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The federal pullback in Portland immediately brought calm to the anti-racism protests

Aug 03, 2020

Large crowds have still been showing up at the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, since federal agents disappeared from view Thursday, but there's been a palpable change in atmosphere, and for the first time in weeks, calm.

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Pelosi, Mnuchin double down over coronavirus relief differences

Aug 03, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin doubled down on their clashing coronavirus relief packages ahead of fresh Monday talks.

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Media to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions

Aug 01, 2020

In a modern first, the press will not be present when the GOP votes to renominate Donald Trump for president

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Tammy Duckworth Wants to Know WTF Are We Supposed to Do With Our Kids During COVID?

Jul 31, 2020

Tammy Duckworth Wants to Know WTF Are We Supposed to Do With Our Kids During COVID?

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Prominent Trump Backer Who Refused To Wear A Mask Dies Of Coronavirus

Jul 30, 2020

A former Republican presidential candidate and staunch supporter of Donald Trump who refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic has died of the disease.

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Trump floats election delay, congressional Republicans reject idea

Jul 30, 2020

President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov. 3 U.S. elections, an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress - the sole branch of government with the authority to make such a change.

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Jim Jordan explodes when asked to put on a mask, pivots to 'unmasking' of Michael Flynn

Jul 29, 2020

Jim Jordan explodes when asked to put on a mask, pivots to 'unmasking' of Michael Flynn

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John Lewis becomes 1st Black legislator to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol

Jul 27, 2020

The body of civil rights leader and longtime House representative John Lewis was driven past the Lincoln Memorial and Washington, D.C.'s Black Lives Matter plaza on Monday on its way to the U.S Capitol. The procession for John Lewis stops at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C.

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Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon assess Trump's odds 99 days before the election

Jul 28, 2020

"We're less than 100 days away from the presidential election, and more Americans now say that the country's on the wrong track than at any point in Donald Trump's presidency," Seth Meyers said on Monday's Late Night.

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White Supremacy Shaped American Christianity, Researcher Says

Jul 26, 2020

Robert Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, comes from a line of white American Christians that stretches back before the Revolutionary War.

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U.S. Republicans race to finish coronavirus aid plan as jobless benefits set to expire

Jul 27, 2020

U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday were racing to complete details of a $1 trillion coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House that they hoped to unveil later in the day as unemployment benefits that have kept millions of Americans afloat are set to expire this week.

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Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project

Jul 26, 2020

* Republican gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette * Senator wants to ‘save’ US history from New York TimesThe Arkansas Republican senator Tom Cotton has called the enslavement of millions of African people “the necessary evil upon which the union was built”.

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Mnuchin says virus aid package will come soon, $1,200 checks by August

Jul 26, 2020

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was support from the White House.

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Republicans say Milwaukee murder may be linked to support for Trump

Jul 25, 2020

* Party says killing of Bernell Trammell may have been political * 60-year-old supported Trump and Black Lives Matter, locals sayThe Wisconsin Republican party has called for a federal investigation of a fatal shooting on Thursday, to ascertain whether it was motivated by animosity towards Donald Trump.

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James Carville still thinks Trump might pull out of race rather than risk a landslide defeat

Jul 24, 2020

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said President Trump’s political standing appears to be in virtual free fall, as Republicans are increasingly panicked that he will cost them control of the Senate.

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Georgia's governor and Atlanta's mayor ordered to mediate coronavirus mask fight

Jul 23, 2020

A Georgia judge on Thursday ordered the governor and Atlanta's mayor to enter mediation over the governor's lawsuit aimed at stopping the city from enforcing its requirement that people wear masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trump press secretary downplays CDC data on children and coronavirus as White House promotes schools reopening

Jul 24, 2020

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended the administration's push to reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic this fall despite a Centres for Disease Control and Prevention study that shows children ages 10 to 19 are as infectious as adults.

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Dr. Birx says 'we have to change our behavior now' as U.S. faces 'essentially three New Yorks'

Jul 24, 2020

The White House's coronavirus task force coordinator is imploring Americans to change their behavior "now." Dr.

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LA Sparks' Nneka Ogwumike: 'Our hope is that this isn’t a moment but it is a movement'

Jul 24, 2020

She’s won the WNBA’s MVP award and led the LA Sparks to a championship, but Nneka Ogwumike is making an even bigger impact as a leader off the court in unprecedented times

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No Show! Trump Cancels Jacksonville GOP Convention

Jul 23, 2020

After weeks of warnings from health officials, President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly decided to play public health hero and cancel the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, Florida, announcing plans instead for “some things with telerallies”—just a few days after his private company quietly sought to trademark the idea.

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The Lincoln Project put a laugh track under Trump's Fox News interview with Chris Wallace

Jul 22, 2020

Some progressives are uncertain if the Republicans behind the Lincoln Project are friends or foes, but on Tuesday the anti-Trump ad sorcerers proved they are at least funny (depending on your sensibilities and tastes, of course). The new ad, "Trumpfeld," is a departure from the PAC's typically darker fare.

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Ocasio-Cortez Shreds Republican's Attempted Apology After Calling Her A ‘F**king Bitch’

Jul 23, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has hit back at a Republican politician for using women as “shields and excuses” after defending himself for an outburst he unleashed on the US congresswoman.The Hill reported on Tuesday that Ted Yoho, who represents Florida, said “f**king bitch” in reference to Ocasio-Cortez after she linked economic insecurity to a rise in crime in New York. Yoho initially denied the allegations and claimed he’d only told the New York representative she was “bullshit”.In his statement on Wednesday, Yoho invoked his wife and daughters to make the claim that having women in his family makes him conscious of the ways women are belittled.“Having been married for 45 years with two daughters, I’m very cognisant of my language,” Yoho claimed.

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Geraldo Rivera: Trump Was ‘Brave’ to Wish Ghislaine Maxwell ‘Well’

Jul 22, 2020

Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera on Wednesday once again rallied to the defense of accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, claiming it was “brave” for President Donald Trump to wish the Jeffrey Epstein associate “well” during a Tuesday press conference.

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Republicans prepare to end unemployment boost as people camp out just to receive initial benefits

Jul 21, 2020

A $600/week unemployment boost meant to help the record number of Americans out of work amid the COVID-19 pandemic is expiring at the end of the month, and Republicans seemingly have no plans to let it continue. Congress started working out a new coronavirus relief bill this week, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) didn't mention extending the unemployment boost in unveiling his party's priorities on Tuesday.

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What have we learned from Bari Weiss? We need plurality in journalism

Jul 21, 2020

Two prominent US columnists resigned last week – prompting renewed debate about inclusivity

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U.S. Senate defeats bid to stop military equipment transfers to police

Jul 21, 2020

The U.S. Senate defeated a bid on Tuesday to bar the transfer from the military of tear gas, armored vehicles and other weaponry to local police, despite concern over their use during anti-racism protests across the United States.

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The House GOP's first meeting in months reportedly got heated

Jul 21, 2020

It sounds like House Republicans had a lot they needed to get off their chests after months apart.

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Mary Trump: What Really Shocked Me About My Family and the KKK

Jul 21, 2020

Mary Trump had a giant barrel of tea to spill about her family on today’s episode of The New Abnormal by The Daily Beast.

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‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Shred Trump for Bragging About Acing Cognitive Exam For People With Alzheimer’s (Video)

Jul 20, 2020

“Morning Joe” co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough spent a segment of Monday’s show tearing into President Donald Trump for bragging about his results on a cognitive exam for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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Read the unedited version of a 23-year-old John Lewis' March on Washington speech

Jul 18, 2020

Read the unedited version of a 23-year-old John Lewis' March on Washington speech

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CNN Anchor Shreds Trump Spox on President’s COVID Response: ‘Here Are the Facts’

Jul 17, 2020

CNN anchor Poppy Harlow on Friday shut down Trump campaign spokesperson Mercedes Schlapp over the president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, pointing out how many times the president has said the virus that’s killed nearly 140,000 Americans would just “go away” and “disappear.

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Top House Republican threatens to cut funding to states, cities that don't protect statues

Jul 16, 2020

The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues, after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy.

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Unidentified federal agents in camo and rented minivans are grabbing people off Portland's streets

Jul 16, 2020

President Trump has sent an unknown number of federal agents to Portland, Oregon, ostensibly to project federal property amid weeks of protests against racism and police brutality.

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Kentucky Democratic party stalwart sentenced to prison

Jul 16, 2020

Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan was sentenced on Thursday to 21 months in prison for making illegal contributions to the failed U.S. Senate campaign of his daughter, former Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.

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California to release rules for reopening schools on Friday as coronavirus cases mount

Jul 16, 2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom will release new guidelines for opening schools as coronavirus cases continue to mount in the most populous U.S. state, his office said Thursday.

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Trump news - live: President makes bizarre comments about his hair and lightbulbs in freewheeling White House speech

Jul 16, 2020

Donald Trump has shaken up his campaign staff amid falling poll numbers less than four months before the US presidential election, replacing his campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran Republican operative Bill Stepien.

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Donald Trump Is At War With Covid-19 Science

Jul 16, 2020

At a roundtable at Louisiana State University on Tuesday, US Vice President Mike Pence paused to make what he clearly felt was a vital point.

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Late night hosts see some downsides to Trump holding his GOP convention outside in Florida in August

Jul 15, 2020

Late night hosts see some downsides to Trump holding his GOP convention outside in Florida in August

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Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson gets sabotaged by Colbert's cartoon news anchors

Jul 14, 2020

It doesn't appear Rick Wilson, the longtime Republican strategist who helps run The Lincoln Project super-PAC, knew he was walking into an ambush when he agreed to speak with the cartoon news anchors on CBS's Tooning Out the News, executive produced by Stephen Colbert.

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Airline contacts US senator over maskless photo

Jul 13, 2020

American Airlines said Monday it had contacted Republican Senator Ted Cruz after he was seen without a mask on a flight, but he said he had only removed it to eat and drink.

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'Witch Hunt': Trump commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence

Jul 10, 2020

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone, sparing him from prison after he was convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

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Romney breaks from GOP again with criticism of Trump's Roger Stone decision

Jul 11, 2020

Romney breaks from GOP again with criticism of Trump's Roger Stone decision

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Why Young People Will Be The Pandemic's Long-Term Victims

Jul 11, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has caused unprecedented economic damage.

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GOP Senators Preparing $1.3 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package to Counter House Dems’ Proposal

Jul 08, 2020

Republican senators are piecing together an additional coronavirus aid package to counter House Democrats' phase-4 aid proposal.

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Kanye West Reveals He's No Longer A Donald Trump Supporter In New Interview About Presidential Hopes

Jul 08, 2020

Kanye West has said he no longer considers himself a supporter of Donald Trump, in his first interview about his own plans to run for US president.

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As COVID cases spike in Florida, Trump now says he's 'flexible' on convention format in Jacksonville

Jul 08, 2020

With coronavirus cases exploding in Florida, the president now says he is “flexible” on plans to hold a large-scale, indoor Republican National Convention next month.

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Texas Governor Is ‘Putting Lives at Risk,’ Local Officials Say

Jul 07, 2020

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo believes she knows what her county needs to fight back against COVID-19.

Headlines

China’s Confucius Institutes Attempt to Rebrand Following Backlash

Jul 08, 2020

China is attempting to rebrand Confucius Institutes following a worldwide backlash against the centers.

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New Lincoln Project ad targets GOP senators who voted to 'exonerate Trump from his crimes'

Jul 08, 2020

New Lincoln Project ad targets GOP senators who voted to 'exonerate Trump from his crimes'

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Lindsey Graham's Democratic opponent shatters record with nearly $14m in recent fundraising

Jul 07, 2020

South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Jaime Harrison, who is challenging Republican Senator – and Donald Trump ally – Lindsey Graham, raised a record $13.

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