Politics & Government

"Black Lives Matter" has already been added to Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Manhattan may be next up in New York City, but President Trump has denounced a plan to have the words painted on Fifth Avenue.

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Trump: Painting 'Black Lives Matter' On 5th Avenue Would Be 'Symbol Of Hate'

5:18pm July 01, 2020

President Trump blasts New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to paint the words "Black Lives Matter" in front of Trump Tower. Trump said it would amount to "denigrating this luxury Avenue."

Amber England, who led the successful campaign for a ballot initiative to give 200,000 more Oklahomans health coverage, talked with supporters online this week. Voters narrowly approved the Medicaid expansion measure Tuesday, despite opposition by the sta

Oklahoma Votes For Medicaid Expansion Over Objections Of Republican State Leaders

5:05pm July 01, 2020

by Jackie Fortier

A narrow majority approved the ballot measure, making Oklahoma the 37th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. An estimated 200,000 uninsured adults will now qualify for coverage.

The Bernie Beck Gate at Fort Hood, Texas. An effort to remove Confederate names from military bases has broad bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress, but President Trump is vowing to veto the defense bill if the provision stays in.

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Trump Vows To Veto Defense Bill If It Removes Confederate Names From Military Bases

5:00pm July 01, 2020

by Claudia Grisales

An effort to remove Confederate names from military bases has broad bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. President Trump is vowing to veto the defense bill if the provision stays in.

Lauren Boebert, a restaurant owner in Colorado, will now be the Republican nominee in Colorado's 3rd District. She ousted five-term Congressman Scott Tipton on Tuesday night.

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GOP Candidates Open To QAnon Conspiracy Theory Advance In Congressional Races

4:58pm July 01, 2020

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Several candidates supportive of the fringe conspiracy theory, including Colorado's Lauren Boebert, have won Republican primaries for congressional seats.

President Trump, here last week at the White House, insists he wasn't briefed on reports of Russian bounties on coalition forces in Afghanistan because the intelligence community didn't find them credible.

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Trump Calls Bounty Report A 'Hoax' Despite Administration's Briefing Of Congress

4:39pm July 01, 2020

by Barbara Sprunt

The president dismisses the allegation as politically motivated. The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to receive a briefing on the matter Wednesday.

Protesters stand across from Seattle officers early Wednesday in a road in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone. Police started taking down demonstrators' tents in the protest zone after Seattle's mayor ordered it to be cleared.

Seattle Police Clear Capitol Hill Protest Zone After Mayor Issues Emergency Order

3:46pm July 01, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said she supports the Black Lives Matter movement "but enough is enough."

On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council approved a 90-day cease-fire in global conflict zones due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Security Council is seen here in February at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

U.N. Security Council Demands Cease-Fire In Conflict Areas, Due To COVID-19

2:32pm July 01, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The Security Council has struggled for months to pass a resolution related to COVID-19 because of tussling between the U.S. and China over a reference to the World Health Organization.

Mail-in voting has been relatively rare in New Jersey but Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the May 2020 elections to be entirely by mail due to the pandemic, a first for the state.

N.J. Election Fraud Case Draws A Trump Tweet But Suggests Safeguards Are Working

11:35am July 01, 2020

by Joe Hernandez

Officials have charged four people in connection with a local race in Paterson in May. While Trump says the case shows that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud, experts say it was easily detected.

As coronavirus cases persist and some states even backtrack their reopening plans, essential workers have flooded social media with calls for hazard pay.

When Essential Workers Earn Less Than The Jobless: 'We Put The Country On Our Back'

10:23am July 01, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

Congress has yet to pass a measure that would ensure a pay boost for people who have been asked to keep going to work during the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns.

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Mississippi Governor Signs To Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag

8:55am July 01, 2020

by Ashley Norwood

Mississippi's governor has signed a bill into law that officially removes a Confederate design from the state flag and creates a panel to create a new one for voters to decide.

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