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Wednesday 28 October 2020
The debate began at 2am Irish-time and last for just over 90 minutes.
The US President condemned Antifa and the left during the debate with Joe Biden.
Trump and Biden will face off in three separate TV debates.
The Republican National Convention runs for four days from Monday.
The four-day event begins from Monday.
The reams of proposals reflect Biden’s belief that the nation faces immense challenges.
The election is happening even if coronavirus has grabbed all the headlines.
Biden has received the backing of Mike Bloomberg, who dropped out and endorsed the former vice president.
The former New York Mayor has been the talk of the Democratic campaign this week.
Gillibrand’s campaign had centered on women’s equality issues.
It’s a big field, so who are these outsiders?
The president’s remarks came on the same day that his son Donald Jr was grilled by US senators about his contacts with Russians.
Clinton speechwriter Schwerin made the remark in an email to fellow Clinton aides after an Irish-American event.
A staunch critic of Hillary Clinton, Assange has been accused of turning Wikileaks into a “prop for Trump”.
Clinton said his movements made her feel “really weird” on stage.
The philanthropist gave away the equivalent of 75% of Trump’s wealth last year.
A woman claims the Republican presidential nominee sexually assaulted and raped her in 1994 when she was just 13 years old.
Chris Christie and a former New York mayor backed the Republican nominee, after he reportedly lost $916 million in a year.
USA Today have taken a side for the first time, while an Arizona newspaper has received death threats from Trump supporters.
In Monday night’s debate, the Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton, was adjudged to have won by most commentators.
Trump’s advisers are urging him to keep cool amid probable questions about his misuse of charity funds, business record or xenophobia.
The cases involved a combined $258,000 paid out by the Donald J. Trump Foundation – a charity almost entirely funded with other people’s money.
Separately, Trump’s running mate Mike Pence has released 10 years of tax returns, putting pressure on his billionaire boss to do so.
Yet Trump has edged ahead of Clinton in a separate CNN/ORC poll, at 45% to 43% among probable voters.
That is despite hitting choppy waters.
He told a predominantly white audience in Michigan that black voters “are living in poverty” and their schools are no good.
Clinton and her husband Bill, the former president, reported $10.6 million in income for 2015 and paid $3.6 million in federal income tax.
The Democratic Convention hasn’t got off to the smoothest of starts.
The final debate took place in Florida last night, with two weeks to go before America decides on Obama or Romney. But who will they choose?
THE HSE IS today expected to outline that the contact tracing system is “back on track” after its capacity was surpassed due to a surge in Covid-19 cases earlier this month.
It is understood that Oireachtas Health Committee will be told that the contact tracing system’s capacity was surpassed when the number of Covid-19 cases sharply increased at the start of the month, but that it has gotten back on track since 23 October.
In July, the HSE launched its Covid-19 contact tracing app, which is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
So, today we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
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The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
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