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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden's White House bid: POLL — Public preference for Biden in trust to handle the pandemic has soared. — Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News …
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Washington Post:
Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president, Post-ABC poll finds — President Trump faces a significant challenge in his bid to win reelection in November, with former vice president Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead nationally and the president's approval …
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Raw Story
Harry Enten / CNN:
New polls show Joe Biden is winning suburbanites by a historic margin — Polls show Trump trails Biden by double digits — (CNN)The new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the latest to show former Vice President Joe Biden on a roll. — He leads President Donald Trump 55% to 40% among registered voters.
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Politico and Washington Post
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden holds lead over Trump as coronavirus concerns grip nation — Coronavirus infected the election. — The virus is the top issue to voters, over half of them disapprove of how President Trump's handling it, and they increasingly trust Joe Biden to do a better job on it.
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The Guardian and The Hill
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Trump leans on 2016 tactic to crack Biden support — PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump's campaign is pouring millions of dollars into a plan to weaken Joe Biden among swing state voters of color — and it's creating a sense of déjà vu among Democratic operatives.
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New York Times:
Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said — Rather than tamping down persistent protests in Portland, Ore., a militarized presence from federal officers seems to have re-energized them. — PORTLAND, Ore. — The heavily armed federal agents facing …
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KOIN-TV:
Night 51: Riot declared at police union, tear gas used at Justice Center — PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Protests on both sides of the river were met with police use of force Saturday on the 51st consecutive night of demonstrations against police brutality that were initially spurred by the death …
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The Guardian, NPR and Law & Crime
Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus — The roots of the nation's current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill — White House posture angers some GOP senators who are trying to include billions of dollars in the bill — The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars …
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ABC News:
To honor John Lewis' legacy, need to pass Voting Rights Act: Rep. Karen Bass — Reps. Karen Bass and Val Demings appeared on ABC's “This Week.” — To honor the life and legacy of death of death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., said on ABC's “This Week” …
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Joel Anderson / Slate:
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
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Mother Jones, Vox, The Hill and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death
What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death
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Raw Story
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis
USA Today:
Donna Brazile: Pass the Voting Rights Act and rename the Pettus Bridge to honor John Lewis
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
President Trump pays tribute to John Lewis, a ‘civil rights hero’
President Trump pays tribute to John Lewis, a ‘civil rights hero’
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ABC News, Politico, New York Post, NBC News, The Hill and Associated Press
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
Adam Harris / The Atlantic:
The World John Lewis Helped Create
The World John Lewis Helped Create
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The Week, FOX31 Denver, HISTORY and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur on Radio Show — Mr. Stone, while being questioned about the commutation of his sentence by President Trump, used a racial slur in referring to his interviewer, who is Black. — During a live radio show on Saturday, Roger Stone, the political operative …
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Lyndsey Parker / Yahoo Entertainment:
Linkin Park succeeds in getting fan-made Trump campaign ad pulled from Twitter — Linkin Park fans were furious Saturday, when President Trump retweeted a fan-made re-election campaign ad that used the alternative rock band's music — noting that late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds — The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks. — In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether …
tfr.faa.gov:
Operating Restrictions and Requirements — No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described). — Except as specified below. — A. UAS OPERATIONS MAY BE AUTHORIZED WITHIN THE DEFINED SSI AIRSPACE IF IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW …
David Rothkopf / Haaretz:
OpinionMike Pompeo, Enemy of American Values — As the Trump administration deploys unmarked police on the streets of Portland, its Secretary of State, eyeing a presidential run in 2024, gave a ‘pro-human rights’ speech that was actually a defense of the violation of human rights
Randy DeSoto / The Western Journal:
Look on MSNBC Host's Face Is Priceless as Experts Unanimously Agree US Should Reopen Schools — Share on Facebook(9.1k) Tweet P Share Email Print — The look on MSNBC host Craig Melvin's face when all the doctors interviewed by sister network NBC News for a story said they would send …
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CNN:
85 infants under age 1 tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county — (CNN)Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county. And local officials are imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots.
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Yelena Dzhanova / CNBC:
Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’ — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Friday praised New York for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the state did it “correctly.”
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