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Trump and Biden’s debates will be good theater, but not much more - The Bay State Banner
Biden or Trump will win the White House if voters really feel that one can better handle the country’s economic and domestic mess than the other. That won’t come from a presidential
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Carson, Benjamin S. (1951- )
Benjamin S. Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential Candidate in 2016, was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan.  Carson was raised in a single parent home when his father deserted the family in 1959 when he was eight years old, leaving his mother, Sonya, and his older
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Executive Order 9981, to end segregation in US Armed Forces is signed by President Harry Truman
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President Trump responds to Joe Biden's remarks on US Election status
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‘He Messed It Up’: Read Obama’s Full Scathing Rebuke Of Trump In First Campaign Speech For Biden
Read President Barack Obama's full scathing rebuke of Donald Trump's presidency in his first campaign speech for Joe Biden.
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Obama criticises leaders over Covid-19 response
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald
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Welcome change - Some Caribbean-Americans can’t wait for Biden to take office
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Kenya: Did Kenya Make the Right Move in Importing Drug?
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Barack Obama
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Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Seen as Attempts to Sabotage a Biden Administration and Eliminate Diversity and Inclusion Programs | The Orlando Advocate
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Chair of the House Financial Services Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee, recently introduced a bill (H.R. 8595) to invalidate Executive Order 13950 and preserve diversity and inclusion training programs at federal departments and agencies as
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Bolton Book: Judge rules Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it
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Ida B. Wells - Birthday
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Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock
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'Brown-skinned' Tapia endorses peaceful protests
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Covid-19 wrap: Over 372 000 global deaths, while Tanzania opens universities despite virus concerns
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Kenya: Amina Mohamed Among Favourites for WTO Top Job
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US nears 100,000 pandemic deaths: Does Trump feel your pain? | The Atlanta Voice
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VP Mike Pence tests negative after Trump tests positive for COVID-19
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Trump expected to flex pardon powers on way out door - Black News Channel
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