. history in former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, but already the more devout followers are lining up behind President Trump.

September 16, 2020

Pro-China advocacy group funds project headed by Black Lives Matter’s Garza

The Black Futures Lab, a progressive initiative launched by a Black Lives Matter co-founder, lists as its financial sponsor the pro-China Chinese Progressive Association, raising questions about the extent of China's support for the increasingly powerful protest movement.

September 16, 2020