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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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

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Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities
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Twitter bans thousands of QAnon accounts in crackdown
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GOP splits as virus aid package could swell past $1 trillion
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Staring down defeat, Trump attempts a coronavirus reset
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Fact check: At his first coronavirus briefing since April, Trump repeats a handful of classic false claims
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Trump’s new immigration fight: how to redraw House districts
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Trump asked envoy to see if UK would move British Open to his Scottish resort: NYT
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It 'Looks Very Scary For Renters' As Federal Eviction Relief Expiration Nears

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Too little, too late? Trump embraces masks in an about-face
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Homeland Security chief says federal agents 'will not retreat' from Portland
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Dems push universal health care, police overhaul in platform
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'Chaos and division': Biden decries clashes in Portland as federal officials defend efforts to end protests
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Senate Republicans: No reason for Biden to 'sound the alarm' on Russia
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Hawley accuses LeBron, Nike, NBA of profiting off slave labor in China
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Apology demanded from GOP lawmaker for Ocasio-Cortez remark
Trump's legal authority to deploy agents to U.S. cities may be limited, experts say
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Supreme Court orders new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was joined in his bid to have his conviction thrown out by the state's Republican attorney general.

The high court ruled 5-3 in favor of Glossip and reversed a decision of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that upheld his conviction and death sentence. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion for the court and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Justice...
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House aims to vote on budget resolution in key test for Johnson

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Washington — The House is aiming to vote Tuesday on a budget proposal that would enact trillions of dollars in spending reductions and tax cuts key to President Trump's agenda. But the outcome remained unclear Monday night, as Speaker Mike Johnson continued meeting with members of his conference who were not yet satisfied with the plan.

The measure was advanced Monday night by the House Rules Committee, and Johnson had hoped to bring it to the floor Tuesday. But it did not appear that he had not yet won over every Republican he needs to pass the...
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SCOOP: FCC to brief lawmakers on George Soros investigation in closed-door meeting

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EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are getting an update on the Trump administration’s probe of billionaire George Soros’ influence on local radio, a source familiar with planning told Fox News Digital.

The Republican Study Committee (RSC), the 175-strong caucus led by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, is hosting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr at its annual closed-door lunch on Wednesday.

The source familiar with planning said Carr is expected to brief GOP lawmakers on the FCC’s investigation into Soros, including an investment...
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Liberal judge recruits sanctuary sheriffs who defied ICE for ad touting crime record in pivotal race

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In an ad promoting herself as a tough on crime judge, and her opponent as "too extreme," the Democrat-aligned candidate in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race touted the endorsement of a local sheriff who has a long history of promoting sanctuary immigration policies and opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"Take it from a sheriff," Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a recent 15-second ad, paid for by candidate Susan Crawford, criticizing the Republican-aligned candidate Brad Schimel of being too "extreme" for the Wisconsin...
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Shuttered NYC migrant shelter highlights Trump’s successful immigration clampdown: NY lawmaker

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President Donald Trump’s quick work to crack down on illegal immigration has already paid off in the nation’s largest city, according to a New York State lawmaker.

"This is a victory for taxpayers and a disaster for the progressives that have set up policies that have hurt New Yorkers," Republican New York Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz told Fox News Digital in reaction to New York Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement on Monday that the Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter in Manhattan will be shutting down in the next few months.

The hotel, which was converted...
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LGBT Americans reach record number, more likely to be Dems, Gen Z: Gallup poll

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The percentage of Americans identifying as LGBT has risen to record highs, especially among Generation Z, a new Gallup poll released on Thursday shows, but that trend could see a departure under President Donald Trump, according to one expert, as the administration pushes back against gender treatments for minors.

The poll found that 23% of Generation Z Americans, those born between 1997 and 2006, identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. For comparison, 14.2% of millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, identify the same way. Both...
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Musk says federal workers will get ‘another chance' to explain work as OPM says it's voluntary

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President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, even as government agency officials were told that compliance with Musk’s edict was voluntary.

Confusion and anger over the situation spawned new litigation and added to turmoil within the federal workforce.

“What he’s doing is saying, ‘Are you actually working?’” Trump said in the Oval Office during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. “And then, if you don’t answer, like, you’re sort...
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The radical shift in US policy that shut Ukraine out amid talks to end war

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The first month of President Donald Trump's second term has already delivered a radical American pivot on Russia's offensive war against Ukraine.
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WATCH: South African students create stunning crowd formations

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Students at Curro Durbanville High School create synchronized formations while chanting to songs like “Can’t Stop the Feeling” by Justin Timberlake and “Let It Go” from "Frozen."
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WATCH: Top vehicle picks of 2025 revealed

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ABC News chief transportation correspondent Gio Benitez exclusively announces the highest-rated Consumer Reports car picks and top scores.
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New bill threatens to cripple 'judicial tyranny' from derailing Trump's agenda at every turn

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FIRST ON FOX: GOP Rep. Darrell Issa has introduced a bill aimed at preventing federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions with the sole purpose of derailing a president’s political agenda, which Issa says has been the case since President Donald Trump was sworn in.

The legislation, known as the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA), amends Chapter 85 of title 28, United 5 States Code by adding a "Limitation on authority to provide injunctive relief."

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no United States district court shall issue any order...
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Trump tax cut plan heads for House-wide vote despite GOP rebel threats, Medicaid anxiety

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House Republicans' mammoth budget resolution survived its final hurdle late Monday night before heading for a chamber-wide vote.

The legislation passed the House Rules Committee on a party-line vote in a measure combining several bills that are expected to get a full House vote this week.

House GOP leaders aim to have it pass on Tuesday evening, Fox News Digital was told, but various concerns about spending cut levels could put that goal out of reach. Under the current margins, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only lose one Republican vote to...
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Noem reveals major milestone on border crossings amid Trump's crackdown on illegal immigrants

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced encounters at the southern border hit a record 15-year low on Saturday.

"On Saturday, CBP encountered just 200 aliens at the US Southern Border. That’s the lowest single apprehension day in over 15 years," Noem posted to X on Monday afternoon.

"Thank you to President [Donald Trump] and our brave men & women of [Customs and Border Protection]," she continued. "Make America Safe Again."

The low figure comes amid sweeping changes in border policy since President Donald Trump took office last month...
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses fraud appeal

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood-testing company.
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Is German 'firewall' under threat after AfD success?

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Germany's main parties refuse to work with the far right, but the AfD wants to tear the firewall down.
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