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Voter advocacy groups file lawsuit against Trump’s social media executive order

Posted on August 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination

Biden says coronavirus crisis, unrest symptoms of ‘Donald Trump’s America’

Posted on August 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump hosts coronavirus response event at the White House in Washington

Trump says he saved 51 million jobs in pandemic. Economists, U.S. officials say otherwise

Posted on August 27, 2020

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Trump could act unilaterally to avoid U.S. airline layoffs, White House says

Posted on August 26, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo visits United Nations to submit complaint to Security Council calling for restoration of sanctions against Iran at U.N. headquarters in New York

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Pompeo in UAE says hopeful to build on UAE-Israel accord momentum

Posted on August 26, 2020

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. speaks during the school’s commencement ceremonies in Lynchburg, Virginia

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U.S. evangelical leader Falwell to leave university after personal scandal

Posted on August 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: 2019 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos

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Former VP Gore says Trump is putting ‘knee on the neck of democracy’

Posted on August 25, 2020

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James says USPS slowdown ‘nothing more than voter suppression’, files lawsuit

Posted on August 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: THE WEST WING CAST AND CREW SHOW OFF THEIR NUMEROUS EMMY AWARDS.

What’s next? ‘West Wing’ cast reuniting to boost turnout for U.S. elections

Posted on August 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Biden unveils coronavirus recovery plan at campaign event in New Castle, Delaware

Campaign says Biden to be regularly tested for coronavirus

Posted on August 25, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to delegates in the Charlotte Convention Center’s Richardson Ballroom in Charlotte

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Trump, fellow Republicans paint unhinged portrait of a U.S. under Biden

Posted on August 25, 2020

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Cuomo signs order to help ensure quick, accurate count of New York vote in November

Posted on August 24, 2020

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In first convention appearance, Trump warns of ‘rigged election’

Posted on August 24, 2020

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New York probing whether Donald Trump manipulated assets, says son Eric uncooperative

Posted on August 24, 2020

U.S. Postmaster General DeJoy and USPS Board of Governors President Duncan testify at House Oversight Committee hearing on slowdowns at Postal Service on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Postmaster General DeJoy denies hobbling mail services in congressional hearing opening statements

Posted on August 24, 2020

The United States Senate begins impeachment trial against U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Republican ex-lawmakers back Biden on first day of Trump convention

Posted on August 24, 2020

A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker pushes a mail bin outside a post office in Royal Oak

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U.S. Postal Service claims House bill would hamper improvements

Posted on August 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination

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In interview, Biden says he will stick to his stay-at-home strategy

Posted on August 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump addresses 2020 Council for National Policy meeting in Arlington, Virginia

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Who is speaking at the Republican National Convention, and why

Posted on August 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient at Bloodworks Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle

WHO cautious on COVID-19 plasma as U.S. issues emergency authorization

Posted on August 24, 2020

Activists and DACA recipients march up Broadway during the start of their ‘Walk to Stay Home,’ a five-day 250-mile walk from New York to Washington D.C., to demand that Congress pass a Clean Dream Act, in Manhattan, New York

Op-ed | Stop playing politics with New York’s immigrant families

Posted on August 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Delivers Weekly Press Conference

Republicans, Democrats trade blame for stalled U.S. coronavirus aid legislation

Posted on August 23, 2020

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Op-ed | Fate of the MTA’s future – and city’s – rests on federal miracle

Posted on August 23, 2020

Carolyn Maloney leads a hearing about coronavirus preparedness and response in Washington

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Maloney’s bill rescuing the U.S. Postal Service faces major hurdle from McConnell

Posted on August 23, 2020

Rally in support of USPS in Washington

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House passes $25 billion for U.S. Postal Service, blocks changes to service

Posted on August 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Primary election voting in Maryland

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U.S. House takes on Postal reforms seen as threat to mail-in ballots

Posted on August 22, 2020

Joe Biden accepts the Democratic presidential nomination in Wilmington, Delaware

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Democratic convention closing night draws event’s biggest TV audience

Posted on August 22, 2020

U.S. President Trump departs Washington for campaign travel to Pennsylvania at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland

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Trump loses bid to delay handover of tax returns to NY prosecutor

Posted on August 21, 2020

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination

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Accepting Democratic nomination, Biden promises to end ‘darkness’ of Trump era

Posted on August 21, 2020

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Cuomo inks three new laws to make voting in New York easier for this November

Posted on August 20, 2020

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination

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Harris and Obama make impassioned pleas to voters, saying democracy is in their hands

Posted on August 20, 2020

U.S. President Trump holds news conference at the White House in Washington

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Trump loses again: U.S. judge tosses lawsuit to block subpoena for tax records

Posted on August 20, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Voters cast their ballots in Florida’s primaries

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Bipartisan majority of Americans want more money for Postal Service: Reuters/Ipsos Poll

Posted on August 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Casket of late U.S. Representative John Lewis departs the U.S. Capitol in Washington

As White House pushes ‘skinny’ COVID-19 bill, Democrat sees September action

Posted on August 19, 2020

USPS badge is pictured during a news conference about the postal service in New York City

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U.S. House releases legislation to safeguard mail-in ballots

Posted on August 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. flag flies at a Goodyear Tire facility in Somerville

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Trump urges Goodyear tire boycott after company bars political attire

Posted on August 19, 2020

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Governor keeps the heat on Con Edison and PSEG for Tropical Storm Isaias response

Posted on August 19, 2020

Cindy McCain, Chairman of the board of The McCain Institute for International Leadership, speaks on stage at the Women In The World Summit in New York

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With no love for Trump, John McCain’s widow praises Democrat Joe Biden

Posted on August 19, 2020

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Councilman Hoylman lays out vision to lead as Manhattan Borough President

Posted on August 19, 2020

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Not even close: NYC shifting far less than a billion from NYPD in budget, report finds

Posted on August 18, 2020

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Postmaster General DeJoy pauses on ‘reforms’ holding off until after presidential election

Posted on August 18, 2020

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U.S. Senate committee concludes Russia used Manafort, WikiLeaks to boost Trump in 2016

Posted on August 18, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Harris visits the Narrow Way Cafe and Shop in Detroit

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Indians erect banners, pray for Kamala Harris to win U.S. election

Posted on August 18, 2020

U.S. President Trump departs Washington for travel to Iowa and Arizona at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland

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Trump floats false idea that fraud could lead to re-do of November election

Posted on August 18, 2020

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‘One of the most undemocratic things’: Maloney demands end to USPS cuts to ensure mail votes count

Posted on August 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Home Team Pub which has recently introduced strict social distancing rules after reopening from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in the Syracuse suburb of Liverpool, New York,

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America’s suburbs, an election battleground, now more diverse, home to lots of working women

Posted on August 18, 2020

Former first lady Michelle Obama addresses the all virtual 2020 Democratic Convention hosted from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Michelle Obama presses fight for Biden with scathing attack on Trump

Posted on August 18, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill appear at an election night rally in Des Moines

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Jill Biden, Bill Clinton headline night No. 2 of Democratic convention

Posted on August 18, 2020

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