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☆ How Kamala Harris took on the ‘big banks’ after the foreclosure crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Katie Lobosco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Vice President Kamala Harris often touts how she took on the “big banks” as attorney general of California to deliver mortgage relief to homeowners hit by the 2008 foreclosure crisis. The oft-repeated story references how Harris helped negotiate a multistate mortgage settlement with five of the nation’s biggest banks that delivered financial relief to homeowners and set standards for lenders. Harris also secured a separate agreement with three of the banks, guaranteeing a certain amount of relief for California homeowners. Mortgage relief for homeownersAs a result of the national settlement, mortgage relief was delivered to homeowners in several different forms, such as principal reductions, interest rates cuts, other kinds of loan modifications or short sales. There were also some direct payments sent to people who wrongfully lost their homes to foreclosure, according to the National Mortgage Settlement website.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, It’s, “, ”, Joe Biden’s, Beau Biden, Jamie Dimon, Ira Rheingold, Katie Porter, Irvine –, ” Rheingold, Lisa Sitkin, Sitkin, servicer Organizations: Washington CNN —, Democratic National Convention, ”, JPMorgan Chase, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Mortgage, National Mortgage, University of California, Irvine, National Housing Law, Consumer Financial, Bureau Locations: California, Delaware

☆ Fact check: Trump repeats debunked lies about FEMA’s hurricane response during North Carolina visit
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump used a Monday visit to North Carolina to repeat debunked lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. They’ve spent it on illegal migrants,” Trump said. Second, it’s not true that FEMA disaster assistance money was improperly reallocated to migrants. But here’s the key: this $650 million pot is entirely distinct from FEMA’s much larger pot of disaster relief funds. As of last Tuesday, its Disaster Relief Fund had about $8.5 billion remaining, FEMA told CNN’s Ella Nilsen.

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☆ Elon Musk’s daily $1 million giveaway to registered voters could be illegal, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“We want to try to get over a million, maybe 2 million voters in the battleground states to sign the petition in support of the First and Second Amendment. … We are going to be awarding $1 million randomly to people who have signed the petition, every day, from now until the election,” Musk said at a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “This is a one-time ask,” Musk told the crowd shortly after announcing the $1 million prize. “When you start limiting prizes or giveaways to only registered voters or only people who have voted, that’s where bribery concerns arise,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert who teaches at Notre Dame Law School. Regardless of the long odds of a Musk prosecution, other respected election law experts strongly condemned the billionaire’s behavior.

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☆ Fact check: Debunking Trump’s October lying spree about immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Harris’ approach to the border: Trump falsely claimed of Harris: “She was saying the other day, ‘Yes, oh yes, we want to have a border.’ The first time she ever said it. The legal status of immigrants in Springfield: Trump falsely claimed, “They just dropped 30,000 illegal aliens in Springfield, Ohio.”This is false in more than one way. And while there is no official tally of the number of immigrants in Springfield, Trump’s “30,000” figure exceeds local estimates. More about immigrants in Springfield: Trump claimed that immigrants in Springfield are on “probation,” and he added, “Probation is for prisoners.” This is false in two ways. The word “caravan”: Talking about migrant caravans, Trump repeated his false claim that he invented the term: “The caravan.

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☆ It’s tough for young Americans to find a job right now. Blame ‘the Great Stay’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Staple’s plight highlights the unusually difficult situation of young Americans trying to kick-start their careers, even as the broader US economy remains in good shape. Indeed, the job market overall remains in decent shape. A ‘victim of circumstance’Everyday Americans are always at the mercy of the economy — whether it’s navigating difficulties such as high inflation and a recession, or a red-hot job market that benefits workers. Having a tough time landing that first job, in part because of broader economic forces, can have lasting consequences. “For young workers, their first few years out of school are very formative for their careers.

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☆ A key source of America’s economic power strengthened last month
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Bryan Mena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Retail sales were up across most categories last month, rising the most at specialty stores (+4%), clothing stores (+1.5%) and at health and personal care shops (+1.1%). Excluding those sales, retail spending was up a much stronger 0.6%. Consumer spending makes up about 70% of the US economy, with retail sales comprising a sizable chunk of that. The latest figures on retail spending represent another reassuring sign that America’s economy is nowhere near a recession. The Federal Reserve delivered a bold half-point rate cut last month, the first time the central bank has lowered interest rates in more than four years.

Persons: Jerome Powell Organizations: Washington CNN, Consumer, Federal Reserve

☆ Elon Musk peddles debunked 2020 election conspiracies at first solo town hall supporting Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“So, there’s always a question of, like, say, the Dominion voting machines. Fact: Hand counts and audits of such paper ballots have repeatedly proven that Dominion machines produce accurate results. Regardless, Dominion machines were used in 2020 in Maricopa County, Arizona, home to the state’s largest city, Phoenix. The city used machines from ES&S, according to Verified Voting, which tracks which voting equipment used in counties across the country. Nonetheless, Trump routinely says that the country needs to start using paper ballots.

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☆ US officials expect Israel’s counterattack on Iran will come before US Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Mj Lee | Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The timeline and parameters of Israel’s retaliation against Iran have been subject to intense debate inside Israel’s government and are not directly related to the timing of the US election, the sources said. President Joe Biden, and by extension Vice President Kamala Harris, have faced pressure from progressives for their handling of the situation. In a telephone conversation last week, Biden and Netanyahu held a “direct” conversation about the plans for responding to Iran, according to the White House. American officials were extraordinarily tight-tipped about the two leaders’ conversation. Some American officials have privately speculated the Israeli leader is looking to boost Trump in the weeks ahead of November’s election.

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☆ Fact check: John Deere says Trump’s story about how he saved US jobs with a tariff threat is fictional
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Inflation under Trump: Trump repeated his false claim that there was “no inflation” over his four years as president. Inflation under Biden: Trump also falsely claimed, “Biden went two years with no inflation, because he inherited from me. South Korea’s payments for the US military presence: Trump repeated his false claim that before his presidency, South Korea paid “nothing” for the US military presence there. He claimed that when he started trying to get South Korea to pay, the country responded, “We will not. The Congressional Research Service wrote in a 2023 report: “In the past, South Korea generally paid for 40%-50% (over $800 million annually) of the total non-personnel costs of maintaining the U.S. troop presence in South Korea.”US troops in South Korea: Trump falsely claimed, as he has before, that the US has “40,000 troops” in South Korea.

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☆ Olivia Nuzzi told ex-fiancé she was manipulated by RFK Jr., court filings say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Lizza, Politico’s chief Washington correspondent, said Nuzzi told him details about the relationship after he broke off their engagement in August. Lizza told the court in filings CNN obtained that he did not threaten Nuzzi, hack her electronics, or stalk her — all of which she had accused him of doing in previous court filings. “Almost everything I know about her affair comes directly from Ms. Nuzzi herself,” Lizza wrote. An unnamed counsel for Nuzzi said in a statement that Lizza is still attempting to “harass and humiliate” Nuzzi. “From July 1 to mid-August, Ms. Nuzzi and I were in what she led me to believe was a monogamous, committed and loving relationship.

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☆ Biden planning to convene ‘European Quad’ during Germany visit this week, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Kayla Tausche | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The four leaders had planned to meet the prior week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Ramstein Air Base, a meeting that was scrapped when Biden postponed his foreign travel as Hurricane Milton barreled toward the southeastern US. Biden pledged to reschedule the trip to Germany, but the outlook for the meeting of the so-called European Quad, had been unclear. Zelensky went ahead with his planned travel to Germany on Friday for a bilateral visit with Scholz, in which the German leader pledged an additional $1.5 billion in new aid. Zelensky met with Vice President Kamala Harris during a visit to Washington in September and met in person with former President Donald Trump, too. This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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☆ Fact check: Vance falsely claims Trump did not ‘go after his political opponents’ as president
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, falsely claimed Sunday that former President Donald Trump “didn’t go after his political opponents” during his presidency – an assertion that is contradicted by a mountain of evidence. As president, Trump publicly and privately pressured the Justice Department, and others in his administration, to investigate or prosecute numerous political opponents. Trump made extensive behind-the-scenes efforts to get his political opponents charged with crimes. But you don’t have to rely on investigative reporting or the memoirs of former administration officials to know that Trump went after political opponents as president. As CNN reporter Marshall Cohen has noted, there is a long list of political opponents whom Trump publicly called for the Justice Department and others to investigate or prosecute.

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☆ Fact check: What Trump keeps getting wrong about ‘paper ballots’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But Trump’s comments on “paper ballots” have puzzled voting experts and election officials – because almost all voters nationwide already use paper ballots. Facts First: Trump’s insistence that the US switch to “paper ballots” is nonsensical. He has mentioned the “paper ballots” claim dozens of times this year alone. And ideally, we go to paper ballots, same-day voting, proof of citizenship – very big – and voter ID.”In an interview last month, Trump said one way to “solve this problem” of mass fraud was to “go to paper ballots.” At a rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, he said, “we want to go to paper ballots.” And he said, “we want paper ballots,” in Montezuma Pass, Arizona. For everyone else, there are paper trails that can be checked during a post-election audit or recount.

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☆ USMCA: Trump wants to renegotiate his own trade deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Katie Lobosco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump is once again pledging to save American manufacturing and bring back jobs by rewriting a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. But this time, instead of replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA, which he has often described as the “worst trade deal ever made,” he wants to renegotiate his own trade deal. When asked by Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo in an interview that aired Sunday about his plan to renegotiate the USMCA, Trump said it would not undermine the deal he put together. Harris also wants to review the USMCAVice President Kamala Harris has also said she would use the USMCA review process. The trade deal created sweeping new benefits for the technology sector, in a chapter on digital trade that wasn’t part of the original NAFTA.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, Trump, ” Trump, Maria Bartiromo, “, Harris, Kamala Harris, USMCA Organizations: Washington CNN, North American Free Trade, “, Detroit Economic Club, Fox News, Democratic, NAFTA Locations: Mexico, Canada, USMCA, North America

☆ Why education level has become the best predictor for how someone will vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The education gap grows“The biggest single, best predictor of how someone’s going to vote in American politics now is education level. The real swing votersTo the extent that traditional swing voters are persuadable in this election, Sosnik argued they might be people like political independents or Nikki Haley Republicans. But there’s a second group of swing voters Sosnik argued is even more important. For Trump, these are non-college-educated White voters in general, particularly men, who “if they vote, you know they’re going to vote for Trump,” he said. Young voters, who are less reliable to cast ballots, also fall into this second type of swing voters, Sosnik said.

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☆ How Trump’s tariffs would work
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Katie Lobosco | Annette Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Study after study, including one from the federal government’s bipartisan US International Trade Commission, has found that Americans have borne almost the entire cost of Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products. When Trump was in office, he implemented tariffs on about $380 billion worth of goods imported into the US, according to a Tax Foundation analysis. The Trump tariffs also hit foreign steel, aluminum, washing machines and solar panels. But even if Trump implements tariffs on all US imports, the resulting revenue is unlikely to cover all these costs. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently estimated that Trump’s tariff plan would not generate enough revenue to pay for his other spending proposals.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, ” Trump, He’s, Kamala Harris, Harris, he’s Organizations: Washington CNN, White, Trump, US International Trade Commission, Biden, Social Security, CNBC, Detroit Economic, Federal Budget Locations: Michigan

Even as swing-seat Republicans attempt to paint a more nuanced view of the GOP’s stance on abortion, the national party has often muddled that message. “You can’t hide from it,” said Rep. Kelly Armstrong, a Republican from North Dakota, reflecting on the lessons Republicans learned in the 2022 midterms. Hudson accused Democrats of “creating a false and distorted impression” of the GOP’s abortion position in the 2022 midterms and attacked Democrats for espousing their own “extreme” views on the issue. Since then, Chamberlain has used her own polling to help convince key swing-seat House Republicans to shift their approach. “This is a desperation move by Republicans,” said House Democrats’ campaign chief, Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state.

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“We’re going to be going to the Congress. Going to need a lot more money as we identify specifically how much is needed. But discussions surrounding FEMA and disaster-relief funding have taken a sharply political bent in recent weeks, a development that may complicate discussions in Congress. “Conservative, hardcore” Republicans, Biden said “are standing up and saying, ‘It’s got to stop.’” He later called Florida Gov. In more productive conversations, Biden spoke by phone with Scott, who told CNN they discussed ways Congress could re-up funding for FEMA and SBA when the time is right.

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Wiles then made the formal request for additional security with acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe on September 30, according to an email reviewed by CNN. The requests from Trump’s campaign also include access to Camp David vehicles for Trump’s primary motorcade as well as access to other military assets, such as drones with thermal monitoring. Security resources are also often determined on a case-by-case basis, one administration official said. The Secret Service has increased its presence around Trump, adding members to his detail and taking extra precautions, often traveling with a counter assault team. Secret Service agents previously assigned to desk jobs or other posts also have also been brought into the rotation to protect Trump.

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☆ Despite Trump’s embrace of Orbán, Senate Republicans sound alarms over Hungary’s democratic backsliding
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Morgan Rimmer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —If there is one area where senior Senate Republicans have chosen to break with former President Donald Trump, it is his embrace of Hungary’s far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He added, “Hungary also continues to disregard the concerns raised by its allies and partners about deepening its ties with China. Orbán has endorsed Trump, and Trump has touted the prime minister’s backing, even noting it during September’s presidential debate. GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina restarted the U.S. Senate NATO Observer Group in 2018, co-chairing the group alongside Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire. This led Tillis and Shaheen to introduce a Senate resolution condemning Hungary’s democratic backsliding and its delay in allowing Sweden to join the alliance.

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☆ Fact check: During speech in which he used teleprompters, Trump falsely claims he doesn’t use teleprompters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed at a Friday rally that Vice President Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during her Univision town hall on Thursday. Trump said at the Friday rally in Aurora, Colorado: “Did you see where she did a town hall yesterday and she used a teleprompter? The teleprompter that displays a text written in Spanish was a support element for the town hall moderator. Last month, he falsely claimed that Harris used notes in a televised interview with CNN. The right-wing commentators’ inaccurate posts claiming Harris used a teleprompter at the Univision town hall relied on a 12-second clip that was posted Thursday by the Trump campaign’s “Trump War Room” account.

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☆ Fact check: Trump, on a lying spree, made at least 40 separate false claims in two Pennsylvania speeches
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

As Election Day draws nearer, the Republican presidential nominee has made false claim after false claim on a dizzying variety of subjects. FEMA and migrants: Trump falsely claimed of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: “They have no money. Trump’s opponents and the election: In Reading, Trump falsely claimed of his election opponents: “They are cheatin’ dogs, I will tell you that.” In Scranton, he falsely claimed, “Their first meeting is: ‘How do we cheat?’” This is all nonsense. Trump’s border wall: Trump repeated his false claim that “I built over 500 miles of wall” on the southern border. Military equipment surrendered to the Taliban: Trump repeated his false claim that “we gave $85 billion worth” of US military equipment to the Taliban.

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☆ How did FEMA spend $9 billion so quickly? Back-to-back disasters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This rapid spend rate is a reflection of just how many earlier disasters the agency is dealing with in addition to Milton and Helene. Here’s what to know:How did FEMA spend $9 billion so quickly? That gave FEMA about $20 billion worth of funding to tap into as it responded to Helene and Milton. “In August, we had paused obligations for recovery projects for all of those other open disasters,” Criswell told reporters. Last year, the US had a record 23 disasters costing at least $1 billion by September – with 28 such disasters in the calendar year, the most ever recorded.

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☆ Biden tells Trump to ‘get a life’ over storm misinformation, promises Milton survivors they’ll get the help they need
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

President Trump — former President Trump — get a life, man. But, he warned, it has only been hours since Hurricane Milton made landfall and it was still too early to fully assess damages across the state. “Vice President Harris and I have been in constant contact with state and local officials,” the president added. Federal officials warned that in some cases the rumors are designed to prevent people who need help from seeking it. Biden has also spoken with numerous other lawmakers, including staunch Trump supporter and Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott.

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☆ Far-right conspiracy site Gateway Pundit settles 2020 defamation lawsuit brought by Georgia election workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —Gateway Pundit, the far-right conspiracy site, has settled a defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers who were falsely accused of rigging the 2020 results. The Gateway Pundit, infamous for publishing extremely partisan and sensationalized material, often dabbles in baseless right-wing conspiracy theories. The company tried to declare bankruptcy in April, saying the 2020 defamation cases were threatening its solvency. Gateway Pundit is appealing that ruling. Freeman, Moss and Giuliani have a major hearing on the debt-collection efforts scheduled for next week in federal court in New York.

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