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In doing so, however, Trump has highlighted not American exceptionalism but rather his fondness for political strategies used by regimes that America traditionally defines itself against. Trump’s speech specifically targeted critical race theory and the New York Times’ award-winning 1619 Project on the enduring legacy of slavery in the United States, calling them a “crusade against American history” and “toxic propaganda, ideological poison that, if not removed, will dissolve the civic bonds that tie us together....

The executive order signed on Sunday expands Trump’s plan to lower drug prices using a “most favored nation” pricing plan. Under the plan, Medicare would refuse to pay higher prices for drugs that other developed countries can purchase at a lower cost. “It is unacceptable that Americans pay more for the exact same drugs, often made in the exact same places,” Trump’s executive order said. “Other countries’ governments regulate drug prices by negotiating with drug manufacturers to secure bargain prices, leaving Americans to make up the difference....

During an appearance on the Fox Business Network with host Maria Bartiromo, Trump said that “nobody blames me” for the pandemic, which has upended the entire world, causing over 166,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. The president dug into China specifically, alleging that the country deliberately passed on the virus to the U.S. and that it “should’ve never been allowed to happen.” “But the fact is, this plague came in and I closed it up, saved millions of lives, and now we’re reopening,” he said, a remark Trump has repeated numerous times....

In a post on Truth Social Monday, Trump dismissed the recent findings of the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol while defending his actions prior to the riot. The panel recommended that the Department of Justice charge the former president with offenses including inciting or assisting an insurrection and conspiring to defraud the United States. The panel also released its 845-page report on the January 6 attack that accused Trump of being the leading figure in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 election results and being the “central cause” of the insurrection at the Capitol....

“It’s certainly possible, we’ll see,” Trump told reporters in Biarritz, France where the annual G-7 Summit is currently taking pace, after he was asked about the possibility of inviting Putin next year. “We had a very good discussion on Russia and President Putin, and a lively discussion, but, really, a good one,” the president added, explaining that discussion had taken place on Saturday evening. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed with the president’s assessment, saying: “It was lively....

The survey found that 54 percent of respondents backed the idea of the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicting the former president over the Capitol riot, compared to 37 percent who oppose the suggestion. The data from Navigator Research also revealed that Republicans were the only partisan group whose majority do not want to see Trump being charged over the Capitol riot and his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election....

Like the campaign itself, the supporters are also demanding that counting continue in states where the president currently trails former Vice President Joe Biden and Trump believes he can overhaul the deficit. The president was ahead in Michigan until Wednesday afternoon, but was overtaken by Biden as more mail-in absentee ballots were counted throughout the day. This pattern is holding across the country, and has put Biden on the verge of victory....

Polls suggest the Trump administration is not getting “very high marks” on how it has dealt with the crisis, at least from the U.S. public. In a tweet posted on Labor Day, the president stated: “Starting to get VERY high marks in our handling of the Coronavirus (China Virus), especially when compared to other countries and areas of the world. Now the Vaccines (Plus) are coming, and fast!” The president made the remarks as the U....

Trump has yet to concede the election to former Vice President Joe Biden, who is moving forward with plans for his taking office on January 20. While Trump remains hopeful that results will be overturned in his favor, the president has set his sights on the Georgia runoff elections and plans to drum up support for Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Saturday, December 5. He posted on Twitter Friday morning that he would be in Georgia on Saturday and despite the 2020 election being a “total scam,” he encouraged people to “get out and help” Perdue and Loeffler....

“Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians in Idlib Province. Don’t do it!” the president wrote on Twitter. He added that Turkey “is working hard to stop this carnage.” The warning comes amid a potential humanitarian crisis in the region as rebels try to maintain control of what is reportedly their last stronghold in the region with their battle against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad....

Swalwell, who served as a House impeachment manager, is suing Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Rudy Guiliani and Representative Mo Brooks for inciting the violence that broke out at the Capitol on January 6. He’s the second congressman to file suit against the former president, and in the event that it goes forward, court proceedings could unveil evidence that didn’t come out during Trump’s trial in the Senate. The lawsuit cites numerous reports surrounding the events of the Capitol riot, including an interview “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander did with Breitbart News Daily....

There is no wrong answer, even if this is the most difficult vote possible. All three quarterbacks have a legitimate claim to college football’s most prestigious trophy, and that has created the most intriguing race this decade. Heisman voters have been asked not to reveal their picks until Sunday, and that’s fine. Let’s see who wins this race. MORE: The power of Tua, the megastar redefining Bama’s dynasty While the straw polls suggest the race will come down to Murray and Tagovailoa — and that could be the closest two-way quarterback race since Nebraska’s Eric Crouch (770) edged Florida’s Rex Grossman (702) by 62 points in 2001 — Haskins could force his way into that conversation Saturday....

Tagovailoa’s father, Galu, said he expects his son to return to the Dolphins in 2023. GAMING SURVEY: Complete short survey for chance to win international football shirt of your choice! “Oh, he comes back,” Galu Tagovailia told Honolulu television station KHON. “Yeah, he comes back. That’s their guy. I mean, they love him. We love them and what they’re doing and how (they are) helping him with his recovery and everything else, you know, trying to get him back, still going through his protocol, but we’re grateful for them, too....

The 21-year-old, who was taken off the field on a cart in the second quarter of Alabama’s 38-7 win over Mississippi State having suffered a season-ending dislocated hip and posterior wall fracture, had an operation in Houston. The team is optimistic on his recovery. A statement from orthopaedic surgeon Lyle Cain, released by Alabama, read: “Tua underwent successful surgery on his right hip Monday morning in Houston. The procedure went as planned, and he is resting comfortably....

The 21-year-old was taken off on a cart during Alabama’s 38-7 win over Mississippi State, having suffered a season-ending dislocated hip and posterior wall fracture. Tagovailoa had an operation in Houston and the team are optimistic on his recovery. A statement from orthopaedic surgeon Lyle Cain, released by Alabama, read: “Tua underwent successful surgery on his right hip Monday morning in Houston. The procedure went as planned, and he is resting comfortably....

And now, a Week 9 game already lacking reasons to tune in just got uglier thanks to Tua Tagovailoa’s status. Will Tua Tagovailoa play on Sunday against the Houston Texans? Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the embattled Miami Dolphins franchise quarterback will miss Sunday’s home tilt against the Houston Texans (1 p.m. ET, CBS) with “a small fracture in the middle finger of his throwing hand.” Backup Jacoby Brissett will start in his place....

Various local news outlets in Georgia found that two people cited by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign as dead individuals who illegally voted in the state’s presidential election have turned out to be living citizens mistaken for being dead. On November 11, the Trump campaign claimed that James Blalock, a World War II veteran in Covington, had passed away 14 years ago but illegally voted this year. Carlson amplified the claim on Fox News and also shared an opinion piece....

His segment on Friday carried a mocking graphic stating “Dear Leader,” in an allusion to the term used to describe North Korea leader, Kim Jong Un. This set the tone for his monologue which hinted at a comparison between the advice by the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with the pronouncements by the dictator in Pyongyang. Carlson threw to a clip of Republican Congressman Jim Jordan [Ohio] asking Fauci at a hearing of the House subcommittee on the crisis whether the government should limit the protests that have been taking place across the country....

The Tucker Carlson Tonight host was ahead of his Fox colleagues in raising the alarm about the coronavirus, which White House sources told The Washington Post was a factor leading to Trump changing the tone of his public pronouncements that had been playing it down. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Carlson said that he visited Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for the first time a week and a half ago to speak frankly to the president about the danger that the coronavirus posed....

His comments came after the mass shooting at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, that saw at least seven people killed and more than two dozen people injured. Following the shooting, police arrested 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III as the main suspect and charged him with seven counts of first-degree murder. During his show, Carlson also claimed that poor mental health is a significant facet of why mass shootings happened and said that there were many people like Crimo across America....