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Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, August 6, 2020

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White House, Democrats fail to close aid differences
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Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail
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Trump reimposes tariffs on raw Canadian aluminum, Canada promises retaliation
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Laid-off workers endure loss of $600 unemployment benefit
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Kanye West indicates he is running for president to siphon votes from Joe Biden
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Trump issues executive orders against TikTok and WeChat
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Facebook bars pro-Trump PAC from advertising, citing repeated false posts
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Biden says his faith is 'bedrock foundation of my life' after Trump claim
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Stimulus talks on the brink of collapse as two sides trade blame and get no closer to a deal
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Biden draws distinction on Black, Latino political diversity
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Biden VP contender Susan Rice's past foreign consulting work prompts questions
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Trump’s economic comeback is becoming a slowdown and likely a stall-out
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Trump falsely says Biden, a practicing Catholic, is "against God"
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Ohio governor tests negative in second coronavirus test
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Trailing in election polls, Trump says rival Biden opposes God and guns
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Trump slams Biden for Latino diversity remarks: 'What a 'dumb' thing to say!'
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Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war
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EU delays retaliatory tariffs for six months after deal with U.S.

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The European Union announced Monday it would delay retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods for six months, giving both countries time to implement the trade agreement they reached late last month.

The retaliatory tariffs, which were set to go into effect on Thursday, will be delayed until at least March.

On July 27, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission and President Trump agreed to a deal that included a 15% tariff on most goods from the EU. Though the agreement does not currently include the exemptions for car parts or wine and...
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GOP memo preps House Republicans to tout Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' as Dems go on offense

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FIRST ON FOX: A new memo being sent to House Republicans on Monday is encouraging them to tout new work requirements for Medicaid and federal food benefits, as lawmakers return to their districts for Congress' annual August recess period.

Democrats and Republicans are locked in a messaging war over President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," a fight that's only expected to intensify as the 2026 midterm elections creep closer.

Advancing American Freedom (AAF), a group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, is looking to provide backup to...
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GOP governor greenlights state troopers to join ICE in immigration crackdown

  • News source: FOX News
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed an agreement last week with ICE, enabling local law enforcement in select counties to work alongside federal agents in tracking and detaining illegal immigrants.

Limited members of the Wyoming Highway Patrol in five counties – all of which encompass major interstates – will be able to assist ICE with enforcement during the execution of their day-to-day work and at the direction of and under the oversight of the federal law enforcement agency, according to a statement from Gordon’s office.

The agreement marks only the...
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Fighter jets scrambled after planes violate Trump airspace over New Jersey

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Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a civilian plane Sunday after it entered restricted airspace over President Trump's property in Bedminster, New Jersey, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, one of seven aircraft to violate the airspace over the weekend.

Three civilian planes flew in the restricted airspace Saturday, and there were four more violations on Sunday, including one that was intercepted by fighter aircraft, NORAD said in a statement.

Flares were deployed to get the pilot's attention, NORAD said on social media, and...
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Cornyn takes swing at James, Schiff with new LETITIA Act targeting 'crooked politicians'

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican wants to crack down on public officials who use their position to grow their wealth.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is set to introduce legislation that would create stiffer penalties for public officials who commit federal bank fraud, tax fraud, or loan or mortgage fraud. Cornyn’s bill comes on the heels of two such instances where top officials and lawmakers were hit with allegations of mortgage fraud.

FEDERAL HOUSING OFFICIAL SUBMITTED SCHIFF CRIMINAL REFERRAL TO DOJ OVER MORTGAGE DOCUMENTS

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Hundreds of Israeli ex-officials appeal to Trump to help end Gaza war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It comes amid reports that PM Netanyahu is pushing to expand Israel's military operations in Gaza.
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Russian volcano erupts for first time in more than 500 years

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The eruption of a volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula may be linked to a massive earthquake last week, experts say.
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Trump confirms 2 nuclear submarines are 'in the region' to counter Russia

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President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that nuclear submarines he ordered to counter Russia are now "in the region" ahead of U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit.

Before boarding Air Force One in Allentown, Pa., to return to Washington, D.C., Trump was asked if the nuclear submarines had already been deployed to "face Russia." Trump said on TRUTH Social on Friday that he ordered two nuclear submarines "to be positioned in the appropriate regions" in response to what he considered "highly provocative statements" from former Russian...
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Irish missionary and child, 3, among nine kidnapped from Haiti orphanage

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child were taken in the middle of the night in a "planned act", officials say.
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Israeli minister sparks anger by praying at sensitive Jerusalem holy site

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prayed at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound, violating a decades-old arrangement.
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Noem says "Alligator Alcatraz" to be model for ICE state-run detention centers

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says "Alligator Alcatraz" will serve as a model for state-run migrant detention centers, and she told CBS News in an interview that she hopes to launch a handful of similar detention centers in multiple airports and jails across the country, in the coming months. Potential sites are already under consideration in Arizona, Nebraska and Louisiana.

"The locations we're looking at are right by airport runways that will help give us an efficiency that we've never had before," Noem said, adding that she's appealed...
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Trump's full-court press against 'Orwellian' European censorship intensifies amid US efforts to unleash AI

  • News source: FOX News
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The Trump administration has been on a monthslong campaign railing against what it says are draconian censorship regulations in Europe that have not only stifled free speech, but have also served as another roadblock amid the artificial intelligence evolution.

"In Europe, thousands are being convicted for the crime of criticizing their own governments," the State Department recently posted to X, accompanied by a graphic slamming Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA). "This Orwellian message won't fool the United States. Censorship is not freedom."...
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South African farm worker says he was forced to feed women to pigs

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At the start of a murder trial, a farm supervisor says his boss ordered him to dispose of two women's bodies.
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Soulja Boy arrested on suspicion of weapons charges

  • News source: BBC News - World
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He was arrested during a traffic stop on suspicion of possession of a firearm while being a felon.
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Boeing defence workers go on strike in new blow to aviation giant

  • News source: BBC News - World
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About 3,200 workers who build F-15 fighter jets and other military aircraft voted to reject the firm's latest contract deal.
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