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Trump Campaign Sends New Messages To African American Voters

4:47pm May 01, 2020

by Ayesha Rascoe

The Trump campaign was trying to woo African American voters by pitching a low black unemployment rate. After the pandemic sent the country on the lockdown, the campaign is now changing its message.

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Senate Is Planning To Return To Session Despite Coronavirus Fears In Washington

4:47pm May 01, 2020

by Kelsey Snell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is planning to start a Senate session next week even though Washington, D.C., remains a coronavirus hotspot. The House is not returning to the capital yet.

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Coronavirus Updates: Trump Administration Discusses Vaccine, Drug Efforts

4:40pm May 01, 2020

The Trump administration is launching an operation to develop a coronavirus vaccine as early as January 2021. NPR's science and political correspondents discuss the project and its timeline.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 02: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos attends a commemoration ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey.

House Judiciary Committee Calls On Amazon's Bezos To Testify

4:40pm May 01, 2020

by Alana Wise

The House Judiciary Committee has threatened to subpoena Amazon founder Jeff Bezos if he does not voluntarily address the company possibly misleading Congress in earlier testimony.

Democrats In Congress Call For Payment Of Federal Aid To Tribal Governments

4:27pm May 01, 2020

Democrats in Congress requested payment of long-promised federal aid to Native American tribal governments this week. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with one of them, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M.

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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds her first press conference Friday in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House.

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'I Will Never Lie To You': Trump's New Press Secretary Revives Briefing

4:00pm May 01, 2020

by Roberta Rampton

Kayleigh McEnany, Trump's fourth press secretary, took her first turn behind the lectern in the cramped confines of the James S. Brady briefing room Friday.

President Trump speaks about protecting seniors, and the coronavirus, in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

Can This President Be Reelected In An Economy This Bad?

1:59pm May 01, 2020

by Ron Elving

In the extraordinarily volatile environment of this pandemic-election year, even a nightmare economy may not be as fatal for the incumbent as it would have been in the past.

Demonstrators take part in a rally organized Thursday by Michigan United for Liberty on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, demanding the reopening of businesses.

Protesters Swarm Michigan Capitol Amid Showdown Over Governor's Emergency Powers

1:41pm May 01, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

As hundreds of demonstrators, some armed, amassed Thursday, Republican lawmakers declined to extend a state of emergency, instead voting to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her response to COVID-19.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, directly addressed a sexual assault allegation against him for the first time on Friday.

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'This Never Happened,' Biden Says Of 1990s Sexual Assault Allegation

11:24am May 01, 2020

For the first time, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has personally responded to an allegation of sexual assault from a former Senate staffer.

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Governors Face Criticism For Reopening Or Not Reopening States

8:10am May 01, 2020

When will states reopen? We talk to reporters in Texas, which will start reopening Friday, California, which has a four-phase reopening plan, and Arizona, which extended its stay-at-home order.

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