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COVID-19
Cruz Gets A Chop From Hairdresser Who Was Held In Contempt After Defying COVID Order
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05.08.20 | 12:43 pm
on October 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. on October 25, 2017 in Washington, DC.
WH Economic Adviser Predicts Jaw-Dropping Unemployment Will Get Even Worse
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05.08.20 | 12:23 pm
Where Things Stand: This Is Going To Backfire
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05.08.20 | 12:15 pm

Another member of the inner circle has tested positive for COVID-19.

MSNBC and CNN are both reporting that a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has COVID-19. The staffer is reportedly not physically near him at the moment. Pence is on Air Force 2, currently en route to Iowa for an event.

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COVID Case Count At Reopened Tyson Meat Plant Doubles To More Than 1,000
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05.08.20 | 11:20 am
LANZHOU, CHINA - NOVEMBER 02: Woman selling live chickens and ducks in cages at a food market, Gansu province, Lanzhou, China on November 2, 2017 in Lanzhou, China. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images) LANZHOU, CHINA - NOVEMBER 02: Woman selling live chickens and ducks in cages at a food market, Gansu province, Lanzhou, China on November 2, 2017 in Lanzhou, China. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
WHO: Live Animal Markets Shouldn’t Be Closed Amid Coronavirus
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05.08.20 | 11:07 am
France Encourages Biking To Work As A Way To Avoid Crowding Public Transit
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05.08.20 | 11:01 am
on March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. on March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Texas Governor Retroactively Decriminalizes Defying Stay-At-Home Orders
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05.08.20 | 10:52 am
WHO Says Coronavirus Could ‘Smolder’ In Africa For Years
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05.08.20 | 10:36 am
Pompeo: Never Mind, Maybe COVID-19 Didn’t Come From Chinese Lab After All
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05.08.20 | 8:51 am
US Lost 20.5 Million Jobs In April, Unemployment Rate Rises To 14.7%
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05.08.20 | 8:33 am