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3.58pm BST

A White House official and an aide for House speaker Nancy Pelosi have tested positive for Covid-19, Axios is reporting.

The Pelosi staffer had escorted a delegation of Texas Democrats around the Capitol this week. Some of the Texas Democrats, who fled the state to Washington to prevent quorum on a restrictive voting bill, had tested positive over the weekend.

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Mandela Barnes, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, announced today that he was running for Senate, joining a crowded field of Democrats vying for the seat.

“Hard-working families deserve every opportunity, but politicians like senator Ron Johnson aren’t delivering,” Barnes tweeted. “Instead of changing our dreams, we need to change the game.”

I’m Mandela Barnes and I’m running to be Wisconsin’s next Senator.

Hard-working families deserve every opportunity, but politicians like Senator Ron Johnson aren’t delivering. Instead of changing our dreams, we need to change the game. Join us. pic.twitter.com/XzVS3WHqQf

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Source: The Guardian