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Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, July 18, 2020

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

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Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers
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Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple statue
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Donald Trump holds 'tele-rally' in campaign first amid coronavirus pandemic
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China vows retaliation as Trump slaps sanctions on officials, companies interfering with Hong Kong's autonomy (video)
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Remembering John Lewis: Tributes for congressman and civil rights leader
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the virus-era China ban that isn’t
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Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis
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Trump turns White House into backdrop for political events
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Lying again about the pandemic, Trump made 200 false claims from early June to early July
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As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials
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Congress and CBC lose another giant at critical moment
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'We're Embarrassed': Twitter Says High-Profile Hack Hit 130 Users
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Marco Rubio mistakes photo of Elijah Cummings for John Lewis in tribute
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One reporter, witness to two executions, haunting last words
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Toronto Blue Jays denied approval to play games in Canada
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Tear gas deployed in Portland protests as Oregon officials call for federal authorities to leave
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Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts
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Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election...

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Government firings raise concerns about vulnerability of election systems

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Over the last month, the U.S. government has worked quickly to pause, disband and dismantle the U.S. effort to fight foreign meddling in elections, raising concern among federal lawmakers and election officials across the country who rely on the federal cybersecurity agency and its counterparts to warn them about attacks on election systems.

First came a flurry of notices forcing out Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency personnel who are tasked with stopping foreign interference in U.S. elections — at least a dozen have been put on...
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Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime in rebuff to Trump

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The resolution is a rebuff to U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who suggested Zelenskyy is illegitimate because he has not held elections.
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Landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of boy set for trial

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An Illinois landlord charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American mother and her young son is expected at trial
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Race against time to save eight Indian workers trapped inside tunnel

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Dozens of workers escaped, but eight men were trapped after a part of the tunnel's roof collapsed.
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Poland scrambles military aircraft as Russian missiles target western Ukraine

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Poland scrambled "military aviation" in its airspace early Tuesday morning in response to Russian missile strikes in Ukraine, the country's Operational Command said.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump warns major Dem against move that could cost voters trillions

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump's White House is warning that a key Democrat's move to end the president's energy national emergency would kill hundreds of jobs and cost $3.6 trillion in higher prices and lost energy output.

"Tim Kaine wants to impoverish Americans. President Donald Trump’s executive order brings America into the future and unleashes prosperity. Senator [Tim] Kaine wants to cost the economy trillions and risk losing nearly a million jobs," said deputy press secretary Anna Kelly in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital...
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Judicial pushback on Trump 'hurting American people,' says GOP rep leading impeachment charge

  • News source: FOX News
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Georgia Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde, who earlier this month announced he was drafting articles of impeachment against a Rhode Island judge overseeing one of President Donald Trump's legal challenges, condemned judges who continue to bar Trump's agenda from being implemented.

Clyde is working in conjunction with Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., who is also preparing impeachment articles against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer. The Georgia Republican said the real victims of judicial pushback against Trump's policies are the American people.

"You're...
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Who is Daniel 'Razin' Caine? Air Force general tapped for top advisor role in Pentagon upheaval

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration's Friday evening shakeup at the Pentagon saw the firing of six senior officers as Secretary Pete Hegseth made good on promises to upend the agency's leadership.

President Donald Trump and Hegseth fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. C.Q. Brown, and replaced him with a relatively unknown figure in Lt. Gen. Dan Caine.

The choice of Caine shows the president’s preference for irregular warfare and special operations: Caine was among a group of military leaders who met with the president in December 2018 at...
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Israel demands complete demilitarisation of southern Syria

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The announcement could make conflict between Israel and the new leadership in Syria more likely.
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Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It makes DBS one of the first major banks to offer details on how AI will affect its operations.
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Trump dominates Liberal leadership debate in Canada

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The debate is the first of two in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader.
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Uganda probes death of Nigerian footballer in shopping mall

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Abubakar Lawal, 29, reportedly fell from a third-floor balcony of a shopping mall in Kampala.
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Watch: Macron fact-checks Trump over Ukraine funding

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The two leaders discussed funding the Ukraine war effort on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion.
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Deciphering Donald Trump: How his rhetoric sends different messages

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Among the critics who posted on X Sunday after my Fox News show was one who made an argument that surprised me.

Don’t pay attention to what President Trump says, this person wrote. Pay attention to what he does.

Now that’s a novel idea. What the President of the United States says is unimportant and should be ignored. I doubt that this person applied the same standard to President Joe Biden.

And yet there’s an interesting thought exercise here. Trump says a lot of things, especially since he talks to journalists at length virtually every day. Not...
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