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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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Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky. John Sommers II / Getty Images The financial aid that unemployed workers have been receiving to shore up household income during the coronavirus …
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A stylist in a protective mask cuts a client’s hair at a barber shop in Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, April 27, 2020. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg via Getty Images A federal face mask mandate would not only reduce the daily growth rate of new confirmed cases of Covid-19, but could also …
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