WASHINGTON – The Senate has confirmed a new inspector general to oversee money distributed as part of the $2 trillion economic rescue law, putting at least one watchdog in place as oversight of the money has lagged.

The Senate confirmed Brian Miller, a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office, on a 51-40 vote Tuesday. Democrats voted against Miller after questioning his independence from President Donald Trump, who nominated him for the post.

Responding to those concerns, Miller told the Senate Banking Committee during his confirmation hearing last month that “independence is vital” for the special inspector general for pandemic recovery.

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Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest.“It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded," Biden said in a statement Friday night, ”and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party."The former vice president has effectively been his party's leader since his last challenger in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders, ended his campaign in April.

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Joe Biden officially named Democratic presidential candidate to take on Donald Trump

Joe Biden has officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination and will face President Trump at the polls.

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Joe Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination

Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Dr. Jill Biden, speaks to California voters during a Super Tuesday election night party at Baldwin Hills Recreation Center in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday March 3, 2020.

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Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest.The former vice president has effectively been his party's leader since his last challenger in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders, ended his campaign in April. But Biden pulled together the 1,991 delegates needed to become the nominee after seven states and the District of Columbia held presidential primaries Tuesday.Biden reached the threshold three days after the primaries because several states, overwhelmed by huge increases in mail ballots, took days to tabulate results.

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Trump hails jobs report, but unemployment rate still high

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic disruption was in the rear-view mirror.The unemployment rate dropped to a better-than-expected 13.3%, but that is still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression.Trump spoke from the Rose Garden hours after the Labor Department said that U.S. employers added 2.5 million workers to their payrolls last month.

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Trump takes victory lap on jobs report, but rate still high

WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic disruption was in the rear-view mirror. The unemployment rate dropped to a better-than-expected 13.3%, but that is still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression.

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Raw feelings abound as Senate turns back to Russia probe

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Immigrants anxious as they await Supreme Court DACA decision

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GOP reckons with polarizing candidates amid civil unrest

WASHINGTON – The Republican Party is facing a reckoning over some of its most divisive candidates. So far the results are mixed, and that's dicey for the GOP as a country shuddering from coast-to-coast civic unrest hurtles toward November elections.

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Protests eclipse pandemic, but White House fears resurgence

WASHINGTON – For weeks, President Donald Trump has been eager to publicly turn the page on the coronavirus pandemic. Now fears are growing within the White House that the very thing that finally shoved the virus from center stage — mass protests over the death of George Floyd — may bring about its resurgence.

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Trump photo op, talk of military force amp up GOP challenge

WASHINGTON – The mumbling and dodging this week by Republicans came straight from the GOP playbook that helped the party endure President Donald Trump’s cringe-inducing choices.

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Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises

WASHINGTON – Former President Barack Obama is taking on an increasingly public role as the nation confronts a confluence of historic crises that has exposed deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities in America and reshaped the November election.

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West Point prepares for graduation, some cadets test positive

Cadets in formation at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (U.S. Department of Defense imagery)

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Senate passes fix for small-business coronavirus relief

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to make it easier for businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to take advantage of a payroll subsidy program that's been a central part of Washington's response to the corresponding economic crisis.

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Trump photo op, talk of military force amp up GOP challenge

WASHINGTON – The mumbling and dodging this week by Republicans came straight from the GOP playbook that helped the party endure President Donald Trump’s cringe-inducing choices.

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WATCH LIVE: Former President Obama hosts town hall in the wake of George Floyd’s death

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West Point preps for graduation, some in class test positive

More than 15 members of West Point's graduating class tested positive for the coronavirus upon their return to the the U.S. Military Academy, which is preparing to host President Donald Trump for an unusual graduation ceremony that has been criticized as too risky during a pandemic.

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Trump threatens to halt Chinese Airline flights to US as relations fray

WASHINGTON : The Trump administration on Wednesday issued an order suspending passenger flights from China-based airlines, saying it was retaliation for Beijing barring American carriers from re-entering that market, in a continued escalation of tensions between the two nations.

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Rosenstein defends naming special counsel for Russia inquiry

WASHINGTON – Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is defending his decision to appoint a special counsel to scrutinize ties between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, telling senators Wednesday that he thought it was the best way to complete the investigation appropriately and ensure public confidence in its conclusions.

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George Clooney calls racism America’s pandemic: “It infects all of us”

"In 400 years we’ve yet to find a vaccine"

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George Clooney calls for action against racism ‘pandemic’

George Clooney has called for a drastic overhaul of law enforcement in America in an effort to combat the racism “pandemic” raging in the country.

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Trump, Biden win Pennsylvania primary amid pandemic, unrest

PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania held a primary election Tuesday amid civil unrest, a pandemic, the introduction of new voting machines in some counties and the debut of mail-in balloting that pushed county election bureaus to their limits.

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GOP senators offer rare rebuke of Trump on church visit

President Donald Trump makes a brief address Monday from the Rose Garden after the death of George Floyd last week in Minneapolis police custody has resulted in days of protests, some of them violent, in multiple American cities.

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Fauci says his meetings with Trump have 'dramatically decreased,' despite ongoing pandemic

Health experts fear that silent carriers of the virus could unwittingly infect others at protests where people are packed cheek to jowl.

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Trump invites Modi to attend G7 summit in US later this year

PM Modi said India would be happy to work with the US for proposed summit’s success

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Democrats say Justice Department whistleblowers to testify

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#WendysIsOver Trends Nationwide After It’s Discovered Franchise CEO Is A HUGE Trump Supporter!

Late last month, restaurant business leaders met with Donald Trump about steps the food service industry needed to take in order to bounce back from the devastating and long-lasting coronavirus pandemic.

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EU says Russia should not yet rejoin G7, despite Trump plan

BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of members of the Group of Seven major economic powers to insist that Russia must not be allowed back into the fold, after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he plans to invite the country to a G7 summit next fall.

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Pennsylvania primary, voting begins despite unrest, pandemic

Social distancing guidelines have been implemented as citizens vote in Pennsylvania.

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Online therapy provider ends deal with Facebook over Trump's post

San Francisco: Online therapy provider Talkspace has announced to end its partnership discussions with Facebook over its inability to remove or moderate a controversial post from US President Donald Trump.

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Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials vowed to “maximize federal law enforcement presence” in the nation’s capital after days of violent demonstrations led to fires across Washington and left scores of businesses with broken windows and dozens of police officers injured.

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Amid protests, Trump talks of war — and reelection

WASHINGTON – Embracing the language of confrontation and war, President Donald Trump declared himself the “president of law and order” and signaled he would stake his reelection on convincing voters his forceful approach, including deploying U.S. troops to U.S. cities, was warranted in a time of national tumult and racial unrest.

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Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials vowed to “maximize federal law enforcement presence” in the nation’s capital on Monday night after days of violent demonstrations led to fires across Washington and left scores of businesses with broken windows and dozens of police officers injured.

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Opinion | Boosted by common man’s trust, PM battles pandemic

As Modi enters the second year of NDA-2, covid is posing the biggest challenge yet

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Asian stocks rebound after Trump avoids reigniting trade war

BEIJING – Asian stock markets rebounded Monday after President Donald Trump avoided reigniting a trade war with China amid tension over Hong Kong and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mint Lite | Reopening India, WHO's health, UBI in Spain and other news to know

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Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg might be mostly right about Twitter

The view that people want to consume truth, or that they should consume truth alone, is contestable

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Trump calls for delay in Group of 7 meeting, seeks expansion

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will postpone until the fall a meeting of Group of 7 nations he had planned to hold next month at the White House despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. And he said the group's membership should include Russia, Australia, South Korea and India.

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Democrats to interview ousted State Department watchdog

WASHINGTON – House and Senate Democrats will interview former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on Wednesday as part of their investigation into his abrupt firing by President Donald Trump.

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China, Hong Kong push back against Trump’s latest trade threats

The People’s Daily, mouthpiece of China’s Communist Party, wrote that the plans outlined by Trump at the White House were ‘gross interference’ in Beijing’s affairs and were ‘doomed to fail’

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National Guard summoned to aid US cities amid police clashes

Georgia’s governor declares a state of emergency to activate the state National Guard as violence flared in Atlanta

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Trump, N.C. governor speak about GOP convention details

RALEIGH, N.C. – President Donald Trump and North Carolina's governor disagreed on Friday over the viability of a full-fledged Republican National Convention, the governor's office said, as Trump does not want to see signs of the pandemic in his renomination audience.

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Merkel won't attend G7 summit in person if US goes ahead

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel will not personally attend a meeting in the U.S. with the leaders of the world’s major economies if President Donald Trump goes ahead with it, unless the course of the coronavirus spread changes by then, her office said Saturday.

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WHO is not the only one US broke up with, thanks to Trump

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced the termination of the country's relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and said would divert the $450 million, which is America's annual contribution to the WHO, to other organisations and groups. The announcement came days after he wrote a four page letter to the WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, demanding that the organisation announce reforms within 30 days on the back of growing tensions between the US and China over the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Trump cuts WHO funding as US economy clouds speedy recovery

WASHINGTON – Grim employment and spending numbers darkened the prospects for a speedy recovery in the U.S. as the economic devastation from the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, even as states moved to reopen more sectors.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Senate confirms special watchdog for pandemic recovery

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