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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, August 5, 2020

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WH officials signal relief negotiations will end if agreement not reached by Friday
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Yates says Obama, Biden didn’t influence Flynn investigation
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Professor who accurately predicted every election since 1984 says Biden will beat Trump
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Skepticism grows over Friday deadline for coronavirus deal
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US accuses Russia of conducting sophisticated disinformation and propaganda campaign
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Gallup poll finds highest Supreme Court approval rating since 2009
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CIA steers clear of Senate Republican probe into Bidens
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Clyburn claims Trump won’t leave office quietly, military might have to step in
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Fact check: Trump makes at least 20 false claims in Fox & Friends interview
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Trump campaign requests presidential debate in early September to address early voting
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Yates: Comey went 'rogue' with Flynn interview
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White House, congressional Democrats harden stances on coronavirus relief
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Defense Secretary says Beirut explosion appears to have been 'an accident'
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Top federal official says 'more details coming' on foreign election interference
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Virus aid: Where things stand in high-level Washington talks
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Biden scraps plans to travel to Milwaukee for nomination acceptance, citing coronavirus concerns
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'Buffy' and 'Gossip Girl' actress Michelle Trachtenberg dead at 39

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Michelle Trachtenberg, an actress best known for her roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gossip Girl," has died at age 39.
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Bipartisan bill promises more resources at ports to fight fentanyl smuggling, speed up wait times

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As drug smuggling attempts persist at ports of entry along the southern border, a bipartisan duo in the House of Representatives is proposing legislation to make it easier for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to do their jobs.

H.R. 1924, the Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act, would make sure image technicians and supervisors are hired at the ports to more closely examine cargo scans, a policy that proponents believe would speed up wait times and make it easier to catch drugs like fentanyl from heading into the...
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Top blue-state Republican launches comprehensive DOGE effort, with a twist

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A top Republican in the Pennsylvania legislature is drafting plans for a Department of Government Efficiency modeled after the work of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and congressional DOGE lawmakers, but with one major difference.

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Gettysburg, said in a Tuesday interview his plan entails PA DOGE being a legislative branch project, not that of the executive, which is currently helmed by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro.

At the federal level, Trump and Musk say they are working from the executive branch to slash government...
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Over 150 lawmakers lend support to resistance movement inside Iran as regime's proxies fall

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FIRST ON FOX: A bipartisan group of 151 lawmakers is rallying around a resolution to support the Iranian resistance movement ahead of a hearing with an opposition leader.

The resolution, led by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., expresses support for the Iranian people and their stated desire for a "democratic, secular and non-nuclear" Iran through regime change.

"The developments of the past year have left no doubt that the source of terrorism and warmongering in the Middle East region is the theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran," the resolution...
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'Back in the driver's seat': Parents offered new guide to Trump's executive orders and how they affect kids

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump has issued 73 executive orders since his return to the Oval Office in January, including at least six that directly affect parents and their children, according to a parental rights group that released a parent's guide to navigating the executive orders.

"President Trump's Executive Orders have put parents back in the driver’s seat," American Parents Coalition’s Executive Director Alleigh Marré told Fox News Digital. "From rolling back President Biden’s radical changes to Title IX that required schools to let...
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Victim's family 'confident' Oklahoma's Richard Glossip will be convicted after Supreme Court orders new trial

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The family of murdered Oklahoma City motel owner Barry Van Treese told Fox News Digital they are "confident" Richard Glossip will once again be found guilty after the Supreme Court tossed out his conviction and ordered a new trial.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a majority opinion Tuesday that "the prosecution violated its constitutional obligation to correct false testimony" in court proceedings against Glossip, who was convicted and sentenced to death following the 1997 killing. Prosecutors alleged that it was a murder-for-hire scheme.

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Fat Joe praises Trump healthcare executive order after backing Harris in 2024

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Rapper Fat Joe, who backed then-Vice President Kamala Harris for president last year, hailed President Donald Trump's move to sign an executive order on healthcare price transparency.

But in his statement about the order, the entertainer did not specifically mention Trump by name.

"Today marks a brighter future in America now that an executive order on healthcare price transparency has been signed," Fat Joe declared in Tuesday posts on social media.

TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO MAKE HEALTHCARE PRICES ‘TRANSPARENT’

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Apple boss says its DEI programmes may change

  • News source: BBC News - World
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His comments came as shareholders rejected a call for the firm to consider ending its diversity practices.
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Crypto sleuths join hunt for $1.5bn stolen in biggest ever heist

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ByBit is offering financial rewards to anyone who can spot criminals attempting to launder the stolen crypto.
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Israelis pay last respects to hostage mother and sons killed in Gaza

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In a display of deep public grief, thousands lined roads of southern Israel for the funeral procession of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.
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Billion Indians have no spending money - report

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India's population is 1.4 billion but its consuming class is only 140 million, or about as big as Mexico.
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Chile power cut: 'We were trapped like sardines in the dark'

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Millions of people in Chile had their routines disrupted by an almost nationwide power cut.
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Chinese foodies pose as mourners to try funeral home's noodles

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The noodle dish, provided only to mourners, has gone viral on Chinese social media.
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12 things we spotted in the Oscars class photo

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Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Demi Moore and Timothée Chalamet were among the actors smiling for the camera.
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Trump says Zelenskyy will visit the White House Friday to sign US-Ukraine minerals deal

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a long-sought minerals deal that will closely tie the two countries together for years to come.

Trump made the announcement at the start of the first Cabinet meeting of his second term, hailing the deal as “a very big agreement.”

The Republican president has long complained that the United States has spent too much taxpayer money to support Ukraine in the war with Russia that began when the Kremlin invaded three years ago...
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