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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Saturday, August 22, 2020

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House passes USPS rescue in bid to thwart Trump attacks on mail-in voting
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Trump's sister says president 'has no principles', lies in secretly recorded audio: report
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House passes an additional $25 billion for Postal Service as Trump tweets opposition
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New Senate report proved Trump was wrong and Mueller was right — here's why
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House passes $25B in 'emergency' Post Office funding, White House threatens veto
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Democrats say Postal Service delays 'far worse than previously acknowledged'
Fact Check: Trump misleads on lowering drug prices
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McConnell rips Democrats for passing 'piecemeal Postal Bill', 'ignoring urgent needs' of Americans
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'White supremacy' was behind child separations — and Trump officials went along, critics say
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Trump ordered to pay $44,100 in Stormy Daniels' legal fees
Pennsylvania congressman tests positive for Covid-19, won't vote on USPS funding
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Trump’s vision of American greatness at center of convention
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Pelosi rips Trump for trying to 'scare' voters: 'Don't pay any attention to what the president is saying'
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Trump issues disaster declaration for California as wildfires rage
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An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble
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Steve Bannon, and the promises that led to a federal indictment...

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WATCH: Cancer patient builds victory bell for hospital where he volunteers

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Eric Bigham said giving patients a chance to celebrate their victories is important.
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Musk's ex Grimes criticizes him for bringing 'Lil X' to Oval Office with Trump

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Grimes urges privacy for her son she had with Musk after he appeared with Trump, expressing concern over the public exposure.
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What do Americans think about Trump's tariffs?

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House Dem fumes over Musk's DOGE crackdown during fiery interview: 'I'm pissed'

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts blasted Elon Musk on Wednesday and argued that his DOGE efforts are undermining the "values" of the United States, and promised to "fight" against them.

"Elon Musk has probably never stepped into a public school, his kids will get private tutors, he doesn’t understand it, he has no idea what this is all about," McGovern, who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts, told Fox News Digital after a rally against DOGE cuts to the Department of Education.

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Skyrocketing healthcare budget for illegal immigrants haunts blue state taxpayers

  • News source: FOX News
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A California budget official revealed this week that taxpayers in the Democrat-run state are paying billions of dollars more on healthcare for illegal immigrants than previously known.

Guadalupe Manriquez, the California Department of Finance program budget manager, told the state Assembly Budget Committee Monday the state is "spending $9.5 billion total funds" to "cover undocumented individuals in Medi-Cal" in the current year.

Manriquez explained that this is a "revised number based on the governor’s budget-updated estimates," adding the earlier...
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Zelensky says no peace deal without Ukraine involvement

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ukraine's president says he will not be shut out of peace negotiations after Trump says he agreed to start talks with Putin.
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Trump launches plan to target countries with new tariffs

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The US president ordered his staff to develop a response to countries with trade policies he says are unfair.
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Dozens injured in suspected car-ramming attack in Munich

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The driver, who was detained at the scene, was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, police said.
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Hamas says it will continue releasing Israeli hostages under Gaza deal

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Israel's government says Hamas must free three living hostages on Saturday or the ceasefire will end.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump order restricting trans care for youths

  • News source: Jo Yurcaba and Fiona Glisson | NBC News
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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict transgender health care for anyone under 19.

Judge Brendan Hurson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland was skeptical of the government’s argument that the order is not a nationwide ban on care, but rather a “general policy directive” and that the plaintiffs — who are trans teens and young adults whose care has been affected by the order — must wait to sue.

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Acting Manhattan US attorney resigns amid directive to drop case against NYC mayor

  • News source: Jonathan Dienst, Tom Winter and Ryan Reilly
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Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon has resigned after refusing to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the direction of Justice Department leadership, according to a DOJ letter.

Sassoon provided a two-sentence resignation letter, which did not reference the highly-publicized directive from the Department of Justice to dismiss the current case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a senior official says. But the news of Sassoon's departure comes just three days after the...
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What dismantling the Department of Education could mean for colleges, student loans and college access

  • News source: Jessica Dickler, CNBC and Annie Nova, CNBC
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The Trump administration has already begun carrying out its plans to close parts or all of the Department of Education, which is responsible for underwriting student loans, disbursing college aid and ensuring equal access to education.

President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to "find and remove the radicals who have infiltrated the federal Department of Education," and suggested that Linda McMahon, his nominee for Education secretary, would help gut the department.

McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing began Thursday morning.

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What the Trump-Putin call means for Ukraine: Analysis

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President Donald Trump's phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit Europe and Ukraine as an earthquake, even if one that was partly expected.
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U.S. deporting African, Asian migrants to Panama in diplomatic breakthrough

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Washington — The U.S. is deporting unauthorized migrants from nations in Africa and Asia to Panama, a major diplomatic breakthrough for the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts, internal federal documents obtained by CBS News show.

On Wednesday, an American military flight deported Asian migrants who were in U.S. immigration custody to Panama, the first known deportation of its kind under the Trump administration. They included adults and families with children from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran and Uzbekistan, according to the...
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Judge blocks Trump order on transgender youth care: ACLU

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Trump's executive order restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
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