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Mitch McConnell laughs at criticism over Congress Covid relief failure
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Amy McGrath says Senate majority leader focused on supreme court nominee rather than ‘helping America through crisis’ More
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Kentucky’s climate is suffering. Can the state slip the industry ties that prevent change?
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Kentucky’s climate is suffering. Can the state slip the industry ties that prevent change?
Mitch McConnell has long resisted climate action even as the farm and coal sectors suffer, but a growing movement could bring change More
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'My friends were lied to': will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear?
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‘My friends were lied to’: will coalminers stand by Trump as jobs disappear?
The president vowed to help the industry, but it continues shrinking despite his cuts to regulations More
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Revealed: US spends millions of taxpayer dollars on ineffective voting restrictions
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The Guardian has found that millions have been spent to implement and defend laws widely regarded to be discriminatory More
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Long lines and delayed results: key takeaways from the latest US primaries
Elections in New York, Kentucky and North Carolina saw everything from voting problems to a win for Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes a campaign stop in Queens, New York, on 23 June. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters A slew of elections on Tuesday in New York, Kentucky and North Carolina threw out numerous story lines, from successful mail-in […] More
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'Too early to call': why it's unlikely we'll have a winner on US election night
As Kentucky voters wait to see which Democrat will challenge Mitch McConnell this fall, Americans are quickly realizing there’s a new normal for elections during the pandemic: we’re not going to know the winner on election night. Over the last few months, states across the US have seen record numbers of their voters cast their […] More
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Can a black progressive upset the race to unseat Mitch McConnell?
Charles Booker is less of a long shot to beat Amy McGrath, a centrist former air force pilot, as the Democrats’ pick for a Kentucky Senate seat after weeks of anti-racist protests Charles Booker, 35, is a rookie state representative for Louisville’s predominantly black West End who advocates for universal basic income, the green new […] More
