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WASHINGTON — The political conversation may have moved on to other topics — like race, police reform, Confederate generals and President Donald Trump’s complaints about his poll numbers.But the coronavirus hasn’t moved on from infecting and killing Americans across the country.The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has now surpassed 2 million — up more than…

A Louisiana professor called on her colleagues to keep a list of students who engage in "hate speech" and "drop" them from classes at the public university after George Floyd's death, Campus Reform reports.Louisiana State University Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Alyssa Johnson made the comments after the school's official Twitter responded to those calls,…

NBC News anchor Craig Melvin asked Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., if the GOP is "using" him as a "token" amid the response to George Floyd's death.Scott has been leading the effort in the Senate among Republican lawmakers in pursuit of police reform. However, the "Today" host questioned whether Scott's party was maximizing the only black GOP senator to its advantage."You…

Joe Biden's Democratic presidential campaign is reportedly going to great lengths to insist his team of economic policy advisers not publicly discuss their roles, fueling concerns that these advisers may not be appropriately disclosing their relationship to the former vice president while making television appearances.The New York Times on Thursday reported that the campaign has "imposed strict rules…

Addressing the takeover of the area surrounding the Seattle Police Department’s abandoned East Precinct building, Chief Carmen Best said in a video addressed to her officers Thursday major chaos had been averted but also that she was “angry about” how the situation unfolded.After days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, Seattle police…