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TULSA, OKLAHOMA - JUNE 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trump is holding his first political rally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic at the BOK Center today while infection rates in the state of Oklahoma continue to rise. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

What really goes on at Trump’s rallies

Donald Trump is currently underwater in several key polls. But what you see on the TV news in Australia does not reflect the reality inside the thunderdome.

World

(FILES) In this file photo supporters Blake Marnell(L) and others cheer as they listen to US President Donald Trump speak during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. - The number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States is hitting levels not seen since the early part of the pandemic in April. A patchwork of responses at the official level, the politicization of masks and physical distancing, and the widespread onset of complacency are to blame. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP)

’Cover your face’: COVID-19 masks divide America

It might be hard to believe in Australia, but the wearing or not of a face mask has become a defining political statement in the US. This is why.

World

The base of the statue of former president Andrew Jackson is power washed inside a newly closed Lafayette Park, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Washington, which has been the site of protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House sends in National Guard to protect monuments

The Trump administration has reportedly called in the National Guard to protect Washington’s monuments as more historical statues are torn down and protests continue across the US.

World

TULSA, OKLAHOMA - JUNE 20: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trump is holding his first political rally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic at the BOK Center today while infection rates in the state of Oklahoma continue to rise. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Trump calls COVID-19 ‘Kung Flu’ in rally speech

US President Donald Trump has returned to the election trail with a controversial rally in which he used racist language and slammed the tearing down of statues.

News

Reporter Sarah Blake and her son Noah at his high school graduation parade in New York. Photo: EDL Photography

Finally, something for New Yorkers to celebrate: Graduates of 2020

In the nation most rocked by COVID-19 and devastating race riots, people are still finding ways to celebrate achievements they are determined to recognise.

World

President Donald Trump speaks about the PREVENTS "President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide," task force, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump book author ‘gambled with national security’, says judge

A US judge has lashed former national security adviser John Bolton for writing a tell-all book about the White House just months after he was sacked. But the book will still be published this week.

Leaders

(FILES)(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on September 24, 2019 shows Democratic presidential hopeful Former Vice President Joe Biden at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 2019,and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, September 20, 2019. - US President Donald Trump openly called on China as well as Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden, taunting Democrats seeking his impeachment for inviting foreign election interference. Speaking in Florida October 3, 2019, Trump blasted his accusers as "maniacs" pursuing "impeachment crap" as he sought to turn the tables on a probe that threatens to make him only the third US president ever impeached in the House of Representatives, and face a trial in the Senate. (Photos by Robyn BECK and SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Biden’s new election battleground against Trump

Calls to stop funding America’s police in the wake of George Floyd’s killing have brought a fringe idea into the US presidential election race, leaving Joe Biden with a tough choice.

World

FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK - JUNE 10: The Fuentes family of North Massapequa dine at outdoor seating on Main Street on June 10, 2020 in Farmingdale, New York. Restaurants on Long Island were permitted to open for outside service today as the region entered Phase II of New York State's plan to return to normalcy after closings were mandated due to the coronavirus pandemic. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

NYC bars, restaurants defy strict lockdown rules

New York is under strict restrictions but in the past week or so some restaurants and pubs have started setting up tables outdoors, defying Governor Andrew Cuomo’s order.

Coronavirus

LA-based Sydney hotelier’s stunning gesture at luxury spot

With no paying guests due to COVID-19, an Aussie hotel owner raised in western Sydney has turned the iconic Cadillac Hotel on LA’s famed Venice Boardwalk over to the less fortunate.

Seven News reporter Amelia Brace after her cameraman were pushed over by riot police at a protest in Washington DC over the death of George Floyd. , , Picture: Supplied Picture: Sunrise

America’s vow after Aussie reporter brutally attacked

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has responded to reports of a violent police attack on a Channel 7 reporter and her cameraman during the George Floyd protests.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/sarah-blake/page/26