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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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2020 election could be under threat from "old adversaries" and "domestic disinformation campaigns"
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Teen accused in Twitter hack pleads not guilty
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Third party mailers muddle absentee ballot process in Georgia
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Senate could be in session until deal reached on coronavirus bill
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High-profile Dems fight for their seats as 5 states hold primaries
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Trump’s demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented
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Nursing home providers accused of misusing federal dollars received millions in COVID-19 funds: report
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Federal agents raid offices of company tied to Ukrainian oligarch
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'Never Trump' Republicans team with progressives to convert the president's religious base
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Beirut blast: Dozens dead and thousands injured, health minister says
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High rate of cyberattacks amid COVID-19: Report
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Dow gains for third day running, NASDAQ sets new record
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Warren asks SEC to investigate Kodak deal
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Trump campaign makes voter-registration gains in 3 key battleground states
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Key GOP senator backs food stamp boost in virus relief bill
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Trump on 1,000 Americans a day dying from COVID-19: "It is what it is"
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White House, Congress head toward new round of COVID-19 talks as pressure grows
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White House eyes executive orders to upend virus negotiations
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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

  • 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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Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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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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