Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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Trump and His EPA Are ‘Using the Coronavirus as Cover’ to Gut Rules Against Climate Change
Environmental experts say these actions represent nothing less than a generous handout to polluters at the expense of regular Americans, particularly communities of color and children.
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Trump Says He Ordered COVID Testing to Be Slowed Down
Nearly 120,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 and case counts are surging in several states, including Texas and Florida, both of which recorded more than 4,000 new cases on Saturday, setting new single-day records.
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Facebook Removed Dozens of Trump Ads That Used a Nazi Symbol
“The Nazis used red triangles to identify their political victims in concentration camps. Using it to attack political opponents is highly offensive.”
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4 Black Men Were Found Hanged in 3 Weeks. What Is Happening?
“For African-Americans in America, hanging from a tree is a lynching. Why was this cavalierly dismissed as a suicide and not investigated as a murder?”
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America’s Top Military Official: ‘I Should Not Have Been’ at Trump’s Photo Op
Army Gen. Mark Milley said he was wrong to have accompanied the president on his June 1 walk through Lafayette Square to St. John’s Church, where Trump held a bible aloft in an awkward publicity stunt.
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Trump Tweets Conspiracy Theory About 75-Year-Old Man Assaulted by Police
Hundreds of videos show police escalating violence at protests, yet the president is still trying to blame antifa.
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Trump’s Former Defense Secretary Mattis: The President Is a Threat to Our Country
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.”
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Joe Biden Demands Justice for George Floyd, Calls on Americans to Root Out Structural Racism
“The original sin of this country still stains our nation today, and sometimes, we manage to overlook it. We just push forward with a thousand other tasks in our daily life. But it’s always there.”
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The U.S. Has Officially Passed 100,000 Deaths From Coronavirus. The Real Number Is Likely Much Higher.
The current death toll could actually be as high as 125,000 Americans, according to a New York Times analysis.
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Breaking Down Trump on Hydroxychloroquine Line by Line
Hydroxychloroquine has not been shown to be effective in treating COVID-19 and can cause serious side effects.
