Donald Trump took $70,000 in tax deductions for hair care; experts say that’s illegal

Donald Trump took ,000 in tax deductions for hair care; experts say that’s illegal

There were many bombshells in The New York Times’ expose last week about President Donald Trump’s taxes. He has paid basically zero federal income tax for years. His much-ballyhooed businesses are on the ropes. And that was just the headline. But it was a juicy and seemingly less significant matter that jumped out at me: … Read more

For Donald Trump, the only medical news is good medical news

For Donald Trump, the only medical news is good medical news

By Annie Karni When Dr. Sean P. Conley stepped in front of the cameras at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, he delivered a briefing that seemed intended less to inform the American public than to satisfy the public relations demands of a famous and famously demanding patient — President Donald Trump. “He’s … Read more

After mixed messages from White House, Trump says ‘real test’ ahead in his COVID fight

After mixed messages from White House, Trump says ‘real test’ ahead in his COVID fight

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said from his hospital room on Saturday that he felt “much better” but the next few days will be “the real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, capping a day of contradictory messages from the White House about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter, Trump, looking tired and … Read more

Voters bemoan nasty first debate as they say it won’t change their minds

Voters bemoan nasty first debate as they say it won’t change their minds

Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated. Americans cringed. After the presidential candidates put on one of the noisiest, most chaotic debates in recent memory, voters across the country struggled for words – printable words – to describe the display. Many went first to profanities. Others landed on more polite, but still biting, terms for the … Read more

First Presidential Debate: An acrid tone from the opening minute

First Presidential Debate: An acrid tone from the opening minute

WASHINGTON: After more than a year of circling each other, Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday night in Ohio. The 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in age, and they share a mutual dislike. But they differ starkly in style and substance. … Read more

Hours before debate, Joe Biden releases tax returns and urges Donald Trump to do so, too

Hours before debate, Joe Biden releases tax returns and urges Donald Trump to do so, too

Hours before his first debate with President Donald Trump, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday released his 2019 tax returns and his campaign called on Trump, who has come under fire for not releasing his returns, to do the same. Biden, due to share the stage with Trump on Tuesday evening in Cleveland, took … Read more

View: A judicial wall America’s building to benefit certain sections and interests

View: A judicial wall America’s building to benefit certain sections and interests

The last ‘most fervent wish’ of former US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — a global feminist icon —was that her replacement be named after the election by a new president to ensure respect for the people’s verdict and fairness of process. But there is no space for niceties in US democracy today. In … Read more

US elections 2020: Facebook India fact checker NewsMobile and UC Berkeley startup FakeNetAI to detect deep fakes on social media

US elections 2020: Facebook India fact checker NewsMobile and UC Berkeley startup FakeNetAI to detect deep fakes on social media

NEW DELHI: NewsMobile, a Facebook fact checking partner for India said a project it worked on alongside FakeNetAI, a start up at the University of California (UC) Berkeley to detect deep fakes on social media platforms will be deployed in a beta version during the US elections and will also be useful to check if … Read more

Donald Trump, Joe Biden head into first debate with presidency on the line

Donald Trump, Joe Biden head into first debate with presidency on the line

CLEVELAND: There’ll be no handshake, but venom to spare when President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden meet in Cleveland on Tuesday for the first of three televised debates that could shake up an already volatile race for the White House. Covid-19 restrictions will give the debate moderated by Fox News star Chris Wallace a … Read more

US House Speaker Pelosi says Trump’s reported debts are a national security issue

US House Speaker Pelosi says Trump’s reported debts are a national security issue

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s debts reported by the New York on Sunday raised national security issues, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday, adding that the public deserves to know to whom he owes money. Pelosi, in an interview with MSNBC, said it was not clear who held the debts and if it involved … Read more