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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
Covid-19 cases are now growing quickly in some rural and exurban areas with strong Trump support Beaches reopen, in Miami, Florida, on 10 June. Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/Rex/Shutterstock Skepticism among some Republicans about the real threat of the coronavirus pandemic, that may have been influenced by racial attitudes, could shift as positive cases of infection […] 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
Amid protests across the US over police brutality and racism, the killing of Rayshard Brooks focused a fierce national spotlight on Atlanta. That harsh glare also fell on two candidates to be Joe Biden’s running mate against Donald Trump in November. Brooks was shot after an arrest became a struggle and the 27-year-old African American […] More
Virginia Denver Riggleman beaten in convention in state’s fifth district Hardliner Bob Good could face strong Democratic challenge Denver Riggleman speaks in the House of Representatives. Photograph: AP A Virginia Republican congressman who angered social conservatives in his district when he officiated a gay wedding has lost his party’s nomination. Representative Denver Riggleman lost on […] More
Pandemic, what pandemic? Trump sees mass rallies as path to re-election Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 2 March. He is due to resume rallies in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Tens of thousands of Americans are dead from Covid-19, millions have lost their jobs but the […] More
On the slender shoulders of 77-year-old Joe Biden has fallen a heavy burden: responsibility for defeating Donald Trump and resetting America’s course. Whether the issue is racial injustice, the climate crisis, inequality, Middle East peace or democracy’s future, Biden alone stands between the US and four more years of divisive turmoil at home and dangerous […] More
The Skywalker window: what Democrats must do to destroy Trump’s Death Star Obama speechwriter David Litt’s new book is a guide to what is wrong with US democracy – and how it might be fixed Donald Trump holds a rally at the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina in February. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty […] More
