US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to police chokeholds as “a lynching” Monday evening and said she’s confident Republican lawmakers will agree to ban them. Her comments come as Democrats ...
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These Republicans may vote for Biden come November, They holding “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice 4 George” signs
In this bedroom community north of Phoenix, two gray-haired white residents stand silently at a dusty intersection, holding up homemade signs in the blistering 100-plus-degree heat. It only takes a ...
Read More »Trump threatens to shutter social media companies
President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to wield the powers of the federal government to shut down major social media platforms ahead of November’s general election — comparing what he claimed ...
Read More »Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
The Oregon Supreme Court has kept statewide virus restrictions in place by halting a judge’s order to end them in a lawsuit claiming the governor exceeded her authority when she ...
Read More »Here are the latest coronavirus updates from across the US
Trump defends hydroxychloroquine use: President Trump has again touted the unproven antimalarial drug as a coronavirus treatment, attempting to discredit a study that found it isn’t effective in combatting Covid-19. ...
Read More »Republican apologizes for likening Covid-19 curbs to Nazis’ persecution of Jews
Antisemitic and Nazi-sympathizing comments made by a Republican state representative in Alaska, who likened Covid-19 safety measures at the state capitol to the treatment of Jewish people in Nazi Germany, ...
Read More »Coronavirus turned out to be the greatest disaster in US history
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said coronavirus was “the greatest disaster in the history of the country.” She recalled that more than 80 thousand Americans died, about 1.4 million became ...
Read More »New Jersey governor lays out plan to boost testing, contact tracing
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Tuesday laid out his plan to boost testing and contact tracing in the Garden State as pressure mounts on him to begin reopening ...
Read More »68% of Americans say a vaccine is needed before returning to normal life, new survey finds
Two new Gallup surveys show how stay-at-home behavior and attitudes towards the pandemic have changed in the last month. Here were some of the key findings: Small gatherings: Fewer people ...
Read More »Poll: Voters expect second wave of coronavirus cases
As governors across the country begin to reopen their states, a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows that large majorities of voters favor continued social distancing to stop the spread of ...
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