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Supreme court allows Florida to restrict people with felony convictions from voting
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Decision threatens ability of three-quarters of a million people to vote in November More
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Coronavirus cases rising in 41 states as Republicans scale back convention
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Record new cases in California, Florida, Texas and Arizona
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Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, a record single-day total in the US
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Rise is the biggest in any state since start of the pandemic as its daily average death toll continues to also rise More
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Some Republican senators to skip national convention due to pandemic
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Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski and Chuck Grassley, the party’s oldest senator, among those who will not attend in-person event More
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Coronavirus: Texas mayors warn of 'serious trouble' as cases surge across US
Leaders of Houston and Austin fear hospital bed shortage Florida closes beaches as cases pass 200,000 Trump stokes division over pandemic and race More
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'It’s a constant barrage of hate': how Trump sparks heated clashes in Florida's retirement resort
‘It’s a constant barrage of hate’: how Trump sparks heated clashes in Florida’s retirement resort The Villages – where video showed a resident spewing racism, retweeted by the president – has long been Trump country. But minds may be changing More
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Covid-19 turns battleground states into hotspots as Trump trails Biden in polls
President is accused of historic failure of leadership for downplaying the virus and ignoring its resurgence in several states US politics – live coverage Trump speaks to a group of young Republicans in Phoenix last week. Trump has focused squarely on the economy, but some states have scaled back reopening efforts. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Coronavirus […] More
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Health secretary: ‘Window is closing’ to stop coronavirus as US cases pass 2.5m
US health secretary Alex Azar has warned that “the window is closing” on the country’s chance to take action to effectively curb the coronavirus, as the number of confirmed cases surpassed 2.5m. The Health and Human Services secretary pointed to a recent surge in infections, particularly in the south and said people have “to act […] More
