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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
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
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
The fight to vote Donald Trump The president falsely cited the risk of voter fraud in tweeted threats to defund Nevada and Michigan, both 2020 swing states Staff of the Franklin County Board of Elections sort through, and de-stub both mail in ballots and provisional ballots on April 28, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio on the […] More
President says number of US cases is good news Trump threatens to withhold funding from Michigan and Nevada over vote by mail Trump suggests hosting G7 in person Florida scientist says she was fired for refusing to change Covid-19 data ‘to support reopen plan’ Coronavirus – latest global updates Get a fresh perspective on America […] More
US elections 2020 In an election year where door-to-door campaigning is limited, strategists are having to explore new ways of rallying voters Donald Trump at the White House earlier in May. The Trump campaign has been much more aggressive about offering various groups for supporters. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Diving into the campaign […] More
Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, the US president’s oldest sons, have attracted fierce criticism for attacking Joe Biden and Democrats in terms most observers considered beyond the pale even in America’s current toxic political climate. Trump Jr posted to Instagram a meme which baselessly insinuated that Biden, his father’s probable opponent at the polls […] More
‘They don’t give him enough credit’: the voters who back Trump, even through the pandemic Support for the president in Pennsylvania has not wavered despite his coronavirus missteps, and could be key to him winning reelection Donald Trump visits a medical equipment distributor during his visit to Allentown, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters Few people understand […] More
