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Unemployment claims raise bets in battle for aid COVID-19

The United States faces significant long-term economic damage from the coronavirus as lawmakers discuss boosted unemployment benefits amid stubbornly high weekly jobless claims. More than 1 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits each week for the past four months. Those figures provide a grim backdrop for the …

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Roger Stone denies having used racial slurs on a radio show

The exchange took place Saturday during Stone’s appearance on “The Mo’Kelly Show,” a Los Angeles-based radio broadcast. Host Morris O’Kelly questioned Stone for his conviction for lying to Congress and tampering with evidence by threatening a witness involved in the 2016 Trump campaign. He later claimed that Stone’s sentence was …

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