Republican lawmakers in states across the country are advancing bills that would prevent election officials from submitting absentee ballots before the November election, even in states where those top officials are fellow Republicans. At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, secretaries of state in places like Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, South …
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WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden presented his most comprehensive and detailed case to date against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying the president “waved the white flag and left the battlefield” against the resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, for about an hour, Biden also held positions …
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Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing in the White House Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | fake pictures Many of Vice President Mike Pence’s former donors and allies in the business world helped back a legal fund aimed at helping the Indiana Republican …
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