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

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White House pushes for slashing expanded jobless benefits despite rises in unemployment, coronavirus
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Twitter and Facebook become targets in Trump and Biden ads
Rep. John Lewis taken across Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
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DHS Secretary Wolf says Portland protests different from 'normal criminal activity
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CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Trump up one in Ohio as Biden leads Michigan
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Protests erupt nationwide in solidarity with Portland demonstrations
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Some US police resist enforcing coronavirus mask mandates
Courthouse set on fire during protest
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GOP Covid relief talks continue
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Transcript: HHS Secretary Alex Azar on "Face the Nation," July 26, 2020
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Mnuchin optimistic as GOP set to introduce Senate coronavirus stimulus bill Monday
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Pro-Trump super PAC losing the money race to Democrats
From Donald Trump to Ted Yoho, Republicans are losing with women voters''
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Protests erupt nationwide in solidarity with Portland demonstrations
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Seattle Black Lives Matter clashes spark 45 arrests, 21 police injured
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Azar blames testing delays on states
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Olivia De Havilland, One Of Hollywood's Longest Living Legends, Dies At 104...

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WATCH: Marc Fogel greeted by Trump at the White House after being freed from Russia

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American teacher Marc Fogel met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Fogel was released by Russia after a years long imprisonment on drug charges.
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WATCH: Police officers chase teen across busy interstate in Milwaukee

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Surveillance cameras captured the dramatic end of a police chase along Interstate 43 in Milwaukee. In it, a teenage armed robbery suspect runs into traffic, with two officers following closely behind.
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Schoolteacher back in US after being freed by Russia

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Marc Fogel was arrested in Russia in 2021 and charged with the illegal possession of cannabis.
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Goldman axes diversity rule that has 'served purpose'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The bank ditches a policy that stopped it acting on flotations for firms with an all male, all white board.
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Legal showdown looms as Trump tests limits of presidential power

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Trump's latest moves could be part of a strategy to expand his presidential powers even further.
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Could local prosecutors revive the corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams?

  • News source: Chris Glorioso
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Mayor Eric Adams may have dodged a legal bullet when the Trump Justice Department announced plans to pause his criminal prosecution. But the decision in Washington, D.C., does not block local NYC district attorneys from seeking their own corruption charges, if they so wished.

“I think there are theories a local prosecutor could clearly pursue based on what is in the public record,” said Daniel Horwitz, a former Manhattan prosecutor who now specializes in white collar defense and government/regulatory investigations. “I think that any prosecutor, any...
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Apple changes Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America based on Trump's order

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Apple has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on its maps after an order by President Donald Trump was made official by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System
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USAID inspector general fired days after publishing report critical of aid pause

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The White House has fired the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Fox News has learned.

USAID Inspector General Paul Martin was fired Tuesday, though rather than coming from USAID acting administrator and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the firing reportedly came from the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

The dismissal comes days after the USAID inspector general published a report that was critical of the Trump administration’s pause on aid.

It also comes a day after USAID warned that the Trump...
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Homeland Security puts staff involved in 'disinformation' board on administrative leave, review coming

  • News source: FOX News
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The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday that some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked on "mis-, dis-, and malinformation" were put on administrative leave.

In a statement to Scripps News, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to "refocus on its mission," starting with election security.

"The agency is undertaking an evaluation of how it has executed its election security mission with a particular focus on any work related to mis-, dis-, and malinformation," according to...
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'Save face': Officials at Liz Warren's pet project agency dismissed despite telling media they resigned

  • News source: FOX News
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Oil clean-up 'scam' warnings ignored by Shell, whistle-blower tells BBC

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The oil giant faces allegations it ignored warnings that a clean-up scheme was beset by corruption.
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Goldman axes diversity rule that has 'served purpose'

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The bank ditches a policy that stopped it acting on flotations for firms with an all male, all white board.
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Rubiales tells court Hermoso consented to World Cup kiss

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The former Spanish football federation tells a court he is "absolutely sure" the kiss was consensual.
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Salman Rushdie tells court he thought he was dying after stabbing

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The author says he felt like he was lying in "a lake of blood" after he was attacked on stage in New York state.
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Democrat accuses Trump FBI pick Kash Patel of secretly ordering firings

  • News source: Ken Dilanian, Ryan J. Reilly and David Rohde |
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The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has sent a letter to the Justice Department Inspector General accusing Kash Patel, President Trump's pick for FBI director, of secretly orchestrating the firings of FBI officials, a day after telling the committee under oath that he was not aware of any plan to do so.

“If these allegations are true, Mr. Patel may have perjured himself before the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., wrote.

Durbin said he has spoken to whistleblowers who told him that Patel has been relaying...
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