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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Monday, September 14, 2020

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McConnell: Democrats would 'disfigure' Senate by nixing filibuster
What Bidenomics learned from Obama’s regrets
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Trump jumps on offer to have Joe Rogan moderate debate with Joe Biden - NY Post
House Democrats launch investigation into alleged political interference in CDC reports
Biden agrees with Trump that the ‘gloves are off’ between the two
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets
Democrats worry Biden playing it too safe
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Biden says Trump's 'climate denialism, his disdain for science and facts' is 'unconscionable'
Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’
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Woodward: Trump "possessed specific knowledge that could have saved lives'
President Pelosi? How a contested election brawl could unfold on Capitol Hill
Top Trump official deletes Twitter after accusing scientists of plotting against Trump: report
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Biden labels Trump a ‘climate arsonist,’ accusing him of not heeding science...

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Venezuelan oppo leader joins Cuban-born GOP lawmaker praising Trump for canceling Biden-Maduro oil deal

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MIAMI – FIRST ON FOX: The only Cuban-born member of Congress hosted Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and several Venezuelan and Colombian community leaders from the U.S. in a show of support for President Trump’s reversal of a Biden-era oil deal with Caracas’ dictator.

"This is personal to me," said Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., who hosted the gathering at a private lounge inside Miami International Airport on Thursday.

There, he lambasted Nicolas Maduro and condemned the idea that the U.S. under former President Joe Biden had ever...
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What's the point of all these anti-DOGE lawsuits? Fight Trump's agenda to SCOTUS, legal experts say

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With countless legal challenges to the Trump administration's federal spending actions, legal experts say plaintiffs in these suits are attempting to block President Donald Trump's agenda as the courts navigate conceivably new territory.

"I think this is a continuation of the warfare that we've seen over the past four-plus years during the Biden administration," Zack Smith, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital.

"The only difference now is that the instigators of the lawfare are outside of government, and they're...
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'Must be stopped': Dems say over 800 fired from top weather agency amid DOGE audits

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The country's top weather and climate monitoring agency has become the latest target of layoffs within the federal government, according to Democratic lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration.

At least 880 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the country's national weather service, were fired Thursday, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said in a press release as the Trump administration works to downsize and cut federal costs.

"The firings jeopardize our ability to forecast and respond to extreme...
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Trump reveals who he believes left infamous bag of cocaine at White House

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President Donald Trump believes former President Joe Biden or his son, Hunter Biden, left behind the infamous bag of cocaine at the White House in 2023, the 47th president revealed in a recent interview.

"So … who actually left the cocaine in the White House?" The Spectator's Ben Domenech asked Trump in an interview at the White House Thursday afternoon.

"Well, either Joe or Hunter," Trump responded. "Could be Joe, too."

The bag of cocaine was discovered July 2, 2023, in a storage locker near the entrance to the White House's West Wing. The...
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Ukraine loses 220 troops on same day of Trump and Zelenskyy spat

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Ukraine lost hundreds of troops on the battlefield on the same day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fiery fallout with President Donald Trump in the White House – underlining the high-stakes nature of the tense negotiations.

The Ukrainian army lost over 220 troops in the Kursk Region in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, per the Russian news agency Tass. The Kursk region, also known as Kursk Oblast, is located in western Russia and borders the northeastern part of Ukraine.

The troops were killed as 11...
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Trump endorses 'clean' CR as government shutdown looms

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As the prospect of a mid-March government shutdown looms, President Donald Trump endorsed the idea of a continuing resolution to fund the government through the end of September.

"As usual, Sleepy Joe Biden left us a total MESS. The Budget from last YEAR is still not done. We are working very hard with the House and Senate to pass a clean, temporary government funding Bill ("CR") to the end of September. Let’s get it done!" he declared in a Thursday night Truth Social post.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital in a statement on Friday that...
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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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European leaders back Zelensky after Trump clash

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The Ukrainian president thanks European leaders for their support after a flurry of messages on social media.
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Ukrainians back Zelensky after disastrous White House encounter

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The more the country is attacked, the more unity there is, Ukrainians tell the BBC in Kyiv.
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JD Vance steps into spotlight defending Trump's foreign policy in Oval Office dustup with Zelenskyy

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Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump and his administration’s foreign policy agenda Friday during a tense exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — inserting himself into a spotlight rarely seen by vice presidents.

Trump and Vance sparred in the Oval Office Friday with Zelenskyy amid negotiations to end the war in Ukraine — an exchange that ultimately prompted Trump to announce an end to peace negotiations and request that the Ukrainian leader leave the White House.

A source familiar with the meeting told Fox News...
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Blame game intensifies in Congress as government shutdown threat inches closer

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Democrats and Republicans in Congress are gearing up to blame each other for a potential partial government shutdown next month, even as negotiations to avoid the pitfall continue.

"The federal government will run out of money on March 14. Republicans, who control Congress and thus decide whether the government shuts down, will bring to the floor tomorrow arguably one of the worst budget bills ever," Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, wrote on X recently.

With just over 10 days left in session before the deadline, congressional Republicans are tentatively...
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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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Here's what happened during President Donald Trump's 6th week in office

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The Trump administration’s efforts to broker a peace negotiation ending the war in Ukraine came to a halt Friday following a testy exchange between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The encounter ultimately led to a canceled press conference, Trump requesting Zelenskyy to leave the White House, and the failure to sign a rare-earth minerals deal between the U.S. and Ukraine that would have allowed the U.S. access to Ukraine’s minerals.

Tensions escalated in the Oval Office after Zelenskyy...
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Kurdish group PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey

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The PKK calls for the release of its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to lead a process of disarmament.
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Texas lawmaker proposes bill to ban gender transition treatment for everyone, including adults

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A Texas state lawmaker introduced legislation that would amend the state's ban on gender transition procedures or treatment for minors to also apply to adults in the Lone Star State.

H.B. 3399 filed by Rep. Brent Money, a Republican, would change the language in the current law banning gender-transitioning procedures or treatment for children by replacing the word "child" with "person."

Money's proposal would prohibit medical procedures "for the purpose of transitioning a person's biological sex" or "affirming the person's perception of the...
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