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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Sunday, August 23, 2020

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Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

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Trump hails FDA's authorization of plasma treatment for coronavirus, after slamming agency
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FDA authorizes plasma treatment despite scientists' objections'
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Before GOP convention, Trump pushes use of blood plasma treatment for COVID-19
Twitter hits Trump for 'misleading health claims' that could dissuade people from voting
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Many Republicans still in the dark about hastily arranged convention
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Biden: 'No new taxes' for anyone making under $400K
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Comey: 'I can't imagine that I'm a target' of Durham probe
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Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmet
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Biden gains popularity in post-convention polling
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Muir presses Biden: Can you win a presidential election from home? 'We will'
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Firefighters, military planes, troops arrive in California to fight massive blazes
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Trump allies push back on recording of president's sister bashing him as a liar with 'no principles'
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Meadows: Trump claim that FDA 'deep state' is trying hurt him politically was about 'cutting red tape'
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Pelosi defends endorsing Joe Kennedy in Democratic primary'
ABC's David Muir presses Biden on his claim 'negligence' has cost lives in pandemic
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Pelosi calls Trump's sister's criticism 'heartbreaking' as White House dismisses it as a 'political attack'...

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Sen. Rick Scott endorses Trump-backed Florida gubernatorial candidate

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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has endorsed fellow Republican Rep. Byron Donalds' Florida gubernatorial bid.

Scott served as governor of the Sunshine State prior to current Gov. Ron DeSantis.

"I am proud to stand with President Trump and endorse Byron Donalds for Governor of Florida. Byron is a principled conservative who will lead with courage and conviction and fight on behalf of every Floridian," Scott noted.

"I’ve been proud to work with him on critical legislation to make flood insurance more affordable and help Floridians rebuild and recover from...
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Family condemns Hamas video showing emaciated Israeli hostage

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Evyatar David's family says Hamas is starving him, as the group shows a video of him being kept in a tunnel.
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Trump fires lead official on economic data as tariffs cause market drop

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The move comes as a weaker-than-expected jobs report stoked fears about tariffs.
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Hamas refuses to disarm until Palestinian state established

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire and the release of hostages stalled last week.
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Chess grandmaster Carlsen wins at Esports World Cup

  • News source: BBC News - World
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World number one Magnus Carlsen takes home $250,000 (£188,000) for winning the online competition.
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Trump 1.0 alums share chilling Google message from before second-term return: 'LAWFARE at its finest'

  • News source: FOX News
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Officials from the first Trump administration are alleging they received notices from Google shortly before they returned to office that they were being probed by the FBI under the Biden administration and the web giant was unable to tell them because of a court order.

Dan Scavino, who is now White House Deputy Chief of Staff and assistant to the president, described the matter as "Biden lawfare" kicking in after he "patriotically and proudly" served during Trump’s first term.

"Google received and responded to a legal process issued by the...
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Prominent Indian ex-MP gets life sentence for rape

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Prajwal Revanna was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former employee.
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Twelve years house arrest for Colombian ex-leader Álvaro Uribe

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The 73-year-old is the first ex-president in Colombia's history to be convicted of a crime.
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Mali charges ex-PM with undermining the state over post on X

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Moussa Mara expressed solidarity with opposition figures held after political parties were dissolved.
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'Was the president up for the job?' Steve Ricchetti defends Biden’s fitness as GOP seeks answers

  • News source: FOX News
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Steve Ricchetti was the gatekeeper for former President Biden.

But House Republican investigators hoped Ricchetti was the key to unlocking answers about Mr. Biden’s cognitive state when he was commander in chief.

The House Oversight Committee summoned Ricchetti for a closed-door deposition recently. Ricchetti worked for President Clinton, was Biden’s top aide when he was Vice President and served as a key advisor in the Biden White House. He frequently visited Capitol Hill as President Biden and Congressional Republicans negotiated a debt ceiling...
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Prominent Indian ex-MP gets life sentence for rape

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Prajwal Revanna was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former employee.
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TIMELINE: Evolution of Mamdani's defunding police rhetoric to this week's 'damage control'

  • News source: FOX News
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New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made headlines this week when he attempted to walk back his long track record dating back to 2020 of criticizing the New York Police Department and calling for it to be defunded.

On Wednesday, Mamdani told reporters after the death of an NYPD officer in midtown Manhattan that he is "not running to defund the police" and is "a candidate who is not fixed in time, one that learns and one that leads, and part of that means admitting, as I have grown, and part of that means focusing on the people...
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Dingell family in office for 90+ years: Locals praise pavement-pounding, critics say it indicts incumbency

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Rep. Debbie Dingell has held office for a decade, but her family has represented in the same general region of Michigan for almost a century, since Rep. John Dingell Sr. took office in 1933.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, however, Dingell, a Democrat, stressed she is not concerned with the idea she is continuing a record-breaking family legacy but instead the "quality" of work she does in-the-moment for the people in her district.

"I love my husband very much. And I'm proud of my last name. But I have to get up every day and earn the...
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Trump closes week with plans to reposition subs amid heightened Russia tension, new tariffs

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President Donald Trump wrapped up his second term's 28th week in office announcing he would reposition two nuclear submarines amid increased tension with Russia, after just adding new tariffs to a host of countries.

On Monday, Trump unveiled a new deadline for Russia to end its conflict with Ukraine, and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the announcement is an additional "step towards war."

In response, Trump made a rare announcement Friday that he would reposition two submarines to best respond to the escalated tension between the...
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Court limits Trump's asylum crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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A panel of federal judges on Friday limited President Trump's effort to close the U.S. asylum system at the southern border, saying his administration can't unilaterally suspend laws that bar the U.S. from deporting migrants to places where they would face persecution or torture.

The ruling centers on a proclamation issued by Mr. Trump just hours after he returned to the White House in January, ordering the closure of the asylum system. U.S. border officials have relied on the order to summarily expel those entering the country illegally, without...
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