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Coronavirus: President Trump opposes Biden’s position on mandatory face masks

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Hundreds of students across US in quarantine after COVID-19 outbreaks at reopened schools

FILE - Cheryl Nicholas, Principal of Layer Elementary School, explains to the media the social distancing and other health precautions that have been initiated at the school a week before classes begin for the year during the COVID-19 pandemic on Aug (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES - The school year is already off to a troubled start as hundreds of U.S.

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United Arab Emirates and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties in historic deal

JERUSALEM - Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians.The historic deal delivered a key foreign policy victory to President Donald Trump as he seeks re-election and reflected a changing Middle East in which shared concerns about archenemy Iran have largely overtaken traditional Arab support for the Palestinians.A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the deal amounts to “treason,” and should be reversed.The agreement makes the UAE the third Arab country, after Egypt and Jordan, to have full diplomatic ties with Israel.

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Axl Rose Fires Back At Trump Admin Over Handling Of Pandemic: They ‘Don’t Care’ About Families

Guns N Roses frontman Axl Rose, 58, lashed out at the Trump administration again on Twitter, criticizing them for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Axl, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, tweeted on August 13, “It isn’t that this Administration doesn’t grasp the ‘magnitude’ of the problems that American families r facing. It’s that they don’t care. There’s a difference.”

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President Donald Trump says UAE to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state, President Donald Trump said Thursday.The announcement makes the UAE the first Gulf Arab state to do so and only the third Arab nation to have active diplomatic ties with Israel.“Today we usher in a new era of peace between Israel and the Arab world,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised statement.

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Trump opposes funding to USPS, acknowledging impact on mail-in voting

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.Trump also falsely stated that Democrats were pushing for universal mail-in voting and made the unfounded claim that mail-in voting would lead to massive voter fraud in the November election.

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President Trump: Widespread mail-in voting hard without funding USPS

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President Donald Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House August 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Aug.

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For Americans waiting on coronavirus aid, no new relief in sight

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans counting on emergency coronavirus aid from Washington may have to wait until fall.Negotiations over a new virus relief package have all but ended, with the White House and congressional leaders far apart on the size, scope and approach for shoring up households, re-opening schools and launching a national strategy to contain the virus.President Donald Trump's top negotiator, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tried to revive stalled talks Wednesday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the “overture,” saying the Trump administration is still refusing to meet them halfway.

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Coronavirus stimulus: $1,200 direct payments on hold

WASHINGTON – Americans counting on emergency coronavirus aid from Washington, including a second round of $1,200 direct payments, may have to wait until fall.Negotiations over a new virus relief package have all but ended, with the White House and congressional leaders far apart on the size, scope and approach for shoring up households, re-opening schools and launching a national strategy to contain the virus.President Donald Trump's top negotiator, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tried to revive stalled talks Wednesday, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer dismissed the “overture,” saying the Trump administration is still refusing to meet them halfway.

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Bob Woodward's new Trump book, 'Rage,' due out next month

WASHINGTON – Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's new book about President Donald Trump is titled “Rage” and will be released Sept.

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925 students, staff quarantined after coronavirus outbreak in Georgia

coronavirus pandemic last week.In a statement posted online on Tuesday, Superintendent of Cherokee County School District Dr. Brian V.

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Coronavirus: Trump continues push to get kids back to school despite surge in cases

U.S. President Donald Trump met with several parents and health officials on Wednesday as he continues his push to get children back in schools despite a recent surge in cases.

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Why the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is the new space race

Russia isn’t having a Sputnik moment.The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine did not provoke the awe and wonder of the Soviet Union’s launch of the first satellite into orbit in 1957. Instead, it was met by doubts about the science and safety.But the claim underscored how, like the space race, the competition to have the first vaccine is about international rivalries as well as science.

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Trump lip-sync star Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special

LOS ANGELES – Sarah Cooper, whose lip-sync parodies of President Donald Trump are an online sensation, is coming to Netflix with a variety special.“Everything's Fine," starring the writer and comedian, will debut this fall, the streaming service said Wednesday.Cooper is working with heavyweight talent on the special: Maya Rudolph is the executive producer and Nastasha Lyonne ("Russian Doll") is directing.The show will include “vignettes dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, class, and other light subjects,” Netflix said, with guest performers taking part in short interviews, sketches and “more shenanigans.”In her early Trump satiric video, “How to Medical,” an expressive Cooper silently mouthed along to the president's musings

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Donald and Ivanka Trump donated to Kamala Harris’ previous bid for California attorney general

show. Ivanka Trump donated $2,000 to Harris’ attorney general re-election campaign in 2014.President Donald Trump delivers remarks on supporting small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program while flanked by White House advisor Ivanka Trump in the East Room of the White House on April 28, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris to make unusual campaign debut in coronavirus era

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden is making his first appearance with newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, betting that the California senator’s historic profile and confrontational style against President Donald Trump will boost Democrats’ efforts to oust the Republican president amid cascading national crises.The former primary rivals will appear at a high school near Biden’s Delaware home to discuss their shared vision for how to defeat Trump and then lead the country through a pandemic, its economic fallout and a long-simmering reckoning with systemic racism.

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Smash Mouth Performs for Thousands Without Masks, Declares 'F**k That COVID'

#SmashMouth#SouthDakota#Sturgispic.twitter.com/3QyEtW7vi7Here is a brighter video to see all the people (credit KOTATV) pic.twitter.com/P7XW46BLiSOn Tuesday, Stephen Colbert parodied the incident on, sharing footage of the group and dubbing over the lyrics to «All Star.»«Somebody once told me the virus was baloney, he ain't the sharpest tool in the shed,» the spoof lyrics began, cutting to an image of President Donald Trump. «I was feeling kinda numb with a burning in the lungs and I said I don't think that it's COVID.» The group is currently comprised of Steve Harwell, Paul De Lisle, Michael Klooster, Randy Cooke, and Sean Hurwitz.

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Trump surprised Biden picked Kamala Harris as running mate

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was surprised Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden chose Sen.

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Explained: What's keeping Washington from a coronavirus deal

COVID-19 relief deal would generate an agreement soon are fizzling, with both the Trump administration negotiating team and top congressional Democrats adopting hard lines and testy attitudes.Now that President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive edicts and the national political conventions are set to begin, consuming the attention of both Trump and top Democrats, the talks seem to be on an indefinite pause.The urgency has evaporated now that rank-and-file lawmakers have been set free for the August recess, and while both sides still want an agreement — and pressure is likely to remain high — it's looking more like a September legislating effort than an August one.The impasse leaves millions of jobless people without a USD

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US, Moderna in deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine: Donald Trump

coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, said President Donald Trump on Tuesday."This evening, I am pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Moderna to manufacture and deliver one hundred million doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidate," Trump said on Tuesday evening while addressing reporters.Moderna said that the US government awarded the company USD 1.5 billion for 100 million doses of its vaccine once it is ready.

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Coronavirus: Trump says U.S. inks agreement with Moderna for 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

The United States has penned an agreement with drug-maker Moderna Inc. to acquire 100 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, U.S.

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Coronavirus: Trump claims that 87% of U.S. counties report declining COVID-19 numbers

During his Tuesday briefing in the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that 87 per cent of American counties have reported declining COVID-19 case numbers.

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Trump says Spanish flu ‘probably ended’ World War II during press conference

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a press conference on Monday that the Spanish flu “probably ended the Second World War… all the soldiers were sick.” The Spanish flu ended in 1920 while World War II ended in 1945, over 20 years later.

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Pa. officials seek guidance on President Trump's executive order for new unemployment benefits

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania has contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about a loan to prop up its unemployment compensation trust fund as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment benefits.Gov.

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Trump blames Spanish Flu for ending Second World War — 2 decades later

Donald Trump on Monday blamed the Spanish Flu for ending the Second World War — which didn’t start until two decades later — during a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic.The president mixed up his world wars, misstating the year of the Spanish Flu and doubling the estimated death toll from that pandemic while trying to factually compare it to COVID-19.“Nobody’s ever seen anything like this,” Trump said during the briefing. “The closest thing was in 1917 they say, right? The Great Pandemic — and it certainly was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people.

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Trump says person shot by law enforcement outside gates of White House, other details unknown

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‘Do I seem rattled?’: Trump escorted from White House briefing room, cites shooting

Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon.

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President Donald Trump escorted from briefing after shooting outside White House

U.S. President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from the White House briefing room on Monday shortly after a shooting outside the fence surrounding the complex.

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U.S. health officials getting fired, quitting amid coronavirus pandemic

coronavirus outbreak, a testament to how politically combustible masks, lockdowns and infection data have become.One of the latest departures came Sunday, when California’s public health director, Dr. Sonia Angell, was ousted following a technical glitch that caused a delay in reporting hundreds of thousands of virus test results — information used to make decisions about reopening businesses and schools.

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Murphy rejects Trump plan for states to foot some benefits

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)TRENTON, N.J. - President Donald Trump’s proposed $400 a week unemployment compensation to succeed the expired $600 a week benefit, with the state paying for a quarter of it, is “just not workable,” New Jersey Democratic Gov.

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Trump: Convention speech locale is White House or Gettysburg

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination will be held at either the White House or the Gettysburg battlefield, as he searches for a symbolic substitute for his virus-scuttled plans for an arena celebration.The president's initial hopes for the event to be a four-day infomercial for his reelection bid have been steadily constrained by the coronavirus pandemic, culminating in his decision last month to cancel nearly all of the in-person proceeding.

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Trump, coaches push for college football as cracks emerge

President Donald Trump joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches Monday in the push to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown.There was speculation that two of the five most powerful conferences — the Big Ten and the Pac-12 — might call off their seasons.

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Trump tweets play ball as reports swirl that 2 of college football's key conferences have canceled season

Tigers Quarterback Joe Burrow gives US President Donald Trump a team jersey as they take part in an event honoring the 2019 College Football National Champions, the Louisiana State University Tigers, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, President Trump appeared to support college football players who wish to play in the fall despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Trump quote-tweeted Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence who issued a statement on the issue Sunday night.“The student-athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled #WeWantToPlay,” Trump tweeted.White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany also commented on the issue."I spoke to the president in the Oval Office about that.

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Coronavirus speeds up JSW Steel's plan to overhaul US business

coronavirus pandemic is accelerating India’s most valuable steelmaker’s plans to overhaul its loss-making U.S. operations.JSW Steel Ltd.

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Coronavirus: Trump touts job numbers, warns of executive orders if COVID-19 aid deal not reached

U.S. President Donald Trump touted the latest job numbers for July in which the U.S. saw 1.8 million jobs added, saying the economy was coming back.

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Coronavirus: Trump says White House officials will speak with Democrats about stimulus if ‘not a waste of time’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that White House officials were willing to speak with Democrats on the coronavirus stimulus bill, despite signing multiple executive orders to extend the unemployment bonus and other measures.

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‘Laughable’: New York’s Gov. Cuomo calls out Trump’s benefits executive orders

Andrew Cuomo on Sunday dismissed President Donald Trump’s executive orders as “laughable” and another chapter in the federal government’s botched response to the coronavirus as he praised New Yorkers for mostly good behaviour that has reduced the infection rate in his state.The Democrat was particularly critical of Trump’s Saturday announcement that states must pay part of $400 weekly unemployment insurance benefits.He told a telephone news conference that Trump’s plan would likely cost New York state $4 billion. Donald Trump bypasses congress, signs orders on coronavirus aid “The concept of saying to states, you pay 25 per cent of the insurance, is just laughable,” Cuomo said.

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Trump’s aluminum tariffs are ‘bad economics’: Canadian industry minister

aluminum comes down to “bad economics” by the Trump administration, says Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, the minister in charge of what was formerly known as the industry portfolio, stressed the move announced by U.S. President Donald Trump last week will only hurt American manufacturers given the tight integration of North American supply chains.“This is bad economics.

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Coronavirus cases in U.S. top 5 million as infections rise in nearly 20 states

coronavirus cases in the U.S. reached 5 million Sunday, by far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.However, health officials believe that for every reported case, there are roughly 10 times as many people infected, given the limits on testing and the large number of mild infections that have unreported or unrecognized.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Trump issues executive orders for pandemic stimulus packages

President Donald Trump is issuing executive orders over economic relief for Americans, after talks broke down in Congress this week. As Jennifer Johnson reports, Democrats could take Trump’s administration to court over his plans.

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Trump signs executive orders on payroll tax, evictions, and unemployment bonus

U.S. President Donald Trump signed several executive orders on Saturday after talks on the latest coronavirus stimulus bill failed.

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Trump says unemployment benefits to roll out ‘rapidly’ after executive orders, won’t give date

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to extend the unemployment bonus, which would drop from US$600 to US$400 a week.

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Donald Trump bypasses congress, signs orders on coronavirus aid

Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation’s elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.

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Trump says he may take executive action on evictions, student loans, payroll taxes if no aid agreement reached

WASHINGTON (AP) - A last-ditch effort by Democrats to revive Capitol Hill talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money collapsed in disappointment Friday, making it increasingly likely that Washington gridlock will mean more hardship for millions of people who are losing enhanced jobless benefits and further damage for an economy pummeled by the still-raging coronavirus.President Donald Trump said Friday night he was likely to issue more limited executive orders related to COVID, perhaps in the next day or so, if he can't reach a broad agreement with Congress.The day's negotiations at the Capitol added up to only "a disappointing meeting,” declared top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer, saying the White House had rejected an offer by House Speaker

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Coronavirus: White House, Congress remain stalled on COVID-19 aid deal

The White House and Congress remain stalled on a COVID-19 aid deal on Friday, just as new job numbers show a slower economic rebound with 1.8 million jobs added in July, smaller than gains in May and June. President Donald Trump is considering executive orders targeting evictions and unemployment should a deal not be reached.

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How the tariff battle between Canada and the United States will impact Canadians

aluminum imports and Canada prepares to hit back, experts say the dispute will make certain products more expensive for Canadians — but it’s not yet clear how awful the pain will be or how long it will last. Trump’s aluminum tariffs ‘absurd,’ Canada to hit back with measures worth $3.6B, Freeland says However, experts agree that reinstating the tariffs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic won’t help businesses already reeling from the economic impact of the global spread of COVID-19.“The pandemic, unfortunately, is not yet in our rear-view mirror,” said Scotty Greenwood, CEO of the Canadian-American Business Council.“You’ve got the humanitarian and the health crisis, you’ve got the economic calamity that’s coming.

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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg now worth $100billion as wealth soars during pandemic

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s worth has now surpassed $100billion (£770m) as of Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
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Coronavirus: Trump asserts schools should reopen because children ‘don’t get very sick’

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