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Trump Lags Biden on People of Color in Top Campaign Ranks
At a time of racial unrest and calls for more diversity in leadership, President Donald Trump lags Democratic rival Joe Biden in the percentage of nonwhite senior aides on their campaigns
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Trump's Defiant Help for Stone Adds to Tumult in Washington
President Donald Trump’s intervention into a criminal case connected to his own conduct is drawing fierce rebukes from Democrats and a few lonely Republicans, with calls for investigations and legislation
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Concern Over Turnout Was Factor in Postponing Trump Rally, GOP Advisers Say
Well before the call was made to postpone President Donald Trump’s Saturday re-election rally in New Hampshire, the warning lights were flashing red. There were no signs of the typical throngs of supporters camped out days in advance for a good spot; the Republican governor said he would skip it, advising anyone at high risk to stay home ... -
AP Fact Check: Trump Team Distortions on Biden and Police
President Donald Trump’s team is misrepresenting Democratic rival Joe Biden’s stance on changing police practices following George Floyd’s death
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Biden Pledges New Deal-Like Economic Agenda to Counter Trump
Democrat Joe Biden is turning his campaign against President Donald Trump toward the economy
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Biden Slams Trump on Coronavirus, Russia: ‘Commander in Chief Who Doesn't Command Anything'
Joe Biden on Wednesday slammed President Donald Trump as a “commander in chief who doesn’t command anything in the fight” against the coronavirus pandemic, also ripping him for “not doing a damn thing” in response to U.S. intelligence that Russia offered the Taliban bounties to kill Americans in Afghanistan.
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Biden Wants US to Produce More of Its Own Pandemic Supplies
Joe Biden is promising to shift production of medical equipment and other key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil,” creating jobs and bolstering a domestic supply chain he says has been exposed as inadequate and vulnerable by the coronavirus outbreak
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GOP Worries Trump's Divisive June Imperils Senate Control
President Donald Trump began June with his Bible-clutching photo op outside a church after authorities used chemicals and batons to scatter peaceful demonstrators, and the month never got less jarring or divisive
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Justices Rule States Can Bind Presidential Electors' Votes
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College
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Younger Americans Embrace Mail-In Voting, If They Can Figure Out How
Engagement among young voters is higher this year than it was in the 2016 and 2018 elections and they’re enthusiastic about voting by mail in November, but access to information about registration and how to vote during the coronavirus pandemic could be an issue, a new poll shows.
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Democrats, Biden Look to Accelerate Southern Political Shift
From Mississippi retiring its state flag to local governments removing Confederate statues, a bipartisan push across the South is chipping away at reminders of the Civil War and segregation.
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Trump to Hold Outdoor Rally in New Hampshire This Week
President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold an outdoor rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire later this week, his campaign announced Sunday.
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Trump Cabinet Members Look to Reassure Battleground Voters
Members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and agency leaders are finding time this election year to visit politically important states as their boss campaigns for a second term.
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US Jobs Surge: Trump Sees Sunshine, Biden ‘No Victory Yet'
There was good news and bad news in the job numbers this week
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Biden Tops Trump in June, 2nd-Quarter Cash; GOP Still Flush
Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden outpaced President Donald Trump’s campaign fundraising juggernaut in June and in the second quarter of this election year, continuing a stunning reversal of fortune from his threadbare primary campaign.
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Fact Check: Trump Falsely Asserts Biden Was Fed Questions
President Donald Trump has been eager to stir doubts about the mental acuity of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
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Gun Activist Businesswoman Upsets 5-Term Congressman in Colorado GOP Primary
Businesswoman Lauren Boebert has upset five-term Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in the Republican primary for the 3rd Congressional District
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Trump Campaign Shifts Top Staffer and Chief Rally Organizer to New Role
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is making some changes to its top leadership by shifting Michael Glassner away from his current title as chief operating officer and into a new role managing their legal fights against news organizations.
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Biden: Trump Has Failed at Home on Virus, Abroad With Putin
Joe Biden is taking aim at Donald Trump’s fitness for the Oval Office, suggesting the Republican president has abdicated his duty to protect U.S. troops facing Russian threats abroad and American citizens facing a pandemic and economic calamity at home
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Trump's Growing Re-Election Threat: Republican Skeptics
While the president remains focused on outside foes, a threat from within his own Republican party could well prove a decisive factor this fall.
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Biden, Trump Campaigns Release Staff Diversity Data
Following pressure to disclose the number of minorities on their staffs, the campaigns for former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump released diversity statistics Saturday that show less than half their senior teams are made up of people of color.
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Democrats Warn Against Overconfidence in Fight Against Trump
A national reckoning on racism, a ravaging public health crisis and depression-level unemployment have enveloped Donald Trump’s already tumultuous presidency
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Dueling Trump-Biden Events Offer Contrasting Virus Responses
A presidential campaign that has largely been frozen for several months because of the coronavirus took on a degree of normalcy as President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, swung through critical battleground states presenting starkly different visions for a post-pandemic America.
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Election Results Are Delayed Again. Get Used to It.
Kentucky and New York held primaries on Tuesday, but the results of the closest races won’t be known for another week
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Mail-In Ballots Thrust Postal Service Into Presidential Race
The U.S. Postal Service’s famous motto that “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers” is being tested like never before, by challenges well beyond the weather
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Democrats Confirm Plans for Nearly All-Virtual Convention
Democrats plan to hold an almost entirely virtual presidential nominating convention Aug. 17-20 in Milwaukee using live broadcasts and online streaming.
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Obama Raises $7.6 Million at Fundraiser for Biden's Campaign
Former President Barack Obama has helped raise a record-breaking $7.6 million from more than 175,000 individual donors in a grassroots fundraiser for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden
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2 Republicans Opposed by Trump Win in Kentucky, N. Carolina
Voters have rebuffed President Donald Trump and nominated two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and Kentucky
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Mail Voting: Pence, Aides Embrace Practice Panned by Trump
Vice President Mike Pence and a half-dozen other senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press.
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Black Candidates Tap Protest Energy to Challenge Democrats
Amy McGrath and Eliot Engel live hundreds of miles apart in states with dramatically different politics
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Trump Rally Highlights Vulnerabilities Heading Into Election
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is defending President Donald Trump’s use of the term “kung flu” to describe the coronavirus
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Fact Check: Trump Tries to Pin Low Rally Turnout on Protesters
President Donald Trump is claiming Democratic rival Joe Biden apologized for opposing his travel restrictions on China early in the pandemic — and for calling the restrictions xenophobic.
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Access to Ballot, Seal of Democracy's Covenant, Under Attack
The ballot has long been the essential instrument of democracy.
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Trump's Intended Show of Political Force Falls Short of Mark
President Donald Trump ignored health warnings and has held his first rally in 110 days
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Trump Comeback Rally Features Empty Seats, Staff Infections
Supporters of President Donald Trump are filing into the Tulsa stadium where the president will hold his first rally in months
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6 Staffers Setting Up for Trump Rally Positive for COVID-19
President Donald Trump’s campaign says six staff members setting up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus
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Trump Comeback Rally Features Empty Seats, Staff Infections
President Donald Trump has used his comeback rally to define the upcoming election as a stark choice between national heritage and left-wing radicalism
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Amid Wave of Cultural Change, Trump Tries to Stir a Backlash
President Donald Trump says he will win the November election in part because of a “silent majority” of voters who are worried about sweeping cultural changes
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Fact Check: Trump's Absentee Vs. Mail-In Ballot Spin
President Donald Trump continues to draw false distinctions between mail-in and absentee ballots, claiming the former are rife with voter fraud while the latter — which he has used as president — require a voter to go through “a very strict process. The equivalent of going to a voting machine, or maybe even sometimes better.” Voting experts told us... -
Klobuchar Withdraws From Veepstakes, Says Biden Should Pick Woman of Color
Sen. Amy Klobuchar won’t be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate. The Minnesota senator took her name off the list of possible running mates Thursday, saying “this is a moment to put a woman of color” on the Democratic ticket. “America must seize on the moment and I truly believe — as I actually told the VP last...... -
Trump Supporters Crowd Tulsa Ahead of Saturday Rally
Supporters of President Donald Trump amassed outside the arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday, two days before he is scheduled to hold a campaign rally expected to draw as many as 100,000 people, despite an uptick of coronavirus cases in the area and fears the event could be a COVID-19 “super-spreader.”
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Facebook Removes Trump Ads for Violating ‘Organized Hate' Policy
Facebook removed 88 ads Thursday posted by the accounts of President Donald Trump, the Trump campaign and Vice President Mike Pence that the social media giant said were “violating our policy against organized hate.”
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Biden Calls on Trump to ‘Wake Up' to Havoc Caused by Virus
Joe Biden has come out with a stinging critique of President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus
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‘Of Course Not': Fauci Says He Wouldn't Attend Trump Rallies as Coronavirus Spreads
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he wouldn’t personally attend any upcoming rallies that President Donald Trump plans to hold for his 2020 re-election campaign because the coronavirus is still spreading, NBC News reported. “I’m in a high-risk category. Personally, I would not. Of course not,” Fauci, who’s 79, said in an interview ... -
Warren's Outreach to Black Voters Could Help VP Standing
Shortly before Elizabeth Warren joined their virtual happy hour on a recent Friday afternoon, the five African American women co-hosting the #TheSipHour mused about calling her by her first name. The Massachusetts senator had her own moniker in mind. “I was going to say I’m here today as an ally, but can we really just say co-cons... -
Liberal Groups Warn Biden Could Lose Over Policing Policies
More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign criticizing his policing proposals
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GOP Candidates Balance Pros, Cons of Running With Trump
President Donald Trump’s return to the campaign trail this week means events with a president who draws TV cameras and raucous crowds
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Trump Rally Called ‘Dangerous Move' in Age of Coronavirus
Health experts are questioning President Donald Trump’s decision to rally his supporters at a large indoor arena in Oklahoma. They cite the danger of infection spreading among the crowd and sparking outbreaks when people return to their homes.
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Protests in Trump Country Test His Hold in Rural White Areas
Hundreds of protests over Black injustice have cropped up in small cities in rural areas across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
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Trump Delays Tulsa Rally That Had Been Planned for Juneteenth
President Donald Trump on Friday night tweeted that he is rescheduling a Tulsa rally that was to take place on Juneteenth, which is the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Trump wrote that the rally would be moved a day, to June 20. Juneteenth is June 19. “Many of my African American friends and supporters have…... -
Pence Hits Pennsylvania to Talk Comeback at Challenging Time
Vice President Mike Pence is working on behalf of the Trump administration to make voters feel better about the direction of the country amid a coronavirus pandemic and racial pandemic
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Fact Check: Trump's Deceptive Ad on Biden and Defunding the Police
A Trump for President ad deceptively suggests that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden supports a campaign to “defund the police.” But Biden has said explicitly that he doesn’t. The ad says, “Biden fails to stand up to the radical leftists fighting to defund and abolish the police.” It then presents images of three signs saying “d... -
Biden Rips Trump Campaign's Coronavirus Disclaimer for Rally Attendees
Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump on Friday for his decision to hold campaign rallies during the coronavirus pandemic while making attendees acknowledge that they could get sick by coming. “And now he’s having a rally on Juneteenth,” Biden said on a call with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. &... -
‘It's Broken': Fears Grow About Patchwork US Election System
Political leaders and election experts are concerned about the strength of the U.S. voting system ahead of the November presidential contest
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It's Official: Jacksonville Hosting 2020 Republican National Convention
Jacksonville, Florida, has been picked to host the GOP celebration marking President Donald Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination to run for reelection, the Republican National Committee chairwoman said Thursday.
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Rally at Your Own Risk: Trump Campaign's Legal Message to Supporters
President Donald Trump is set to resume his campaign rallies next week — but attendees have to agree not to hold his campaign liable if they get the coronavirus in the 19,000-seat arena.
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Biden Calls on Facebook to Rein in Misinformation and Voting Threats
Former Vice President Joe Biden issued an open letter to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, calling for the social media giant to stamp out misinformation, including proposing a two-week pre-election period where all political ads are fact-checked. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also called for “clear rules — applied to everyo... -
Biden Gets More Aggressive as 2020 Campaign Heats Back Up
Joe Biden is adopting an increasingly aggressive stance as he looks to break out of a monthslong campaign freeze imposed by the coronavirus outbreak
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Young People Turned Out to Protest. Now, Will They Vote?
Younger adults have led demonstrations and filled streets on a scale not seen since the 1960s to protest for racial justice after the death of George Floyd, but whether that energy translates to increased turnout in November is another question
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Trump Picks Tulsa on Juneteenth for Return to Campaign Rallies
President Donald Trump is planning to hold his first rally of the coronavirus era on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And he says he’s planning more events in Florida, Texas and Arizona as well.
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Jon Ossoff Wins Georgia Senate Primary; Will Face Perdue
A young media executive has beaten back a field of Democratic primary opponents to win a spot taking on Republican Sen. David Perdue in November
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Primary Over, Harrison Challenges Sen. Graham to Debates
With an easy win in his Republican primary, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is now preparing to confront Democrat Jaime Harrison
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Facing Electoral Headwinds, Trump Brings Back His 2016 Team
President Donald Trump in recent days has signed off on bringing a number of veterans of his 2016 campaign back for his reelection campaign
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Heat, Rain, Long Lines: Georgia Election Plagued by Problems
Voters in some Georgia precincts endured heat, pouring rain and waits as long as five hours to cast ballots in Tuesday’s elections
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Biden Promises Police Changes Without Stripping Funding
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says an overhaul of policing in America can be accomplished within existing law enforcement agencies
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Colin Powell Calls Trump a Liar, Says He Skirts the Constitution, Will Vote Biden
After a week in which President Donald Trump threatened to use military force against protesters, Colin Powell and other retired military leaders blasted the commander in chief for taking steps they say will harm the relationship between the military and U.S. citizens.
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Biden Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination for November Showdown Against Trump
Joe Biden won enough delegates on Saturday to become the Democratic presidential nominee in November’s showdown against President Donald Trump, NBC News projects. To win the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination on the first ballot at the party’s convention, a candidate must receive support from a majority of pledged delegates — at least... -
Republicans Look at Multi-City Convention for Trump's Renomination
As Republicans scramble to reboot the GOP convention, one option gaining traction is a multistate affair with major speeches and rallies in a variety of cities, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
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Trump, Biden Campaigns Were Targeted by Foreign Hackers, Google Says
Both major presidential campaigns have recently been the targets of cyberattacks from foreign governments, a Google executive said Thursday. Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which deals with nation-state hacking, said that hackers traced to China attempted to break into email accounts of people on the campaign of the apparent Democratic nomine... -
Report Highlights Voting Inequities in Tribal Communities
Native American voting rights advocates are cautioning against states moving to mail-in ballots without opportunities for tribal members to vote safely in person.
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Trump Says GOP Is Pulling Convention From North Carolina
President Donald Trump says he is seeking a new state to host the Republican National Convention after North Carolina refused to guarantee the event could be held in Charlotte without restrictions because of ongoing concerns over the coronavirus
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Biden Moves Closer to Formally Winning Democratic Nomination
Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests that tested the nation’s ability to run elections while balancing a pandemic and sweeping social unrest
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Biden Leaves Home to Visit Delaware Protest Site
Former Vice President Joe Biden left his home and made a visit Sunday to the site of George Floyd protests in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, the previous night.
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These Vote-By-Mail Lawsuits Could Help Decide the Presidential Election
As health experts warn that the country could still be grappling with the coronavirus pandemic this fall, lawsuits aiming to expand access to mail-in ballots in key battleground states could help determine the outcome of the presidential race. Nonpartisan groups, such as the Campaign Legal Center, as well as a handful of Democra... -
Civil Unrest Could Influence Biden's Search for Running Mate
Joe Biden’s search for a running mate could be reshaped by the police killing of George Floyd and the unrest it has ignited across the country, raising questions about contenders with law-and-order backgrounds and intensifying pressure on the presumptive Democratic nominee to select a black woman. Biden, who has already ple... -
Biden Speaks of Racial ‘Open Wound,' Contrasting With Trump
Joe Biden is lamenting the “open wound” of systemic racism in the United States
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Fact Check: Biden's ‘Breakfast Club' Interview
In a May 22 radio interview, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made a number of false, misleading or exaggerated claims.
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GOP Govs Offer States as Alternative RNC Convention Host
Two GOP governors are offering up their states to host the Republican National Convention, a day after President Donald Trump demanded assurances from North Carolina’s Democratic governor that the convention can go forward in August despite coronavirus fears
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Biden Marks Memorial Day at Veterans Park Near Delaware Home
Joe Biden has marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a park near his Delaware home
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Fact Check: Faulty Trump Claims on Virus Drug, Vote Fraud
President Donald Trump has been relentlessly promoting a malaria drug for coronavirus patients and assuring people it won’t hurt them
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Biden Aims to Move Left Without Abandoning Centrist Roots
Calls for pragmatic centrism helped Joe Biden clinch the Democratic presidential nomination
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GOP Sues California Over Vote-By-Mail Plan
Bay Area Republican leaders have confirmed that the party is suing California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vote-by-mail order, claiming that the system opens itself up to inaccuracy and fraudulent voting.
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Trump's Pitch to Voters: Trust Me, Economy Will Soar in 2021
President Donald Trump has a new pitch to voters for this fall. He’s asking them to trust him when it comes to an economic recovery. The coronoavirus pandemic has put more than 38 million people out of work in the United States, and Trump is increasingly talking up a future recovery that probably won’t materialize until after the November...... -
Joe Biden Wins Hawaii Presidential Primary Delayed by Virus
Joe Biden has won the presidential primary in Hawaii
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Biden Says He Was Too ‘Cavalier' About Black Trump Backers
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is explaining an offhand comment again. Now he says he “should not have been so cavalier” in comments in which he suggested African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black.”
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Economic Recovery From Coronavirus Is a ‘Long Way Away,' Joe Biden Says
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic looks “a long way away.” He also condemned President Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis, blaming him for lost lives and economic ruin. In an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” the apparent Democratic presidential nominee criticized the 2017 Repu... -
Biden Accuser's Life Marred by Abuse and Financial Hardship
Tara Reade’s accusation of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden has revived difficult questions about how to evaluate allegations of misconduct
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Biden's Vice President Shortlist Emerges, as Demings Says She's Being Vetted
A growing number of contenders to be Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee indicated Thursday that they’ve advanced to a round of intense vetting, suggesting that a shortlist for the slot is taking shape.
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Trump Threatens Funds for States Easing Voting in Pandemic
President Donald Trump has threatened to hold back federal funding from two election battleground states that are making it easier to vote by mail during the pandemic
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Biden Wins Oregon Democratic Presidential Primary
Republican voters in Oregon’s vast 2nd Congressional District chose a former state senator to be their candidate to replace Rep. Greg Walden, who didn’t run for a 12th term in the conservative region covering the rural eastern and central part of the state
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Appeals Court OKs June 23 NY Democratic Presidential Primary
New York state’s June 23 Democratic presidential primary will definitely take place now
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Voting During Coronavirus: Will We Have Universal Vote-By-Mail by November?
Experts say vote-by-mail is the safest route, but implementing it for the November presidential election has become a partisan debate.
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2020 Watch: Battleground Map Taking Shape for Biden, Trump
As states are relaxing shutdown and stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump is traveling more
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2016 Repeat? Trump Revives Clinton Playbook to Battle Biden
President Donald Trump and his allies have dusted off the political playbook that helped them defeat Hillary Clinton four years ago.
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Bill Weld Suspends Republican Bid for White House
Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld has announced he has suspended his Republican bid for the White House. “I am immensely grateful to all the patriotic women and men who have stood with me during the past eleven months in our effort to bring better government to Washington, D.C.,” Weld said in a statement. Weld made the announcement We... -
Switching Remaining Primaries to Vote-By-Mail Not So Easy
The head of the Democratic National Committee and several voting rights groups are calling on states to mail ballots to all voters to keep remaining primaries running as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping millions of Americans at home
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Sanders Faces Tough Decisions as Path to Nomination Narrows
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he is reassessing his campaign, raising questions about whether he will drop out after losing three more states and falling prohibitively behind former Vice President Joe Biden in the race.
