Election 2020Tough questions, 11 finalists and many lawyers: How Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris
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Candidates were asked what they thought Donald Trump would nickname them. It was the opening gantlet of an arduous voyage — a public scrutiny that surfaced old foes or embarrassing quotes in the media, and for the 11 finalists, a deep examination by an individualized panel of lawyers that culminated with Biden himself.
New jobless aid will be less than what Trump described, White House says
President Trump said his new executive order would provide an additional $400 per week in expanded unemployment benefits. Senior officials clarified that it guarantees only $300.
No handshakes. A bad economy. These car salesmen shifted tactics — and succeeded.
“I didn’t know this was even possible,” one salesman said. “But I’m never going back to the old way.”
White supremacists made Charlottesville a symbol of racism. Black residents say it still is.
Three years after the deadly Unite the Right rally, Black activists are still pressing for change even as racial-justice protests grip much of the rest of the country.
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Professor Cornel West asks: Is the U.S. ‘even capable of treating the masses of Black people with decency and dignity?’
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