US elections 2020
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US
Elections
2020
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Attendees at Saturday campaign rally over which Tulsa health director expresses concern will have to sign waiver
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Stacey Abrams and Keisha Lance Bottoms are among candidates being considered to be Joe Biden’s running mate
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In focus
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Georgia’s bungled primary election added to cocktail of frustrations held by voters amid pandemic and protests against police brutality
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President’s latest decisions – deploying military forces against protesters, and the church photo op – are chipping away at his base
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Party members and former allies are increasingly willing to criticize the president. But grassroots support remains strong
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The legislation would ban chokeholds by police, set up a national database for tracking police misconduct and would bar types of ‘no-knock’ warrants
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Records reviewed by the Post found the president had to resubmit his application, despite railing against the vote by mail process
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The de facto Democratic nominee vows not to ‘fan the flames of hate’ as the president brandished a Bible and boasted of using ‘overwhelming force’
What's left, America?
Gary Younge travels through the political landscape of the left, examining it's nature under Trump
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Marginalized groups in America are asserting themselves and, in doing so, making others sensitized to their condition
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Voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted with half of those under 40 saying they would prefer to live in a socialist country
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Hillary Clinton’s defeat appears to have radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not – it wasn’t that she lost to a man, but that she lost to Donald Trump
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Explainers
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Not for half a century has the US seen such large protests – and never with a president whose response has been so callous
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As people protest across the US, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have offered divergent responses that point to a divisive political debate on race relations
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Honest Elections Project, part of network that pushed supreme court pick Brett Kavanaugh, is now focusing on voting restrictions
Opinion
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Faced with the George Floyd protests, the president wants to be seen as a strongman. What happens if he loses at the polls?
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Democrats in Washington are not just passively failing to mount an opposition to Trump. They are actively helping Republicans
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Indigenous households on reservations disproportionately lack mail delivery and policymakers must recognize the limitations of vote-by-mail
On the road
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Ex-White House chief of staff questioned Trump’s character and ethics after Mattis attacked president for his conduct in office
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Despite the pandemic, the president can’t wait to get back packed rallies while his Democratic rival practices caution. Each thinks he has a winning strategy
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Randy Feenstra unseats nine-term conservative, who was repeatedly reprimanded by party leaders for interactions with white nationalists
Profiles
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As Democrats who support #MeToo rally behind their likely nominee to face Donald Trump, Republicans claim hypocrisy
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The former New York mayor spent almost $1bn on his campaign but is expanding his web of influence within the Democratic party
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Biden has taken an unusual approach, gamely answering questions about his search for a vice-president – a role he knows intimately
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Brad Parscale was the outsider who fashioned Trump’s digital campaign in 2016. Now his workaholic campaign manager, is he a ‘creative thinker’ or an ‘over-promoted troll’
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The MSNBC host’s show has become a safety blanket for many US progressives. She discusses her demonisation by the right, tackling the president’s lies – and coming out at 17
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He was a Republican ad man but now he’s a bestselling author out to bring down a president. He says Democrats must listen
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