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    Family values: why Trump's children are key to his re-election campaign

    Family values: why Trump’s children are key to his re-election campaign Amid pandemic and economic collapse, Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka and their partners play key roles in a fierce fight for survival Meet the president’s surrogates and strategists Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump and Eric Trump, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald […] More

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    Jeff Sessions snaps back after Trump tells Alabama not to trust him

    Jeff Sessions Former attorney general is running for old Senate seat President ‘damned fortunate’ he recused from Russia inquiry Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions button their coats as they stand for the national anthem at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, in December 2017. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters After Donald Trump told supporters in Alabama “do […] More

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    Barack Obama poised to add his star appeal to Joe Biden's campaign

    Barack Obama poised to add his star appeal to Joe Biden’s campaign The former president, the most popular politician in America with a huge social media following, can bolster the Democratic nominee with key groups and drive voter registration ‘You rarely have a former president that is more popular than the now-sort-of-nominee,’ Democratic pollster Cornell […] More

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    Biden tells voters 'you ain't black' if you're still deciding between him and Trump – video

    Play Video 1:13 Joe Biden has been criticised after saying,’If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black’. The former vice-president made the comment in an interview with Charlamagne tha God, a co-host of the radio show ‘The Breakfast Club’. After a campaign aide said Biden had to […] More

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    Biden draws criticism for saying voters who back Trump 'ain't black'

    Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden triggered a fresh controversy on Friday morning when he suggested that if American voters supported Donald Trump “then you ain’t black”. The former vice-president did an interview with Charlamagne tha God, a co-host of the radio show The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne had pressed Biden on a number of issues, including […] More

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    Joe Biden pushed to embrace radicalism of FDR by scale of economic crisis

    Joe Biden pushed to embrace radicalism of FDR by scale of economic crisis The presumptive Democratic nominee who once promised ‘nothing would fundamentally change’ now has a different tune ‘The blinders have been taken off,’ Joe Biden has said, by the coronavirus pandemic. Because of this Covid crisis, I think people are realizing, “My Lord. […] More

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    Mail-in voting will suppress Native Americans’ votes in November | Thea Sebastian

    Opinion US news Mail-in voting will suppress Native Americans’ votes in November Indigenous households on reservations disproportionately lack mail delivery and policymakers must recognize the limitations of vote-by-mail People gather for a Navajo Nation voter registration event in 2018. Photograph: Jeremy Miller/The Guardian Native communities have spent centuries battling for voting rights. Indigeneous Americans couldn’t […] More

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    Republican QAnon conspiracy promoter picked to run for US Senate

    Jo Rae Perkins wins Republican primary contest in Oregon FBI has warned that conspiracy could encourage extremism The QAnon theory has been embraced by some of the president’s supporters, such those at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in August 2018. Photograph: Rick Loomis/Getty Images Oregon Republicans have nominated a high-profile backer of the QAnon conspiracy […] More