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Trump makes first appearance since Biden’s election victory
President Trump has made his first official appearance since the election was called for his rival Joe Biden. But unlike his Twitter feed, no comment was forthcoming as he laid a wreath in Arlington cemetery for Veterans Day. Meanwhile, the key state Georgia today said it would do a full recount by hand.
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Pennsylvania Trump’s last real hope of a second term
If there is a state Donald Trump cannot lose, it’s Pennsylvania.
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FactCheck: could Trump try to declare victory before the count is over?
Mr Trump has made repeated complaints about the role postal ballots are likely to play in this election, saying: “I think it’s a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election.”
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FactCheck: Corbyn’s claim that Labour antisemitism numbers are ‘exaggerated’
The former party leader said just 0.3 per cent of members had a case against them.
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Trump promises more Covid drugs for senior citizens
Donald Trump has released a video appealing to older voters, who he calls his “favourite people”, promising them more drugs to treat coronavirus.
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Trump downplays Covid as he returns to White House after hospital stay
Earlier Mr Trump appeared without a mask and again compared the coronavirus pandemic to flu in social media messages, which Facebook and Twitter have now removed – or flagged as misleading.
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FactCheck: were ‘mass hysterectomies’ performed on detainees at a US immigration centre?
Let’s take a look at what we know so far.
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FactCheck: what’s going on with Covid testing?
Official figures show a recent fall in the number of people being tested each day in England.
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FactCheck: government rationale for a precedent to break international law doesn’t seem to add up
A senior minister cited the 2013 Finance Act as precedent. But it’s not so simple.
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FactCheck: what do the coronavirus protesters want?
The StandUpX website makes a number of claims which are highly debatable or straightforwardly untrue.
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FactCheck: did England exam system favour private schools?
The percentage of students getting top grades in fee-paying institutions is up 5 points on last year.
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FactCheck: how will exam results in England, Wales and NI work?
The Education Secretary announced a ‘triple lock’ for pupils in England late last night.
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FactCheck: anger over Scottish exam grades likely to be repeated across the UK
English, Welsh and Northern Irish regulators will use a school’s past performance when deciding students’ grades.
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FactCheck: a Lord’s daily expenses could be higher than a month of Universal Credit
Members of the House of Lords are not paid a salary, but they can claim a daily attendance rate of £323.
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FactCheck: Starmer contradicted Corbyn on the Salisbury attack
Keir Starmer said the Salisbury attack “deserves to be condemned by all of us without reservation – without reservation”.