Today's Top News Compilation - Tuesday, July 21, 2020 (1 Viewer)

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

Trump’s show of federal force sparking alarm in cities

Twitter bans thousands of QAnon accounts in crackdown

GOP splits as virus aid package could swell past $1 trillion

Staring down defeat, Trump attempts a coronavirus reset

Fact check: At his first coronavirus briefing since April, Trump repeats a handful of classic false claims

Trump’s new immigration fight: how to redraw House districts

Trump asked envoy to see if UK would move British Open to his Scottish resort: NYT

It 'Looks Very Scary For Renters' As Federal Eviction Relief Expiration Nears

Too little, too late? Trump embraces masks in an about-face

Homeland Security chief says federal agents 'will not retreat' from Portland

Dems push universal health care, police overhaul in platform

'Chaos and division': Biden decries clashes in Portland as federal officials defend efforts to end protests

Senate Republicans: No reason for Biden to 'sound the alarm' on Russia

Hawley accuses LeBron, Nike, NBA of profiting off slave labor in China

Apology demanded from GOP lawmaker for Ocasio-Cortez remark
Trump's legal authority to deploy agents to U.S. cities may be limited, experts say

Fact check: Trump revisits familiar falsehoods in first coronavirus briefing in months

Biden says Whitmer still in contention for VP pick

Pelosi: GOP's $1 trillion coronavirus aid package doesn't go far enough

Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well’
Twitter will suspend accounts tweeting about conspiracy theory group QAnon

Trump encourages Americans to wear a mask, saying "they have an impact"

Trump says coronavirus crisis will ‘get worse before it gets better,’ pleads with Americans to wear masks

White House threatens to veto defense bill over bases named for Confederates

Trump throws wrench into coronavirus bill negotiations with Senate Republicans

McCarthy introduces legislation to sanction foreign hackers targeting COVID-19 research
Tension, infighting roil Trump White House as coronavirus strategy sputters

Feds charge Chinese state-sponsored cyber criminals who targeted COVID-19 research

Trump keeps pushing for a payroll tax cut. Here's what that means.

Dems defend Ocasio-Cortez after tense exchange with GOP lawmaker

Ohio House speaker, 4 others charged in 'largest bribery, money-laundering scheme' in state history
Biden pledges free preschool as part of sweeping caregiving proposal

Salas shooter linked to earlier homicide: Sources

GOP discusses tying K-12 funding to in-person classes

White House says Trump gets tested ‘multiple times a day’ for coronavirus

Trump signs order to prevent illegal immigrants from being counted in redrawing of voting districts
U.S. House passes $740 billion defense bill, fight with Trump looms

Ex-cops charged in George Floyd's death in court

McConnell previews GOP coronavirus relief bill

Why some Republicans are embracing a fringe conspiracy theory (Video)

Ex-DHS secretary says Trump treating federal agents like 'personal militia' in Portland

Trump family business profits from reelection bid amid pandemic

Biden: Better child, elderly care can create 3 million jobs

McConnell says economy needs 'another shot of adrenaline,' backs additional round of stimulus checks

White House defends legality of use of federal agents in Portland
Congressional Republicans, Democrats push towards new coronavirus bill

With No Final Say, Trump Wants To Change Who Counts For Dividing Up Congress' Seats

Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me'

Poll: Pandemic hurting Americans’ finances in disparate ways
New York City mayor promises court fight if Trump sends federal troops

Trump says "the game is over for me" if he sees a player kneel during the national anthem

Trump's pandemic reversals betray anxiety about November election hopes

Senators request ethics probe after Ivanka Trump's Goya endorsement

US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints

White House doubles down on payroll-tax cut opposed by GOP senators

Biden rolls out $775B plan for universal preschool, expanded child care and in-home elder care

Ohio House Speaker Arrested In Connection With $60 Million Bribery Scheme

Trump to send federal agents to Chicago

Attorneys for families held by ICE challenge lead lawyer in case governing detention of migrant kids

Trump aims to bar undocumented immigrants from counting toward House representation

Salas shooter may have been targeting more judges

Senate rejects strict limits on military gear to civilian police
Trump nominee backs congressional weapons reviews under fire from White House

Could coronavirus deflate college student vote in key battleground states?

Trump blasts Beijing in public, but privately Trump org imports tons of Chinese goods

23 attorneys general sue Trump administration to stop "mean and unconstitutional" rule revoking transgender protections

Conservatives clash with Cheney over support for Fauci, Massie primary opponent

Chicago violence sparks war of words between Trump, mayor

Poll numbers dropping amid the pandemic, Trump returns to the briefing room podium

Majority of voters reject reducing police funding, despite national push: poll
Strip-club stimulus reveals lingering uncertainties over U.S. small-business aid

Florida Democrats running to boost Biden from the bottom up
Kanye West posts series of rambling late night tweets

Esper says US considering troop ‘adjustments’ in South Korea

Top Biden communications aide has history of sexist Twitter posts

Fact check: Trump's dishonest '911' ad fear-mongers about Biden

Trump, Congress square off over virus aid as crisis worsens

Trump throws wrench into coronavirus bill negotiations with Senate Republicans

'Things could get very ugly': Experts fear post-election crisis as Trump sets the stage to dispute the results in November

RNC to hawk Donald Trump Jr.'s new book

Murders in Mexico, especially of women, growing

Biden says four Black women are on his VP list but won't commit to choosing one

Michael Cohen sues AG Barr, claims he was sent back to prison to prevent Trump tell-all

Trump gives masks his strongest endorsement yet after downplaying them for months
EU reaches 'historic' deal on post-pandemic recovery after marathon summit

John Kasich expected to speak at Democratic National Convention for Joe Biden: report

Trump pounding at defund the police, but Biden is an elusive target

Trump threatens to double down on Portland in other major cities

EU nations clinch $2.1T budget, virus aid deal after 4 days

Hillary Clinton says Trump's election strategy is to 'sow further distrust in our election system'

Trump says coronavirus briefings will return and calls wearing a mask "patriotic"

Examining whether Biden voters will show up in November (video)

What we know about the cognitive test Trump says he aced

'They Just Started Waling On Me': Violence In Portland As U.S. Agents Clamp Down

Trump looks to use executive orders to move agenda beyond coronavirus

Report: Joe Biden may end up giving the only major Democratic convention speech from Milwaukee

California delays high school sports seasons until at least December

Caucasus fighting pits Russia against Turkey, straining shaky alliance

Federal agents, local streets: A ‘red flag’ in Oregon

Michael Cohen claims federal government illegally threw the book at him

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he will pardon armed St. Louis couple who defended their home from protesters

Big Polling Leads Have Tended to Erode. Is Biden's Edge Different? (NY Times)

UK suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty, stoking China tensions

Navy vet beaten by federal agents: ‘They came out to fight’

Gunman kills son, wounds husband of federal judge at their New Jersey home; suspect dead

Republican leaders vow to fill a potential Supreme Court vacancy this year, despite some apprehension

Former Fox News employee's suit accuses Ed Henry of rape

Workers protest racial inequality on day of national strike

As Trump Slumps, Republican Donors Look to Save the Senate (NY Times)

Hong Kong protesters adapt signs, slogans to skirt new law

Presidential Nominees Rarely Speak To Muslim Audiences. Biden Did Monday

Coronavirus News and Updates:

U.S. records 1,000 deaths in one day from COVID-19, California passes 400,000 cases

N.Y., N.J., Connecticut Now Say Travelers From 31 Hot Spot States Must Quarantine

Democratic lawmakers urge funding for potential COVID-19 treatment

Coronavirus talks fracture GOP unity

White House And Congress At Odds Over Pandemic Relief Package

Democrats poke GOP over coronavirus relief: Where's your bill?
Will 'get worse before it gets better': Trump at 1st coronavirus briefing in months

Democrats press Trump admin to study potential Covid-19 treatment
Virus antibodies fade fast but not protection

Updated CDC guide says self isolate for 10 days after positive COVID test

Fauci: I was not invited to Trump’s coronavirus briefing

COVID-19 is quietly ravaging the LGBTQ community

5 key takeaways from Tuesday's big coronavirus vaccine hearing

GOP discusses tying K-12 funding to in-person classes

White House says not blocking money for U.S. coronavirus testing

Coronavirus updates: Florida beach town has 24.4% positivity rate

Georgia judge recuses herself at hearing over Atlanta's face mask mandate

Vaccine makers shrug off concerns about Trump admin cutting corners

Ten more states added to New York quarantine order: Cuomo

How our immune system may protect us against COVID-19 infection

Surgeon general begs Fox News viewers to wear masks in public

COVID-19 vaccine candidates show promising early results, but finish line still far

Wrangling over virus relief persists despite high stakes

Texas county hard-hit by coronavirus issues new stay-at-home order

Two promising vaccine trials still have a major hurdle to overcome

Amid a Deadly Virus and Crippled Economy, One Form of Aid Has Proved Reliable: Food Stamps (NY Times)

Sen. Lamar Alexander introduces new proposal for pandemic preparedness

California reports nearly 12,000 COVID cases, biggest increase since pandemic started

'They’re going to get over it': Missouri Gov. insists kids must go back to school even though 'they will' get COVID-19

Chicago tightens coronavirus restrictions as cases rise

Changing course in a pandemic: How one man, afraid to leave his front porch, turned a panicked moment into a movement