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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Wednesday, September 16, 2020

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Senate Republicans shrug off Trump’s call for larger Covid-19 relief measure
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Trump undercuts GOP, calls for bigger COVID-19 relief package
Trump appointee leaves HHS after online rant
‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Wildfire resources run thin
Hurricane Sally updates: Storm slamming Gulf Coast with life-threatening flooding
GOP rips Dem candidates for suggesting they might not take coronavirus vaccine
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Pelosi pushes back against Democrats frustrated with lack of progress on COVID bill
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Trump has always refused to see the difference between truth and lies
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Coronavirus stimulus plans: What we know about the negotiations between Congress and the Trump White House
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Supreme Court to kick off new term remotely with telephone arguments
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McConnell holds 12 point lead over Democratic challenger McGrath: poll
Biden hits back at Trump’s call for pre-debate drug tests: ‘The comments are just foolish’
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Vision 2020: What happens if the US election is contested?
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Trump gets what he wants in Big 10 football flip, but he's flailing in fight for Midwest votes
Senate Homeland Security Committee authorizes subpoenas for testimony from Obama officials as part of Russia probe
Belarus leader accuses US of fueling protests
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Democrats grill Pompeo aides over ouster of State IG
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OPM's second email to federal employees asks what they did last week — and adds a new requirement: report

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is once again asking federal workers to explain what they have accomplished as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk work to root out waste.

This week’s email reportedly came from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the subject line "What did you do last week? Part II," referencing the previous DOGE email. The Associated Press reports that this differed from how the email was expected to go out, as the new version was reportedly supposed to be from individual agencies, not OPM.

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Zelensky wants US to 'stand more firmly' on Ukraine's side

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US support is crucial, Zelensky says hours after the bust-up with Trump at the White House.
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Bus crash kills at least 37 in Bolivia

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About 30 people were also injured after two buses collided early on Saturday, police say.
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Cuomo mounts comeback, launches campaign for NYC mayor years after resignation

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Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York and arguably one of the biggest names in state politics, has officially entered New York City's race for mayor.

The move by the 56th governor of New York has been long-anticipated as many political insiders considered it only a matter of time before Cuomo threw his hat in the ring.

Cuomo made his candidacy official on Saturday, announcing his candidacy in a 17-minute video uploaded to his campaign website.

NBC New York previously reported that the former governor and his associates had been discussing...
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Trump White House rips auto state governor who attacked president's tariff plans: 'Deadly status quo'

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The Trump White House is firing back after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., warned on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs could put Michigan’s auto industry in peril.

During her seventh State of the State Address, Whitmer sounded the alarm on Trump’s plan to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, prompting the White House to fire back.

"Whitmer seems to be running more for Governor of Canada in her stout defense of a deadly status quo in which over a million Americans have been slaughtered by the Chinese poison of fentanyl pouring...
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WATCH: Oscar nominees who could make history at the 2025 Academy Awards

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Adrian Brody, the youngest man ever to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 2003, is a favorite to win for his role in the "Brutalist," but Timothee Chalamet could be the new youngest winner if he wins.
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US auto industry could be collateral damage in Trump's trade wars

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President Donald Trump’s trade wars threaten to claim a casualty on the home front: the American auto industry
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'Trump and Vance were so rude': Ukrainians react to disastrous meeting

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The more the country is attacked, the more unity there is, people in Kyiv tell the BBC.
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Gaza ceasefire deal hits critical moment

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The first six-week phase of the ceasefire ends on Saturday and negotiations on phase two have barely begun.
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Four dead and several missing after India avalanche

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A rescue operation is under way after the avalanche swept away road construction workers in the village of Mana.
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Jeremy Bowen: Trump-Zelensky row signals looming crisis between Europe and US

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Doubts are growing about the US commitment to European security outside Ukraine.
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Steve Rosenberg: Vladimir Putin can afford to sit back and watch events unfold

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A breakdown in relations between Ukraine and the US is potentially very serious for Kyiv, but very positive for Moscow.
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Cuts to national parks and forests met with backlash

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Employees who maintained America's most wild places say they are concerned for public safety and for wildlife.
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Illegal border crossings plunge to levels not seen in decades amid Trump crackdown

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Washington, D.C. — The number of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border illegally in President Trump's first full month in office plunged to a level not seen in at least 25 years, according to preliminary government data obtained by CBS News.

Last month, Border Patrol recorded about 8,450 apprehensions of migrants who crossed into the country unlawfully between official entry points along the U.S.-Mexico border, the statistics show.

On some days during a record spike in illegal crossings under the Biden administration, Border Patrol recorded...
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WATCH: Amazing flash formation performance

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The students of Curro Durbanville High School in South Africa are taking the internet by storm with their synchronized formations at their annual track meet.
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