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Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns
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Trump signs order on police reform after weeks of protests about racial injustice
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Trump pushes ahead with Tulsa rally, while Pence misleads and coronavirus cases rise
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Media fast-track Trump’s slow walk, speculate about health
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Trump uses 'AIDS vaccine' as proof scientists can develop COVID-19 vaccine
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's father dies from COVID complications
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Powell's warning on pandemic clashes with Trump's upbeat tweets
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North Korea bombs inter-Korean liaison office near border amid growing tensions
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U.S. sues former Trump adviser Bolton to block book publication
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Coronavirus: AstraZeneca ready to supply potential vaccine in September
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DNC's attack ad called out over 'false narratives' on children in 'cages,' Trump's Charlottesville remarks
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Watchdogs say Trump admin limiting oversight of virus aid
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McConnell to keep grip on GOP even if Republicans lose Senate
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As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued
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Trump says Obama didn't reform policing — but he did. Then the president ditched it.
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Record spike in new coronavirus cases reported in six U.S. states as reopening accelerates
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Federal judge blocks Alabama voting restrictions ahead of July runoff...

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Biden defends controversial autopen use for mass clemency decisions in NYT interview: 'A whole lot of people'

  • News source: FOX News
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Former President Joe Biden defended his use of an autopen during a recent interview, shedding light on his administration's rationale for the controversial use of the technology.

The interview with the New York Times was centered around his use of an autopen during the last pardons that he made during the end of his administration.

In his final weeks in office, Biden granted clemency and pardoned more than 1,500 individuals, in what the White House described at the time as the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president.

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The 'strongman' PM who inspired Trump's playbook - but now finds his power crumbling

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban finds his power under threat, but not in the way one might expect.
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Europe's freedom faces greatest 'threat' since WW2, says Macron

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The French president has called for his country's defence spending to rise by €3.5bn (£3bn) in 2026.
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Former Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari dies aged 82

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The former military ruler was "converted" to democracy and won the historic 2015 elections.
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The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US is accusing its southern neighbour of breaking a long-held water sharing agreement.
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Motive still a mystery a year after Trump assassination attempt

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One year ago, Thomas Crooks, a recent community college graduate, opened fire on then-candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A year later, there's still no answers to why Crooks did it. Scott MacFarlane reports.
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Scathing report on Trump assassination attempt released, Trump says he's satisfied with it

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One year after an attempt on President Trump's life, a new report from a Senate panel details a series of failures by the Secret Service surrounding the shooting. Willie James Inman reports.
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Trump and first lady to visit U.K.'s King Charles this fall

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will be visiting Britain's King Charles III later this fall, Buckingham Palace announced Sunday.

Charles invited the pair for the official visit from Sept. 17-19, the palace said in a statement. The king will host the Trumps at Windsor Castle, the palace said. No further information was released.

Mr. Trump likely will not address Parliament like French President Emmanuel Macron did last week, since Parliament will not be in session from Sept. 16 until Oct. 13 due to party conferences, according to Sky...
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Sen. Paul says "we aren't going to know the motive" of Trump's shooter

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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One year after the attempted assassination of President Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the shooter's motive is still unclear. It may stay that way, said Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky who also chairs the Senate committee that released its final report Sunday detailing what it characterized as failures by the U.S. Secret Service that allowed the attempt to happen.

"I think we aren't going to know the motive, and I take that at face value," Paul told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, adding that despite his...
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DOJ brass vowed full transparency on Epstein before turning up empty-handed

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino all called for Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking secrets to be made public long before the DOJ's stunning about-face last week.

"This systemic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’" read a joint memo leaked to Axios a week ago. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

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SA police minister suspended over organised crime allegations

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Senzo Mchunu - who denies the claims - has been put on an immediate "leave of absence" by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Two women shot dead at Kentucky church

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Investigators believe the suspect, who was shot dead by police, had a connection to individuals at the church.
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Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Pelicot was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France's Bastille Day.
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Inside the Congolese mine vital to mobile phones, as rebels give BBC rare access

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US wants rights to DR Congo's minerals, but one vital mine is still in rebel hands.
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RSF storms cattle market and prison in 'death trap' Sudanese city

  • News source: BBC News - World
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It is the first time RSF fighters have entered el-Fasher in such numbers since a siege began in May 2024.
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