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White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns
President Trump says he predicts there will be a vaccine by the end of the year, but ‘even without it, it goes away.’
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Candidates challenging Golden for 2nd District take tough stance on immigrants
The three contenders for the U.S. House seat in the July 14 primary promise to protect America’s borders.
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Trump’s effort to resist gay rights runs into his Supreme Court pick
The president’s first appointee to the high court, Neil Gorsuch, is now responsible for writing the most impactful ruling for gay rights since same-sex marriage was codified as a constitutional right in 2015.
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Ranked-choice opponents file signatures to try to repeal Maine’s law
A campaign funded largely by the GOP submitted petitions with 72,000 voter signatures in an attempt to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in presidential elections in Maine.
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Sheats announces bid for re-election to Maine House
AUBURN — State Rep. Bettyann Sheats, D-Auburn, has announced her candidacy for re-election to House District 64, which includes Minot and northern parts of Auburn. Sheats is in her second term in the Legislature where she sits on the Transportation Committee. She has sponsored several bills related to veteran issues, social justice and transportation. “My […]
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Republican senator defends Trump’s Tulsa rally as health official warns it’s ‘a huge risk factor’
Novel coronavirus cases have set new daily records in Oklahoma in recent days.
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Trump delays Tulsa rally amid criticism over Juneteenth date
The president said African American supporters asked him not to hold the event on June 19, the observance of the end of slavery in the United States.
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Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
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Tulsa rally attendees must agree not to hold Trump campaign liable for infection
The rally, rescheduled to avoid a conflict with the day seen as marking the end of slavery in America, comes with the nation surpassing 2 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus.