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Deutsche Bank gave Trump records to New York prosecutors – reportTrump again claims Covid-19 will ‘go away’ as Fauci warns of long road aheadFacebook removes Trump post over different false Covid-19 claimJoin us today at 5pm ET for an online event with Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in the 2020 election. Register nowSign up to our First Thing newsletter 11.47am BST Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press offers this analysis this morning of where the gaps are between the Democratic and Republican negotiating teams in getting a coronavirus stimulus package over the line:Jobless benefits: Nancy Pelosi is staking out a hard line on extending a $600-per-week supplemental pandemic federal jobless benefit, which lapsed last week. Republicans offered to extend the benefit into December and cut it to $400, according to leaks. The unemployment insurance issue is perhaps the most important to resolve. 11.33am BST Black Lives Matter demonstrators held a vigil last night in North Carolina to demand justice for a Black man who died days after his arrest. More than 70 participants used their phones as flashlights and sang songs during the vigil for John Neville in Winston-Salem⏩ WATCH LIVE: People are gathered in Winston-Salem to honor the life of John Neville. https://t.co/OqA0QfMwyA Continue reading…
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11.47am BST
Andrew Taylor of the Associated Press offers this analysis this morning of where the gaps are between the Democratic and Republican negotiating teams in getting a coronavirus stimulus package over the line:
Jobless benefits: Nancy Pelosi is staking out a hard line on extending a $600-per-week supplemental pandemic federal jobless benefit, which lapsed last week. Republicans offered to extend the benefit into December and cut it to $400, according to leaks. The unemployment insurance issue is perhaps the most important to resolve.
11.33am BST
Black Lives Matter demonstrators held a vigil last night in North Carolina to demand justice for a Black man who died days after his arrest. More than 70 participants used their phones as flashlights and sang songs during the vigil for John Neville in Winston-Salem
⏩ WATCH LIVE: People are gathered in Winston-Salem to honor the life of John Neville. https://t.co/OqA0QfMwyA
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