Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, July 23, 2020

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

Trump cancels Florida portion of RNC as coronavirus cases surge: 'Not the right time'

Cognitive Test. Trump. Biden. Campaign. Flashpoint.

Federal judge temporarily bars federal officers in Portland from taking actions against journalists, observers

White House and Senate Republicans inch closer to coronavirus relief proposal
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in battlegrounds Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania

Democratic leaders scoff at emerging GOP coronavirus aid plan, promise it won't pass

At Nixon library, Pompeo declares China engagement a failure
Pompeo announces end of 'blind engagement' with communist China: 'Distrust but verify'

Trump keeps bragging about acing simple test used to detect mental impairment

Border Patrol Response To Portland Unrest: Straying From Mission Or Continuing One?
Trump warns of 'greater mortality' if schools don't reopen

On House floor, Dem women call out abusive treatment by men

U.S. Senate passes $740 billion defense bill, bucking Trump on Confederate names

Pompeo blasts Beijing as deadline nears for China to shutter Houston consulate
Stephen Miller says Trump administration won't stand for 'lawless assault' urged on by Portland's mayor (video)

Trump Announces New Guidelines For Reopening Schools

Justice Department internal watchdog investigating federal use of force in Portland

Trump administration sending tactical border team to Seattle
New document shows FBI used Trump's candidate briefing to advance Russia probe
Trump says he told Republicans Dems wouldn't allow payroll tax cut: 'We have to go on to the next thing'

US arrests three Chinese nationals for visa fraud

AOC to Yoho: 'I am someone's daughter too'

Ex-DHS chief Nielsen claims 'there was no policy to separate families,' despite presiding over it

Kansas City Mayor Says He Learned On Twitter That Federal Officers Were In His City
Kansas City mayor: 'Doxing' of police, officials should be criminalized
Trump likely to sign executive orders on drug pricing Friday

John Lewis to lie in state at US Capitol next week

Marine assigned to Trump's helicopter unit tests positive for coronavirus
Trump warns of 'greater mortality' if schools don't reopen

'I Am Antifa': One Activist's Violent Death Became A Symbol For The Right And Left

Mayors respond to Trump agent 'surge'

Fact check: Trump continues to dishonestly downplay the pandemic

Federal agents' use of force at protests faces internal U.S. government probes
Bureau of Prisons denies judge's claim Michael Cohen's imprisonment was 'retaliatory' over planned book

Michael Cohen was sent back to prison as a retaliatory act over tell-all book about Trump, federal judge rules

Democrats preparing for ‘nightmare scenario’ in which Trump challenges election results

Senate Dems warn of 'catastrophe' if eviction protections expire
Trump says Republicans 'didn't want to ask' for payroll tax cut in coronavirus bill due to Dem objections

White House drops payroll tax cut after GOP allies object

U.S. judge orders Trump's ex-lawyer Cohen released from prison on Friday

US military accuses Russia of testing space-based anti-satellite weapon
Biden campaign clarifies claim Trump ‘first’ racist president, after past slave owners noted

Coronavirus stimulus: GOP floats lowering extra unemployment insurance to $100 from $600

AP-NORC poll: 3 in 4 Americans back requiring wearing masks

Senate Republicans eye short-term extension of unemployment benefits

Senate Republicans back more stimulus checks, money to schools in new pandemic aid proposal
Fiscal conservatives revolt over price tag of coronavirus relief package

Ocasio-Cortez responds to Republican congressman in fiery floor speech

That cognitive test doesn't mean what Donald Trump thinks it means

Trump brags about performance on cognitive test for second time in a week

Trump says 'difficult' cognitive test was 'easy for me'

How the Cold War Between China and U.S. Is Intensifying
Unions and NGOs call on big brands to stop using forced labor from China

Tea Party rises up against McConnell's $1 trillion relief plan

Obama urges remedy for racial bias in policing

Senate GOP, WH have reached 'fundamental agreement' on stimulus: Mnuchin

Draft Republican plan for U.S. coronavirus relief has more direct payments: aide

Trump joins Republicans who are criticizing Liz Cheney

Pelosi says she relates to Ocasio-Cortez attack: 'There's no limit to the disrespect' of women
Ex-Dem congressman accused of ballot stuffing, bribery and obstruction

China cites ‘malicious slander’ as Houston consulate closes

Twitter hackers accessed direct messages of up to 36 people, including an elected official, company says
Pompeo aide: Giuliani's outreach to secretary was 'deeply disturbing'

Mayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents
Trump administration shuttered Chinese consulate in Houston due to targeting of US energy firms: s

Fact check: Trump falsely suggests kids don't transmit coronavirus and that US case surge is due in part to protests and Mexican migration
Seattle City Council’s limits on police anti-protest gear can proceed, judge says: report

In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly

Senate GOP, White House reach tentative $1 trillion pact to break coronavirus aid logjam

Fauci poised to testify on Capitol Hill alongside task force officials July 31
McConnell plans 'handful' of coronavirus stimulus bills as GOP revolts

Violence, protests, arrival of agents put Chicago on edge
White House to scrap fair housing rule as Trump bids for suburban voters

House Democrats to attempt to check Trump’s pardon power

Obama and Biden criticize Trump's coronavirus response in new campaign video

GOP may face choice on tax cut or stimulus checks

U.S. prosecutors say Chinese researcher is evading arrest in San Francisco consulate

Senate GOP and White House agree on key parts of Covid aid package, with stimulus plan set for release

Portland mayor jeered as he tries to rally protesters

Trump hints at closure of more Chinese consulates as China fumes

'Tossup in Texas': Biden leads Trump by one point in Lone Star State, according to new poll

Trump, Lightfoot speak over phone as Chicago mayor says president 'got the message' on federal crime response

‘Squad’ member Tlaib may be vulnerable in tough primary

Kim Kardashian West addresses husband Kanye West's mental health

Battered U.S. dollar 'hanging by a thread' as coronavirus cases grow

Biden says 'racists' have sought the U.S. presidency before but Trump is first one elected

Rand Paul calls for Cuomo to be impeached over coronavirus response
Trump weighs mask mandate for federal buildings, including White House

Government says Michael Cohen went back to prison because he was "defiant" toward officers
Biden says ‘people’ don’t make distinction between Chinese, other Asians while knocking Trump's China attacks

Trump blames spike in COVID cases on protests, increased travel and cases from Mexico, even as experts point to early reopenings

Bounceback in U.S. shale oil output is unlikely to last the summer
'It's a mess': Congress prepares to lurch over unemployment aid cliff

Private House Republican fight involving Liz Cheney previews party's possible post-Trump debate

Trump expands use of federal agents as mayors push back

Congressional critics savage US FEMA chief for pandemic response

Esper in crisis management mode amid turmoil of Trump's reelection campaign

Southwest says: No mask, no flying. Only children under 2 exempt

United passengers must wear a mask in the airport, too, or risk being 'banned from flying' amid COVID-19

China harboring military-linked biologist fugitive at San Francisco consulate, FBI says

Derek Chauvin and wife face felony tax fraud charges

Coronavirus News and Updates:

Senate GOP punts coronavirus package to next week

In shift, Trump says some schools may need to delay opening

A Texas county's only hospital forced to choose "who is sent home to die" as ICU beds near capacity

Trump to visit North Carolina, cite work on COVID-19 vaccine
Spiking or plateauing? Covid-19 case counts spur debate

U.S. surpasses 4 million coronavirus cases

CDC guidelines for reopening schools put heavy emphasis on having students back in classroom

Georgia's governor and Atlanta's mayor ordered to mediate coronavirus mask fight
Trump administration renews public health emergency after urging from states

NIH director on speed of vaccine development: "I have never seen anything come together this way"

Florida reports record one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths

Trump undermines new virus strategy by hiding experts and facts

Coronavirus updates: Trump says COVID-19 testing 'is overrated'

U.S. records 2,600 new coronavirus cases every hour as total surpasses 4 million

Birx warns of concerning rise in coronavirus cases in 12 cities as Trump paints a rosy picture

U.S. eviction bans are ending. That could worsen the spread of coronavirus

U.S. sets global benchmark for COVID-19 vaccine price at around the cost of a flu shot

Flashpoints emerge as lawmakers negotiate new virus aid

South sees record coronavirus daily death toll for 2nd straight day

U.S. records over 1,100 new coronavirus deaths for a second day in a row

White House, GOP agree on virus testing in new aid bill
Is Trump on track for an October vaccine surprise?

Australia reports highest coronavirus deaths in three months, infections climb

Republican governors of Indiana and Ohio issue mask mandates, joining more than half of U.S. states

Republicans to start unveiling coronavirus package Thursday

India reports record 45,720 new coronavirus cases, deaths rise by 1,129

In Idaho, One Of The Last States Hit By The Coronavirus, Cases Are Now Surging

Trump touts 'tremendous progress' with COVID vaccines, therapeutics in exclusive interview with Dr. Siegel
US coronavirus cases, hospitalisations rise, crisis may worsen

Worker in building housing White House staff tests positive for coronavirus: NBC News