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(Credit: U.S. Attorney's office) Two lawyers of color who were arrested in May following the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death are facing a potential of 45 years in prison. HuffPost reported that Colinford King Mattis and Urooj Rahma were arrested on May 30 in Brooklyn dur
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Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops
Frustrated House Democrats returning from a briefing at the White House said they learned nothing new about American intelligence assessments that suggested Russia was making overtures to militants as the US and the Taliban held talks to end the conflict in
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Matt Barnes Says Some NBA Players Don't Want to Return This Season Because of George Floyd and the Protests
While some players may not want to return because of the potentially deadly virus, others may not play for reasons that have to do with George Floyd and the ongoing protests, if Matt Barnes’ comments in a recent interview are to be
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Should Statues Of Historic Figures With Complicated Pasts Be Taken Down?
David Greene talks to Manisha Sinha, professor of American history at the University of Connecticut, about the recent toppling of non-Confederate statues like those of George
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As COVID cases rise, White House seeks to scrap 'Obamacare' | The Atlanta Voice
The administration’s high court filing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through
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Trump executive order relaxes hiring standards for federal jobs
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order related to reforming the hiring process for federal jobs in a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2020 in
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PHOTOS: Joyful Juneteenth marchers brave D.C rain as America enters a civil rights summer – Voice and Viewpoint
One woman led hundreds down Pennsylvania Avenue while belting Beyoncé’s “Freedom” anthem at the top of her lungs through a bullhorn.After weeks of media coverage about rioters and looters who hijacked protests following George Floyd’s death, Washington D.C. held its breath as Juneteenth marches
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Atlanta Mayor Vows Changes In How Police Officers Use Force
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that officers receive continuous training in how to deescalate situations before the consequences become
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PHOTOS: Joyful Juneteenth marchers brave D.C rain as America enters a civil rights summer
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After Weeks Of Anticipation, Trump Rally Crowd Underwhelms
President Donald Trump addressed an enthusiastic — though smaller than expected — crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night as some protesters gathered outside to call for an end to systemic racism and police
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Trump Tweets Video with 'White Power' Chant, then Deletes It
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A Second Stimulus Check? Here’s How Much Money You Could Get | The Oklahoma Eagle
By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus
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Kosovo president, 9 others indicted on war crimes charges
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and nine other former separatist fighters were indicted yesterday on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an international prosecutor probing their actions against ethnic Serbs and others during and
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Temperature Checks No Longer Mandatory at White House: Report
White House staffers will no longer be required to undergo temperature checks to enter into the facility, an official told
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Volunteers on Importance of the Black Lives Matter Street Mural
City workers and volunteers throughout the Birmingham metropolitan area, both white and black, and some from as far away as Chicago, donned paint rollers and filled in letters outlined on First Avenue South between 16th and 17th streets near Railroad Park.Volunteers from all over came together to
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Twitter has started fact-checking Donald Trump
A pair of Donald Trump’s tweets that made unsubstantiated claims about mail-in voting were appended on Tuesday with links pointing readers to news stories fact-checking him, as Twitter faces increasing criticism for not policing the president’s activity on its
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What to wear: Feds' mixed messages on masks sow confusion | The Atlanta Voice
But the messaging disconnect from Washington was evident as recently as Friday, when Vice President Mike Pence defended Trump’s decision to stage two big mask-scarce gatherings in the past week in states with big surges in infections and, in one case, local rules requiring
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Billions of Dollars in Aid For Small Businesses Go Unclaimed
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D.C. Renames A Road And Paints 'Black Lives Matter' Road Banner Near The White House
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has commissioned a huge road banner in bold yellow paint that says Black Lives Matter and stretches over two blocks near the White House.
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Crowd Tries to Topple Jackson Monument Near White House; Trump Fumes
A statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House was the target of hundreds of protesters Monday night who tried to topple the bust by declaring off-limits an area dubbed the "Black House Autonomous
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The Federal Reserve Projects High Unemployment As Recession Hits The US economy
Following the OECD’s report, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced earlier this week that due to economic activity plummeting on the heels of state-issued, lockdown measures in March and April the United States has now entered a recession after the economy peaked in
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Donald Trump On Slowing Coronavirus Testing.
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Ex-CIA director, defense secretary Gates: US is paralyzed
Gates, who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations, said in an online speech to a Florida group that partisanship has always been part of U.S. politics dating back to founders John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, but only recently has that resulted in the government being unable to
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Democrats Knock GOP Police Reform Bill, Call For 'Improvement'
Senate Democrats on Wednesday threw cold water on Republican-authored police reform legislation, calling it an inadequate and half-hearted solution to hold police officers accountable in the wake of the death of George
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Pelosi Trolls Trump Saying Rally Could Have Been A Zoom Meeting Based On Crowd Size
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Can Charles Booker Unseat Senator Mitch McConnell In Kentucky? | The Oklahoma Eagle
Booker says defeating the veteran Republican senator is ‘just as important as getting rid of Donald
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