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The Trumpian rift in the Republican Party has deepened in recent days as allies of one of the GOP’s former presidents and former White House nominees have taken steps to endorse the enemy. Whether the defections to presumed Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden are born of dismay over what they see as haphazard leadership in…

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) pushed back on President TrumpDonald John TrumpProtesters tear down statue of Christopher Columbus in Baltimore 'Independence Day' star Bill Pullman urges Americans to wear a 'freedom mask' in July 4 PSA Protesters burn American flag outside White House after Trump's July Fourth address MORE’s characterization of the coronavirus as “harmless”…

CLOSE As coronavirus cases in some states start to rise again, make sure to remember these safety tips. USA TODAYThe FDA commissioner declined to support President Donald Trump's views on the pandemic Sunday while the mayor of Phoenix said the state reopened too soon, fueling a boom in new cases among young  people."We reemerged at zero…

Zoe Nicholson Published 7:29 a.m. ET July 5, 2020 | Updated 9:00 a.m. ET July 5, 2020CLOSEGREENVILLE, S.C. – Two people are dead and eight are injured after a shooting at a nightclub in the early hours of July 5, according to Lt. Jimmy Bolt of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. The shooting occurred around 2 a.m.…

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order of governors or city leaders. But the largest Confederate monument ever crafted — colossal figures carved into the solid rock of a Georgia mountainside — may outlast them all. Stone Mountain’s supersized…