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Coronavirus data has disappeared after Trump administration shifted control from CDC

An empty bed is moved back to the emergency room after brining in another COVID-19 patient. At United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, Dr. Joseph Varon leads a team to fight the increasing number of coronavirus patients in the expanded Covid-19 ward on July 1, 2020. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty […]

Joe Biden builds lead over Donald Trump in reliably red Texas, as voters sour on handling of virus

CDC releases edited coronavirus reopening guidance

Fauci becomes third member of White House coronavirus task force to enter quarantine

We call workers ‘essential’ – but is that just referring to the work, not the people?

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Joe Biden VP pick: Sen. Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris of California to join him on the Democratic ticket, fulfilling his pledge to select a female running mate and making Harris the first Black person ever tapped as the vice presidential nominee of a major party.  His campaign announced the pick Tuesday afternoon […]

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Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams picked to replace Lewis – KITV Channel 4

Lewis helped organize the Freedom Rides, spoke at the 1963 March on Washington and led the 1965 march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where a state trooper fractured his skull with a billy club. That protest galvanized national support for the Voting Rights Act, which candidates for his seat pledged to defend […]

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Joe Biden VP pick: Sen. Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris of California to join him on the Democratic ticket, fulfilling his pledge to select a female running mate and making Harris the first Black person ever tapped as the vice presidential nominee of a major party.  His campaign announced the pick Tuesday afternoon […]

Kanye West: Republicans with ties to Trump are helping the rapper get on general election ballots – CNNPolitics

Exhibit traces Voting Rights Act – US news – Life – Race & ethnicity | NBC News

Wisconsin’s Pandemic Election Is a Red Alert for Democracy in America | The Nation

How to protect elections amid the coronavirus pandemic

AP FACT CHECK: Sanders’ shift on delegates needed to win

Democrats try to stop Sanders’ momentum in fiery debate

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New York Attorney General Letitia James asks judge to order Trump Organization to hand over financials – ABC7 New York

NEW YORK — New York’s Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements. Attorney General Letitia James filed a petition in state trial court in New York City naming the Trump Organization, an umbrella group for the […]

Who is Guo Wengui, the Chinese billionaire who owns the boat Steve Bannon was arrested on?

Steve Bannon charged with fraud in border wall campaign

New York NRA lawsuit: AG James accuses gun group execs of self-dealing

Exhibit traces Voting Rights Act – US news – Life – Race & ethnicity | NBC News

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder Arrested In $60 Million Bribery Scheme : NPR

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New York Attorney General Letitia James asks judge to order Trump Organization to hand over financials – ABC7 New York

NEW YORK — New York’s Democratic attorney general asked a court Monday to enforce subpoenas into an investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his businesses inflated assets on financial statements. Attorney General Letitia James filed a petition in state trial court in New York City naming the Trump Organization, an umbrella group for the […]

New York NRA lawsuit: AG James accuses gun group execs of self-dealing

Exhibit traces Voting Rights Act – US news – Life – Race & ethnicity | NBC News

Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison

‘They Just Started Waling On Me’: Violence In Portland As U.S. Agents Clamp Down: NPR

Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams picked to replace Lewis – KITV Channel 4

Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder Arrested In $60 Million Bribery Scheme : NPR

Judge Salas Shooting Suspect Left Pro-Trump Paper Trail – The Atlantic

Detroit police officer charged with felonies in shooting of journalists

Head of NYPD union gives Fox News interview with QAnon mug in background – CNN

Judge Esther Salas Assigned to Epstein Deutsche Bank Case 4 Days Before Husband, Son Shot

Portland protests: Oregon sues over ‘unlawful detentions’ – BBC News

Federal Law Enforcement Use Unmarked Vehicles To Grab Protesters Off Portland Streets . News | OPB

Federal officers respond to Portland protests with gas, munitions Thursday amid growing attention from Trump administration – oregonlive.com

Supreme Court rules Louisiana abortion law is unconstitutional – UPI.com

Ellison will charge Chauvin with 2nd degree; others to be charged – StarTribune.com

Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd’s Death – WCCO | CBS Minnesota

George Floyd Riots: Violence Spans Twin Cities: 3rd Precinct Overtaken & Burned, CNN Reporter Arrested – WCCO | CBS Minnesota