Vice President Pence and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) defended their septuagenarian running mates in a debate focused on President Trump’s record and Joe Biden’s plans.
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The staging — with the candidates separated by plexiglass dividers — shouted “coronavirus,” the issue that most directly threatens Trump’s reelection.
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Throughout his lifetime, George Floyd’s identity as a Black man exposed him to a gantlet of injustices that derailed and ultimately destroyed him, according to an extensive review of his life. The emerging picture underscores how racism calcified within many of America’s institutions.
With the recovery slowing, the president and his congressional adversaries picked a bad time for gridlock. Failure now to agree on new aid risks a longer, slower road back to prosperity, economists said.
The president has told Americans not to be ‘afraid’ of coronavirus while continuing to flout masks.
The White House refused to say when the president last tested negative for the coronavirus, leaving open the possibility that he may have exposed dozens of people before revealing his positive test.
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As staff at Tampa General battle pervasive misinformation about the coronavirus and distrust of the medical system, it could serve as a case study for hospitals across the country that have been tested by the pandemic.
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Jaime Harrison has highlighted the GOP incumbent’s reversal, from mocking Donald Trump in 2016 to becoming the president’s golfing partner and ally.
Critics say the new guidance could undermine public confidence in the election result by allowing prosecutors to publicize cases of suspected fraud that they previously would have been barred from discussing.
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