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As the Supreme Court weighs their fate, thousands of DACA recipients have become their families’ sole providers because of coronavirus

The stress of awaiting a ruling on whether they will lose their temporary protective status has been amplified for many immigrants brought to the country illegally as children now that their parents are ineligible for federal coronavirus relief because they are not legal residents.

Trump’s refusal to wear a mask is helping politicize a crucial tool for fighting virus
President Trump made fun of Joe Biden for wearing a mask, and public health experts fear the president’s antipathy to covering his face in public could stigmatize masks among more of his supporters.

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Joe Biden is the front-runner to win the presidency in basically every metric. Except one.
There is one point in Trump’s pocket that may override all of this and there is nothing Biden can do: Trump is the incumbent.

Trump calls George Floyd death ‘shocking,’ calls protesters ‘thugs’

President Donald Trump on Friday called those protesting the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was in police custody when he died, in Minneapolis “thugs” and vowed that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

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Trump tries a new response after George Floyd’s death

Once more likely to hew to the “blue lives matter” mantra, President Trump and his allies are questioning an officer’s conduct and calling for justice for Floyd.

Trump administration is preparing executive order to curtail protections for social media companies

The Trump administration is preparing an executive order intended to curtail the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for what gets posted on their platforms, two senior administration officials said early Thursday.

‘Enough already.’ Mitt Romney calls on Trump to stop tweeting about 2001 death of Florida woman

Senator Mitt Romney called on President Trump Wednesday to stop tweeting about the 2001 death of a Florida woman, telling Trump in a tweet that the family of Lori Kaye Klausutis is suffering.
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Biden calls Trump a ‘fool’ for mocking masks during pandemic

In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets

Longtime Pentagon watchdog stepping down from post

Twitter won’t delete Trump tweets promoting false claims about Florida woman’s death, despite widower’s request

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Trump tweets and golfs, but makes no mention of coronavirus’ toll

While the country neared six digits of death, the president who repeatedly criticized his predecessor for golfing during a crisis spent the weekend on the links for the first time since March.

Trump plays golf for 1st time since the coronavirus pandemic as US death toll nears 100,000

President Trump played golf Saturday for the first time since he declared the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency more than two months ago, leading to the shutdown of much of American society. His return to the course was the latest sign that he wants the country back to pre-outbreak times.

Trump’s press secretary displays one of his checks in a little too much detail

The White House press secretary did not just reveal that the president was sending his salary to the Department of Health and Human Services. She also displayed the president’s private bank account and routing numbers.

Biden addresses ‘ain’t Black’ comment, says he was too ‘cavalier’

Joe Biden said he “should not have been so cavalier” in comments earlier Friday in which he suggested Black voters who back President Trump “ain’t Black."

The Elizabeth Warren VP talk isn’t going away

Who will join former vice president Joe Biden’s ticket over the summer? We won’t know for some time, but that hasn’t stopped the speculation.

Trump calls on churches to reopen this weekend

President Trump on Friday said he has deemed churches and other houses of worship “essential" and called on governors to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the threat of the coronavirus.

If you can’t choose me over Trump, ‘you ain’t black,’ Biden says

Former vice president Joe Biden had a testy exchange with a prominent black radio personality Friday over his support among black voters and his potential running mate.

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

Twice this week, President Trump has not only dismissed the findings of studies but suggested — without evidence — that their authors were motivated by politics and out to undermine his efforts to roll back coronavirus restrictions.