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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Thursday, October 29, 2020

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

How the U.S. early vote surge is shaping Trump, Biden endgames
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Pelosi, Trump administration trade blame over virus aid
Record-breaking early voting in U.S. election tops 80 million
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Biden and Trump to tangle in Tampa on Thursday
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Trump relying on government officials in final campaign stretch
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Plurality of voters say U.S. coronavirus measures are not strict enough: poll
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Emails show how Pompeos mixed personal, official business
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The Latest: Biden wraps up Florida rally because of downpour
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Federal appeals court suggests late-arriving Minnesota ballots may be tossed
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Photos document US eviction crisis as families struggle with pandemic
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Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
Joe Biden calls son Hunter 'smartest guy I know' amid questions over business dealings
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Exclusive poll: Biden leads in Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina
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Nebraska Election Results 2020: Live Updates
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Pence absent from Covid-19 planning calls for more than a month
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Record turnout in Texas' largest county could be crucial to flipping a usually red state...

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US judge orders Trump admin to pay portion of $2B in foreign aid by Monday

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A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to pay at least a portion of the nearly $2 billion in owed foreign aid for previously completed projects by 6 p.m. Monday, an expeditious ruling that comes just one day after the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's request to continue its freeze.

The decision from U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali came after a more than four-hour court hearing Thursday, where he grilled both parties on their proposed repayment plans, and a timeframe for the government to comply with the $1.9...
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Social media explodes after 'cringe' TikTok video of AOC, House Dems goes viral: 'Couldn't get any lamer'

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Democrats on social media were mocked by conservatives on Thursday over a viral video in which several of the elected officials pretended to be video game characters in a "choose your fighter parody."

The video, posted by social media influencer Jessica Woo, featured Dem. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett, Lauren Underwood, Katherine Clark, Judy Chu, and Susie Lee.

The congresswomen in the video could be seen jumping up and down in a fighting position as if they were video game characters, along with attributes describing their...
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US lost a fifth of its butterflies within two decades

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However the researchers say butterflies may be able to recover if urgent conservation measures are taken.
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Five jailed over plot to kidnap German minister

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The group wanted to create civil war-like conditions in Germany and overthrow the government.
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The Indian film showing the bride's 'humiliation' in arranged marriage

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Sthal is notable for the unflinching way it portrays a bride's experience in arranged marriage.
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Trump is not a king, judge says in reinstating fired federal labor board member

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In case that could define limits of Trump’s presidential power, federal judge reinstates labor agency member, warning of damage if Trump continues to rule like a king.
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Envoy compares Ukraine intel sharing pause to "hitting a mule with a two-by-four"

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Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, President Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, says Ukrainians brought the pause in U.S. intelligence sharing "on themselves."

It's "sort of like hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose," Kellogg said of the impact of the intelligence pause on the battlefield. "Got their attention."

The intelligence the U.S. has been sharing has been critical in helping Ukraine strike Russian military targets, as well as anticipate and block Russian attacks.

"But it's a pause. It's not an end," Kellogg told CBS...
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Top FEMA official fired over payments for NYC migrants says DOGE gave approval

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Former FEMA CFO Mary Comans, who was fired in February by the Trump administration for sending payments to New York City to cover hotels for migrants, says she was following DOGE's directions. Comans speaks out for the first time since her firing in an exclusive interview with "CBS Evening News" co-anchor Maurice DuBois.
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Unvaccinated New Mexico resident tests positive for measles after dying

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A possible second measles death has been recorded in the U.S. this year after a New Mexico resident tested positive for the virus following their death.
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SpaceX loses another Starship in latest launch

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SpaceX said it has lost contact with its massive Starship rocket during its highly anticipated test launch on Thursday evening.
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FEMA CFO fired over payments to NYC for migrants says she had DOGE sign-off

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A former government official who says she was falsely accused of illegally sending funds to New York City to book luxury hotels for undocumented migrants — and then publicly ridiculed and fired — said Thursday that just days earlier she had been directed by a member of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, to make the payments.

Mary Comans, who was the chief financial officer at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, sued the agency and the Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, on Tuesday.

"I was...
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Trump sends special message to stranded astronauts, jokes he may go along for rescue: 'We love you'

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President Donald Trump, while signing executive orders Thursday in the Oval Office, vowed to bring home two NASA astronauts who have been stuck in space for eight months.

"Elon [Musk] is right now preparing a ship to go up and get them," the president told Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy. "We love you, and we're coming up to get you, and you shouldn't have been up there so long."

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were stranded at the International Space Station after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft had technical...
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Fox News Politics Newsletter: Dems vs. Dems

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

Here's what's happening…

-Migrants clone Border Patrol vehicles in bid to bypass Trump's crackdown

-Trump blasts Rep. Al Green as 'an embarrassment' to Dem: He 'should be forced to take an IQ test'

-Trump’s plan to house migrants at Guantanamo Bay facing major hurdles

Democrats displayed their internal party divisions in the wake of President Donald Trump's first address to Congress.

Democrats who...
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Border state lawmaker reveals what 'drastic' changes can be solidified with major congressional action

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Life for many residents in border communities improved following swift policy changes by the Trump administration, Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., says.

"They're very happy with the results, and we knew that the numbers were going to be reflecting like they are," the Republican told Fox News Digital in an interview, calling the change "drastic."

Migrant encounters plummeted at the border in February with just over 8,300, which is the lowest month since officials started keeping track of the numbers, according to United States Customs and Border...
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Hamas treatment of hostages 'intolerable,' Trump envoy says

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Hamas’ treatment of the hostages it has been holding in captivity in the Gaza Strip is "intolerable," U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Thursday, warning that "it's not going to be tolerated by President Trump."

Witkoff spoke outside the White House a day after President Donald Trump met with eight former hostages in Washington and posted what he called a "last warning" to Hamas on his Truth Social platform.

"We're not going to sit here, do nothing and tolerate this kind of inhumane conditions," Witkoff said. "They lived in a...
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