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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in November will feature a matchup between a Republican candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump and a Democratic single mother and Black activist who pulled off an astonishing upset victory over an opponent favored by the party establishment — with a campaign war chest of less than $10,000.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An oversight board demoted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales on Thursday after questioning how he handled multiple incidents, including ordering officers to fire tear gas and pepper spray at protesters demonstrating over George Floyd’s death.

The city’s Fire and Police Commission unanimously voted Thursday evening to demote Morales to captain after three-and-a-half years on the job.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Violent clashes between protesters and police in Portland, Oregon, this week have ratcheted up tensions in the city days after an agreement between state and federal officials appeared to bring calm.

More demonstrations were rallying Thursday night, hours after the city’s mayor decried the unrest that has roiled Portland since George Floyd was killed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money are teetering on the brink of collapse after a marathon meeting in the Capitol Thursday night generated a wave of recriminations but little progress on the top issues confronting negotiators.

“There’s a handful of very big issues that we are still very far apart” on, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who depicted a stalemate on aid to states and local governments and renewing supplemental unemployment benefits.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just how severely has the resurgence of the coronavirus pummeled the U.S. economy? The jobs report for July being released Friday will provide the clearest answer yet.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 06 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday evening reiterated his appeal to India and Pakistan to find a “peaceful and mutually satisfactory” solution of the Kashmir dispute through dialogue, marking one year anniversary of India’s illegal action to end the special status of the disputed state.

The UN chief said the Indo-Pakistan dialogue should be “in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and full respect for human rights,” according to a statement issued by his Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq.

WASHINGTON, August 6. /TASS/: The US Department of State’s report on "Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem" is an attempt to silence Moscow’s proposals to resume cooperation in key areas, the Russian embassy in the United States said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said, the United States would present a resolution in the United Nations Security Council next week, to extend an international arms embargo on Iran, despite lukewarm support for the bid.

“We’re not going to let the arms embargo expire on Oct 18 of this year,” Pompeo said, at a press briefing.

He also threatened to trigger the snap-back mechanism in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, to reimpose UN sanctions against Tehran.

06 Aug 2020; MEMO: American President Donald Trump described the decision to send US forces to the Middle East as “the single biggest mistake” in his country’s history.

In an interview with Australian journalist Jonathan Swan for the Axios news website, Trump defended the way his administration handled the Covid-19 pandemic and he criticized past administrations’ decisions to “go to the Middle East.”