The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Donald Trump’s aides are “frustrated” with the President’s decision not to pay his respects to the late Congressman John Lewis. The civil rights leader passed away last week. His body …
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US authorities say Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread information about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election. Two Russians who have held high-level roles in the Moscow military intelligence service …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. A couple in Minnesota wore swastika masks while shopping at a Walmart, but claimed they were not Nazis and that despite wearing the Nazi symbol on their faces, they were …
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With an impending election and polls looking bad, Donald Trump needed a quick political boost. Taking advantage of television footage of a refugee procession outside Honduras, the president announced an imminent “invasion” of the United States by a “migrant caravan” and said he would deploy 15,000 military personnel to stop …
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Valerie Yurk from The Guardian reports: Forty states lack mandates to fully protect citizens from electricity, gas and water disconnections as leniency measures to pay bills expire, making Americans affected by the economic downturn vulnerable to one of the hottest summers on record and the continued spread of the coronavirus, …
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