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EDITORIAL: A Beacon of Light in Kamala Harris for Children in Need of Hope
For women across the country, Harris was a great selection, and for young women and girls, especially Black girls, Harris represents hope of a future that will accept and value women for their abilities to lead communities, companies, nations, or the world.
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Trump Airlifted to Hospital After Announcing He and First Lady Are Infected With Covid-19 – The Wilmington Journal
President Donald Trump, stricken with Covid-19, walked the 56 steps from the White House's Diplomatic Reception Room to Marine One on Friday, flying to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington for what was [...]
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Latest Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Trump by 15 points : TheGrio
A new leading national poll shows Democratic presumptive nominee, Joe Biden leading the incumbent President, Donald Trump, by 15 points. The post Latest Quinnipiac poll shows Biden leading Trump by 15 points appeared first on TheGrio.
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2020 Election Live Updates: Bitter Campaign Closes With Late Rallies, Legal Wrangling and Boarded-Up Windows
… Mr. Trump’s record with African-Americans, mocking him for asserting at … has done more to harm Black Americans than any president in modern … vice president saying that if African-Americans supported Trump, “then you ain …
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Obama: Trump failed to take pandemic, presidency seriously - DefenderNetwork.com
Calling Joe Biden his “brother,” Barack Obama on Saturday accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously as Democrats leaned on America's first Black president to energize Black voters in battleground Michigan on the final weekend of the 2020
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Africa: What U.S. Vote Means for Kenya and Africa
Opinion - On November 3, the United States will hold its much anticipated presidential election, with gubernatorial and legislative polls also being held in some states.
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Officials say Supreme Court nominee Barrett had virus over the summer
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Herman Cain hospitalized with COVID-19 after attending Trump rally
Herman Cain has been hospitalized with COVID-19 at an Atlanta-area hospital, where he is reportedly alert and doing well.  The 2012 Republican presidential candidate tested positive for the virus on Monday, less than two weeks after attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Daily
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ELECTION 2020: For Black People, Criminal Justice a Top Priority | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Donald Trump continues to counter occasional talk of reform with law-and-order rhetoric, which focuses on various left-wing groups he calls Antifa and on the Black Lives Matter Movement. Trump has accused both groups of inciting riots.
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OP-ED: Black Americans Have Everything to Lose in This Election | Dallas Weekly
In this year alone, he has mismanaged a public health crisis and the resulting economic recession — both of which have disproportionally affected Black lives — and he has added fuel to the fire and inflamed the country’s deep racial inequities. But the Biden-Harris ticket offers a different choice
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Even for a President who makes a habit of framing reality to fit his political priorities, Trumps comments on Thursday were stunning - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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US cuts troops in Iraq on Trump pledge to stop 'endless wars'
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -The US announced a sharp cut yesterday to troop numbers in Iraq, as President Donald Trump seeks to honour his pledge to halt the country's 'endless wars' overseas with just two months to go until the election.
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Trump's historic dereliction of duty laid bare | The Atlanta Voice
It matters who the president is. Millions of lives and livelihoods depend on the character, competence, altruism and integrity of the person in the Oval Office - whatever their party or ideology. But President Donald Trump - as he devastatingly revealed in his own voice to Bob Woodward - met the
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Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Decision: Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron Probe Ends | The Urban Daily
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Joe Biden to air first general-election TV ads in Texas as polls show increasingly close race against President Donald Trump | Dallas Weekly
Joe Biden is launching his first general-election TV ads in Texas as a growing number of polls show a close presidential race here. As part of a four-state ad buy that Biden's campaign is announcing Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic nominee is going up with a 60-second spot in Texas that
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Defense Secretary Esper Announces Actions To Address Discrimination In U. S. Military : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
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Closed Chinese consulate linked to intellectual theft and espionage as investigations soar | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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Where are J'cans on Trump?
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