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Today's Top News Compilation - Monday, July 20, 2020

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Below are some of the top political news stories so far today:

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Biden, lawmakers warn of foreign interference in election
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Trump uses homeland security agency to fight his political battle against Democratic cities
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Dems seek DHS docs on protester detentions
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Biden outlines priorities for next pandemic relief package
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Trump tweets photo of himself in 'patriotic' mask
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St. Louis couple that pointed guns at protesters charged with felonies
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GOP wins major 'election integrity' lawsuit in Florida, where Dems sought taxpayer-funded mail-in ballots
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Biden urges Muslim Americans to help him defeat Trump
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House votes to ban TikTok on federal devices
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Detroit police officer accused of shooting journalists with rubber pellets charged with felony assault
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US sanctions Chechen leader for major human rights violations
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Biden, at Muslim voters summit, says ‘I wish we taught more in our schools about the Islamic faith’
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Trump tweets photo of himself in 'patriotic' mask
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Fox News and hosts sued in sexual harassment suit
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Attorney for former Atlanta officer charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks seeks DA's recusal
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First lady delivers lunch to firefighters and families in DC
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The Point: Why the 2020 election might never end
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Major pipelines take hit, but oil networks keep growing
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New bill threatens to cripple 'judicial tyranny' from derailing Trump's agenda at every turn

  • News source: FOX News
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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?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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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Macron warns Trump to 'be careful' on Ukraine, fact-checks him at the White House

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French President Emmanuel Macron used his visit to the U.S. to publicly push back on President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on Ukraine.
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Utah seems set to become first state to ban fluoride in public water systems

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Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral.

A bill sponsor and an organization opposed to fluoridating water said Utah's proposal would set a precedent in the U.S. — and it would come as new federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed skepticism about water fluoridation, which is considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.

Kennedy said in...
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WATCH: Fyre Festival 2 advertises ticket packages for over $1 million

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Tickets went on sale Monday for Fyre Festival 2, nearly eight years after the infamous Bahamas festival that led to its founder being convicted of wire fraud.
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Homan issues stark warning for illegals amid clash with sanctuary city officials: 'We're coming'

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FIRST ON FOX: Border czar Tom Homan is firing back against attacks from local politicians in a major "sanctuary city" while warning illegal immigrants that they need to be "looking over their shoulder" in the days and weeks ahead.

Fox News Digital asked Homan about comments made by Boston City Councilor Sharon Durkan, who responded to comments made by Homan at CPAC, who said he was "bringing hell" with him to Boston and criticized the police commissioner for not working with ICE.

"She needs to put her U.S. citizen taxpayer constituency ahead of...
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Deadline for Musk's ultimatum to federal workers hits, but consequences remain vague

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The deadline for federal workers to respond to Elon Musk's request to verify their weekly work output passed on Monday night, but the consequences of declining to respond remain vague.

Musk confirmed shortly before Monday's deadline that federal workers would be given another chance to respond, and that failure to do so "will result in termination."

Several government agencies, including those led by loyalists to President Donald Trump, told their employees not to respond to the original request from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). While...
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Texas governor announces crackdown on massive illegal immigrant community near major city

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that state authorities working with the Department of Homeland Security are conducting an immigration and law enforcement operation in Colony Ridge, a huge development known for attracting masses of illegal immigrants.

"Colony Ridge is being targeted today," Abbott, a Republican, announced on X on Monday.

Colony Ridge, which is less than an hour's drive from Texas’ biggest city, Houston, is a housing development that advertises in Spanish for quality land for low down payments. There are believed to be thousands of...
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Department of Veterans Affairs cutting more than 1,400 employees in another round of dismissals

  • News source: FOX News
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is cutting more than 1,400 probationary workers occupying "non-mission critical positions," according to a Monday news release.

"Those dismissed today are bargaining-unit probationary employees who have served less than a year in a competitive service appointment or who have served less than two years in an excepted service appointment," the VA noted.

The cuts will save over $83 million annually, the VA indicated.

TRUMP ADMIN ORDERS AGENCIES TO LAY OFF PROBATIONARY WORKERS IN LATEST PUSH TO SHRINK GOVERNMENT...
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Spanish city 'adopts' migrants who intervened in homophobic attack

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ibrahima Diack and Magatte N'Diaye are given "adopted sons of the city" status in A Coruña.
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Venezuelan opposition activist dies in jail

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The politician was seized by masked men a day before Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third term.
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Secret Service agent who leapt onto JFK's car during assassination dies at 93

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Clint Hill spent decades blaming himself for Kennedy's death before re-evaluating his role.
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