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Kanye West Says He's Done With Trump—Opens Up About White House Bid, Damaging Biden And Everything In Between — Kanye West's Fourth of July declaration, via Tweet, that he was running for president lit the internet on fire, even as pundits were trying to discern how serious he was.
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Kanye Finally Dumps Trump: 'I'm Taking the Red Hat Off'
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Kanye West Has a Cool Slogan, But No Actual Paperwork on File in Presidential Run
Kanye West Has a Cool Slogan, But No Actual Paperwork on File in Presidential Run
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Exclusive: Vindman to retire from military. His lawyer blames White House ‘campaign of bullying, intimidation and retaliation’ — (CNN)Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, is retiring from the US Army after more than 21 years …
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Vindman to retire from military after “retaliation” from Trump impeachment — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served as a key witness in President Trump's impeachment trial, announced Wednesday that he has moved to retire from the military after 21 years of service amid fears that he will …
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Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin, While Taking No Action Against Russia Arming Taliban — Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response …
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New July 2020 Electoral College Ratings — This election is looking more like a Democratic tsunami than simply a Blue wave. President Trump, mired in some of the lowest job approval ratings of his presidency, is trailing Biden by significant margins in key battleground states like Pennsylvania …
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In win for Trump, Supreme Court allows plan for religious limits to Obamacare contraceptive coverage — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to give the nation's employers more leeway in refusing to provide free birth control for their workers under the Affordable Care Act.
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Supreme Court strengthens religious protection from discrimination lawsuits
Supreme Court strengthens religious protection from discrimination lawsuits
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Supreme Court rules for Little Sisters of the Poor in long-running dispute over birth control mandate
Supreme Court rules for Little Sisters of the Poor in long-running dispute over birth control mandate
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Lara Trump-RNC robocall called mail-in voting safe and secure while President railed against it — (CNN)While President Donald Trump has continuously railed against voting by mail, a Republican National Committee robocall in April voiced by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump said voting by mail could be done “safely and securely.”
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Trump threatens to cut funding for schools, slams CDC reopening guidelines as too tough and expensive — Trump tweets that he may withhold federal funding from schools that do not resume in-person classes this fall. — Moments later Trump says his own CDC's guidelines for safely reopening schools …
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Trump threatens to cut federal funds from schools that don't reopen
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Artists and Writers Warn of an ‘Intolerant Climate.’ Reaction Is Swift. — An open letter published by Harper's, signed by luminaries including Margaret Atwood and Wynton Marsalis, argued for openness to “opposing views.” The debate began immediately. — The killing of George Floyd …

US coronavirus mortality rate not lowest in world, despite Trump claim: FACT CHECK — The president has made false statements about the virus's mortality rate. — President Donald Trump and his White House have repeatedly claimed this week, falsely, that the United States has the lowest novel coronavirus mortality rate in the world.
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How United Are Democrats? A 96-0 Data Point Offers a Hint — Polling shows Biden is not facing any serious defections from his left flank. — Joe Biden has emerged from a contested Democratic primary with surprising party unity and without any serious threat on his left flank …

The Inside Story of Why Mary Trump Wrote a Tell-All Memoir — President Trump's niece was a family outcast. Her new book casts a cold light on the relatives she describes as dysfunctional. — For most of her life, Mary L. Trump was shunted aside by her own family.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
A Guided Tour Into the Troubled Mind of Donald Trump

Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized last month after injuring his head in a fall — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. suffered a fall at a Maryland country club last month that required an overnight stay in the hospital, a Supreme Court spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday night.
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Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are a Major Source of Coronavirus Cases. — The virus has infiltrated Sunday services, church meetings and youth camps. More than 650 cases have been linked to reopened religious facilities. — PENDLETON, Ore. — Weeks after President Trump demanded …

Trump campaign considers displaying statues at future rallies: Sources — The president criticized those calling for removal of controversial monuments. — A potential new addition to President Trump's future rallies: statues. — The idea has been discussed by White House and Trump campaign aides …

Partisanship Drives Latest Shift in Race Relations Attitudes — Majority hopeful that movement will have a positive impact — West Long Branch, NJ - Republicans have turned negative while non-Republicans have held firm in their support of the movement sparked by the death of George Floyd and other incidents involving racial justice.
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Tech CEO apologizes for racist tirade against Asian American family caught on video — For a few moments after the camera began recording, the white man smirked silently in his seat at an upscale California restaurant. Then, he gave the family at the next table the middle finger and unleashed an anti-Asian tirade.
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Biden Should Not Debate Trump Unless ... Here are two conditions the Democrat should set. — I worry about Joe Biden debating Donald Trump. He should do it only under two conditions. Otherwise, he's giving Trump unfair advantages. — First, Biden should declare that he will take part …
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Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student she later married, dies at 58 — Mary Kay Letourneau, the former Seattle-area teacher who married a man she was convicted of raping when he was in sixth grade, has died of cancer, her lawyer said Tuesday. She was 58.
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GOP State Lawmaker Demands Americans ‘STOP GETTING TESTED’ For Coronavirus — Nino Vitale railed against wearing masks and ranted about “living in a dictatorship” in a Facebook post. — A GOP state lawmaker in Ohio ― one of several states currently seeing a spike …

Warning of serious brain disorders in people with mild coronavirus symptoms — UK neurologists publish details of mildly affected or recovering Covid-19 patients with serious or potentially fatal brain conditions — Doctors may be missing signs of serious and potentially fatal brain disorders triggered …
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Mike Pence's Plan to Save Trump—And Himself — In private moments, Donald Trump has told aides that he rescued Mike Pence from a potentially embarrassing defeat by pulling him out of a tough reelection bid in the 2016 Indiana governor's race and putting him on the ticket, a former White House official told me.
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District Attorney — News Release: Two Martinez Residents Charged with Hate Crime for Defacing Black Lives Matter Mural — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—July 7, 2020 — Contact: Scott Alonso, 925-957-8630 office — Two Martinez Residents Charged with Hate Crime for Defacing Black Lives Matter Mural
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Black Lives Matter Was Violent From The Start, And Media And Politicians Knew It

Robert Redford: This is who gets my vote in 2020 — Robert Redford is an actor, director, producer and trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advocacy group. — The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN.
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‘Sickening’: Biden defends Duckworth after Trump camp, Tucker Carlson question her patriotism — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump on Tuesday for attacking Sen. Tammy Duckworth — a Purple Heart recipient who lost both of her legs while serving in Iraq — as unpatriotic.
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I Played in the N.F.L. It Needs Way More Than a Black Anthem. — If the league wants to show its commitment to its players, it should hire and promote more Black coaches and executives. — WASHINGTON — In response to the Black Lives Matter protests, the N.F.L. has decided to play …

Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as it seeks a buyer and closes dozens of stores — Brooks Brothers, founded in 1818, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. — The retailer, which generated more than $991 million in sales last year, has more than 200 stores in North America and 500 worldwide.
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Woman Says She Was Fired Because Her Children Disrupted Her Work Calls — Drisana Rios of San Diego said in a lawsuit that she lost her job with an insurance brokerage firm after a supervisor complained that her children were being noisy during meetings. — A California woman has sued …

The New York Times Dropped Millions On Facebook To Advertise The 1619 Project...While Trying To Bully Facebook Into Censoring Others — The New York Times' massive campaign to pressure social media giants into restricting freedom of information — particularly dissemination from sources …
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White House Watch — Biden Has Comfortable Lead — President Trump trails likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden by ten points in Rasmussen Reports' first weekly White House Watch survey for 2020. — The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds Biden earning 50% …
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Most Americans believe Russia targeted U.S. soldiers, want sanctions in response, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans believe that Russia paid the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan last year amid negotiations to end the war …
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Trump ignores recent calamities in his push to open schools — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's new push to open schools shows he's learned nothing from calamities sparked by his demands for premature state openings. — The coronavirus pandemic is again rearing out of control …
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Texas GOP convention will happen in person — but Republican leaders will speak via video — As the state has seen a surge in coronavirus cases, calls have been growing over the past week for the party to cancel its Houston event. — The Republican Party of Texas is moving forward …
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Conservative Sites Pull Articles, Twitter Suspends Accounts After Daily Beast Investigation — The group of fake accounts planted pro-United Arab Emirates opinion articles in various right-wing publications. — A Middle East propaganda network that duped conservative media went dark …
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