Andrew Trunsky

2 Wrongs: FiveThirtyEight Gives Biden 71% Chance Of Victory, Same As Clinton In 2016

An election model from FiveThirtyEight gives presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden a 71% chance of winning the presidency in November.…

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Belarus Opposition Leader Flees Country After Allegedly Rigged Election

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a Belarusian opposition leader and the main opponent of Belarus’s president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, left the country Tuesday as…

6 years ago

Trump Narrows Acceptance Speech To Two Locations

President Donald Trump said in a tweet Monday that he would accept his party’s presidential nomination at either the White…

6 years ago

Trump Administration Meets With Taiwan’s President Despite Objections From China

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen Monday morning, marking the most prominent meeting…

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Three Battleground States Wouldn’t Say When Americans Can Expect Election Results, a Fourth Isn’t Sure

Election officials in Arizona, Florida and Pennsylvania didn’t respond to repeated inquiries on when the nation could expect the results…

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Here’s What North Carolina Is Doing To Provide Results On Election Night

North Carolina will be able to deliver the results of the general election on election night despite concerns that mail-in…

6 years ago

1.19 Million Americans Filed For Unemployment Last Week

The Department of Labor reported Thursday that over 1.19 million Americans filed additional claims for unemployment last week, a slight…

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GOP Rep Roger Marshall Defeats Kris Kobach In Kansas Senate Primary

Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall won the Republican primary Tuesday, beating Kris Kobach in the race for the state’s open senate…

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3 Men Trapped On An Uninhabited Island Rescued After Writing Giant ‘SOS’ In The Sand

Three mariners were rescued from a remote Pacific island after a helicopter saw their message – an enormous “SOS” written…

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‘Catastrophic’ Consequences For Small Businesses If There Is No Relief Bill, CEOs Tell Congress

Over 100 executives called for immediate action to save small businesses, in an open letter published Monday. The letter said…

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Accident Off California Coast Leaves 1 Marine Dead, 2 Injured, 8 Missing

An accident involving an amphibious assault vehicle off the coast of southern California has left one marine dead, two injured…

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LOCKDOWN LOSS: US Sees Worst-Ever Contraction For Second-Quarter GDP

The United States gross domestic product (GDP) fell 9.5% (32.9% annualized) in the second quarter of 2020, the Department of…

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Georgia School Is One Of The First To Return To In-Person Classes This Week

A school district in southwest Georgia is set to become one of the first in the country to resume in-person…

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Gold Hits Record Price Amid Coronavirus, US-China Tensions

The price of gold rose to an all-time high Monday, reaching $1,943 an ounce and eclipsing the previous record of…

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Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Final Test On 30,000 Human Volunteers

The world’s largest coronavirus vaccine trial began Monday with the first of 30,000 American volunteers receiving shots developed by the U.S.…

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