WASHINGTON – The State Department on Wednesday rejected Democrats' charges of improperly firing its independent inspector general and defended its weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.Democrats say the two are connected because Steve Linick, the former IG, told lawmakers in June that at the time of his firing, his office had been probing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's emergency declaration that sped up the $8 billion in arms sales.

Democrats and some Republicans complained that the move improperly bypassed Congress and that Linick's firing was part of a “cover up.” Three of the department's top officials testified Wednesday during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing that Pompeo had asked President Donald Trump to fire Linick for a variety.

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How it happened: From law professor to high court in 4 years

WASHINGTON – Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S.

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Trump approves Alberta-Alaska rail line project; line would move oil, other resources

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was issuing a presidential permit for the A2A Cross-Border Rail project.The project — which would see a 2,570-kilometre rail track running from near Anchorage, Alaska, through Yukon and the Northwest Territories into northern Alberta — will cost about C$22 billion.Trump’s approval is just the first step in the regulatory process on the U.S. side.Based on the strong recommendation of @SenDanSullivan and @repdonyoung of the Great State of Alaska, it is my honor to inform you that I will be issuing a Presidential Permit for the A2A Cross-Border Rail between Alaska & Canada.

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Bio highlights of Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's high court pick

WASHINGTON – Here’s a bio box on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.Amy Coney Barrett, age 48- A judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals nominated by President Donald Trump in 2017 and considered once before by Trump for a high court seat; her three-year judicial record shows a clear and consistent conservative bent.

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The Latest: Barrett believed to have arrived in DC area

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the expected nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court (all times local):4:05 p.m.An airplane believed to be carrying likely Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and her family has arrived at Joint Base Andrews.Barrett is expected to be nominated to the U.S.

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Amy Coney Barrett, likely high court pick, is Scalia's heir

CHICAGO – Though Amy Coney Barrett is the expected replacement for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she is more aptly described as heir to another departed Supreme Court justice: conservative hero Antonin Scalia. Like Scalia, for whom she once clerked, she is a committed Catholic as well as a firm devotee of his favored interpretation of the Constitution known as originalism.

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Trump shifts focus to Pennsylvania to shore up reelection effort

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - SEPTEMBER 25: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport on September 25, 2020 in Newport News, Virginia.

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Reality check: A look at claims by Trump, Biden ahead of the first presidential debate

Donald Trump painted a fantastical portrait of a coronavirus that affects “virtually nobody” among the young as he faced a grim U.S.

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Voters' poorly marked ovals could lead to contested ballots

ATLANTA - Two decades ago, Florida's hanging chads became an unlikely symbol of a disputed presidential election. This year, the issue could be poorly marked ovals or boxes.Amid the global coronavirus pandemic, more people than ever are expected to bypass their polling place and cast absentee ballots for the first time.

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Trump shifts focus to Pennsylvania to shore up reelection

HARRISBURG, Pa. – President Donald Trump's campaign has grown increasingly focused on making inroads in Pennsylvania to offset potential vulnerabilities in other battlegrounds. The president will travel to the state for the second time in a week on Saturday, hoping to attract the same rural and white working-class voters who delivered him a narrow victory here in 2016.

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Trump expected to announce conservative Barrett for court

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic conservative stamp on the high court just weeks before the election.Trump said Friday he had made up his mind and it was “very exciting,” without giving away the name, aiming to maintain some suspense around his personal announcement.

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The Latest: Australia's Victoria health chief quits in probe

Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings— California virus hospitalizations could surge in next month— Madrid resists government pressure to extend soft lockdown— Cities around the U.K. are imposing new coronavirus restrictions as they race to slow the spread of COVID-19, and London could be next.

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Portland, Oregon, braces itself for large right-wing rally

PORTLAND, Ore. – At least several thousand people are expected in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for a right-wing rally in support of President Donald Trump and his “law and order” reelection campaign as tensions boil over nationwide following the decision not to charge officers in Louisville, Kentucky, for killing Breonna Taylor.The Proud Boys, a group that has been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, described it as a free speech event to support Trump and the police, restore law and order and condemn anti-fascists, “domestic terrorism" and “violent gangs of rioting felons" in the streets.

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US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

seafood industry, resulting in the freeing of more than 2,000 men.President Donald Trump has since ordered the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to step up the seizure of unethically produced goods, from seafood and electronics to products believed to have been made by Muslim Uighurs in labor camps in China.“CBP needs to do its job and investigate credible allegations of products coming into our country that violate U.S.

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Trump rallies flout virus rules, Gov. Tom Wolf warns

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)HARRISBURG, Pa. - A day before a rally scheduled in southcentral Pennsylvania, Gov.

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U.S. surpasses 7 million coronavirus cases as Midwest states become latest hotspots

United States has now recorded over seven million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to date as America continues to lead the world in infections at a steady pace.Public health data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. hit 7,005,746 cases on Friday afternoon.The milestone also comes three days after the country’s death toll surpassed 200,000.

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Landlords suing to push back against eviction ban

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – As millions of Americans struggle to pay their rent during the coronavirus pandemic, landlords are going to courts, claiming that the national eviction moratorium unfairly strains their finances and violates their property rights.At least 26 such lawsuits have been filed by property owners this year, including several federal challenges of President Donald Trump’s directive, delivered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that broadly prevents evictions through the end of 2020.In Memphis, seven landlords who together manage or own more than 5,000 rental units sued this month, accusing Trump and other federal officials of unconstitutionally violating their due process protections and wrongly preempting state

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Trump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior voters

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – President Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his assessment of the coronavirus pandemic.Trump said that COVID-19 was seriously affecting “virtually nobody” under the age of 18 and sought to frame the pandemic as largely impacting older Americans, as he argued for school districts to resume in-person learning.“Now we know it affects elderly people with heart problems and other problems,” Trump said.

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GOP duo reshapes Montana politics to match Trump's vision

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Steve Daines is the affable one, the smiler, a consummate salesman who parlayed his corporate success into a meteoric rise through Montana politics and a seat in the U.S. Senate.His former boss, Greg Gianforte, is more brusque, sometimes even harsh, a self-made technology mogul whose political career has proved rockier and included a stinging defeat for governor and unwanted notoriety when he assaulted a reporter during a successful run for U.S.

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President Trump visits Jacksonville for ‘Great American Comeback’ rally

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – President Donald Trump walked off Air Force One to a crowd of thousands at Jacksonville’s Cecil Airport on Thursday, where he hosted a “Great American Comeback” campaign rally, according to a WJXT report.The president’s rally Thursday night was highly anticipated among Jacksonville supporters.

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Trump lays out health care vision, signs executive order in swing state NC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - More than three-and-a-half years into his presidency and 40 days from an election, President Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care. “It is affirmed, signed and done, so we can put that to rest,” Trump said after signing an executive order covering a range of issues, including protecting people with preexisting medical conditions from insurance discrimination.But that right is already guaranteed in the Obama-era health law his administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissively said Trump's “bogus executive order on pre-existing conditions isn’t worth the paper it’s signed on.” Democrats are betting heavily that they have the edge on health

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Trump lays out health care vision in swing state North Carolina

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Health officials seek to block Trump rally in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia health official is warning of a “severe public health threat” if a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump goes forward Friday evening.Dr. Natasha Dwamena, a Department of Public Health district director, said in a letter Thursday that the 4,000 people expected to attend Trump's rally at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport would be breaking Gov.

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Trump promoting health care 'vision' in swing state NC

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on preexisting medical conditions Thursday, amid a global pandemic and growing uncertainty about the future of protections guaranteed by the Obama-era health law his administration is still trying to overturn.In a visit to swing state North Carolina, the president will sketch out what aides call a “vision” for quality health care at affordable prices, with lower prescription drug costs, more consumer choice and greater transparency. Aside from protecting people with preexisting conditions, he'll sign another executive order to try to end surprise medical bills.

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Trump supporters line up more than 17 hours before president’s arrival in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Air Force One and President Donald Trump will be on their way to Jacksonville on Thursday for a rally ahead of the November election. The Great American Comeback Rally is happening at Cecil Airport on Jacksonville’s Westside at 7 p.m., although dozens of supporters lined up for the rally by 5 a.m.

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2 police officers shot amid protests in Kentucky after no charges in Breonna Taylor death

Breonna Taylor’s death poured into America’s streets as protesters lashed out at a criminal justice system they say is stacked against Black people. Violence seized the demonstrations in her hometown of Louisville as gunfire rang out and wounded two police officers.Activists, celebrities and everyday Americans have been calling for charges since Taylor, an emergency medical worker, was shot multiple times by white officers who entered her home during a narcotics investigation in March.

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Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of 'naked ballots'

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.The so-called naked ballots have become a huge concern for Democrats in the state since the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled last week that ballots had to be rejected if not enclosed in the proper secrecy envelope. The ruling was a victory for President Donald Trump's campaign in the battleground state.Democrats so far have been far more likely than Republicans to request mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and the rest of the country.

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China knew how virulent Covid-19 was: Mike Pompeo

COVID-19 was that originated in Wuhan adding that Beijing "censored and disappeared courageous whistleblowers who tried to sound the alarm"."The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) knew how virulent the coronavirus was that originated in Wuhan. They censored and disappeared courageous whistleblowers and journalists who tried to sound the alarm.

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Trump tightens Cuba sanctions as he woos Cuban-American vote

WASHINGTON – Americans won't be allowed to bring home cigars and rum from Cuba under measures President Donald Trump announced Wednesday to financially starve the island's government, a move taken as he tries to boost his appeal among Cuban-Americans, a crucial voting bloc in the battleground state of Florida.The action comes as the Republican president reaffirmed his administration's “ironclad solidarity” with the Cuban people, whose descendants in the U.S. often vote for the GOP.

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'Rock star' appeals judge Allison Rushing in high court mix

RALEIGH, N.C. – Called both a legal “rock star” by Republican senators and an “ideological extremist” by critics, Allison Jones Rushing had already landed what most lawyers would consider a career-defining position before turning 40. But the Trump administration may have even bigger plans.

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Donald Trump claims coronavirus 'affects barely anybody' as US death toll passes 200,000

Donald Trump has downplayed the extent of the coronavirus pandemic as his own country passed the grim milestone of 200,000 dead.As the US presidential election in November approaches fast, America's Commander In Chief has looked to convince voters that the worst of the disease has passed.Speaking in an interview with a local Fox station in Detroit in the crucial swing state of Michigan, President Trump again tried to minimise the danger of Covid-19."I think we've done an amazing job...

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Cindy McCain rebukes fellow Republican Trump to back Biden for president

Cindy McCain, John McCain's widow, is expected to endorse Joe Biden for president. PHOENIX - Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican Senator and the GOP's 2008 nominee John McCain, has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the Republican Party’s 2008 nominee.Trump has had a fraught relationship with John McCain’s family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during the 2016 campaign.

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Cindy McCain rebukes fellow Republican Trump to back Biden

PHOENIX – Cindy McCain has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the Republican Party's 2008 nominee. Trump has had a fraught relationship with John McCain's family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during the 2016 campaign.

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Florida man, 67, hit girl in face with flagpole in spat over Trump, deputies say

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A Florida man was arrested last week after striking a 12-year-old girl in the face with a flagpole during a small rally for President Donald Trump near an intersection, authorities said.Norbert Logsdon Jr., 67, of Orange Park, was charged Sept. 16 with child abuse without great bodily harm and later released on bail, the Florida Times-Union reported.Logsdon and others had been participating in a sidewalk support event for the Republican president near an Orange Park intersection, according to a Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

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Not so hush-hush search: Trump airs thinking on court seat

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama spent hours reading legal briefs as he mulled candidates for the Supreme Court. Bill Clinton savored building a personal connection with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting government shutdown

FILE - US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 21, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)WASHINGTON (AP) - In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevailed in a behind-the-scenes fight over his farm bailout.The stopgap measure will keep federal agencies fully up and running into December, giving lame-duck lawmakers time to digest the election and decide whether to pass the annual government funding bills by then or kick them to the next administration.

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Cindy McCain endorses Joe Biden for president in rebuke of Trump

Cindy McCain, John McCain's widow, is expected to endorse Joe Biden for president. PHOENIX - Democrat Joe Biden said Tuesday that Cindy McCain plans to endorse him for president, a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP’s 2008 nominee.Trump has had a fraught relationship with members of John McCain’s family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during his 2016 campaign.

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Coronavirus: Trump calls 200,000 American COVID-19 deaths ‘a shame,’ defends response to virus

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Trump, Biden fight to define campaign's most pressing issues

SWANTON, Ohio – President Donald Trump was interrupted twice during an Ohio rally this week by sign-waving supporters chanting, “Fill that seat!”“I will fill that seat,” Trump responded before launching into an extended riff on his plans to quickly nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “They say it’s the most important thing a president can do.”During a swing through Wisconsin a few hours earlier, there were no big crowds for Democrat Joe Biden, whose campaign is strictly following protocols to combat the coronavirus.

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Frenemies: Romney, GOP reunite on plan for Ginsburg seat

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney is having a homecoming moment.The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee incensed President Donald Trump and Republicans with his impeachment vote.

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Federal judge declines to stay ruling on Pennsylvania crowd size

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday declined to stay his own ruling that Gov.

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'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court

IOWA CITY, Iowa – One of the women on Donald Trump’s short list to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court got her first taste of politics as a college student stuffing envelopes for Democrat Joe Biden’s 1988 presidential run.But, by 1996, Joan L.

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Toomey supports Senate voting on Trump high court nominee

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Michigan’s ‘tale of two electorates’: Experts say it’s a close, competitive race between Biden and Trump

DETROIT - Four years ago, President Donald Trump did the unthinkable: He cracked the foundation of Michigan’s “blue wall.” Trump accomplished this in a state that had voted Democratic in six consecutive presidential elections from 1992 through 2012.

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Romney OKs voting on court nominee, all but assures approval

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Trump to announce Supreme Court pick on Saturday, Romney signals he’ll support a vote

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio on Sept. 21, 2020.

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2020 presidential election: Where Trump and Biden stand on key issues, according to their campaigns

President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport on Sept. 8, 2020 in Winston Salem, North Carolina, alongside Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden delivering remarks in the pa WASHINGTON - How do President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stack up on key issues for Americans ahead of the 2020 election?Here is a summary of their positions on the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, policing, the climate and more — drawn directly from information presented on their respective campaign websites. FOX Television Stations reached out to both campaigns seeking candidate statements regarding their stance on each key issue ahead November.

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Bloomberg raises millions to help Florida felons vote

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Just days after after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a court victory to keep felons from voting until they've paid off fines, restitution and court fees, Democratic billionaire and former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has stepped in to help them pay off the debts.Bloomberg is part of an effort that raised more than $20 million dollars to help felons who have completed their prison sentences vote in the presidential election.

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Who's a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on court

WASHINGTON – The “H” word — hypocrisy — is suddenly in vogue at the Capitol as lawmakers debate how quickly to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that President Donald Trump’s as-yet unnamed nominee will receive a vote on the Senate floor “this year," but has been careful not to say exactly when that will happen.Democrats accuse the Kentucky Republican of blatant hypocrisy after McConnell refused to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, eight months before the 2016 election.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Monday to remind McConnell of his own words hours after

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