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Today's Top News Compilation - Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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


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'I think Putin thinks he can play [Trump] like a fiddle': Former national security adviser John Bolton in exclusive interview
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Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected
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Bolton exposé makes Trump figure of mockery
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Bolton, in book, accuses Trump of 'obstruction of justice as a way of life,' asking China's Xi for 2020 help
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Bolton Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions
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Lafayette Square could decide Trump’s legacy — and election
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Group of GOP operatives launch super PAC to target anti-Trump Republicans, boost Biden
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Senate GOP proposes police changes, less sweeping than Dems’
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2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Biden Has An Edge Over Trump, With 5 Months To Go
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Biden lead over Trump grows to 13 points: poll
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Democrats accuse SBA of illegally blocking oversight of lending program
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AP-NORC poll: Sweeping change in US views of police violence
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Bolton alleges Trump said it'd be 'cool' to invade Venezuela
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Justice Department recommends reforms to legal shield for tech companies
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Pompeo meets Chinese officials amid Bolton book revelations
Bolton claims in book that Pompeo once called Trump 'full of s---'
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'Scurrilous arguments': Michael Flynn's lawyer tells judge he must dismiss criminal case
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Oklahoma officials worry about Trump's rally as Tulsa County COVID...

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Trump-Putin summit preparations underway, Russian foreign minister says

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Preparations are underway for a face-to-face meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's deputy foreign minister told state media on Saturday.

Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit – which would be a clear departure from Western efforts to isolate Moscow over its war in Ukraine – could involve broad talks on global issues, not just the ongoing war.

"The question is about starting to move toward normalizing relations between our countries, finding ways to resolve the most acute and potentially very...
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Trump rattles off ‘flagrant scams’ uncovered by DOGE, takes aim at Fort Knox in CPAC speech

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President Donald Trump celebrated his whirlwind first four weeks back in the Oval Office in a speech before the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday afternoon, mentioning what he called "flagrant scams" uncovered by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.

"I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency — you probably haven't heard of it — which is now waging war on government waste, fraud and abuse. And Elon is doing a great job," Trump said at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center Saturday...
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Elon Musk says federal employees must fill out productivity reports or resign

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Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that all federal employees are being instructed to report their productivity in a new Trump administration initiative.

In a post Saturday on X, Musk said the report will come in the form of an email that will give federal workers a chance to report how productive they were the previous week.

If the email is ignored, Musk said, the federal government will interpret that as a resignation.

"Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email...
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USDA launches review at University of Maine over transgender sports policy after Trump-Gov. Mills blowup

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Saturday announced it was launching a compliance review of the University of Maine "following the State of Maine’s blatant disregard for President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14201, ‘Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.’"

The review follows investigations launched by the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services in the last 24 hours after a tense exchange between President Trump and Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills over transgender student-athletes playing in women’s sports...
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Coal still key to US energy dominance, says West Virginia governor

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘King Coal’ still reigns as one of the most affordable, reliable and transportable sources of energy – and the U.S. still has a lot of it, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey told Fox News Digital in an interview at the National Governors Association's winter meeting.

Morrisey acknowledged America's ongoing race with China to be the most powerful nation in terms of both energy development and AI technology. West Virginia, he said Saturday, seeks to lead the way.

"I'm still very hopeful that there's a future for coal," Morrisey said. "Let...
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Mali to investigate claims soldiers 'executed' women and children

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Tuareg separatists accuse Russian Wagner fighters and Malian soldiers of killing 24 civilians.
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Tom Homan tells migrant terror groups Trump will ‘wipe you off the face of the Earth’

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Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan warned criminal aliens Saturday that they would all be arrested and said he would make good on his promise to immigrant terror groups to "wipe you off the face of the earth."

Homan, who previously served as the acting director of ICE and currently leads the Trump administration’s border efforts, told a rapt audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that the number of illegal immigrant "gotaways" is down by 95%.

"We had about 1,800 a day in 2023. You know how many we had yesterday...
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Seven New Zealand churches targeted in suspected arson spree

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Four churches were burned while evidence suggests three more were targeted but did not catch fire.
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DOGE's Musk says federal employees must document their work or resign

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Federal workers will have to document everything they did last week or face resignation.

These instructions come from a Saturday afternoon post on X by Elon Musk, the head of the White House's Department of Government Efficiency.

President Trump earlier in the day posted on Truth Social saying that Musk is doing a great job in reducing the federal government and that he would like to see him get more aggressive in the pursuit.

"Remember, we have a country to save, but ultimately, to make greater than before," he wrote.

Musk seemed to have...
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Kennedy Center shake-up will usher in 'Golden Age of the Arts' under Trump, Ric Grenell previews

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The Kennedy Center will usher in the "Golden Age of the Arts" in Washington, D.C., as its new leadership under President Donald Trump plans to roll out productions that will "sell tickets" and appeal to the public, interim Executive Director Richard Grenell told Fox News Digital.

"This will be the Golden Age of the Arts," Grenell told Fox News Digital in an exclusive comment on the matter. "The Kennedy Center has zero cash on hand and zero dollars in reserves - while taking tens of millions of dollars in public funds. We must have programs that...
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Maine gov's transgender athlete dust-up with Trump made WH confab 'uncomfortable,' govs say

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Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ public dust-up with President Donald Trump during a White House meeting with most of America's state leaders didn’t live up to governors’ collective goal of "disagree[ing] better," the National Governors Association chairman said Saturday.

Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis was asked about the exchange – in which Trump challenged Maine to comply with his executive order on transgender athletes in school sports, and Mills told Trump "see you in court." The president remarked that any state that does not align its...
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CPAC straw poll reveals who conservatives believe will be 2028 presidential nominee

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Conservative voters believe Vice President JD Vance will become the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the 2028 election cycle, a straw poll conducted at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) found.

"You guys are the conservative movement, you guys are the thought leaders, the opinion leaders. We asked folks who they thought would be the Republican nominee, who they preferred for the Republican for president in 2028. And who is it?," Jim McLaughlin, president of McLaughlin & Associates Polls, said Friday from the Gaylord...
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Pope in critical condition after suffering 'asthmatic respiratory crisis': Vatican

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Asthmatic respiratory crisis indicates the pope struggled to maintain a sufficient oxygen level when breathing on his own, according to medical experts.
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Pope remains in 'critical' condition after 'respiratory crisis'

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Pope Francis is "more unwell than yesterday", the Vatican says, adding his prognosis "remains guarded".
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French prisoner 'The Fly' arrested nine months after deadly van ambush

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Two prison officers were killed and three others injured when a vehicle carrying Mohamed Amra was ambushed in May 2024.
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