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FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo, shows the logo for social media giant Facebook at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking additional steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.” The company said Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts that convey misinformation about COVID-19 and voting. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Facebook moves to target misinformation before election

ZEN SOO, AP Technology Writer Sep 3, 2020

With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election "civil unrest." The...

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How do Biden and Trump match up after the party conventions?

Kevin Luhrs, Reporter Sep 1, 2020

The Republican National Convention is in the rear view, and while we still don’t have the entire picture of the effects of both conventions, polls taken before and after both conventions may give us...

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OPINION: A direct path to reelection? Not so fast!

Kevin Luhrs, Volunteer Aug 31, 2020

***If you would like to submit an opinion of your own, please contact editor@unfspinnaker.com*** If you haven’t read the previous article about Donald Trump’s long path to re-election, you can read...

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump blames ‘deep state’ for not securing COVID-19 vaccine before Election Day

Alex Suarez, Graduate Reporter Aug 28, 2020

Oxford University and its manufacturing partner AstraZeneca in the United Kingdom, have come up with a vaccine to combat Coronavirus with a projected release date being in October this year if all goes...

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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. (Travis Dove/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

AP: Republican convention showcases rising stars, dark warnings

STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press Aug 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rising generation of Republican stars offered an optimistic view of President Donald Trump's leadership but was undermined on the opening night of the GOP's scaled-back convention...

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FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a White House National Day of Prayer Service in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. The coronavirus pandemic is complicating what has been a May reelection campaign launch for recent presidents. Trump has told reporters recently he would travel soon to Ohio, a battleground state. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AP — WHAT TO WATCH: After Biden’s moment, it’s Trump’s prime time

MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press Aug 24, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joe Biden and his Democratic Party used their convention last week to argue that the underpinnings of American Democracy hang in the balance this November. This week, it's President...

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In this combination image from video, former first lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich speak during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

AP: Dems put divides aside, rally behind Biden at convention

Steve Peoples and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Aug 18, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him "in over his head" and warning...

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Is the clock ticking for Tik Tok?

Kaitlyn Bowers, Features Editor Aug 17, 2020

We’ve all heard it by now—Tik Tok may be coming to an end for those of us living in the United States. But does the government really have the power to ban TikTok?  According to associate professor...

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP: Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Aug 17, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the U.S. Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the...

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CORRECTS POLITICAL PARTY FROM REPUBLICAN TO DEMOCRAT - FILE - In this Thursday, May 10, 2007 file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

AP: Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero’

CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Jul 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his...

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President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, left, and first lady Melania Trump, attend a "National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools," event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP: Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Jul 8, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don't reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says...

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online

COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Jul 7, 2020

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration...

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