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Truth and Lies in Trumpland
Donald Trump is using mis-information like no President has before him. It's an unprecedented challenge to the news media, and a potential threat to democracy. We hear how the "leader of all the people" is dividing Americans and confusing the rest of the world.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: President Trump speaks to an audience at the Hermitage, home of former president Andrew Jackson on March 15, 2017. (Tennessee National Guard Public Affairs Office)
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3 storiesSCOTUS takes up the separation of Church and State
The US Supreme Court delayed arguments in a case involving the separation of Church and State until its ninth member was finally sworn in. Court watchers thought there might be a four-to-four division but, today, with Neil Gorsuch on the bench, it didn't look that way.
Read the story7 minPresident Donald Trump's 'un-reality' show
All Presidents lie. But the current White House incumbent is using misinformation to increase his power by intentionally creating confusion. That's according to students of political strategy and the rhetoric that supports it. They compare President Trump to autocrats of history -- and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Read the story35 minGeorgia 6th District special election headed to June runoff
Tom Price gave up his congressional seat in the Atlanta suburbs to become President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human services. Yesterday, a 30-year-old novice Democrat, Jon Ossoff , got 48% of the primary vote to replace him. But there will be a runoff against Republican Karen Handel , formerly Georgia’s Secretary of State.
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