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    Joe Biden and Barack Obama raise $11m in first 2020 fundraiser together

    Joe Biden In official return to the campaign trail, former president urged 175,000 viewers not to be ‘complacent’ about 2020 race Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Barack Obama made his first campaign appearance alongside Joe Biden since endorsing him for president in April, helping raise more than $11m while warning Democrats against […] More

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    Trump to sign executive order to punish people who destroy or deface monuments – live

    President threatens ‘up to 10 years in prison’ for monument vandalism Trump says he wasn’t kidding about slowing testing Fauci to testify before Congress as Covid-19 cases rise Rayshard Brooks funeral to be held Tuesday Seattle will move to dismantle ‘Chaz’ Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated A presidential helicopter, the Washington […] More

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    'Everybody hurts': Trump's sad 'walk of shame' after Tulsa rally delights critics

    Donald Trump Video of Trump disembarking Marine One after lower than expected turnout as his campaign rally has been captioned, narrated and set to music in memes Trump returns to the White House in Washington DC after his rally in Tulsa Saturday. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock Considering that there are few aspects of his job that Donald […] More

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    Fear mounts Trump may pressure FDA to rush Covid-19 vaccine by election

    Donald Trump Concerns rise after White House attacked agency for reversing itself on an experimental drug treatment Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, on 20 June in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images Concerns that Donald Trump’s inner circle might pressure the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rush a […] More

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    New York congressional race: fight to unseat senior party figure splits Democrats

    Longstanding tensions within the Democratic party have reemerged in a New York congressional race where an insurgent candidate is seeking to unseat a long-time senior party figure. The divide is largely between establishment Democrats lining up behind incumbent congressman Eliot Engel, a member of congress for three decades who chairs the House foreign affairs committee […] More

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    Trump adviser Navarro blasts John Bolton's 'silly' China claim

    John Bolton Judge allows publication of tell-all but slams author’s behaviour Aide: ‘That guy should turn in his seersucker suit for a jumpsuit’ The Room Where It Happened: a broadside to sink Trump? John Bolton – wearing a seersucker suit – waits in the Oval Office in July 2019. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA White House […] More

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    Trump adviser makes unfounded claim that Covid-19 was 'spawned' by China – live

    Peter Navarro: Covid-19 ‘was product of Chinese Communist party’ President returns to campaign trail at muted Oklahoma event Trump says he ordered coronavirus testing to ‘slow down’ US attorney behind inquiries into Trump allies resigns John Bolton: judge declines to block tell-all Trump book LIVE Updated Trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘We know that virus was […] More