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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Monday, November 9, 2020

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Conservative U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear Obamacare challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments in a bid by Republican-governed states backed by President Donald Trump's administration to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law, even as Joe Biden prepares to replace Trump in January.

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ICE says many in immigration detention no longer qualify for bond hearings

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration has dramatically curtailed the ability for those facing deportation to be released from immigration detention, its latest effort to expand the scope of its sweeping immigration crackdown, sources briefed on the policy change told CBS News.

By reinterpreting an immigration law from the 1990s, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now instructing officials to argue in immigration court that detainees facing deportation are not eligible to be released on bond if they entered the U.S. illegally.

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Republican leading House Budget Committee looks ahead after passing Big Beautiful Bill

  • News source: FOX News
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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, was praised for the role he played in the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill. However, the congressman says this is the beginning, not the end, of spending reforms.

"We will never be able to get a balanced budget or even put our country on a path to a balanced budget and a sustainable fiscal trajectory in one reconciliation bill," Arrington told Fox News Digital. "We're too far down the broken road of bad and irresponsible fiscal behavior. We're too deep in the debt hole for one bill to...
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Senate GOP braces for test vote on Trump's $9.4B clawback package

  • News source: FOX News
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Senate Republicans are gearing up to advance a multibillion-dollar clawback package from President Donald Trump, but dissent among the ranks threatens to stymie the process.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., intends to put Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions package, which would scrape back congressionally approved funding for a variety of so-called "woke" programs that fund foreign aid and public broadcasting.

'GUT CHECK TIME': DISSENT AMONG SENATE GOP RANKS THREATENS TO REDUCE TRUMP'S SPENDING CUT DEMAND

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Anthony Bernal: Who is Jill Biden's top aide ordered to testify about alleged cover-up?

  • News source: FOX News
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House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Anthony Bernal, who served as chief of staff for first lady Jill Biden and as an assistant to President Joe Biden, to testify at a deposition Wednesday.

Bernal refused to appear for a transcribed interview on June 26 as part of the Oversight Committee’s investigation into the alleged cover-up of Biden’s mental decline and potentially unauthorized use of autopen for pardons and other executive actions.

He had previously confirmed he would appear for the interview, but when the White House...
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Israeli strikes kill 12 in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, governor says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Israeli military said it had struck a number of military compounds belonging to the armed group Hezbollah.
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Fourteen people arrested after anti-migrant riots in southern Spain

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Clashes were sparked after an alleged attack on a man in his 60s by three Moroccan men.
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From military ruler to democrat - ex-Nigeria President Buhari's life in pictures

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Muhammadu Buhari’s life tracked dramatic changes over decades – and he was often at the centre of events.
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Two dead after flash flooding in New Jersey and New York City

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The New Jersey governor has declared a state of emergency as some roads are blocked and subways delayed.
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Hegseth abruptly pulls Pentagon officials from 'globalist' Aspen conference

  • News source: FOX News
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Secretary Pete Hegseth pulled senior Defense Department officials from the Aspen Security Conference for promoting the "evil of globalism."

Military commanders were set to speak at the conference, which begins on Tuesday, as has been tradition through Republican and Democratic administrations.

But Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson told Just the News the secretary’s office believes the conference "promotes the evil of globalism, disdain for our great country, and hatred for the President of the United States."

Wilson added that DoD "has no...
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RNC Chair Michael Whatley claims Zohran Mamdani is the 'face of the new Democratic Party'

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE – Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's stunning Democratic Party primary victory in the nation's most populous city appears to be the gift that keeps on giving for Republicans aiming to paint Democrats as extreme radicals.

When asked if Mamdani is giving the GOP extra ammunition in their messaging battle, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley answered "absolutely."

"I mean, this is the face of the new Democratic Party," Whatley said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

Whatley argued that "everybody who wants...
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'Better access': Bipartisan Senate push to fund farmers suicide prevention fund gains steam

  • News source: FOX News
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A bipartisan Senate duo want to ensure that a suicide prevention and mental health resource for farmers stays funded.

Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, have joined forces to introduce legislation that would see millions in new funding for the Farm and Ranch Assistance Network, a program the pair first collaborated on in the 2018 Farm Bill.

The program is designed to help create a network for farmers, ranchers and other agriculture workers to have access to stress assistance and mental health programs. There are four regional hubs...
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Socialist Mamdani's supermarket plan would be 'bullet to the heart' of blue-collar America, lawmaker warns

  • News source: FOX News
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A House Republican who's had experience with his own family grocery store chain is criticizing New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's call for government-owned markets.

"This will be a bullet into the heart of the U.S. grocery industry, if this caught on," Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital in an interview.

Mamdani, a self-declared democratic socialist, has proposed a pilot program of five government-owned grocery stores – one in each New York City borough – in a bid to reduce food insecurity in underserved areas and bring...
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SCOOP: Fiscal hawks fire warning shot at Senate GOP for pushing changes to Trump's $9.4B spending cuts bill

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A group of House conservatives is warning the Senate to leave President Donald Trump's rescissions package intact as the deadline to consider the spending cuts looms large.

Republicans have until the end of Friday to deal with the bill, the legislative version of the White House’s request to claw back roughly $9.4 billion in funds already allocated by Congress.

Senate Republicans have signaled the bill could change somewhat, however, after passing the House last month.

"In order to facilitate President Trump’s voter mandate, the...
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Mike Waltz faces post-Signalgate ‘brutal’ grilling from Dems in UN ambassador hearing

  • News source: FOX News
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Former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is poised to face members of the Senate Tuesday to get the ball rolling on his nomination to represent the U.S. at the United Nations.

Waltz’s appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee comes months after he exited his job at the White House amid controversy surrounding his role in a Signal group chat with other top administration officials.

Waltz is expected to call for reforms at the U.N. and is expected to say that it's time to redirect the organization's focus back to peacekeeping...
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Fourteen people arrested after anti-migrant riots in southern Spain

  • News source: BBC News - World
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  • Views: 7
Clashes were sparked after an alleged attack on a man in his 60s by three Moroccan men.
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