Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement to the press with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (unseen) after meeting in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2020. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S.

diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign.

On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the Republican National Convention endorsing President Donald Trump for a second term.Pompeo's message to State Department employees reminding them of restrictions on political activity under the Hatch Act was not unusual.

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Phillip Schofield has returned to This Morning after testing positive for coronavirus. The 59-year-old presenter had been forced to skip hosting This Morning and Dancing on Ice and admitted he was "bored out of his brain" while locked away in his home after testing positive for Covid seven days in a row.

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Canada’s Meryeta O’Dine won the bronze medal in her Olympic debut at the Beijing Winter Games in women’s snowboard cross Wednesday.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said during a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday that shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic are “causing much bigger problems,” and telling the crowd “you haven’t even opened up the great Commonwealth.”

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Trump mocks Biden’s mask-wearing during Pennsylvania rally

During a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asking the crowd, “did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him?”

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Trump mocks Biden for wearing mask amid coronavirus, hones ‘law and order’ platform

Donald Trump on Thursday honed the “law and order” message he intends to wield for the next two months against his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, stepping up attacks that his campaign believes are resonating with battleground state voters.“Biden’s plan is to appease the domestic terrorists and my plan is to arrest them and prosecute them,” Trump declared at a rally in Pennsylvania — a state that flipped in his favour in 2016, helping to pave his road to victory. Joe Biden heads to Kenosha, meets with family of Jacob Blake The rally comes as Trump’s campaign is claiming new signs of momentum, including in the longtime Democratic stronghold that Trump won by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

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'If I die, I die:' Vikings QB Kirk Cousins has 'survival of the fittest' approach to COVID-19

(FOX 9) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he is taking a "survival of the fittest" personal approach to the coronavirus, even if it kills him.In a recent interview on Spotify's "10 Questions With Kyle Brandt" podcast, Cousins said, "If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that."Cousins also said that he does not believe face masks work in helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but also said that he tries to respect others' concerns about the virus.Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he thought it was a prank at first when President Donald Trump reached out to congratulate him on Sunday’s win over the New York Giants.

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Blake Shelton Sparks Controversy for His Coronavirus Comment

The Voice mentor Blake Shelton posted a tweet with false information about the COVID-19 pandemic and fans were quick to respond.

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Day after Alice Johnson's RNC speech, Trump grants her full pardon

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pardoned a woman on Friday who had praised him the night before at the Republican National Convention.Trump pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a nonviolent drug offense. She had been convicted in 1996 on eight criminal counts related to a Memphis-based cocaine trafficking operation.

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House Democrats announce contempt proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

LOS ANGELES - The Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Friday that House Democrats are moving to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt of Congress, saying that Pompeo refused to cooperate with the committee’s request to initiate investigations.Rep. Eliot Engel, the committee chairman and 16-year incumbent, said Pompeo refused to turn over documents in the House’s impeachment inquiry last fall.“From Mr.

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Key takeaways from the Republican National Convention

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention. He ordered up a scene never before seen at the White House: an American president using the South Lawn as the official backdrop for such overtly political activity.

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Conventions highlight aggressive fact-check efforts

NEW YORK – Rachel Maddow ended her fact-check mission with a lightning round after President Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech — 12 corrections in about a minute.

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Facing a national moment fraught with racial turmoil and a deadly pandemic, President Donald Trump accepted his party's renomination on a massive White House South Lawn stage Thursday night, boasting of helping African Americans and defying his own administration's pandemic guidelines to address a tightly packed, largely maskless crowd. As troubles churned outside the gates, Trump painted an optimistic vision of America’s future, including an eventual triumph over the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 175,000 people, left millions unemployed and rewritten the rules of society.

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GOP convention takeaways: What coronavirus? Fear motivates

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention. He ordered up a scene never before seen at the White House: an American president using the South Lawn as the official backdrop for such overtly political activity.

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GOP convention takeaways: RNC speakers light on pandemic, heavy on other fears

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Biden, Harris attack Trump’s response to racial unrest ahead of RNC speech

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stepped up their criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he’s rooting for violence amid unrest in Wisconsin and blasting him for a lack of leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, hours before Trump’s planned address on the final night of the Republican National Convention.“He views this as a political benefit,” Democratic presidential nominee Biden said on MSNBC about protests in Wisconsin after police shot a Black man earlier this week.

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Ivanka Trump introduces her father at RNC as ‘the people’s president’ and a ‘warrior of the White House’

LOS ANGELES - Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, introduced her father at the Republican National Convention Thursday night.“Four years ago, I introduced to you a builder, an entrepreneur, an outsider and the people’s nominee for president of the United States. Tonight I stand before you as the proud daughter of the people’s president,” Ivanka told the large crowd at the White House to witness her father’s re-nomination acceptance speech.About 1,500 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House so President Donald Trump could accept his party’s nomination for reelection in front of a roaring crowd.

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Crowd of 1,500, many without masks, packed onto White House South Lawn amid pandemic for Trump's RNC speech

Ivanka Trump, daughter and Advisor to the US president speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention from the South Lawn of the White House on August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDA WASHINGTON (AP) - It was a stunning scene in a country where parents and children have been laid to rest without their loved ones present, schools have gone to online-only learning and businesses have shut their doors to halt the spread of the coronavirus.On Thursday night, about 1,500 people gathered on the South Lawn of the White House so President Donald Trump could accept his party’s nomination for reelection in front of a roaring crowd.

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Protesters gather outside White House to disrupt President Trump’s RNC acceptance speech

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 27: Demonstrators protest U.S. President Donald Trump at Black Lives Matter plaza August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Trump’s acceptance speech expected to target Biden

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to accept his second presidential nomination with a speech from the White House, as the Republican National Convention comes to a close.

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President Trump's big night: RNC acceptance speech aims to paint Biden as 'extreme'

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MSNBC tweaks Trump by inviting niece Mary to convention show

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President Trump's big night: Expect talk of GOP progress, Dem anarchy

First Lady Melania Trump and US President Donald Trump listen to the US National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," during the third night of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument in Baltimore, Maryland, August 26, 202 WASHINGTON (AP) - Four years ago, Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a dark convention speech that painted a dystopian portrait of America in decline and offered a singular solution: himself.Though Trump has been president for three-and-a-half years, his rhetoric on the state of the nation has remained bleak.

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Republican National Convention: Kellyanne Conway touts Trump’s commitment to elevating women

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Melania Trump praises husband, touches on race, COVID-19, addiction and 'Be Best' in RNC Rose Garden speech

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Trump officially renominated as Republican convention begins

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Pompeo to go against own warning by endorsing Trump at Republican National Convention

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Trump complains of roll call coverage; nets cut speech off

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Trump's moment: What's at stake for GOP as national convention begins

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Delegates ready to renominate Trump at Republican National Convention

Signs for the 2020 Republican National Convention outside of the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22, 2020. (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Republicans are ready to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kickoff in Charlotte that begins a weeklong effort to convince the American people that the president deserves a second term.Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, delegates will hold an in-person roll-call vote in a ballroom at the Charlotte Convention Center before attention turns to prime-time programming.

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Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

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Trump campaign unveils convention speakers, POTUS to speak every night

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House on Aug. 13, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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President Donald Trump says 2020 Democratic National Convention was 'gloomiest' in history

ARLINGTON, Va. - President Donald Trump sought to cast a more positive light on his presidency Friday after four days of bashing at the Democratic National Convention, saying that where Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sees “American darkness," he sees “American greatness.”Trump was anxious for his turn in the spotlight after the four-day Democratic National Convention, which was culminated by Biden describing “a perfect storm" hitting the nation under Trump's watch as a result of the pandemic, the jolt to the economy that it delivered and racial unrest after the killing of George Floyd.

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Biden accepts Democratic nomination for president at convention’s final night

Joe Biden vowed to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt Thursday night, accepting the Democratic presidential nomination and achieving a pinnacle in an unfinished quest that has spanned three decades and been marred by personal tragedy, political stumbles and more dynamic rivals.The past hurdles fell away as Biden addressed his fellow Democrats and millions of Americans at home who he hopes will send him to the White House to replace Donald Trump – though his triumphant moment was drained of immediate drama by the coronavirus pandemic, which left him speaking to a nearly empty arena rather than a to a joyously cheering crowd. ‘Come together’: Biden kicks off battle with Trump for U.S.

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Dozens of former GOP national security officials to back Biden, call Trump ‘dangerously unfit’

Republican national security officials from multiple administrations are coming forward to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden – the latest in a number of former GOP officials and lawmakers to back the former vice president."While we – like all Americans – had hoped that Donald Trump would govern wisely, he has disappointed millions of voters who put their faith in him and has demonstrated that he is dangerously unfit to serve another term,” the statement, to run in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, says.The officials, from the Trump, George W. Bush, George H.W.

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Coronavirus: 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville after agreement with federal, Ontario governments

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Under the agreement announced today the facility is expected to produce up to 100 million N95 masks a year.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford are expected to announce the deal tomorrow in Brockville, Ont.Ford has repeatedly said the province needs to ramp up its own personal protective gear production capacity in light of the pandemic.He has also been publicly critical of U.S.

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Steve Bannon arrested over alleged ‘We Build the Wall’ crowdfunding fraud

Steve Bannon, an architect of U.S. President Donald Trump‘s 2016 election victory, has been charged with fundraising fraud in a campaign to help Trump build his signature wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S.

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Kamala Harris blasts Trump’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic during DNC speech

Sen. Kamala Harris addressed the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, where she received the Democratic Party’s nod to be Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate, and said that “Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods” in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s accompanying economic collapse as a result.

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Kamala Harris, in historic VP nomination acceptance speech, says America at 'inflection point'

WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris made history on Wednesday as the first Black woman to accept a spot on a major party's presidential ticket, a moment intended to galvanize Democratic voters heading into the fall campaign against President Donald Trump.This will be her second time speaking to the Democratic National Convention.

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