Today's Top News Compilation - Saturday, July 18, 2020 (1 Viewer)

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

Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers

Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple statue

Donald Trump holds 'tele-rally' in campaign first amid coronavirus pandemic

China vows retaliation as Trump slaps sanctions on officials, companies interfering with Hong Kong's autonomy (video)

Remembering John Lewis: Tributes for congressman and civil rights leader

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the virus-era China ban that isn’t

Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis

Trump turns White House into backdrop for political events

Lying again about the pandemic, Trump made 200 false claims from early June to early July

As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials

Congress and CBC lose another giant at critical moment

'We're Embarrassed': Twitter Says High-Profile Hack Hit 130 Users

Marco Rubio mistakes photo of Elijah Cummings for John Lewis in tribute

One reporter, witness to two executions, haunting last words

Toronto Blue Jays denied approval to play games in Canada

Tear gas deployed in Portland protests as Oregon officials call for federal authorities to leave

Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to eight non-verified accounts

Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election

Trump gives mixed messaging on mask debate

Joe Biden is a man of faith. That could help him win over some White evangelicals.

President Trump pays tribute to John Lewis, a 'civil rights hero'

Disney cuts ad spending on Facebook amid growing boycott: WSJ

Federal agents deployed to Portland did not have training in riot control: NYT

Biden: After intel briefings, warns of election interference

Not extending $600 unemployment benefit 'would be a catastrophe,' say former Fed Chairs Bernanke and Yellen

Trump blames surging violence on ‘stupidly run’ cities, in ‘Fox News Sunday’ interview

Judge orders Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA program and allow new applications

Hackers tricked several Twitter employees into giving them credentials, company says

Tens of thousands of mail ballots won't count in this year's primaries. What happens in November?

'Sir, he does not': Fox's Chris Wallace fact-checks Trump's claim that Biden supports defunding the police

Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states

Portland protests: Federal agents 'abuse power' in arrests

DHS pushes back against claim federal agents detaining Portland protesters aren't identifying themselves

The Note: Trust in Trump's word plummets

To reverse slide, some Trump aides hope for a return to coronavirus briefings

Fair housing groups slam Trump’s suburban racial rhetoric

Obama remembers John Lewis: 'I stood on his shoulders'

Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero’

John Lewis, U.S. congressman and sharecropper's son, was civil rights hero

Tributes pour in for civil rights icon and US Rep. John Lewis: 'We have lost a giant'

'Sleepy Joe?' Trump's Insult May Reveal Biden's Advantage

Trump keeps fighting a Confederate flag battle many supporters have conceded

White House aides divided over Trump coronavirus visibility

'A seldom seen niece': Trump fires back at Mary Trump over tell-all book

Susan Rice being debated for Biden VP

Biden warns of Russian election meddling after receiving intelligence briefings

Mary Trump says President 'is not going to get better and he is without question going to get worse'

Judge: Facebook's $550 Million Settlement In Facial Recognition Case Is Not Enough

White House portraits of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush moved from prominent space to rarely used room

John Lewis, civil rights icon, congressman for 33 years, dead at 80

Mass protests rock Russian Far East city again

Law enforcement officials accused of questionable tactics in Portland

Trump expected to exclude undocumented migrants from U.S. census

Trump moves campaign-style events to White House

Controversy after Biden staffer mocked cops, called for defunding police

U.S. swoops down on Portland protesters after Trump order to protect monuments

Coronavirus News and Updates:

White House objects to Senate GOP push for more CDC money for coronavirus testing and tracing

In Arizona, school reopening sparks protest movement

85 infants in one Texas county test positive for coronavirus

Trump says Fauci is a 'little bit of an alarmist'

'We're fighting our own state': Southern mayors push back on state coronavirus response

Jack Nicklaus reveals he tested positive for coronavirus in March, recovered

Europe's challenge of a lifetime: Manufacturing enough coronavirus vaccines

U.S. divided over masks, schools as coronavirus cases rise by over 70,000 again

Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’

House lawmakers want reversal of Trump's COVID-19 reporting changes, cite 'politicization of public health'

18 states in 'red zone' for COVID cases, White House document shows

GOP senators sound alarm as coronavirus surges in home states

Georgia mask feud exposes America's fault lines

In Arizona, school reopening sparks protest movement

Florida Sees Its 4th Day Running With More Than 100 COVID-19 Deaths

Will the Pandemic Blow Up College in America?

Texas woman, 24, hospitalized with COVID-19 for 79 days: I should have worn a mask

'Alarming outbreak' of Covid-19 spreads through DHS training facility

Breaking down which states require — or don't require — face masks in public

Tracking The Pandemic: Are Coronavirus Cases Rising Or Falling In Your State?

Coronavirus: US v other countries... did it mess up its reopening?

Biden launches ‘roadmap’ for reopening schools

Asia Today: China battles new outbreak in far west Xinjiang

Trump says 'I don't agree' with CDC director's mask message

Coronavirus: Donald Trump vows not to order Americans to wear masks

Schools the latest battleground in fight over mandatory masks

A 'viral stun gun': How monoclonal antibodies can help fight COVID-19