Kyle Rittenhouse, the gunman accused of fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisc., last month, as the 17-year-old has become a celebrated cause among far-right voices in the United States.Fox News hosts, conspiracy theory websites and supporters of U.S.

President Donald Trump have hailed the alleged shooter as a “patriot” and “hero.” They’ve also opened up their pockets to him, pledging more than US$357,000 through a crowdfunding site to cover with his legal costs.“I want him as my president,” conservative pundit Ann Coulter tweeted last week, in a message Twitter later forced her to delete.The teenager is facing murder charges in Wisconsin over the alleged shootings, which happened during a protest over the police shooting of Jacob.

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Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers

BILLINGS, Mont. – Vice President Mike Pence has canceled plans to attend a Trump campaign fundraiser in Montana following revelations that the event's hosts had expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory.President Donald Trump's reelection campaign told The Associated Press on Saturday that Pence's schedule had been changed, but the campaign did not provide a reason or say whether the fundraiser might be held at a later time. The change comes after the AP reported Wednesday that hosts Cayrn and Michael Borland in Bozeman, Montana, had shared QAnon memes and retweeted posts from QAnon accounts.

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Trump doubles down on comments urging North Carolina to vote by mail, in person

Donald Trump has doubled down on comments urging residents in North Carolina to cast their vote for the U.S. federal election by mail and in person.“NORTH CAROLINA: To make sure your Ballot COUNTS, sign & send it in EARLY.

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Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House

WASHINGTON – Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump will go on offense this weekend in Nevada, a state that hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004.Trump will plunge head-on into a battle with local authorities in Nevada by holding public events there Saturday and Sunday after his initial plans for rallies in Reno and Las Vegas were blocked by state officials because they would have violated coronavirus health guidelines.His campaign insisted on forging ahead with the trip — setting up a COVID-19 political fight that Trump's team relishes and underscoring the growing importance of Nevada in Trump's quest for 270 electoral votes as the race looks tight in a number of battleground states.

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Sen Jones of Alabama calls rival Tuberville 'Coach Clueless'

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama called Republican challenger Tommy Tuberville “Coach Clueless” on Friday, stepping up attacks on the former college football coach for his recent comments about the coronavirus.

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Seth Meyers Dismantles Trump’s Anti-Panic COVID-19 Strategy

During his first official week back in studio, Late Night host Seth Meyers broke down President Donald Trump's latest scandal involving comments to Watergate journalist Bob Woodward. The recently released interviews reveal the president was aware of the severity of the novel coronavirus pandemic in its earliest months and knowingly downplayed it.

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U.S. economy is improving as the election nears. Will Trump benefit?

Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.But the gains may be overshadowed by the tens of millions of Americans still out of work because of coronavirus-related shutdowns and growing concerns that there is no new government relief package in sight.Job openings, a measure of labor demand, in July soared to 6.6 million, nearly back to their pre-crisis level, a Labor Department report showed this week. Trump tries to blow past admissions he played down coronavirus at Michigan rally Inflation firmed last month, vanquishing fears of growth-stunting deflation.

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2020 VOTER GUIDE: Everything you need to know ahead of the presidential election

ORLANDO, Fla. – As if 2020 hasn’t been busy enough, presidential election season is officially upon us and there are a few important things voters should know before filling out their ballots.On Nov.

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Confirmation gets trickier for Trump Homeland Security pick

WASHINGTON – A whistleblower's complaint and a tight timeline are making it increasingly unlikely that the Senate will confirm Chad Wolf as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security before the election. President Donald Trump formally sent the nomination late Thursday to the Senate after announcing his intention to appoint Wolf in a tweet last month.

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Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognize Israel as part of diplomatic push by Trump

An Israeli national flag seen from Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, in Jerusalem, Israel.Jerusalem's Jewish Cemetery.On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

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Bahrain to recognize Israel as UAE deal set to be signed

WASHINGTON – Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The three leaders also issued a brief six-paragraph joint statement, attesting to the deal.

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Trump bestowing Medal of Honor on soldier for hostage rescue

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will bestow the Medal of Honor on a U.S. soldier Friday for his role in a daring 2015 missio n to rescue dozens of hostages who were set to be executed by Islamic State militants in Iraq.Trump picked the 19th anniversary of the Sept.

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Man shot during Kenosha protest still remembers screams

MILWAUKEE - A Wisconsin man who was shot during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha last month says he still remembers the screams that night and he's in constant pain.Prosecutors say 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch, Illinois, shot and killed two men during a chaotic protest Aug. 25.

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Trump, Biden commemorating 9/11 at Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON - As the nation marks the 19th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks in the midst of another unfolding tragedy, the men vying to lead the nation next year will pay their respects at the same memorial — without crossings paths.President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, will both be traveling to rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Friday, where the hijacked Flight 93 crashed in a field, killing everyone on board. While Trump will speak at the site's annual memorial ceremony held Friday morning, Biden will visit later, in the afternoon, after attending the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s annual commemoration at Ground Zero in New York, along with Vice President Mike Pence.RELATED: Sept. 11, 2001: 2,977 lives were lost in a

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Trump, Biden commemorating 9/11 at Flight 93 memorial

WASHINGTON – As the nation marks the 19th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks in the midst of another unfolding tragedy, the men vying to lead the nation next year will pay their respects at the same memorial — without crossings paths.President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, will both be traveling to rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Friday, where the hijacked Flight 93 crashed in a field, killing everyone on board.

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The Latest: Remembering 9/11 in the age of coronavirus

NEW YORK – The Latest on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks (all times local):1 a.m.Americans are set to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks with tributes altered by the coronavirus.President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden both plan to visit the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania Friday, though not at the same time.In New York, a dispute over coronavirus precautions is leading to separate remembrances.The National Sept.

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Trump tries to blow past admissions he played down coronavirus at Michigan rally

Reeling from another crisis of his own making, President Donald Trump tried to refocus attention on his Democratic rival at a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday as he pushed to move past revelations that he purposefully played down the danger of the coronavirus last winter.But the virus controversy followed him as he faced new pushback from local officials worried about the growing size of his rallies and his campaign’s repeated flouting of public health guidelines intended to halt the COVID-19 spread. That includes Michigan’s Democratic Gov.

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Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Donald Trump barely mentioned Tim Kaine when he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2016. But four years later, the president has plenty to say about Kamala Harris.Trump said this week that “nobody likes” Harris, feeding into a standard of likability that is applied to women in leadership far more often than men.

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Biden: 'I hope I don't take the bait' in debate with Trump

WILMINGTON, Del. – Joe Biden has said he’d “beat the hell out of” President Donald Trump over his comments about women if they were in high school. But on the debate stage, as opponents for the presidency, it’s a different story.When Biden and Trump meet in their first presidential debate later this month, Biden says he has one goal: “I hope I don’t take the bait.”“I hope I don’t get baited into a brawl with this guy, because that’s the only place he’s comfortable,” Biden said Thursday during a fundraiser.His comments offer a hint at how the former vice president is looking at the upcoming debate on September 29, in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Climate change largely missing from campaign as fires rage

WASHINGTON – Historic fires are raging across the western United States ahead of what scientists say is the typical peak of wildfire season. Hurricane Laura devastated parts of the Gulf Coast last month, while swaths of Iowa are recovering from a derecho that brought hurricane force winds to the Midwest.The streak of disasters has left millions of Americans reeling.

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SC's Graham says he orchestrated Trump-Woodward interviews

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Trump heads to Michigan amid Woodward book fallout

WASHINGTON – Reeling from the fallout of another crisis of his own creation, President Donald Trump was trying to move past revelations that he was determined to play down the threat of the coronavirus as he headed for a rally in battleground Michigan Thursday.But the president was facing renewed pushback from local leaders worried that his rallies are growing in size and flouting public health guidelines intended to halt the spread of the virus. This week, the state of Nevada became the first to scuttle Trump’s plans for rallies initially set for Las Vegas and Reno.

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Wisconsin Democrats think they've learned mistakes of 2016

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Democrats, stung by President Donald Trump's narrow win four years ago, are confident the lessons they learned will ensure he doesn't do it again.But Republicans say civil unrest that followed a police shooting in Kenosha, and Trump's “law and order” message, will help him win over the crucial white suburban voters he needs to capture a second term.With less than two months to go until the election, the presidential race is focused on Wisconsin and other battleground states that will likely determine the winner.

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Political science professor talks impact of Woodward book on 2020 election

AUSTIN, Texas - In just days, journalist Bob Woodward is set to release a book all on President Donald Trump, including interviews from earlier this year before the COVID-19 pandemic really took a hit on the country.Most notably, the book shares recordings of Trump saying COVID-19 is "deadly stuff" and in another interview, the president admitting he likes to downplay the virus to avoid panic.RELATED: Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’"For a lot of people, they've already made up their mind on the election.

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Trump drilling reversal could boost coastal GOP senators

COLUMBIA, S.C. – With one stroke, President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on offshore drilling this week has loosened a political vise that was tightening around three Republicans senators running for reelection in coastal states where drilling is widely opposed.Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum instructing his interior secretary to prohibit drilling in the waters off both Florida coasts, and off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, for a period of 10 years. For Trump, it was a dramatic about-face on a major policy decision, but one that could yield election-year dividends in key coastal states like Florida.

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Trump releases list of 20 possible Supreme Court picks, including Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz

WASHINGTON - Hoping to replicate a strategy that has long been seen as key to his appeal among conservative voters, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is adding 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates that he's pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies to fill.The list include Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Christopher Landau, the current ambassador to Mexico, and Gregory Katsas, a Trump nominee to the U.S.

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Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’

JUPITER, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 08: President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the environment during a stop at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse on September 08, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida. President Trump announced an expansion of a ban on offshore drilli WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S.

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South Lawn, Rose Garden under repair after White House stages RNC events

A view of the south lawn of the White House in the wake of the RNC celebration held there, in Washington, DC on Sept. 8.

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‘Purple’ Colorado could go blue in 2020 election as younger voters flock to state, experts say

Polls conducted by several sources and published on 270towin show that in the months leading up to the election, most of the state favors Biden over current President Donald Trump on most policies.RELATED: Arizona, long considered a GOP stronghold, could be swing state in 2020 presidential election, experts say“After voting primarily Republican from 1920-2004, the state has voted with the Democrats in the last three presidential elections, including Hillary Clinton's five-point margin in 2016,” according to 270towin.Graph showing Colorado’s voting result history.

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Trump threatens to defund schools that teach '1619 Project'

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 1, 2020, heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin to meet with law enforcement officials and to survey President Trump said Sunday that the Department of Education is examining the use of the New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project in schools, and warned that institutions that teach this alternative narrative of American history could lose federal funding.The project is based on the premise that American history began in 1619 -- cited as the date African slaves arrived in Virginia -- and that everything following this should be viewed through that lens.

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Labor Day bringing Biden to Pa., Pence and Harris to Wis.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisconsin as the 2020 presidential race, disrupted for months by the pandemic, enters its final phase.Biden was heading Monday to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for an AFL-CIO virtual town hall with union President Richard Trumka. President Donald Trump planned an afternoon news conference from the White House.Both campaigns see Wisconsin as a prize that could be pivotal.

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Kentucky congressman defends teen accused in Kenosha protest deaths

Kyle Rittenhouse LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky congressman said a teenager charged with fatally shooting two people with a semi-automatic rifle during the unrest in Wisconsin showed “incredible restraint" and acted in self-defense.Rep.

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Jacob Blake speaks for first time since police shooting

Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wis. police officer shot him seven times in the back, saying he’s in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down.

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Sheriff: Five boats sank in Texas Trump parade, no injuries

AUSTIN, Texas - Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a nautical parade in support of President Donald Trump, but no one was injured or killed, officials said Sunday.Boaters began calling for help “almost immediately” after the procession for Trump’s reelection got underway on a lake west of Austin on Saturday, according to Kristen Dark of the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.

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President Trump to campaign in battleground states, Florida and North Carolina, on Tuesday

Photo by the White House WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald Trump will highlight his environmental agenda as he campaigns in the battleground states of Florida and North Carolina on Tuesday.The White House says Trump will stop in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday to remind voters there of his conservation and environmental protection efforts in the Everglades region.For the federal budget year beginning Oct. 1, the White House said, Trump asked Congress for $250 million in annual funding to accelerate construction of infrastructure for the Everglades as part of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration.

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Jacob Blake shares message from hospital bed: 'A lot more life to live out there'

Kenosha - Jacob Blake, the Black man who was shot by Kenosha police, shared a message from his hospital bed on Saturday."Every 24 hours, it's pain, it's nothing but pain. It hurts to breathe, it hurts to sleep, it hurts to move from side to side, it hurts to eat," Blake said.PLEASE NOTE, VIDEO IN THIS TWEET CONTAINS SWEAR WORDS.Blake was shot seven times in the back by police in late August.

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Hundreds gather for U.S. boat parades in support of President Trump

Hundreds of people took part in boat parades Saturday in locations including Austin, Texas, in support of U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the November election.

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Several vessels sink during Trump supporters’ boat parade in Texas

Donald Trump.“We responded to multiple calls of boats in distress, several of them sank,” but there are no reports of fatalities or injuries and investigators have not determined how many boats sank on the lake near Austin, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Kristen Dark.

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Lawyer of accused Kenosha shooter resigns from $700K+ defense fund

Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, charged with homicide in fatal shooting of two Kenosha protesters KENOSHA, Wis. - A lawyer representing a 17-year-old charged with shooting three people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has resigned from his position with a defense fund that has raked in more than $700,000 to defend his client and conservative causes.Attorney John Pierce is defending Kyle Rittenhouse against intentional homicide charges for shooting two people to death and wounding a third during a night of unrest last month over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down.Pierce said he resigned from the #FightBack Foundation fund, which has raised money to defend Rittenhouse, to avoid any

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UCF professor discusses historical significance of NBA boycott on ‘The Weekly’

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been an exciting few months inside ‘The Bubble’ as the NBA restarted its season, but winning a championship hasn’t been the only focus for the players.Social injustice, inequality and police brutality have been discussed ever since the players started to arrive at Disney, and especially when every team boycotted a playoff game over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconson.Dr.

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Reality check: A look at Trump’s claims on John McCain, Black Lives Matter protests

Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his own.Trump distorted events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the past week and his own hand in them before a furor over his reported comments on fallen soldiers diverted his rhetoric.

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Jacob Blake pleads not guilty in Kenosha court to charges filed in July

KENOSHA, Wis. - Jacob Blake appeared remotely to Kenosha County court on Friday afternoon, Sept. 4.

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How to vote by mail in New Jersey

A mail-in ballot envelope for elections in New Jersey. (FOX 5 NY file photo) Election Day 2020 is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

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Suspect in Portland fatal shooting has been killed in Washington

LACEY, Wash. - A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him.The man, Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in Lacey, Washington. Reinoehl was the prime suspect in the killing of 39-year-old Aaron “Jay” Danielson, who was shot in the chest Saturday night, the official said.Federal agents from the FBI and the U.S.

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Trump mocks Biden’s mask-wearing during Pennsylvania rally

During a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asking the crowd, “did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him?”

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Trump mocks Biden for wearing mask amid coronavirus, hones ‘law and order’ platform

Donald Trump on Thursday honed the “law and order” message he intends to wield for the next two months against his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, stepping up attacks that his campaign believes are resonating with battleground state voters.“Biden’s plan is to appease the domestic terrorists and my plan is to arrest them and prosecute them,” Trump declared at a rally in Pennsylvania — a state that flipped in his favour in 2016, helping to pave his road to victory. Joe Biden heads to Kenosha, meets with family of Jacob Blake The rally comes as Trump’s campaign is claiming new signs of momentum, including in the longtime Democratic stronghold that Trump won by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

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Jacob Blake spoke with Joe Biden from hospital bed during Kenosha visit

KENOSHA, Wis. - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden began a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday by meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man whose shooting by a white police officer sparked days of sometimes violent protests.Biden spent more than an hour in private with Blake's father, Jacob Blake Sr., his siblings, and one of his attorneys, B’Ivory LaMarr. Blake’s mother Julia Jackson and another attorney, Ben Crump, joined by phone.Crump said the younger Blake participated in the meeting by telephone “from his hospital bed.” Blake, 29, shared the pain he is enduring and Biden commiserated.

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Biden to visit Kenosha, Trump appears to urge people to vote twice in latest criticism of mail-in voting

Former U.S. vice-president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is set to visit Kenosha, Wis.

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Joe Biden meets Jacob Blake's family before heading to Kenosha

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives in Milwaukee ahead of visit to Kenosha KENOSHA, Wis. - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden began a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday by meeting with the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man whose shooting by a white police officer sparked days of sometimes violent and destructive protests.Biden’s trip to Kenosha, the first of his general election campaign against President Donald Trump, is testing his pitch that he’s a unifying figure, able to lead the country through a national reckoning with systemic racism along with the pandemic and its economic fallout.Traveling two days after Trump visited Kenosha, Biden is expected to follow his private meeting with a

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