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State confirmed 591 new cases on Monday, a 7.7% increase Vice-president will attend Saturday’s election rally in Tulsa Mike Pence with Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters Shortly after the Trump campaign again insisted its first campaign rally since March would go ahead in Tulsa this weekend, it was reported […] More
The Tulsa World newspaper has backed the city’s top public health official in asking Donald Trump not to stage a controversial rally there on Saturday. The paper expressed concern both in terms of public health because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and race relations in light of national protests against police brutality. “We don’t know […] More
Republican lawmakers are downplaying concerns that a Donald Trump indoor rally planned for Tulsa, Oklahoma, for next weekend could contribute to the spread Covid-19, amid an increase in cases in the city. Tulsa city-county health department director Bruce Dart said he worried the rally could be dangerous for attendees as well as the president. “I […] More
Donald Trump will hold a political rally in an indoor arena in Oklahoma next week – his first amid the coronavirus pandemic – prompting organizers to demand attendees sign a waiver that absolves the president’s campaign of any liability from virus-related illnesses. Trump is so keen to return to his cherished campaign format of fronting […] More
Race Rally to be held on anniversary of end of slavery, in city where white mobs killed up to 300 black people People protest in Tulsa on 31 May to honour the 99th anniversary of the race massacre and George Floyd, who was killed in police custody. Photograph: Ian Maule/AP Donald Trump is facing a […] More
Donald Trump will hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, next Friday – his first since since states began shutting down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed more than 110,000 lives in the US. The 19 June rally will likely rattle some public health experts, as coronavirus infections rise in about a dozen states. […] More
US governors seeking to relax public health restrictions on the activity of people and businesses are acting prematurely and risk inciting a second, more damaging wave of infections from the coronavirus pandemic, public health experts have warned. A wave of reopenings is set to spread across the south and midwest of the US, led by […] More
Social distancing measures are making it impossible for organizers to gather signatures they need to put key reforms on state ballots March was supposed to be a big month for James Hayes. He and other organizers with Ohioans for Raising the Wage have been campaigning to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage – currently $8.70 […] More
