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Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Friday, August 28, 2020

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White House suggests $1.3 trillion coronavirus aid bill; Pelosi says not enough
March on Washington: 'We have only just begun to fight'
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Trump attacks Biden, Democratic leaders at rally, says DC police took 'tremendous abuse' protecting those who left RNC
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Trump knocks protesters against racial injustice during New Hampshire rally
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Trump returns to campaign trail in preview of final sprint
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Report: Tenants were misled about video used at RNC
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Trump says people protesting in Washington Thursday were 'thugs'
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Rand and Kelley Paul describe 'terrifying' encounter with rage mob outside the White House (Video)
March on Washington highlights generational divide on police reform
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FDA Removes Top Spokesperson After Blood Plasma Blunder
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Trump's RNC speech lacked some coronavirus safeguards. That might have been the point
Two men killed at Jacob Blake protest identified by authorities
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Poll: Trump approval rises among black, hispanic voters amid convention
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'They stoke the flames': As thousands march on Washington, Trump blames media for sowing 'racial hatred'...

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'It's heavy on the heart': Israelis survey damage in city hit by Iranian missile

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Two people were killed and several homes destroyed when a missile hit the city of Rishon LeZion early on Saturday.
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School killings leave stunned Austria and France searching for answers

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Parents and governments are left reeling and at a loss how to protect schools from random, deadly violence.
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Person of interest in DFL lawmaker shootings identified as Vance Boelter

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Law enforcement officials are searching for 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter in the shootings of two Minnesota politicians and their spouses early Saturday morning, sources told CBS News.

Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home, while state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were shot and wounded.

Officials said Brooklyn Park police arrived at Hortman's home around 3:35 a.m. and found a police SUV with emergency lights on. The suspect then exited Hortman's home and exchanged gunfire with...
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Feds arrest 1 escapee, 3 more on the run from Newark ICE facility

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Federal officials have apprehended one of the four escaped detainees who went missing from an immigration detention center in New Jersey earlier this week.

Multiple senior law enforcement officials said Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez was tracked down to Passaic on Saturday and captured by the FBI and ICE.

Sandoval-Lopez was among four detainees being held at the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, where ICE has been holding individuals who are facing possible deportation. On Friday, one day after they were "unaccounted for," the Department of Homeland...
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Minnesota rep killed made headlines days earlier over controversial immigration vote

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Minnesota Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was fatally shot on Saturday with the suspect still at large, made headlines earlier this week for being the only Democratic vote in the state House to vote to repeal taxpayer-funded healthcare coverage for adult illegal immigrants.

"I know that people will be hurt by that vote and I’m – we worked very hard to try and get a budget deal that wouldn’t include that provision," she said following the vote that she said was done in order to move the budget forward in a split legislature, according to KTTC...
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Museum's plea after couple break crystal-covered chair

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An Italian museum says the special chair has since been restored, but the culprits haven't been found.
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Melissa Hortman, Minn. lawmaker killed in shootings, remembered as "devoted public servant"

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A manhunt is underway for a suspect who officials say shot and killed Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband overnight. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also injured in what Gov. Tim Walz called "politically motivated" shootings.

Hortman and her husband were shot in Brooklyn Park, while Hoffman and his wife were shot in Champlin.

The search for the suspect continues. A law enforcement source tells CBS News the FBI is assisting with the investigation.

Hortman, 55, represented Minnesota House District 34B as a member of the...
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Trump and Putin hold call, discuss Iran-Israel tensions, Ukraine war

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Washington – President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, the White House and Kremlin confirmed.

In a statement released by the White House, Mr. Trump said Putin called him on Saturday to "wish me a Happy Birthday, but to more importantly, talk about Iran, a country he knows very well."

"We talked at length. Much less time was spent talking about Russia/Ukraine, but that will be for next week," Mr. Trump said, adding that...
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Israel strikes at the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions in Isfahan offensive

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Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) hit the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran on Friday night, a location where uranium moves beyond enrichment to the "reconversion" process of building a nuclear bomb.

"The strike dismantled a facility for producing metallic uranium, infrastructure for reconverting enriched uranium, laboratories, and additional infrastructure," the IDF said on Friday.

On Friday evening, video footage posted by Iranian media showed Iranian air defenses attempting to intercept a fresh wave of Israeli attacks on the site, adding it to a list of...
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1 Minnesota lawmaker killed, 1 injured in targeted shootings: What we know

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Authorities are investigating after targeted shootings left one Minnesota lawmaker dead and another injured. Gov. Tim Walz called the shootings "politically motivated" in a news briefing on Saturday.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, John, were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Walz said. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded at their home in Champlin, a suburb of Minneapolis. Investigators said the shooter was dressed as a police officer.

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Trump's military parade honoring Army's founding threatened by protests, thunderstorms

  • News source: FOX News
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's military parade honoring the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the nation's capital, but the patriotic event also is expected to face protests and gloomy weather.

The parade will stretch down Constitution Avenue, beginning near the Lincoln Memorial and concluding near the Washington Monument at about 9:30 p.m. The parade honors the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army — which was established one year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence —...
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Time for Israel to take out ‘head of the snake,’ target members of Iranian regime, says former IDF intel chief

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Israel's ongoing military campaign on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure could mark not just a military escalation but a strategic shift, according to retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin.

The former head of Israeli military intelligence and one of the architects behind the legendary 1981 strike on Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor said Israel should expand its sights not just military targets, but political ones.

"Israel took the decision that, on one hand, it's time to end the leadership of the Axis of Evil — the head of the snake," Yadlin told Fox News...
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'Destruction all around': BBC reports from Israeli city targeted by Iran

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Israeli authorities have indicated that this could be the beginning of a prolonged campaign against Iran.
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ICE directed to pause immigration arrests at farms, hotels and restaurants

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The Trump administration has directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels amid concerns that the president's crackdown on illegal immigration is hurting key industries, two sources familiar with the abrupt policy change told CBS News.

The pause on worksite immigration enforcement operations applies to the agricultural, hospitality and restaurant industries, which rely in large part on labor from immigrants, many of whom are in the U.S. unlawfully, the sources said, requesting anonymity to discuss...
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Early voting starts in New York: See mayoral candidates, deadlines, polling hours

  • News source: NBC New York Staff
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Residents of New York state who are registered to vote have the chance to vote early in the 2025 primary election.

Early voting in New York state begins ten days prior to Primary Day, which is June 24 this year, according to the state Board of Elections. Early voting is done in person. It starts Saturday.

Early voting in New York state begins ten days before the primary election, which means in 2025 early voting for the primary election will start June 14.

Early voting in New York state will run from Saturday, June 14 through Sunday, June 22. It...
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