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Supreme Court rules Florida can block ex-felons from voting

Thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Florida can be denied the ability to vote, the US Supreme Court has decided, allowing the state to block a landmark re-enfranchisement effort supported by a majority of voters in 2018.

The nation's high court denied a request to lift an order that blocked a lower-court ruling, which would have prevented people in Florida who have been convicted of certain felonies from voting if they have not paid associated fines and fees.

Dissenting justices Sonya Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan said that the ruling "prevents thousands of otherwise eligible voters from participating in Florida's primary election simply because they are poor."

Alex Woodward reports. 

Mary Trump says that US has devolved into 'my incredibly dysfunctional family'

Donald Trump's niece has said in a new interview that the leadership of the US has devolved into a macro version of her "incredibly dysfunctional family", which she blames on the president's father.

To promote her upcoming book, Mary Trump said in a series of interviews that the family patriarch Fred Trump is "almost 100 per cent" responsible for creating the "killer" elected to the White House.

Justin Vallejo reports.

Pelosi pushes negative male stereotype to criticise Trump

#NotAllMen

"Observing [Trump's] behaviour. I have concluded that he is like the man who refuses to ask for directions."

BREAKING: Fauci tells Zuckerberg 30,000 people in vaccine trial starting this summer

Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious disease official, says a vaccine trial will start this summer with 30,000 people participating. 

He also told Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg that researchers have found no 'deleterious' effects on a person's breathing amid a nationwide battle over whether people should cover their faces to prevent spread through tiny droplets of saliva and mucus.

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Maddow: Have you heard the President use the n-word? Mary Trump: Yeah

BREAKING: Georgia Governor sues Atlanta mayor and city council over mask mandate

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to block the mayor's mandate requiring residents to wear masks in public to prevent transmitting the coronavirus.

The move comes a day after the Republican governor signed an executive order that explicitly prohibits cities in his state from setting their own rules on face coverings despite rising infections.

"3,104 Georgians have died and I and my family are amongst the [106,000] who tested positive," the mayor said on Twitter. "Meanwhile, I have been sued by [Governor Kemp] for a mask mandate. A better use of taxpayer money would be to expand testing and contact tracing."

Masks seem to be back in fashion

After Trump himself donned the face-covering in public for the first time, Walmart became the largest retailer to mandate the policy nationwide regardless of state guidelines.

Where else are they required even if Governors don't?

Danielle Zoellner takes a closer look.

#NotMyChild trends after the #NotMyPresident #Resistance promotes #NotRealKid video

Creators of a video shared under the viral #NotMyChild hashtag on Thursday were forced to defend themselves from "Trumpers trolling" after criticisms they used an imaginary child to spread fear in Back to School (Letters to Mr President).

"To the Trumpers trolling around saying 'It's fake, fictional' yes, we currently don't have the funds to travel into the future and shoot this film for real," the filmmakers responded on YouTube.

"It is a work of fiction, just like your president was. Sh*t tends to get real when people get complacent. Now go back to watching your presidents [sic] head plastered on muscular men in Hollywood movies and dream on. Nov 3rd Your president goes from fiction to history or prison."

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