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This week, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden chose his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, the first Black and Asian American vice presidential candidate. An oddly unprepared Trump campaign and Republican Party reacted with a deluge of sexist and racist attacks, including shameful accusations of “birtherism.” Trump also threw his support behind a House candidate who espouses the QAnon conspiracy theory … Read More

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“Mr. President, Jill and I are sad to learn of your younger brother Robert's passing,” Biden said this morning https://t.co/pogRx6AN2h — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 16, 2020

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The Trump administration will withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley, who has repeatedly denied the existence of climate change, to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management, an official sayshttps://t.co/qhypnoPKTP — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 15, 2020

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Two senior Trump political appointees, Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell, have departed the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a senior official at the agency confirms https://t.co/qj4lhj5DFk — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 15, 2020

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The Manhattan district attorney's office asks a federal judge to dismiss President Trump's challenges to a grand jury subpoena for his financial records https://t.co/XVAxf33TXx — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 14, 2020

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President Donald Trump will visit his younger brother Robert Trump, who is hospitalized in New York, a source tells CNN https://t.co/1cRHjiPsp3 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 14, 2020

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Colorado's top elections official accuses Trump of lying about vote by mail, as the President keeps baselessly asserting mail-in voting is wrought with fraud and abuse https://t.co/Huhk4l9dPl — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 14, 2020

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A federal judge in Pennsylvania told the Trump campaign and the Republican Party that they must produce evidence they have of vote-by-mail fraud in the state by Friday https://t.co/RlyeKDcBQN — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 13, 2020

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Trump announces that Israel will “suspend” its West Bank annexation plans as part of a peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates https://t.co/yqUTNDuAA0 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 13, 2020

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President Trump was briefly evacuated from the White House briefing room. He returned and said there had been a shooting outside the White House.https://t.co/Hmq52IRkTh — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 10, 2020

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President Trump says he's open to allowing enhanced federal unemployment benefits without states paying part of the cost, despite his Saturday memorandumhttps://t.co/L43gvWHmVJ — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 10, 2020

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Trump's executive actions on Covid-19 relief “absurdly unconstitutional” when asked if she would sue to block them https://t.co/SFbZwXXBkU pic.twitter.com/v9b97jvs5I — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 9, 2020

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This week U.S. intelligence revealed Russia is actively interfering in the 2020 presidential election, with a goal of harming presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Democratic leaders pressed NCSC Director William Evanina to inform the American people, while Republicans, reminiscent of 2016, tried to obfuscate intelligence by publicly claiming it was unclear Russia was helping Trump, and using the whataboutism that … Read More

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Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow says the administration expects states to be able to cover the portion of enhanced unemployment benefits that Trump ordered through executive action https://t.co/ugvkXqQf9F pic.twitter.com/tKT40xWd9A — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 9, 2020

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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk to Dana Bash after Trump signs executive actions on coronavirus relief. Follow live updates: https://t.co/0oaTI8Gho0 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 9, 2020