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Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, July 25, 2020

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

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For racial justice protests, US taps tactical border squads
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Trump's push to shift campaign-year fears from coronavirus to crime
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Judge blocks law banning police pepper spray use
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Millions left in limbo as Congress lets $600 unemployment benefit lapse
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Deteriorating relations with China put US companies on edge
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Trump accuses Democrats of going 'Stone Cold Left -- Venezuela on steroids!'
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Trump says GOP lawmaker told him he will not change names of military bases
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Trump Bends To Reality, Buckles Under Political Pressure
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Tucker Carlson: 'Matt Drudge is now firmly a man of the progressive left'
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Donald Trump's mind-bending logic on school reopenings
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South China Sea dispute: Australia says Beijing's claims have no legal basis
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China turns a blind eye as North Korea evades sanctions
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Live updates: John Lewis funeral services in Alabama on Saturday
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John Lewis' celebration of life begins in Alabama: Six day journey begins in Troy before heading to Selma
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Democrats hope clash resonates with key bloc: Women
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House hearing with big tech company CEOs rescheduled for Wednesday
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Fact-checking Trump's claims on amount of US aid to Ukraine

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President Donald Trump, as he navigates the Russia-Ukraine war, is making false claims about the amount of aid the U.S. has given to support Ukraine.
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Judge continues to block Trump administration's freeze on federal aid

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Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday continued to block the Office of Management and Budget from freezing federal assistance, delivering another blow to the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to shrink federal spending.

Judge Loren AliKhan from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of a group of nonprofit organizations in finding that they are likely to succeed in their challenge to the pause on all federal grants, loans and other federal assistance programs. The judge found that the nonprofits proved that the...
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21 DOGE staffers, whose employment predated Musk agency, resign

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Twenty-one staffers of the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, have resigned, saying in a letter sent Tuesday to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles that they "will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE's actions."

The staffers said they were part of the U.S. Digital Service, the unit of the White House created in 2014 by former President Barack Obama. The office was renamed the United States DOGE Service by President Trump via an executive order on Inauguration Day.

These officials wrote that they...
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GOP senator suffers seizure, brain bleed after falling on ice

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A Republican senator suffered a seizure and a brain bleed after slipping and falling on ice in North Dakota over the weekend.

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said he is resting and recovering at home in the state following the incident.

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"While walking on the hill down to the dock, I stepped on ice and evidently fell hard, hitting the back of my head," he wrote on Facebook.

The senator doesn't remember the event, he said.

He was diagnosed with a seizure...
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Bondi warns three states to comply with law keeping boys out of girls sports or face legal action

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FIRST ON FOX: Attorney General Pam Bondi is warning California, Maine and Minnesota to comply with the federal antidiscrimination laws that require them to keep boys out of women’s sports or face legal action, Fox News has learned.

Bondi sent letters to attorneys general in California, Maine and Minnesota Tuesday, first obtained by Fox News.

"This Department of Justice will hold accountable states and state entities that violate federal law," Bondi wrote. "Indeed, we have already begun to do so."

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21 federal digital service staffers resign, refuse to help DOGE

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Twenty-one civil service employees resigned from the Trump administration on Tuesday, saying that they refused to help the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) trim the federal workforce, according to the Associated Press.

The 21 staffers, including engineers, data scientists and product managers, reportedly sent a joint resignation letter stating that they are opposed to using their technical expertise to "compromise core government systems."

"We will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize...
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Germany's conservative election turn points to 'Trump effect internationally,' expert says

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The victory for Germany’s conservative opposition in Sunday’s election was the latest example of the "Trump effect internationally," according to Ned Ryun, the founder and CEO of American Majority.

"I think you're really seeing is many people waking up and realizing how immoral their leaders are. The moral imperative of every national leader is to prioritize, protect and advance his or her people and nation's interests on every issue," Ryun told Fox News Digital. "To not do that, in fact to sell out your people via terrible trade deals or terrible...
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Trump strips security clearances from law firm tied to Jack Smith cases

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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memo Tuesday suspending the security clearances for employees of a top D.C.-based law firm who assisted in former special counsel Jack Smith's investigations, Fox News has learned.

The memo, first reported by Fox News, outlines the administration's sweeping plans to suspend security clearances for all counsel members involved in Jack Smith's dual special counsel investigations into Trump, the White House confirmed.

It's the latest in a string of punitive actions Trump has taken to strip...
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Here are the agencies that followed Musk's DOGE productivity email verdict – and the ones that didn't

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When Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chair Elon Musk asked federal staffers to respond to a personal productivity email or get fired — not all federal agencies complied.

While some leaders of federal agencies voiced support for the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) email
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Ohio transgender bathroom law takes effect as top proponent calls it ‘victory for safety & common sense’

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Ohio’s new law, which designates student restrooms, locker rooms and shower facilities be categorized for use by biological sex, took effect Tuesday.

The law, signed by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in November, was a major win for Republicans, and derided by critics, including on the Buckeye State’s many college campuses.

"No school shall permit a member of the female biological sex to use a student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower room that has been designated by the school for the exclusive use of the male biological sex," the text...
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Trump admin guts White House Correspondents Association in bid to end 'monopoly' of 'DC journalists'

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The White House Correspondents Association will no longer be responsible for determining which outlets get privileged access to the briefing room and the White House, President Donald Trump's administration announced Tuesday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the White House press team will now determine the rotations and which outlets get access, upending decades of WHCA supremacy. Leavitt clarified that legacy media outlets that have been prominent within the WHCA will still have a presence at briefings, and that the five major...
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NSA investigates 'secret sex chats' under guise of DEI on internal agency message board

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Federal employees within the intelligence community are under investigation for allegedly misusing an internal agency messaging board to dish on their sexual fantasies under the guise of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), officials say.

Chat logs from the National Security Agency's (NSA) "Intelink" messaging platform, obtained by researchers from the conservative Manhattan Institute reportedly via sources within the NSA, revealed employees from various intelligence agencies discussing their experiences with gender-reassignment surgery...
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Federal watchdog releases first DOGE-era report detailing areas of government prone to fraud, waste and abuse

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Tuesday detailing areas of the federal government especially vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse, hours ahead of a House Oversight Committee hearing to discuss its findings.

The government's chief watchdog releases a report at the start of each Congress to identify which federal programs are most susceptible to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.

Tuesday's report, which includes recommendations to executive branch agencies as well as Congress, is the first delivered during the age...
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Chile power outage leaves millions without electricity

  • News source: BBC News - World
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An area covering most of the country is being impacted by an ongoing power outage.
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Dead body placed beside Australian couple on flight

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Cabin crew placed the body of a passenger who died mid-flight in an empty seat beside the pair.
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