What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
August 08 2020 - 3:02AM
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Trump said he was prepared to move forward with executive orders
to provide more coronavirus aid to Americans, after White House
negotiations with Democrats made no progress toward agreements on
central issues in the talks.
The Trump administration's cascade of actions taken against
Beijing represent a new phase in U.S.-China relations, one marked
by increasing confrontation and few efforts to ease the
tensions.
The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Russia is
trying to damage Biden's campaign, while China prefers that Trump
not win re-election.
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus passed 160,000, as
parts of the country showed signs that the virus's spread was
easing.
All New York schools have been authorized to reopen, Gov. Cuomo
said, citing the state's low infection rate for the
coronavirus.
Falwell will take an indefinite leave of absence from the
presidency of Liberty University at the request of the school's
board of trustees.
A federal appeals court revived a bid by House Democrats to
require McGahn to testify in an investigation into Trump.
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