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    Trump declares US economy is 'roaring back', despite record Covid-19 cases – video

    Play Video 1:28 Donald Trump has declared the US economy is ‘roaring back’ after news of a fall in unemployment nationwide. The results come as states across the country have been gradually lifting Covid-19 restrictions. While 4.8m jobs were added in June, parts of the country have also experienced record numbers of new coronavirus cases […] More

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    Why is coronavirus still surging in the US? – video explainer

    Play Video 5:22 The US recorded a new all-time daily high of 52,000 new Covid-19 cases on 1 July, according to Johns Hopkins University figures, as Donald Trump repeated his belief the virus would ‘just disappear’. America has now had more than 2.7 million confirmed cases – more than double that of Brazil, the second […] More

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    Trump hopes coronavirus will 'just disappear' and says he's 'all for masks' – video

    Play Video 1:05 US president Donald Trump says he hopes the coronavirus will “just disappear”, despite states across the country experiencing record numbers of new Covid-19 cases. Speaking to Fox Business, the president was asked if he believed the virus will simply disappear. “Yeah sure. At some point. And I think we’re going to have a […] More

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    Trump claims 'Russian bounty' story is hoax as pressure for answers grows – live updates

    Trump faces demand for answers over his relationship with Putin Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants in US being kept quiet Los Angeles sheriff’s department faces reckoning after police shooting Virginia joins states banning hair discrimination Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Trump has described the ‘Russian bounty’ story as a hoax in […] More

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    Governor signs historic bill to remove Confederate symbol from Mississippi flag

    Mississippi Lawmakers have seen increasing pressure to change the flag amid a nationwide reckoning with systematic racism Mississippi state employees Willie Townsend, left, and Joe Brown raise the state flag over the Capitol grounds. Photograph: Rogelio V Solis/Associated Press Mississippi has officially retired the last state flag in the US with the Confederate battle emblem, […] More

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    US politics: Russian bounty payments claim sparks Trump briefing row – live updates

    Reports: ‘Russian bounties’ intelligence was in Trump daily briefing EU bans travelers from US Health workers filed more than 4,000 complaints about protective gear Friends and family pay tribute to Elijah McClain Arizona and other states revers reopening Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Play Video Dr Fauci testifies at US senate […] More

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    White House: 'Dissenting opinions' from intelligence community on Russian bounty reports – video

    Play Video 1:26 White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says there are dissenting opinions within the intelligence community on reports Russia offered a bounty for attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan. US President Donald Trump denied being briefed on the alleged bounty program from Russia, later adding intelligence officials told him the threat was not […] More

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    Trump ignores Covid-19 risk in renewed attack on 'corrupt' mail-in voting

    The fight to vote Donald Trump President says ‘absentee ballots are fine’ but suggests coronavirus fears should not stop Americans voting in person Donald Trump suggested Americans should only be able to vote by mail under limited circumstances. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Donald Trump has continued to suggest that fear of contracting Covid-19 is not a […] More