Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, July 16, 2020

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

President Donald Trump meets his match in Anthony Fauci: ANALYSIS

Pompeo says US should limit which human rights it defends

Despite Trump’s pressure, most Americans think it is unsafe to reopen schools: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Zuckerberg criticizes Trump administration’s handling of coronavirus during live chat with Fauci

Trump's coronavirus team puts internal battles on public display

Pompeo slams 'rioters pulling down statues' for 'assault' on tradition

Barr says US now overly reliant on Chinese goods, services

Twitter stepped up search to fill top security job ahead of hack

Who took down the CDC’s coronavirus data? The agency itself.

Wisc. college distances from Pence campaign stop

Five decades later, Trump is still pushing segregationist policies

Masks win political momentum despite GOP holdouts
US has 'several' indications Iran has put portions of air defense on high alert

Meadows: White House fully engaged with securing resources for every state

Trump campaign aims to reset with staff shake-up, sharpened data focus

After Trump campaign swap, questions — and Kushner — remain

Feinstein proposes withholding COVID-19 relief from states without mask mandates

Republican governors break from Trump amid growing calls for mask mandates

Exclusive: U.S. FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hack, sources say

Biden cuts deep into Trump’s 2020 cash advantage

Conservative group launches ‘DivestU’ to redirect donations away from liberal colleges

Pelosi urges Trump to ‘ask for directions’ on virus crisis

Wear a mask? Georgia governor, mayors embroiled in latest coronavirus clash

Senate Republicans eye subpoenas of Biden advisers in Burisma probe

New Trump campaign manager vows to ‘expose' Joe Biden, as Parscale transfers power

Judge delays deadline for release of migrant children held by ICE

Before hack tore through Twitter, online forum offered accounts for sale

US executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia

Biden campaign invests in diverse coalitions with new campaign hires

Donald Trump Jr., Jim Jordan locked out of Twitter accounts following major hack

‘He’s not demoted’: Trump spokesman spins campaign manager’s removal

Democrats power past Republican Senate incumbents in fundraising

US, UK, Canada claim Russia hacked COVID research

'Sink or swim': GOP Gov. Larry Hogan says Trump left states to fight alone as COVID-19 pandemic raged

Trump has a 50 percent problem in the new NBC News/WSJ poll

DHS head knocks 'failed response' to 'rampant' violence in Portland

More troubling poll results for President Trump

Trump hosting White House event to highlight deregulation efforts

Pandemic And Protests Spark Record Gun Sales

Senate Democrats seek aid for Black Americans in virus bill

Trump has tried to make 'Black Lives Matter' a partisan issue. A federal agency says it's not.

McCarthy introduces bill protecting monuments, statues: 'It is wrong to erase our history'

The Trump campaign app is tapping a "gold mine" of data about Americans

As Trump refuses to lead, America tries to save itself

Schumer proposes $350B in aid to communities of color ahead of coronavirus talks

House GOP resolution accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘anti-American’ remarks, ‘Marxist’ policies

3 more states share license data for citizenship efforts

GOP restricts convention attendance over coronavirus fears

DHS accuses Portland officials of enabling ‘mob,’ posts timeline of damage by ‘violent anarchists’
China becomes first economy to grow since virus pandemic

More than 2 million seek jobless aid, barely budging from prior week

Judge reinstates Obama methane rule

White House says Trump followed CDC guidance after Atlanta mayor accuses him of breaking mask law

Who is Bill Stepien? Trump’s new campaign manager and longtime Republican operative

Trump replaces campaign manager amid sinking poll numbers

TRANSCRIPT: Mary Trump's interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos

Trump wants schools open so voters will give him high marks, Biden says

Meadows wanted to cease fire on Fauci. Navarro had other plans.

Georgia governor overrides all local mask orders in the state

Pelosi and McConnell hurtling toward coronavirus relief showdown

In the open: White House advisers tussle over virus response

Biden opens up a 15-point lead over Trump in new national poll

Parscale replacement ‘shocked’ Trump campaign staffers, despite speculation

After Twitter cyberattack, GOP senator calls on Jack Dorsey to work with feds

Deaths of migrant children in U.S. custody in 2018 were preventable, parents and doctors tell Congress

RBG released from hospital, 'doing well'

Trump’s Rose Garden strategy: White House MAGA rallies

Fact check: Peter Navarro's claims about Dr. Anthony Fauci are misleading, lack context

Progressive group launches $2M pro-Biden ad buy targeting young voters

Trump revamps key environmental law in bid to fast track pipelines, roads

Vice President Pence defends Fauci as White House sends mixed messages on health expert

Fauci lands on digital cover of InStyle magazine, talks relationship with Trump

Fact check: Trump deceives about Sanders-Biden task force proposals to make Biden sound 'extreme'

AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration

Hundreds of Trump appointees face a preelection test

U.S. steps up crackdown on MS-13 gang, to seek death penalty of accused leader

Minneapolis police body-cam footage of George Floyd's arrest released

White House considers sweeping travel ban on members, families of the Chinese Communist Party: report

Twitter says hacking of high-profile Twitter accounts was a "coordinated social engineering attack"

Four more years? Trump struggles to outline second term plan

Candace Valenzuela, who could become first Afro-Latina in Congress, wins Texas runoff

Arctic heat wave "essentially impossible" without human-caused climate change, study finds

Biden's Twitter account hacked in wide-ranging 'security incident' that targeted Obama, Gates, others

South Carolina state senator rebukes governor's push to reopen schools: 'We are not prepared'

Watchdog report faults Medicare agency’s contract management

Ivanka Trump backs Goya: By endorsing black beans she possibly violates ethics rule

After backlash over Ivanka Trump's posts about Goya beans, her father posts, too

Kanye West will appear on Oklahoma's ballot as an independent presidential candidate, election board says

Trump would nominate quickly in case of Supreme Court vacancy -chief of staff

Esper order aims to expand diversity, skirts major decisions

Coronavirus News and Updates:

COVID could push 265 million people to starvation if action not taken: UN

Gov. DeSantis blames media for Florida's Covid-19 response

Vaccine scientist predicts US is weeks away from every American knowing 'seriously ill' coronavirus patient
Virus prompts drastic measures in Texas as death toll grows

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic

Virus surges. Work hours plateau. U.S. may be flattening the wrong curve

79 Miami officers test positive amid virus surge

U.S. prepares push to reduce 'unnecessary' COVID-19 testing: official

Georgia governor sues Atlanta mayor over city's mask mandate

COVID-19 outbreak linked to West Virginia church
The Latest: Arizona extends pandemic moratorium on evictions

Target joins list of retailers mandating masks

Florida reports biggest one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths since pandemic started

Indonesia Stumbles As Coronavirus Cases Surge

Fauci says he's 'walking a tightrope' as people try to 'pit' him against the president

Game show host retweeted by Trump deletes his account after announcing his son has coronavirus

Americans on COVID-19 jobless benefits spent more than when working, study shows

Melbourne, On COVID-19 Lockdown, Reports Record Case Count

Coronavirus updates: Georgia bans cities and counties from requiring masks

Trump's coronavirus team puts internal battles on public display

China firm uses workers to ‘pre-test’ vaccine in global race

Fauci bullish on prospects for U.S. vaccine, not worried about China winning race

Ex-Hawaii police officer sentenced to prison after forcing man to lick public urinal

How masks became a fault line in Britain’s culture war

These states have the most coronavirus cases. See the day-by-day breakdown.
India virus cases surge nearly 32,700, beach state shut anew

Fauci's wife speaks out about criticism: 'They are making things up'

Inside the grueling frontlines of COVID-19 first responders

U.S. restaurants whipsawed as pandemic re-closures sweep states
Confirmed US virus cases rise amid new global restrictions

Coronavirus oversight commission remains leaderless as top contender bows out
Is it safe to visit the dentist during the pandemic?