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Jun 02 2020
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A Lot Of Celebrities Are Being Useless Right Now
The murder hornets (remember them?) clearly weren’t a compelling enough storyline for the latest saga in the spectacle that is life in the United States, which explains why, within the last week, amid a global pandemic that is disproportionately killing black and brown people, the country swiftly reverted to a familiar refrain: antiblack racism.
Protests erupted around the country after
BuzzFeed NewsMar 25 2020
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Class-action suit seeks to bill China for coronavirus fallout: 'We want the court to make them pay'
A class-action lawsuit filed in Florida this month seeks to "make China pay for what they've done" in its handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying the country acted "negligently in their handling of the COVID-19 outbreak."
A personal injury law firm based in Boca Raton, Fla., is bringing the suit against China and various Chinese government agencies on behalf of "individuals and
Fox News DigitalJul 17 2020
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Dianne Feinstein seeks to block aid to states without mask mandates
Federal COVID aid will get even more political if the Senate’s senior Democrat gets her way.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, wants to use federal coronavirus relief to force every state to require the wearing of masks in public.
The Senate will take up the next coronavirus economic relief bill later this month. At that time, I intend to offer an amendment to prohibit
Washington TimesMay 21 2020
Fact Check
Unclear Whether Michigan Can Send Unsolicited Vote by Mail Applications
CLAIM: It is legal for Michigan to send unsolicited applications to vote by mail to every registered voter in the state.
VERDICT: UNCLEAR. The New York Times claims it is legal but dances around the central legal obstacle to doing so.
President Donald Trump criticized Michigan on Wednesday for announcing that it would send absentee ballot applications to all of the state’s 7.7
Breitbart NewsJul 01 2020
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The ‘Rocket Ship’ Economic Recovery Is Crashing
The nascent restart of America’s economy has begun to stall as a surge in new coronavirus cases dampens consumer and business activity across states like Florida, Texas and Arizona.
After weeks of a pandemic-induced contraction, the economy had begun rebounding faster than many economists expected from mid-April into June, as infection rates stabilized or fell across much of the country
New York Times (News)Mar 24 2020
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Trump wants country 'opened up' by Easter despite warnings from health experts
The novel coronavirus pandemic is spreading around the globe and in the United States, resulting in more than 46,000 cases domestically and nearly 600 deaths.
The federal government has been rolling out its response to the virus, its efforts to stem the tide as well as to stimulate the economy, which has taken a severe hit.
President Donald Trump is signaling that he's
ABC News (Online)Sep 19 2013
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Shutdown sparring a warm-up for debt fight
Everyone in Washington and on Wall Street is fixated on the potential for a government shutdown in less than two weeks.
PoliticoJan 12 2016
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Syrian suicide bomber kills at least 10, many foreigners, in Istanbul
A 28-year-old Syrian national blew himself up in a popular tourist district of Istanbul Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least 15 more, Turkey government officials said.
Fox News DigitalJul 01 2020
Fact Check
Actually, 20% of US lives in a virus hot spot
It’s been a frequent Trump administration talking point on the recent spike in COVID-19 infections: Don’t worry, only a small sliver of U.S. counties is at greater risk.
In offering this reassurance, Vice President Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar have said that only 3% or 4% of counties in the country are seeing a surge in cases. Focus on the “encouraging
Associated Press Fact CheckJul 01 2020
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Joe Biden Demands Facebook Censor Trump: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’
Joe Biden’s campaign wrote a letter to social media giant Facebook on Monday demanding the platform censor posts of his political rival, President Donald Trump.
Acknowledging the campaign has sent “prior letters” to tattle on Trump, Biden campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, wrote in part:
As I am sure you will agree, it is absolutely vital that the American public clearly
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