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Statement by Vice President Joe Biden — April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every year, at this time, we talk about awareness, prevention, and the importance of women feeling they can step forward, say something, and be heard. That belief — that women should be heard …
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Joe Biden denies he sexually assaulted a former Senate aide, calls on National Archives to release complaint if it exists — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday denied that he sexually assaulted a former Senate aide, addressing the allegation publicly …
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Tara Reade Knows She Has A Difficult Allegation. And She's Had A Difficult Time Getting A Hearing. — She has seen Joe Biden take questions on cable news and late-night television. She has watched him host virtual town halls with voters and online fundraisers with donors.
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Biden denies sexual assault allegation: ‘This never happened’ — (CNN)Joe Biden released a statement Friday denying a former aide's claims he sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, saying of Tara Reade's allegation: “This never happened.” — Friday's statement is the first detailed response from Biden to Reade's allegation.
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Biden denies sexual assault allegation, calls for release of any records
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Joe Biden set to break his silence on Tara Reade allegations
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Pence staff threatens action against reporter who tweeted about visit to clinic without surgical mask — Vice President Pence's office has threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence's office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic …
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Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans. — In the '60s, protesters burned bras. In 2020 they might soon be burning masks. — Views on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic have become increasingly polarized, yet another political issue …


New White House press secretary McEnany to hold 1st briefing — WASHiNGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, is to face reporters for the first time in the White House Briefing Room on Friday, something her predecessor never did during a nine-month stint as press secretary.


Congressional Democrats are governing from the minority — “They don't want the federal government to work and we do”: the Democrats' stimulus dilemma. — Are Democrats getting rolled on coronavirus stimulus? — The most recent bill — stimulus 3.5, I guess we're calling it …
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Capitol physician says Senate lacks capacity to test all senators
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The Senate's coronavirus testing conundrum
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Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns in the state Capitol, demonstrate against Michigan's emergency measures — Protesters held signs, waved American flags and even carried firearms as lawmakers debated extending Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's state of emergency.
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Armed protesters demonstrate against Covid-19 lockdown at Michigan capitol
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THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER
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Michigan rally against shelter-in-place order spills into Capitol building
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Gov. Whitmer extends Michigan State of Emergency through May 28 after Legislature refused extension
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Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery — (CNN)The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a report released Thursday.
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History According to Trump: The President and the 1917 Pandemic That Wasn't — The U.S. leader, famously illiterate about history, eagerly promotes his place in it. — As the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted his Presidency, Donald Trump has often complained about the terrible hand that history has dealt him.

Chinese lab conducted extensive research on deadly bat viruses, but there is no evidence of accidental release — For nearly a decade, a team of scientists from Wuhan, China, crisscrossed southern Asia in a high-stakes search for bats and the strange diseases they harbor.
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Justice Dept. scrutinizes White House-connected doctor linked to disputed coronavirus treatment — Federal prosecutors are examining the communications of a New York family doctor who appears frequently on Fox News and has been in touch with the White House to tout an anti-malarial as a treatment …


Thank you for your service, Jared Kushner — Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the editor of the Coronavirus Daily Brief and author of the new book “Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos.”
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President Trump's Favorability Ratings Recede from March's Peak — New data from PRRI shows that President Donald Trump's favorability rating has dropped seven points over the last four weeks. Today, just over four in ten (43%) Americans hold mostly or very favorable views of Trump …
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No, Michael Flynn wasn't ‘set up’ — Attorneys for former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn claim that “stunning” new documents reveal the FBI “framed” and “set up” their client. Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with the Russian ambassador …
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While Trump minimizes the toll, government orders 100,000 new body bags — Federal coronavirus response documents obtained by NBC News suggest the president's optimism about ‘Opening Up America’ is at odds with dire warnings from inside his administration. — WASHINGTON — The federal …
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Valentina Blackhorse, Navajo Pageant Winner With Dreams, Dies at 28 — She nurtured political aspirations while raising her 1-year-old daughter. Then she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The next day she was dead. — ALBUQUERQUE — Valentina Blackhorse …


Internal GOP poll points to troubling signs for Georgia Republicans — An internal poll conducted for the Georgia House GOP Caucus points to troubling signs for Republican leaders: President Donald Trump is deadlocked with Joe Biden and voters aren't giving the White House …
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Nearly seven weeks into the shutdown, here's why so many are still getting sick — The District, Maryland and Virginia have been shut down for weeks, their economies in tatters. Large swaths of the population venture out only rarely, wrapped in masks and gloves.


Nearly 900 workers at Tyson meat plant in Indiana test positive for coronavirus — Nearly 900 workers at a Tyson Food plant in Indiana have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. — The coronavirus infected 890 of the 2,200 people at the plant located in Logansport, Ind., local station WISH TV reported Wednesday.
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Why would we turn to death panels amid coronavirus? They'll happen if we rush to reopen. — Palin's death panels were fake. Today's would be real. But there is a practical path to protecting people as we restart our economy. Let's choose it. — In 2009, during the surge …