NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nation’s top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus pandemic...
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Tom Namako“(AP) — The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nation’s top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus pandemic as the administration seeks to paint a positive outlook.”
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First the coronavirus ravaged the northeast, then it hit the Sun Belt. Now hospitals across the midwest and northern plains are feeling the strain as COVID-19 continues to stalk the nation.
The anti-Islam group ACT for America has a direct line to Donald Trump. Now, it has seized on allegations of a hideous crime in Idaho’s Magic Valley to spread its reach among regular Americans.
Trump has lost lawsuits challenging pandemic-related mail-in voting plans in Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, and, most recently, Pennsylvania.
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Tom NamakoJudges around the US reject Trump campaign's voter fraud claims:
"They have pieced together a sequence of uncertain assumptions”
"Cannot point to a single instance of voter fraud in Montana"
"Plaintiffs offer no instances of voter fraud"
@zoetillman
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Thousands of Americans have lost a partner during the coronavirus pandemic. Their grief — and anger — is driving some of them to the polls.
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Tom Namako“I Can’t Vote For Someone Who I Blame For The Death Of My Husband”: Meet The Coronavirus Widows
Thousands of Americans have lost a partner during the pandemic. Their grief — and anger — is driving some of them to the polls.
@juliareinstein
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"Snatch and grab, man. Grab the fuckin' Governor. Just grab the bitch," one of the alleged domestic terrorists said.
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Tom NamakoLet's be clear about the language here. A far-right militant group is accused of a domestic terror plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and attack police officers.
buzzfeednews.com/article/amberj… via @ambiej
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Trump will promise to protect people with preexisting conditions and end surprise medical billing Thursday, but his plan doesn’t actually do either. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the plan “is what it is.”
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Tom Namako“Thursday’s announcement was billed as ‘Trump’s Healthcare Vision for America’ but contained no tangible action. Trump has long promised a ‘beautiful’ and ‘phenomenal’ healthcare plan, but his administration never unveiled any comprehensive reform plan.”
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The report found that several staff working at detention facilities "diminished the seriousness of suicide attempts as well as evidence of detainee medical issues going untreated."
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Tom NamakoScoop from @aflores and @Haleaziz, who got their hands on a soon-to-be-published report by the House Homeland Security Committee.
ICE Often Gives Detained Immigrants Poor Medical Care And Uses Segregation As Punishment
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Following days of violence and civil unrest, Facebook employees wonder if their company is doing enough to stifle militia and QAnon groups stoking violence on the social network.
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the shootings that occurred after a confrontation between armed civilians and protesters during a third night of unrest in Kenosha.
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Tom NamakoProtester Dylan Schultz told @TasneemN he walking by a gas station and tire shop n Kenosha last night where there were armed militia who were "menacing" to the crowd of protesters and were "pointing weapons in their faces."
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Crackdowns and demonstrations continue to roil Belarus after a contested election, but the US seems reluctant to play a role in the push for an autocratic leader to share power and scale back police a