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NASCAR driver Kyle Larson sacked after racial slur

NASCAR team Chip Ganassi Racing sacked Kyle Larson on Tuesday, a day after sponsors fled the star driver over his use of a racial slur during a live streamed virtual race.

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Trump to make ‘very important’ announcement in the next few days: Larry Kudlow

President Donald Trump is plowing ahead with his attempt to "re-open" the country, a power he insists he has but does not, according to constitutional law and Supreme Court experts. Tuesday Trump's trusted top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, announced "the country is ready to go back to work," and said the President would be making a "very important" announcement in days, Fox News reports.

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'We don't have a king': Gov. Cuomo uses his coronavirus briefing to educate Trump about the Constitution

During his scheduled televised coronavirus briefing this Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo addressed President Trump's claim that he has "total authority" when it comes to determining how and when states will reopen their economies in the wake of lockdowns.

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Trump's new COVID-19 task force is causing confusion in the White House: 'It's a mess right now'

President Donald Trump announced his latest task force to handle the "Opening the Country Council." According to CNN, the announcement came as the White House has scrambled to figure out how to re-open the government during a pandemic that has significantly increased the unemployment numbers.

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Fox News host slobbers over Trump's propaganda: 'It was a beautiful press conference from the president'

Fox News host Pete Hegseth lavished praise on President Donald Trump's Monday press conference that has been described as propaganda by other members of the media.

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Chris Christie snaps at The View's Sunny Hostin for asking why Trump was golfing in February when America needed help

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) joined the chorus of Republicans trying to protect the president from accountability for his inaction during February.

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Larry Kudlow has no regrets about calling COVID-19 'contained' -- even after 24,000 American deaths

Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow infamously declared that the United States had "contained" the coronavirus on February 25th, which was the same day that officials from the Centers for Disease Control publicly testified that the spread of COVID-19 was about to get much worse.

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The View's Meghan McCain gets schooled after blaming 'incendiary' reporters for Trump's coronavirus briefing meltdown

President Donald Trump had a press conference Monday where he proclaimed himself as a kind of "king" that can control the state governments and force them to reopen. When Meghan McCain responded to it on "The View" she blamed the media for asking questions in a way that made Trump go off.

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Obama endorses Biden for president to 'heal' America

Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and "heal" a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments.

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GOP governor finds a coronavirus lockdown loophole that lets him get his makeup done

In the wake of a Facebook post that claimed Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt was ignoring his own recommendations when it comes to social distancing rules, hair stylists and cosmetologists are taking to social media to accuse him of hypocrisy.

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The CIA warned employees against using hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus without a prescription

President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisers, Peter Navarro, have been aggressively touting hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus — which, according to researchers at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, has killed more than 120,900 people worldwide (including over 23,600 in the United States and at least 20,465 in Italy and 18,056 in Spain). But Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is part of Trump’s coronavirus task force, and Navarro had a heated argument in the White House Situation Room over the possible benefits of hydroxychloroquine — which, Fauci has stressed, still needs a lot of research where COVID-19 is concerned. And according to the Washington Post, some leaders at the Central Intelligence Agenda (CIA) share Fauci’s view.

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Susan Collins’ approval rating sinks lower as Maine race shifts from 'lean Republican' to 'toss-up'

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, continues to fall in the polls as she heads into her toughest re-election battle yet.

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Internet slams #DictatorTrump trends as president doubles down on ‘total authority’ claim

For the past few weeks President Donald Trump was operating as if America were governed by the Articles of Confederation, insisting the federal government was a mere backup to the states. This week, in response to numerous reports from legal and constitutional experts that only the states, and not the President, can "re-open" the country, Trump declared war, and himself king.

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