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South Dakota turns down extra $300-a-week unemployment benefits from Trump administration

By Evie Fordham FOXBusiness ‘South Dakota’s economy, having never been shut down, has recovered nearly 80% of our job losses,’ governor says. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem rejected the federal government’s offer of an additional $300 in weekly unemployment benefits and touted her state’s economic recovery amid the coronavirus pandemic. “My administration is very grateful for the additional flexibility that this effort […]

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Democratic convention sees party unity mission: Keep ‘resistive’ Bernie Sanders supporters from blowing this

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Party wants to avoid replay of 2016 convention discord. For a party that endured a wide-open presidential primary with more than two-dozen candidates ranging from the left to the middle – and with the wounds of disunity from 2016 still healing – achieving party unity at this week’s Democratic National Convention is a top priority. And Democrats are intent […]

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Miranda Devine: Touting Kamala Harris as a moderate is a liberal dose of deception

 By Miranda Devine | New York Post Her record shows her to be a gifted shapeshifter. The New York Times was quick out of the blocks with the Democratic pitch that Kamala Harris is a “pragmatic moderate.” It’s pulling your leg. Joe Biden’s running mate had the most liberal voting record in the Senate last year — surpassing even Bernie Sanders — […]

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Trump going to ‘look at’ Edward Snowden case for potential pardon

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News Trump polled his aides Thursday to see whether he should free the anti-surveillance whistleblower. President Trump said he will “look at” the case of Edward Snowden for a potential pardon. “I’m not that aware of the Snowden situation,” Trump told reporters in a briefing Saturday. “Many people think he should be somehow […]

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President Trump to participate in every day of Republican convention

By Marisa Schultz, John Roberts | Fox News President Trump will participate in every day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), an untraditional move for the nominee who is typically highlighted on the final night of festivities, Fox News has learned. But Trump already bucked tradition once before when, four years ago, he made a surprise appearance on the first night of the […]

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Ghislaine Maxwell being locked up in isolation for own safety, feds say

By Vincent Barone | New York Post Ghislaine Maxwell is being held in isolation from other inmates in a Brooklyn Federal jail for her own safety and the “orderly” function of the facility, federal prosecutors argued Thursday. The British socialite, 58, earlier this week petitioned to be released into the general population at the Metropolitan Detention Center. She whined in court documents […]

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Trump says Democrats’ mail-in ballot push holding up coronavirus stimulus package

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Trump tells ‘Mornings with Maria’ mail-in voting would cause ‘the greatest fraud in history’. President Trump on Thursday blamed Democrats’ push for funding for universal mail-in ballots as one of the reasons for a delay in negotiations on Capitol Hill over a fourth coronavirus stimulus package, claiming the practice in the 2020 election […]

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Kamala Harris’ flip-flops back under a microscope after VP selection

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Pot and ‘Medicare-for-all’ are among her most high-profile changes. Sen. Kamala Harris, who was officially announced as Joe Biden’s running mate Tuesday, has switched her stances on multiple issues throughout her time in public life, beginning as a local prosecutor in the early 2000s. Those positions are now back in the spotlight, as the Trump campaign […]

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Health questions for Biden off-limits for media, unlike Reagan, McCain and Trump

By Brian Flood | Fox News ‘At no time in recent memory has a presidential nominee’s physical and mental health been more important,’ professor says. The mainstream media has largely avoided coverage of Joe Biden’s health and fitness for office, but previous Republican presidential candidates such as Ronald Reagan, John McCain and Donald Trump didn’t receive a pass from the liberal press on the sensitive-but-crucial topic. “It’s all fair […]

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Joe Concha on Kamala Harris media coverage: Biden campaign ‘couldn’t write the narrative any better’

By Caleb Parke | Fox News Reporter said ‘cancel culture’ will shut down criticism of Harris. The mainstream media’s coverage of Sen. Kamala Harris, who was picked on Tuesday by Joe Biden as his running mate in the Democratic ticket, shows “how much the scales are tipped in this election,” said The Hill’s media reporter Joe Concha on Wednesday. “This is the media trying to […]