• Reports: Anti-Trump Republican Evan McMullin to launch independent bid for presidency http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/evan-mcmullin-2016-presidential-run-226784 190 comments 8/8/2016 politics
• Now Trump is an “independent” president? Give us a break http://www.salon.com/2017/09/11/now-trump-is-an-independent-president-give-us-a-break/ 350 comments 11/9/2017 politics
• American Bar Association president: Trump's criticism hurts judicial independence https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417997-american-bar-association-president-trumps-criticism-hurts-judicial 13 comments 22/11/2018 politics
• Trump yanked around by Portuguese president during aggressive handshake | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-handshake-portugal-president-rebelo-de-sousa-white-house-a8422741.html?amp&__twitter_impression=true 5 comments 29/6/2018 politics
• The Declaration of Independence, as read by President Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/07/03/the-declaration-of-independence-as-read-by-president-trump/?utm_term=.f46ac197a985 4 comments 3/7/2017 politics
• Queen Elizabeth Speaks with President Donald Trump Ahead of Independence Day https://people.com/royals/queen-elizabeth-phone-call-president-donald-trump-july-4/ 8 comments 1/7/2020 worldnews
• Imagine That Donald Trump Has Almost No Control Over Justice - Congress should transform the department into an independent agency untouched by the president’s whims https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/opinion/sunday/trump-barr-justice-department.html 42 comments 23/2/2020 politics
• Independents Are Losing Confidence in the Economy. That's Bad News for President Trump https://time.com/5654375/consumer-confidence-donald-trump/ 63 comments 17/8/2019 politics
• President Trump's approval rating according to Gallup as of 12/9/18: Republicans (89%), Independents (38%), and Democrats (7%) https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx 42 comments 16/12/2018 politics
• Trump Hijacks Independence Day — The president turns the Washington Mall into Red Square. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critic-s-notebook-trump-hijacks-independence-day-1222667 13 comments 5/7/2019 politics
• Mark Cuban says he would run as an independent for president if he chooses to challenge Trump https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/09/mark-cuban-says-he-would-run-as-an-independent-for-president.html 5 comments 9/11/2017 politics
• Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch stresses his independence from President Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/supreme-court-nominee-gorsuch-starts-day-two-of-confirmation-hearings/2017/03/20/ccd81b02-0dbf-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html 4 comments 22/3/2017 politics
• Most voters would rather have a beer with Obama, Biden, and Sanders, as opposed to Trump! Independents, women and younger voters don't want to have a drink with the president; Not everyone in Trump's base wants to have a beer with him https://zogbyanalytics.com/news/869-the-zogby-poll-most-voters-would-rather-have-a-beer-with-obama-biden-and-sanders-as-opposed-to-trump-independents-women-and-younger-voters-don-t-want-to-have-a-drink-with-the-president-not-everyone-in-trump-s-base-wants-to-have-a-beer-with-him 8 comments 5/11/2018 politics
• Michael Cohen has made 'a declaration of independence' from President Trump, lawyer says http://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/396381-michael-cohen-has-made-a-declaration-of-independence-from-president-trump 117 comments 10/7/2018 politics
• Why Aren't We Talking About a Four-Candidate Race for the Presidency: Two Party Hacks and Trump and Sanders as Independents? http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapr16/4-way-race4-16.html 7 comments 13/4/2016 politics
• Rebuking Trump, Chief Justice Roberts defends judiciary as ‘independent’ after president criticized judge who blocked asylum ban https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/11/21/rebuking-trump-chief-justice-roberts-defends-judiciary-as-independent-after-president-criticized-judge-who-blocked-asylum-ban/ 7 comments 21/11/2018 politics
• Trudeau criticizes Trump, arguing Canada needs an independent NAFTA dispute system because the U.S. president breaks the rules https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/09/05/trudeau-criticizes-trump-arguing-canada-needs-an-independent-nafta-dispute-system-because-the-us-president-breaks-the-rules.html 27 comments 5/9/2018 politics
• Trudeau criticizes Trump, arguing Canada needs an independent NAFTA dispute system because the U.S. president breaks the rules https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/09/05/trudeau-criticizes-trump-arguing-canada-needs-an-independent-nafta-dispute-system-because-the-us-president-breaks-the-rules.html 3188 comments 5/9/2018 worldnews
• Independent voters will make Donald Trump a one-term president https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/475607-independent-voters-will-make-donald-trump-a-one-term-president 1031 comments 22/12/2019 politics
• Senate Republicans’ Declaration of (Semi-) Independence. President Trump’s red wall in the Senate cracks. A bit. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/opinion/senate-vote-emergency.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 9 comments 15/3/2019 politics
• Trump Fires U.S. Attorney Who Investigated His Associates | The president’s move deepened a crisis over the independence of law enforcement and the president’s purge of officials he views as disloyal. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/nyregion/trump-geoffrey-berman-fired-sdny.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20200620&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=headline&regi_id=88877397&segment_id=31462&user_id=4e48b8ffa69610bafda0b70cfac2e84a 4 comments 20/6/2020 politics
• Amy Coney Barrett Won’t Say Trump’s Obvious Lawlessness Is Lawless. Her refusal to answer basic questions is not judicial independence. It’s aiding and abetting the president’s election fraud. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/amy-coney-barrett-trump-lawlessness.html 8 comments 15/10/2020 politics
• Trump Personally Fires U.S. Attorney Who Investigated His Associates -- The president’s move deepened a crisis over the independence of law enforcement and the president’s purge of officials he views as disloyal. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/nyregion/trump-geoffrey-berman-fired-sdny.html 13 comments 20/6/2020 politics
• Trump news – live: President claims to be ‘least racist person’ as second Democratic debate looms | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-democratic-debate-live-twitter-warren-sanders-winners-losers-speech-today-2020-a9028251.html 15 comments 30/7/2019 politics
• Joe Biden opens up biggest national poll lead over Trump since securing nomination as independents abandon president https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-poll-latest-donald-trump-approval-rating-independents-quinnipiac-a9621546.html 36 comments 15/7/2020 politics
• Trump says it 'would be sooo great' if Fed slashed rates, pumped cash into economy. President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, calling on the independent central bank to slash borrowing costs and inject cash into the economy. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-it-would-be-great-fed-slashed-rates-dollar-tweet-2019-12-1028769616 21 comments 18/12/2019 politics
• Democratic senator calls for independent investigation after learning that President Trump has been personally interviewing US attorneys in jurisdictions where he has personal business interests http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/politics/trump-us-attorney-interviews/?iid=ob_mobile_article_footer_expansion 175 comments 3/12/2017 politics
• Trump congratulates himself for US becoming 'number one energy producer in the world' in wake of Saudi refinery drone attacks | President boasts of energy independence following attack on major refinery in Middle East https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-us-energy-oil-producer-saudi-refinery-attacks-a9107116.html 44 comments 16/9/2019 worldnews
• Trump Death Clock seeks to bring ‘accountability for reckless leadership’ | A website by an independent film-maker tracks lives allegedly lost during the Covid-19 pandemic by the president’s own inept actions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/06/trump-death-clock-coronavirus-us 43 comments 6/5/2020 politics
• Puerto Rico: Federal response to Hurricane Maria a 'stain on Trump's presidency', says San Juan mayor | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-federal-response-donald-trump-carmen-yulin-cruz-death-toll-a8513901.html 16 comments 30/8/2018 politics
• Voters oppose 60 – 37 percent President Trump’s order suspending immigration of all refugees from any nation to the U.S. for 120 days, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll finds. https://poll.qu.edu/images/polling/us/us02072017_u27bhrqt.pdf/ 23 comments 7/2/2017 politics
• House 'strongly condemns' Donald Trump's racist comments amid fresh calls for impeachment — Four Republicans and independent back measure censuring president's remarks about Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez other women of color https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-racist-tweets-impeachment-house-aoc-ilhan-omar-strongly-condemns-comments-a9007711.html 243 comments 16/7/2019 politics
• Trump Takes Away a Lifeline for Swing-State Senators | By moving forward with the Supreme Court confirmation, the president is giving lawmakers little space to carve out an independent identity that could help them win reelection. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-gop-senate-and-fierce-supreme-court-fight/616437/ 11 comments 22/9/2020 politics
• Social media accounts with ties to Russia pushed a huge Twitter trend in favour of an independent California on US election night 2016. In the early hours of November 9th, shortly after it became clear that Donald Trump would be president, the hashtag #Calexit hit Twitter's list of top trends. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41853131 281 comments 4/11/2017 worldnews
• ‘Independent’ Trump Super PAC Gets Access to the Campaign’s Prized Possession — America First Action was able to rent on the president’s mammoth email list. But the purchase is hidden beneath layers of obscure financial transactions. https://www.thedailybeast.com/independent-trump-super-pac-gets-access-to-the-campaigns-prized-possession 10 comments 9/4/2020 politics
• Americans don’t approve of President Donald Trump’s Twitter response to the Mueller report: The president’s tweets about the Mueller report continue to perform below the long-term median for Republicans, Democrats, and independents https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/04/27/president-trumps-twitter-mueller-report 6 comments 27/4/2019 politics
• A report from independent journalist Murray Waas published in the New York Review of Books claims that special counsel Robert Mueller is in possession of highly incriminating evidence that implicates President Donald Trump in obstruction of justice. https://www.alternet.org/bombshell-report-offers-strongest-evidence-date-implicating-trump-criminal-obstruction-all 1096 comments 5/8/2018 worldnews
• In what human rights groups condemned as a "cruel and inhumane" act that must be independently investigated, agents with President Trump's Customs and Border Protection reportedly hit women, children, and journalists near the U.S.-Mexico border with tear gas, smoke, and pepper spray. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/02/cruel-and-inhumane-trump-border-patrol-hits-women-children-and-journalists-mexico 16 comments 2/1/2019 worldnews
• A French presidency candidate (2017) Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (independant right-wing) launches the campaign by a Donald Trump-ism: "We should send all suspected Jihadi in a remand detention center on the Kerguelen Islands!" ; one of the most isolated place on earth, a.k.a. the Desolation Islands http://www.metronews.fr/info/dupont-aignan-veut-expedier-les-djihadistes-aux-kerguelen-c-est-quoi-ces-iles-de-la-deshttp://www.metronews.fr/info/dupont-aignan-veut-expedier-les-djihadistes-aux-kerguelen-c-est-quoi-ces-iles-de-la-desolation/mpcp!vzg4xifnqb9o2/olation/mpcp!vzg4xifnqb9o2/ 9 comments 16/3/2016 europe
• Trump choice for spy chief pressed by senators on independence — Senators pressed Representative John Ratcliffe about how independent he’ll be if confirmed as the nation’s top spy chief, reflecting concern that President Donald Trump is seeking a loyalist to oversee intelligence agencies https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/05/05/trump-choice-spy-chief-pressed-senators-independence/111662316/ 6 comments 5/5/2020 politics