Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Tuesday, September 22, 2020 (1 Viewer)

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

Schumer invokes "two-hour rule" to block Senate committee hearings
Biden won't rule out new tariffs, adviser says

White House dismisses criticism of persistent coronavirus supply chain problems as work of 'useful idiot'

Whitehouse warns GOP can't complain about 'future procedural efforts' by Dems if SCOTUS pick confirmed

House moves toward spending vote after bipartisan talks
China's Xi, Russia's Putin push back at Trump during virtual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly

US-China tensions flare over coronavirus
Trump Supreme Court pick gains steam, Senate Republicans back vote as election nears
'Naked' ballot rules put thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in votes at risk, Philadelphia official warns

In Biden, China Sees an 'Old Friend' and Possible Foe

Warnings at UN about world divided by US, China

EPA boss rips Cuomo, de Blasio over protests, threatens to relocate NYC office

Is the world entering a new Cold War?
Democrat leads in U.S. Senate race in Michigan; North Carolina a toss-up: Reuters/Ipsos poll

House sends bipartisan bill to address missing and murdered Native Americans to Trump's desk

Iran strikes defiant tone at UN under crushing US sanctions

Justice hearings are now a double standard.

Jewish human rights organization warns about threat of QAnon
In a conspiracy-fueled attack, Trump warns Harris is being groomed to usurp the presidency

200,000 dead: Federal response marked by chaotic messaging, unwarranted optimism
Trump said coronavirus "affects virtually nobody," as U.S. surpasses 200,000 deaths

Trump preparing executive orders on health care this week

Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote

In U.N. Speech, Trump Blasts China And WHO, Blaming Them For Spread Of COVID-19

Moderator Chris Wallace selects topics for first Trump-Biden presidential debate

GOP will ask Supreme Court to limit mail voting in Pennsylvania in first post-RBG test

Poll: Trump and Biden deadlocked in Iowa

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to intervene in census fight over undocumented immigrants

Some Dems, not yet Biden, talk of expanding Supreme Court
Fed, Treasury chiefs back more aid for small business but leave details fuzzy

POLITICO Playbook PM: McConnell plows ahead
Biden: We need to de-escalate, not escalate

Liberal super PAC launches ads targeting vulnerable GOP senators over SCOTUS fight
Older voters were critical to Trump's 2016 victory. But that was pre-pandemic.

Maxine Waters tells Powell Fed’s emergency actions have ‘fallen badly short’

With Romney's Support, GOP Likely Has Votes To Move Ahead With Ginsburg's Replacement
Schumer says McConnell has 'defiled' the Senate over Supreme Court vacancies, 'may very well destroy it'

Why Florida will be so pivotal once again

Court, COVID, race are topics for first Trump-Biden debate

Democrats step up hardball tactics as Supreme Court fight heats up
Woman suspected of sending ricin-filled envelope to White House to appear in court
Here's what Trump and Biden will debate over in their first face-off next week

Louisiana trooper who was to be fired in death of Black man dies in car crash
Bloomberg pours $16M into Florida race to pay restitution for former felons to vote

AP-NORC poll: Views of economy stabilize as election nears

Donald Trump seems to think he has already won the Nobel Peace Prize
Louisville declares state of emergency as city braces for Breonna Taylor decision
Meet Trump's top candidates to fill Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court
Biden 'knows he would lose election' if he releases ‘radical, left-wing’ Supreme Court list: Sen. Cotton

Senate GOP lines up with Trump to quickly fill court seat

'I want them to do it': Donald Trump says he welcomes second impeachment over Supreme Court seat
Pelosi: We can impeach Trump for anything he does

Trump tells white audience in Minnesota they have 'good genes'
2020 U.S. ELECTION: What you need to know right now

Black Protest Leaders To White Allies: 'It's Our Turn To Lead Our Own Fight'

Bernie Sanders warns of 'nightmare scenario' if Trump refuses election results

Mitt Romney backing of Supreme Court vote paves way for election-year confirmation
Secrecy envelopes will cause electoral chaos, official warns
Lindsey Graham says Republicans "got the votes to confirm" SCOTUS nominee before election

Washington Post: CIA assessment says Putin 'probably directing' efforts to interfere in 2020 election against Biden

Trump blasts China on coronavirus in UN speech

Trump: U.N. ‘must hold China accountable’ for pandemic

Trump suggests Democrats manufactured Ginsburg's final wish

GOP senators in tight races embrace sharply different Supreme Court strategies

The Latest: Romney won’t oppose Senate vote on Trump pick
Republican senators fall in line to back moving ahead with Trump SCOTUS pick: 'We've got the votes'

Decision to speed up 2020 census schedule not made by Census Bureau, internal watchdog finds

Bob Woodward on Trump's pandemic response: 'In covering nine presidents, I've never seen anything like it'

Supreme Court vacancy becomes rallying cry in final stretch of U.S. race

McMaster: Goal Of Changing Putin Is A 'Delusion' Suffered By 3 Presidents

Trump applied in 2008 to register his trademark in Cuba: report

Partisan Reaction To Loss Of Ginsburg Shows How Much Else Has Been Lost

What SCOTUS will decide without RBG

House to vote on bill to fund government through December
NFL Hits 3 Coaches And Teams With Large Fines For Not Wearing Face Masks

Has the President Handicapped His Own Party's Efforts on Absentee Voting? - New York Times
Exclusive: U.S. regulator to abandon proposed whistleblower caps, tighter tip deadlines - sources
'He's not actually looking out for you': Ex-Pence aide Olivia Troye assails Trump's coronavirus response
Ginsburg’s death casts fresh uncertainty on the Affordable Care Act's future

Trump supporters boo GOP Ohio governor at rally

Poll: Biden tied with Trump in Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court faces major challenges when it returns without Ginsburg

AP-NORC poll: Dim view of economy stable as election nears

In Rural Oregon, Threats And Backlash Follow Racial Justice Protests

Judge rules Snowden to give up millions from book, speeches

City restricts access before decision in Breonna Taylor case
Trump to campaign in Pittsburgh, Biden attending fundraisers
Rep. Doug Collins proposes amendment against packing court

Washington Post: Pentagon used funds for coronavirus response supplies for jet engine parts, body armor

Facebook suspends environmental groups, enraging activists

Sen. Kelly Loeffler says she is 'more conservative than Attila the Hun' in new campaign ad
Exclusive: U.S. and UAE eye December goal to agree on F-35 deal

Tropical Storm Beta stalls along Texas coast, brings floods
A president has the constitutional right to contest results of election

Judge extends deadline for Wisconsin absentee ballots to be received
"Unacceptable" if Mexicans subjected to medical abuse in U.S. custody, minister says

Woodward: Historians examining the Trump era will ask 'What the F happened to America?'
Rep. Collins says his constitutional amendment on court packing would take 'heat of the moment' out of debate

UN General Assembly: World must prevent new Cold War, Guterres warns
Huge California wildfire threatening more than 1,000 homes

Operation targeting Darknet drug traffickers nets dozes of arrest worldwide, officials say
Wall Street opens higher as tech stocks bounce

Trump schedules rally in Virginia to reach rural North Carolina
Oil rises on expectations demand can survive new lockdowns
Trump camp keeps pressure on Biden to release list of SCOTUS picks after Ginsburg death
Trump to meet state attorneys general to discuss key U.S. tech liability shield

Bloomberg raises millions to help Fla. felons vote

What to know about the top female judges being mentioned for SCOTUS

Coronavirus News and Updates:

Fact check: Trump's claim about whether coronavirus affects young people
Colleges reopenings in-person likely added 3,000 U.S. COVID-19 cases per day: study
'Enormous And Tragic': U.S. Has Lost More Than 200,000 People To COVID-19

200,000 Americans have died from coronavirus: A look at that milestone in context

Fauci calls 200,000 pandemic death toll 'sobering, and in some respects, stunning'
With Limited COVID-19 Vaccine Doses, Who Would Get Them First?
Wisconsin sounds alarm after surge in COVID-19 cases as nation surpasses 200,000 deaths

200,000 American lives lost from COVID-19: Here's what we've learned
America's 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths: Small Cities And Towns Bear A Growing Share

Coronavirus live updates: 'When you lose trust, you lose lives,' ex-CDC director says

As death toll climbs, Biden warns against becoming 'numb' to COVID-19

‘It affects virtually nobody’: Trump downplays virus threat to young people
Airlines call for COVID-19 tests before all international flights
UK leader orders new virus restrictions, could last 6 months

Fauci warns of fall coronavirus dangers: 'We are entering into a risk period'

Coronavirus: 'We've reached a perilous turning point', says Boris Johnson
Dr. Marc Siegel on the race for a COVID-19 vaccine (video)
COVID-19 vaccine makers see EU shield against side-effect claims

CDC advises against traditional trick-or-treating during COVID-19
As rich nations struggle, Africa’s virus response is praised

National Institutes of Health staffer to 'retire' after being outed as author of online attacks against Dr. Anthony Fauci
Free college, guaranteed income: State, local officials steer coronavirus aid money toward liberal priorities
Get serious! Careless French public riles COVID medics