Democratic senator says Trump is undermining his experts: 'It's almost as if we have two different federal governments'

Sen. Chris Murphy accused President Donald Trump of undermining his own experts after members of the federal coronavirus task force offered a dire forecast for national infection rates on Tuesday.

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Oklahoma police officer dies after traffic stop shooting

A Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer has died and another is in critical condition after they were shot during a traffic stop early Monday, police said. A suspect has been arrested.

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Harvey Weinstein victims were awarded $19 million in compensation fund

The New York Attorney General's office announced Tuesday a nearly $19 million settlement for women who experienced sexual abuse and harassment by imprisoned former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

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Oklahoma is the latest Republican state to vote on Medicaid expansion

Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to force their governor and lawmakers to expand Medicaid to low-income residents in the deep-red state.

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Senate passes extension of Paycheck Protection Program hours ahead of deadline

The US Senate, just hours before the expiration of the small business loan Paycheck Protection Program, passed an extension of the program to August 8.

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Analysis: So much for the West's warnings -- China's going to do what China's going to do

China is going to do what China is going to do.

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Senate drops provision from bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help

The Senate will incorporate the annual intelligence policy legislation into the National Defense Authorization Act -- but only after stripping language from the intelligence bill that would have required presidential campaigns to report offers of foreign election help.

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Senate Approves Extending Paycheck Protection Program

The Senate granted five additional weeks for the remaining money left in the program to be spent.

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Fauci Says US Could Reach 100,000 Coronavirus Cases a Day

The government’s top infectious disease expert told a Senate panel that bars needed to be closed, and the Fed chairman cautioned that “a full recovery is unlikely” until safety is restored.

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Biden: Trump's entire presidency has been a gift to Putin

Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there, a European intelligence official told CNN. The story was first reported by the New York Times. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement that the President and Vice President Mike Pence were not briefed "on the alleged Russian bounty intelligence."

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'That frightens me': Dr. Gupta reacts to governor's July 4th plans

Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) said that attendees of a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore would not be required to wear a mask and the crowd would not be social distancing. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta responds as coronavirus cases rise across the country.

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