Sabrina Tavernise and Robert GebeloffLike nearly half of all the eligible voters in her county in 2016, Keyana Fedrick did not vote.Four years later, politics has permeated her corner of northeastern Pennsylvania. Someone sawed a hole in a large Trump sign near one of her jobs. The election office in her county is so overwhelmed…
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WASHINGTON:Donald Trump’stop aidehas conceded that the US is “not going to control” the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing sharp criticism from the president’s Democratic rivalJoe Bidenthat the Trump administration has waived “the white flag of defeat” against the deadly virus. The raging coronavirus outbreak has become a key issue in the November 3 presidential election between Trump,…
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WASHINGTON:The White Houseon Monday planned a celebration to celebratethe Republican Senate’s expected confirmation of President Donald Trump’s conservative nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, one a month after a similar event was linked to a COVID-19 outbreak that infected the president, among others.While Democrats have fiercely opposed Barrett’s nomination, Republicans hold a 53-47…
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WASHINGTON -The White Houseon Monday planned a celebration to celebratethe Republican Senate’s expected confirmation of President Donald Trump’s conservative nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, one a month after a similar event was linked to a COVID-19 outbreak that infected the president, among others.While Democrats have fiercely opposed Barrett’s nomination, Republicans hold a…
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Nagpur:Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghchief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday praised the Centre for the agriculture andlabour reform billsrecently passed inParliament, and said new policies should aim to make farmers aware of the modern agriculture science. Addressing the Sangh’s annual Vijayadashami rally here which was this time attended by only 50 ‘swayamsevaks’ due to theCOVID-19 guidelines, he also…
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WithDonald Trumprunning for re-election, the 2020 U.S. presidential election was always expected to be a dramatic and eventful ride. But nobody predicted a global pandemic that would upend every facet of the campaign. Here are 10 pivotal moments from a dizzying election year:1. TRUMP ACQUITTED, Feb. 5, 2020 At the beginning of the year, things…
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GAMPELA, BURKINA FASO: The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator.From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. But despite enormous strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine…
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Union MinisterPratap Sarangion Sunday said that all people of the country will be given free COVID vaccine, amidst the demand by opposition parties in the country for it and not only in poll-bound Bihar as announced by the BJP. The BJP announcement of freeCOVID vaccinefor Bihar, where assembly polls begin this week, had kicked up…
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New Delhi: ABJPcandidate contesting bye-election from Gwalior constituency in Madhya Pradesh has moved theSupreme Courtchallenging theMadhya Pradesh High Courtorder directing the political parties to conduct their poll campaign by virtual mode and not by physical gathering.BJP candidate Pradyuman Singh Tomar, who is currently energy minister in the state government, said in his plea that the…
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New Delhi: Union Health MinisterHarsh Vardhanon Friday said the next three months are going to be decisive in determining the coronavirus situation in the country as he urged people to followCOVIDappropriate behaviour in the comingfestival seasonand winter months.He also highlighted that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country are less than 7 lakh…
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