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

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

White House, Democrats fail to close aid differences

Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail

Trump reimposes tariffs on raw Canadian aluminum, Canada promises retaliation

Laid-off workers endure loss of $600 unemployment benefit

Kanye West indicates he is running for president to siphon votes from Joe Biden

Trump issues executive orders against TikTok and WeChat

Facebook bars pro-Trump PAC from advertising, citing repeated false posts

Biden says his faith is 'bedrock foundation of my life' after Trump claim

Stimulus talks on the brink of collapse as two sides trade blame and get no closer to a deal

Biden draws distinction on Black, Latino political diversity

Biden VP contender Susan Rice's past foreign consulting work prompts questions

Trump’s economic comeback is becoming a slowdown and likely a stall-out

Trump falsely says Biden, a practicing Catholic, is "against God"

Ohio governor tests negative in second coronavirus test

Trailing in election polls, Trump says rival Biden opposes God and guns

Trump slams Biden for Latino diversity remarks: 'What a 'dumb' thing to say!'

Trump advisers hesitated to give military options and warned adversaries over fears he might start a war

Iranians, Russians receive text messages seeking U.S. election hacking info

Trump preparing 'aggressive' actions if no deal reached with Congress

Trump, McConnell huddle with virus talks at risk of collapse

Facebook, Twitter censors Trump 'at their peril,' GOP official says

Homeland Security chief says department is reviewing complaints excessive force used in Portland

Jobless claims top 1 million for 20 straight weeks

New York AG seeks to dissolve NRA in new lawsuit

Commission rejects Trump push for add debate against Biden

'There's a lot of pessimism': Stimulus negotiations drag on without a deal as Senate leaves town for weekend

New polls show tight races for Graham, McConnell

Senate unanimously passes bill banning TikTok from government devices

Justice Department to send agents to St. Louis and Memphis to fight crime

Biden: Latino community is diverse 'unlike the African American community'

New polls suggest Trump's position has stabilized

Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God

Chris Wallace breaks down the three sides to coronavirus relief negotiations (video)

Elliott Abrams, convicted of lying about Iran-Contra, named special representative for Iran

Massive explosion rocks Beirut: Before and after images show extensive damage

Ohio governor tests positive for COVID-19, cancels plans to greet Trump in Cleveland

Biden appears to split with Obama on eliminating Senate filibuster – then backtracks

Republicans push Kanye 2020. But will it really hurt Biden?

Trump claims Biden is 'against God' and will 'hurt the Bible'

Biden launches new ad aimed at Black Americans

Central, Eastern Europe on Pompeo’s itinerary for next trip

Karen Bass says she thinks Trump is racist and he is 'essentially giving license to racists'

‘See you in court’: ACLU files nearly 400 cases versus Trump

What white women in Swing County, Swing State, USA, think of Trump

McConnell signals senators can head home until negotiators get a coronavirus deal

Trump tees up student loan executive action

Democrats hold firm in demands for coronavirus relief bill as impasse continues

Trump executive order to boost U.S. drug manufacturing: Navarro

Saudi Crown Prince accused of assassination plot against senior exiled official

Migrant kids to be expelled under virus order not entitled to attorneys and other safeguards, DOJ lawyers say

Biden wouldn't block Trump's prosecution if the Justice Department pursued it

Harris, Ocasio-Cortez push climate equity bill with Green New Deal roots

U.S. military to deliver relief supplies to Beirut after explosion

McConnell goes hands-off on bill

Trump leads July fundraising, but Biden closes resources gap

Trump raises $165 million in July, beating Biden by $25 million

Twitter bans Trump campaign until it deletes tweet with COVID-19 misinformation

Emboldened Pelosi takes hard line as relief talks drag on

Trump says Sally Yates 'lying or grossly incompetent' on Comey testimony

Attacking Vote-By-Mail Was Hurting Trump In Fla., Experts Say. So He Changed Course

Capitol negotiators still stuck, still trying on virus aid

Sen. Rand Paul blasts GOP colleagues, says they should 'apologize' to Obama for past spending complaints

Experts held 'war games' on the Trump vs. Biden election. Their finding? Brace for a mess

Lincoln Project ad dubs Jared Kushner the 'Secretary of Failure'

As U.S. Congress wrangles over aid, millions of renters get desperate

Trump to sign order in Ohio requiring government to buy 'essential' drugs from U.S. companies

Seeking refuge in US, children fleeing danger are expelled

Survivors of Beirut explosion on where they were and the horrifying aftermath

Trump campaign fires back at Facebook removal of Trump post: 'Flagrant bias'

Fear of COVID-19 will not be reason to vote absentee in November, Tennessee Supreme Court rule

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pull Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation

Pence: Chief Justice Roberts 'has been a disappointment to conservatives'

Esper says 'most believe' Beirut explosion 'was an accident' after Trump claimed it was an attack

Trump says he has the right to suspend payroll tax if Congress won't

Stocks stall and dollar squeezed as investors wait for stimulus

Why Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal is not so different from no deal

VP contender Karen Bass’s Cuba baggage a burden in Florida

Republicans fear disaster in November

Death Toll In Beirut Climbs To At Least 137 After Massive Explosion

Public health officials targeted over coronavirus pandemic response

Teens arrested with AK47 at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida

DHS fires back at 'myths' Portland violence decreased due to fewer federal agents

U.S. Republican congressman Rodney Davis says he has COVID-19

GOP chairmen hit back at accusation they are spreading disinformation with Biden probe

‘I want to get an outcome’: McConnell defends strategy as he faces GOP grumbling

Charges filed in deadly shooting at Seattle protest zone

Two U.S. senators seek ban on collecting customer biometric data without consent

Trump says Italy and Belgium are next ‘delinquents’ to pony up defense spending for NATO

SpaceX: Musk's 'Mars ship' prototype aces 150m test flight

Joe Arpaio clings to relevancy in what's likely his last run

Conservatives battling to the end in Tennessee U.S. Senate primary

Facebook removes Trump post over coronavirus misinformation rules; Twitter also clamps down

New York prosecutors subpoenaed Deutsche Bank in Trump probe: New York Times

Trump's envoy close to Brazil's leader -- some say too close

Trump hangs on to financial edge in race against Biden

Americans hunt for loopholes to get into Europe

Trump dismisses legal questions on GOP nomination speech at White House
Biden says Trump's China trade deal is 'failing' badly

Newsom searches for messaging rhythm as coronavirus fatigue sets in

Iowa Gov ends state's place as only remaining state to deny voting rights to felons

CNN's Burnett presses Navarro on hydroxychloroquine in combative interview: 'You're an economist, not a scientist'

Facebook and Twitter target Trump over virus claim

WNBA players take stance against Senate candidate's Black Lives Matter views

Coronavirus News and Updates:

U.S. lifts global health coronavirus travel advisory

Possible coronavirus 'trouble ahead,' U.S. cities warned, Ohio governor tests positive

Coronavirus updates: Disproportionate number of non-white children dying, data shows

Cities go to extremes with coronavirus quarantine crackdowns: Checkpoints, power shutoffs, steep fines

New Jersey officials say 7-month-old tested positive for COVID after death

Exclusive: Fauci says regulators promise politics will not guide vaccine timing

Coronavirus updates: US records over 52,000 new cases in a single day

Fauci says nation can survive Covid-19 without another shutdown

Los Angeles Mayor Says City May Shut Off Water, Power At Houses Hosting Large Parties

Cases in the U.S.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 18,765,357 Cases and 705,583 ...

Trump and Birx praise Arizona as new national model for battling coronavirus pandemic

Charts: How The U.S. Ranks On COVID-19 Deaths Per Capita — And By Case Count

Illinois Republican congressman tests positive for coronavirus

N. Korea’s escalating virus response raises fear of outbreak

Coronavirus updates: Trump comments run afoul of Twitter, Facebook terms

AP Interview: Clyburn warns US lacks plan to stop virus

Fauci Reveals He Has Received Death Threats And His Daughters Have Been Harassed

Almost 100 people in Ohio were infected with coronavirus after man attended church service

Factbox: Fauci talks vaccine prospects in Reuters interview

Students at school touted by Pence for reopening must quarantine due to COVID-19

Birx warns 9 cities, California's central valley about increasing coronavirus cases

FDA Adviser: Not Realistic To Expect A COVID-19 Vaccine In 2020

The Latest: Virus outbreak continues in China’s Xinjiang

Virginia touts nation's first contact tracing app with Apple-Google tech

CDC expects 2020 outbreak of life-threatening AFM in children

Kim directs aid to North Korean town under virus lockdown