Friday, July 17, 2020

Virginia Man Accused of Threatening Tulsa Mayor Over Trump Rally

Federal prosecutors accused a Virginia man Friday of harassing and threatening Tulsa’s Republican mayor to halt President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in the city last month in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Oklahoma Tribes Reach Deal With State on Case Jurisdiction

OKLAHOMA CITY (CN) — Oklahoma’s Five Tribes and state leaders announced an agreement Thursday to clarify the state’s criminal and

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

High Court Backs Tribal Designation for Wide Swath of Oklahoma Land

In a decision that reclassifies a large swath of eastern Oklahoma as land belonging to Native Americans driven from their ancestral home during the Trail of Tears, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday that a Seminole man sentenced to 500 years in prison for rape and sodomy should have been tried in federal court.

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

Trump Ally Herman Cain Hospitalized With Covid After Attending Rally

Herman Cain, a former 2012 Republican presidential candidate who attended President Trump’s comeback rally in Oklahoma last month, has been hospitalized in Atlanta after testing positive for Covid-19.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Oklahoma Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion

Oklahoma primary voters Tuesday narrowly approved an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, rejecting arguments by Republican state leaders that the measure will result in deep budget cuts for state agencies.

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