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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Saturday, November 14, 2020

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

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Trump-Biden transition live updates: Pro-Trump protesters march in DC
Counter-protesters were also out on Saturday.

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'We are the firewall': Loeffler and Perdue form GOP unity ticket in Georgia Senate races
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Georgia's Perdue urges voters to send him back to DC to fight AOC, 'radical leftists'
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Biden's toughest foreign policy challenge may be regaining allies' trust
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Biden begins to consider White House staff appointments
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Giuliani wrecks Trump campaign's well-laid legal plans
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Republicans seek to batter Warnock ahead of Georgia runoff
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Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden
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Senate runoffs: Georgia officials warn people not to move to state just to vote
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A week after loss, Trump supporters march in Washington to support false election claims
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Thousands rally in DC to support outgoing President Donald Trump
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McCabe: Further declassifications may cast Trump ‘in a very negative light’
Biden Wants Census To See 'Invisible' Groups: LGBTQ, Middle Eastern, North African
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump relies on falsehoods to deny Biden win
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Trump had a very bad Friday in court with his election cases. They're headed for more action next week
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More than 50 migrants die off Yemen in boat capsize

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Dozens are still missing after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants - many believed to be Ethiopian - sank off Yemen's south coast.
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Manhunt intensifies for Montana bar shooting suspect as four victims named

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Police say the suspect was "a regular" at the bar where he opened fire, and that a bartender and three patrons were among the victims.
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Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty

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Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
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Secret filming exposes the 'madams' involved in Kenya's child-sex trade

  • News source: BBC News - World
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An undercover BBC investigation reveals the women who involve children as young as 13 in sex work.
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The big fat 'fake' Indian wedding - Gen Z's latest party trend

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Wedding-themed parties - minus the marriage - have become popular among young Indians chasing new experiences.
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Hackers, secret cables and security fears: The explosive fight over the UK's new Chinese embassy

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It will be the biggest embassy in Europe, if approved. But its opponents fear it brings with it certain risks and dangers
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Longtime Trump insider May Davis Mailman departs White House

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Longtime Trump insider May Davis Mailman has departed the White House, sources told CBS News, making her the highest-ranking official to leave so far during the second term without being pushed out.

Mailman's last day as deputy assistant to the president and senior policy strategist was Friday, one of the sources said.

But Mailman will become a special government employee to tie up loose ends on some of the policy work she's been involved with, two of the sources said.

She has told colleagues she is starting a government affairs firm, but has...
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Trump slams Democrats for stalling on appointment confirmations in exchange for funding releases

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President Trump is slamming Senate Democrats for stalling confirmations of his nominees, accusing lawmakers of holding up confirmations to demand billions in federal funds be released. Willie James Inman has more.
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Texas Democrats flee state to block Trump-backed redistricting vote in dramatic legislative move

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Dozens of Texas Democrats are fleeing the state to block a redistricting vote that could benefit Republicans, marking a dramatic effort to derail an upcoming legislative process.

The lawmakers flew to Chicago where they plan to hold a press conference with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker later on Sunday, according to local Austin station KVUE.

At least 100 members of the 150-member Texas House must be present to conduct business. Josh Rush Nisenson, the spokesperson for the House Democratic Caucus, told The Associated Press that at least 51...
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Leaders condemn videos of emaciated hostages as Red Cross calls for access

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Hamas said it would allow Red Cross access if humanitarian aid corridors were opened into Gaza.
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Manhunt intensifies for Montana bar shooting suspect as four victims named

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Police say the suspect was "a regular" at the bar where he opened fire, and that a bartender and three patrons were among the victims.
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Ukraine officials held in military drone corruption probe

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The arrests come just two days after Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies had their independence restored.
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Dems negotiated for release of billions in exchange for batch of Trump nominees, sources say

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In a whirlwind of negotiations over three days, Democrats asked for multiple billions in government funds to be released in exchange for a vote on a batch of nominees President Trump wanted confirmed before lawmakers left for their August break, sources told CBS News.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was negotiating with GOP leadership for $5 billion for the National Institutes of Health, $1 billion for the Global Fund, $300 million for the World Food Program, $50 million to fight HIV in developing countries, about $140 million for the United...
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Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP's redistricting plan

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Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.

Republicans unveiled the new maps earlier this week as part of a mid-decade redistricting in an attempt to protect the GOP's razor-thin U.S. House majority. President Trump said in July that he believes Republicans could win five more seats in Texas with different districts.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott included redistricting to be addressed in a special...
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Tariff rates are "pretty much set," Greer says

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Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, said in an interview that aired Sunday that tariff rates are "pretty much set" on more than 60 trading partners after President Trump's executive order last week.

"So these, these tariff rates are pretty much set," Greer said in an interview Friday with "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. "I expect I do have my phone blowing up. There are trade ministers who, who want to talk more and see how they can work in a different way with the United States, but I think that we have, we're seeing truly the...
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