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Police protests upend Democratic Senate contest in Kentucky

1:49 pm June 21, 2020

Louisville: For months, Charles Booker languished in the shadows, talking about racial and economic justice in a long shot bid to take on Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate. Then came a national eruption over the deaths of Black Americans in encounters with police. Now, Booker’s bid for the Democratic Senate nomination from the left wing of Kentucky politics is on the rise, […]

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Trump outraised by Biden in May, but holds cash-on-hand edge

8:29 pm June 20, 2020

Washington DC: President Donald Trump was outraised by Joe Biden in May, taking in USD 74 million for his reelection, but he maintains a sizable advantage in cash on hand over the presumptive Democratic nominee. The pro-Trump effort, which includes fundraising by the Republican National Committee, on Saturday reported its total days after Biden and Democrats said they had amassed nearly USD […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump intends to nominates Indian American to IDFC Board

3:35 pm June 20, 2020

Washington DC: US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate leading Indian-American global venture capitalist Deven Parekh as a member of the Board of Directors of an independent agency of the government that provides financing for private development projects. The nomination of Parekh to be a member of the Board of Directors of the International Development […]

Biden shores up fragile 'blue wall' in industrial north

Liberal groups warn Biden could lose over policing policies

11:26 pm June 16, 2020

Washington: More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden‘s campaign criticizing his police reform proposals and warning that if he doesn’t adopt more progressive policies he risks losing black voters — and the election — this fall. “You cannot win the election without the enthusiastic support of Black […]

Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital

1:03 am June 12, 2020

Richmond: Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The 8-foot (2.4-meter) bronze figure on Richmond’s grand Monument Avenue had been all but […]