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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Thursday, September 17, 2020

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

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Trump to hold rally in Wisconsin county facing record-breaking coronavirus cases
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AP-NORC poll: Trump faces deep pessimism as election nears
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Biden blasts AG Barr for comments comparing coronavirus restrictions to slavery
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Election 2020: CNN town hall with Joe Biden
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Trump called 'demented' after blaming 'blue states' for coronavirus death toll
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Trump campaign denies Guardian report the president assaulted a woman in 1997
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Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response
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‘More dire than we think’: Health officials brace for Trump diatribes
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In 'Tense' Call, DeJoy Tells Election Officials That USPS Can Handle Mail Ballots
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Ex-Pence adviser who worked on coronavirus task force denounces Trump in blistering ad
Democrats signal plans to target filibuster if they take back Senate, as GOP embraces campaign issue
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‘More dire than we think’: Health officials brace for Trump diatribes
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Fox News anchor addresses cutting off Gingrich linking Soros to violent protests
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Judge blocks 'politically motivated' changes to U.S. Postal Service ahead of election
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Bipartisan negotiations over spending bill are not finished yet but moving in right direction
Trump’s bluster and millions hasn’t stopped universal mail-in voting...

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Full interview: Balázs Orbán, political director for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

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Watch Margaret Brennan's full interview with Balázs Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's political director, on February 21, 2025.
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Trump celebrates conservative party win in Germany

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President Donald Trump celebrated on Sunday after German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory in a national election, ousting Social Democrat incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

"LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN GERMANY HAS WON THE VERY BIG AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ELECTION," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "MUCH LIKE THE USA, THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY GOT TIRED OF THE NO COMMON SENSE AGENDA, ESPECIALLY ON ENERGY AND IMMIGRATION, THAT HAS PREVAILED FOR SO MANY YEARS.

"THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY, AND FOR THE UNITED...
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Trump set to meet with world leaders in DC during busy week as Russia-Ukraine peace talks continue

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President Donald Trump is set to have another busy week meeting with foreign leaders in the nation's capital as administration leaders continue working out a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump will meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in his fifth week back in the Oval Office, national security advisor Mike Waltz said on Fox News' "America Reports." The announcement follows Macron calling for an emergency meeting of world leaders after the Trump administration excluded Europe from...
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DOD tells civilian workforce to ignore Elon Musk's request to report productivity

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The Department of Defense (DOD) told its civilian workforce to ignore billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk’s request to report their productivity.

In a letter to DOD personnel, Darin S. Selnick, who is performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, provided guidance on how to handle Musk’s demand through the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

"DoD personnel may have received an email from OPM requesting information. The Department of Defense is responsible for...
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Trump and Elon Musk are floating ‘DOGE dividends.' Low-income Americans might not get the benefits

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James Fishback said the whole idea came to him in a recent dream: Send American taxpayers dividend checks with whatever money Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency saves as it dismantles parts of the federal government.

The idea took off on Tuesday when Fishback tweeted about it and Musk responded, pledging to share the idea with Trump. The president himself promoted the specifics of Fishback’s idea from the stage at the FII Priority Summit in Miami Beach on Wednesday.

“There’s even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of...
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Television star believes Trump’s policies will win in long run

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Popular TV host Mike Rowe believes that President Donald Trump’s policies will be better for the country in the long run.

Asked by Fox News Digital how he feels about Trump’s first few weeks back in office, Rowe indicated that he is "happy" with what he has seen so far and optimistic about the future outlook.

"I’m a one-issue guy, I got a foundation, we’re trying to close the skills gap, he wants to bring manufacturing back, and I am all for it," Rowe said of Trump from the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday. "But right now we got...
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Pope penned resignation letter in 2013: report

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Pope Francis signed a letter of resignation in 2013 to be used in case he was forced from his duties as a result of bad health.

"I have already signed my resignation. Tarcisio Bertone was Secretary of State. I signed it and I told him: ‘In case of impediment for medical reasons or whatever, here is my resignation,’" the Pope said during a 2022 interview, according to a report at the time from the New York Post.

The resurfaced interview comes as Francis has been hospitalized for over a week and was reported to be in critical condition after...
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Key agencies, including some led by Trump loyalists, refuse to comply with Musk's latest demand

  • News source: Steve Peoples | The Associated Press
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Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk's demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their jobs.

That resistance has intensified a pervasive sense of chaos and confusion, while highlighting a potential power struggle among President Donald Trump's allies, that is affecting federal employees across the country as a new workweek is about to begin.

Musk's team sent an email to hundreds of thousands...
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2/23: Face the Nation

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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," the president's mission to shrink the federal workforce intensifies, and his foreign policy dealmaking reaches a critical juncture. We'll speak with President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York and more.
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Trump envoy Witkoff seeking 'extension' of Phase 1 of Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, to head back to Middle East

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President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said Sunday that he would aim to negotiate an "extension" of Phase One of the Israel-Hamas hostage release and ceasefire deal when he returns to the region this week. "We have to get an extension of Phase One. And, so I'll be going into the region this week, probably Wednesday, to negotiate that," Witkoff said during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union." "And we're hoping you have the proper time to finish off to begin Phase Two and finish it off and get more hostages released...
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Border Patrol taking control of former USAID HQ

  • News source: FOX News
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The downtown Washington, D.C., Ronald Reagan building will undergo a dramatic shift as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) takes over the longtime headquarters of the Agency for International Development (USAID), Fox News Digital has confirmed.

"CBP has signed a license agreement to occupy approximately 390,000 usable square feet in the USAID tower," a CBP spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

The news, which was originally reported by Politico, comes after a federal judge on Friday declined to keep in place a temporary block that was preventing...
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Watch: A real-life flying car takes to the skies

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From science-fiction to the real world, flying cars are here - but could the concept actually take off?
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Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 23, 2025

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On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:

Click here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington.

And this week on Face the Nation: The president's mission to shrink the federal work force intensifies and his foreign policy dealmaking reaches a critical juncture.

Speaking before a crowd of conservative supporters this weekend, President Trump touted his dramatic efforts to reshape the federal government...
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Trump envoy describes 3.5-hour meeting with Putin in Moscow

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Washington — Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, described on Sunday a three-and-a-half hour meeting he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he said was a "trust-building" assignment given to him by President Trump.

Witkoff traveled to Moscow to bring home Marc Fogel, an American who had been serving a 14-year sentence in Russia for traveling with medical marijuana. Russia freed Fogel on Feb. 11. Witkoff told a conference last week that he met with Putin before leaving the country...
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Musk's demand that fed employees list their accomplishments roils workforce: 'Mass civil disobedience'

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Department of Government Efficiency chair Elon Musk announced that federal employees must report their accomplishments from the last week or face losing their jobs, which has roiled the federal workforce as some Democratic lawmakers and unions call on employees to flout the directive.

"This is a good opportunity for mass civil disobedience. Musk has no authority to do this. Encourage all federal employees to report to work, prepare GFY letters and continue to demonstrate the public service and patriotism he lacks," Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean...
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