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    Coronavirus US live: Cuomo says Trump cannot order New York to reopen

    Cuomo says he will not be forced to unsafely open economy Trump claims ‘total authority’ and attacks media in chaotic briefing Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Support the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution LIVE Updated Play Video Coronavirus: governor Cuomo provides update on outbreak in New York – watch live 9.58am […] More

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    Barack Obama pays tribute to Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader dead at 98

    Reverend helped start the influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr Civil rights leader the Rev Joseph E Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta in 2013. Photograph: David Goldman/AP Barack Obama has paid tribute to the civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, calling the charismatic preacher “a giant who changed the face […] More

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    Joe Biden: An Oasis of Stasis in a Changing World

    Amy Walter, writing for the Cook Political Report, has asked an important question in the title of her article: “Will Coronavirus Shake Up the Political Stasis?” She looks specifically at what the idea of stasis or change means for US President Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders Is Connecting With Us READ MORE In the midst of […] More

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    Stage set for Biden v Trump as Democrats seek return to Obama era

    Voters have shown a preference for the establishment favorite. But though Biden is no Clinton, he faces an uphill battle Follow Tuesday’s voting live Donald Trump has always been obsessed with his predecessor and polar opposite, Barack Obama. It was therefore perhaps preordained that, barring a political sensation, he will likely have to fight for […] More

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    Hillary review – did the US presidential hopeful take the wrong road?

    This epic documentary ranges across Hillary Clinton’s life, from the Arkansas governor’s mansion, through the White House years to her own shot at the top job – but the enigma remains There is a melancholy fascination to Nanette Burstein’s sympathetic and respectful documentary interview with the enduringly opaque Hillary Rodham Clinton. It will be broadcast […] More