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Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race
In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus
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US autoworkers return, while possible vaccine shows promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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Rage in Minneapolis, across US after George Floyd’s Death | Afro
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Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized U.S. leaders overseeing the nation’s response to the coronavirus, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in
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Biden says he was too 'cavalier' about black Trump backers
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden declared he “should not have been so cavalier” on Friday when he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump
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Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections with exec order
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in
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Trump deems churches 'essential', calls for them to reopen
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump says he deems churches and other houses of worship “essential” and called on governors across the country to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the threat of spreading the novel
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Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor
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Obama Emerges As Central Figure In 2020 Presidential Race
In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus
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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based
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Omar describes life as a fearless fighter in new memoir
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks at a campaign rally for Senator (I-VT) and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Nashua Community College on December 13, 2019 in Nashua, New
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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief
As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to unify for equity for
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Is There More COVID Cash Coming to Help Californians?
It has $14 billion in spending cuts, including a 10% salary reduction for state workers, that would be triggered only if the federal government does not provide funding to California to cover some of its coronavirus losses before the fiscal year begins July
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GOP says Democratic stimulus bill focuses more on cannabis than jobs
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took exception to the word cannabis appearing more times than the word jobs in the $3 trillion coronavirus bill introduced by House Democrats this
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Ford, Harold Jr. (1970- )
Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 11, 1970. He currently serves as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.  During his tenure in congress Ford represented the state’s 9th
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US Postal service warns states may miss mail-in ballot deadlines - TheGrio
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has warned state election officials that the agency will not be able to fulfill requests... View Article The post US Postal service warns states may miss mail-in ballot deadlines appeared first on TheGrio.
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for 'Shooting' of Protestors
President Donald Trump reached back to the Civil Rights era to quote an alleged racist former Miami police
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Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden depart after placing a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2020, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Could Be Released Really Soon – Nearly 20 Years Early – Free Press of Jacksonville
Kwame Kilpatrick, former Detroit Mayor, has been granted early release after spending 7 years of a 28-year
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U.S. House Passes New Stimulus Bill for $3 Trillion Called the HEROES Act
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a second multi-trillion-dollar stimulus bill, which seeks to provide a new round of economic assistance to Americans displaced by the
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House Democrats to Unveil Plan to Distribute $1,200 Stimulus Checks in New $3 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Fund – Free Press of Jacksonville
Unfortunately, there are millions of Americans who have yet to receive relief funds and it has been reported that some who have, already need additional
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Some Say If Retail Stores Are Open, Churches Should Be Too. Here's Why It's Not So Simple.
Last week, President Donald Trump called on governors to reopen houses of worship, calling it an “injustice” that that “liquor stores and abortion clinics” were open when churches were
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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro
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U.S. on cusp of marking at least 100K deaths from virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as Las Vegas casinos and Walt Disney World make plans to reopen, crowds of unmasked
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Trump Threatens Social Media After Twitter Fact-Checks Him
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his
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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based
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Trump goes golfing as U.S. reopens, coronavirus death toll nears 100,000
The motorcade for President Donald Trump arrives at Trump National Golf Club, Saturday, May 23, 2020, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Alex
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Atlanta mayor calls Ahmaud Arbery’s death a ‘lynching of an African American man’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Sunday called the shooting death of an unarmed African American jogger a “lynching” and said arrests of two accused men would not have been made if there was not video of the
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US moves to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers
The US commerce department said it was amending an export rule to “strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain US software and
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