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Joe Biden’s campaign says President Donald Trump’s effort to campaign on an improving economy is a “desperate scheme” that ignores how his handling of the coronavirus pandemic contributed to the economic downturn, according to a memo sent Friday to surrogates. The Democratic presidential nominee’s team argues that Trump “bungled” the …

With the number of US coronavirus cases now topping 2 million, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday blasted a new President Donald Trump’s handling of the pandemic, saying Trump “still refuses to take the virus seriously.” Noting that the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in more than …

Most Americans, including a majority of President Donald Trump’s Republican Party, support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban on chokeholds and racial profiling after the latest death of an African American while in police custody, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. The national survey on June 9-10, shows …

The latest data from the Treasury Department shows that the US gross national debt has exceeded $26 trillion for the first time, as the nation grapples with economic relief from the Covid-19 pandemic. The national debt is up from $23.5 trillion in March, with an increase of $1 trillion since …

Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin. The Seattle-based company did not say why it took action now. Ongoing protests following …

A group of Chicago Police officers entered Rep. Bobby Rush’s closed Englewood office and lounged, napped and made popcorn, doing nothing while looters destroyed South Side businesses nearby, video shows. Several Chicago police officers were captured on video relaxing inside the recently-burglarized office of Congressman Bobby Rush while nearby businesses …

As the nation attempts to renew race relations in the wake of the death of George Floyd in police custody, NASCAR says the Confederate flag is now no longer welcome in the stock car series. For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a common and complicated sight at …

A GOP-led Senate panel has approved a plan by Sen. Elizabeth Warren to have the names of Confederate figures removed from military bases and other Pentagon assets, taking on President Donald Trump, who has vowed not to change names like Fort Bragg and Fort Hood. The ban would be imposed …

Joe Biden has claimed that the US military will escort president Donald Trump from the White House, if he loses in November’s presidential election and refuses to leave. When asked during an interview with Trevor Noah, of The Daily Show on Wednesday, if he has thought about what would happen …

The Donald Trump administration is imposing economic sanctions on International Criminal Court officials who are engaged with “any effort” to investigate or prosecute US personnel for war crimes. In a statement on Thursday, the White House press office said President Donald Trump has also authorized the “expansion of visa restrictions” …

About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many Americans are still losing their jobs even as the economy appears to be slowly recovering with more businesses partially reopening. The latest figure from the Labor Department marked the 10th straight weekly decline in applications …

Residents in Sandusky, Ohio, were forced to take shelter as a ferocious storm descended on their town, ultimately demolishing the historic Sandusky State Theater before their very eyes. The theater, which had stood since 1928, was no match for the storm that struck the town on Wednesday, ripping away entire …

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said during a video conference Saturday that Democrats believe former Vice President Joe Biden is “fine in the basement” and has the best bet of winning the election if he makes small but strategic statements. Fox News obtained a video Tuesday of McAuliffe making the …

The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday night as new hotspots emerge and hospitalizations go up in some states. More than 112,000 people have died from Covid-19 nationwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. The spike in numbers highlights how complicated it is to stop the spread of the …

Sen. Cory Booker said Wednesday that he’s “concerned” President Donald Trump might refuse to concede if he loses the 2020 presidential race and declared that he’d “sooner die” than let that happen. “I would sooner die. And I mean that very seriously, I would sooner die than to see my …

US President Donald Trump is promoting a conspiracy theory that ANTIFA has set up the police assault on an elderly man, which left him lying motionless as blood pooled on the sidewalk with the officers walking away. In a tweet on Tuesday, the president pointed the finger at the anti-fascist …

Philonise Floyd told Congress on Tuesday that his late brother George Floyd “didn’t deserve to die over $20” last month and asked lawmakers to “stop the pain” caused by police brutality. “I’m here to ask you to make it stop — stop the pain, stop us being tired,” Mr Floyd …

A corrections officer and a FedEx employee have been identified as among the counter-protestors seen on video taunting demonstrators at a protest in New Jersey by reenacting the death of George Floyd. The two men were recorded screaming at peaceful protestors as they walked down a street in Franklin Township, …

Hundreds of protesters have filled a city hall in Seattle, Washington as a local left-wing politician threatened to impeach the mayor amid the raging George Floyd protests. Led by socialist councilwoman Kshama Sawant, the protesters first entered the lobby and then made theirgeorg way onto the stairs. Hundreds of far-left …

US fighter jets intercepted and escorted four Russian nuclear-capable bombers during a routine flight over neutral waters near the United States, the RIA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry. Russia said the 11-hour flight, carried out by its Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers, complied with international law and …