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More Republicans Desert Donald Trump For Biden (1)

More Republicans Desert Donald Trump For Biden

Exactly two months to US presidential election, a group of more than 100 prominent Republicans dumped President Donald Trump and pledged support for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

They said the United States needs a change of leadership.

The group Republicans & Independents for Biden, comprised of former GOP lawmakers, politicians and other leaders, said their “sole mission” is to elect the former vice president following severe leadership failures on President Donald Trump’s watch.

“More than 180,000 Americans are dead from a pandemic that, with consistent leadership, could have been contained,” former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, national chairwoman …

Trillion-Dollar US Economic Aid Package Crashes In Senate

Trillion-Dollar US Economic Aid Package Crashes In Senate

A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashed to defeat Sunday after receiving zero support from Democrats, and with five Republicans absent from the chamber because of virus-related quarantines.

Democrats said the Republican plan failed to sufficiently protect millions of American workers or shore up the critically under-equipped health care system during the coronavirus crisis.

The bill proposed an estimated $1.7 trillion or more in funding to cushion the blow for American families and thousands of shuttered or suffering businesses.

Despite intense negotiations between Republicans, Democrats and President Donald Trump’s administration, the roll call was 47-47, far …