Trump signs executive orders after stimulus talks broke down on Capitol Hill

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Mark Waller (R-NC) calls on Jerry Falwell Jr. to resign as president of Liberty University after Falwell posted a now-deleted photo on Instagram with his pants unzipped and his arm around a woman.”,”descriptionText”:”Rep. Mark Waller (R-NC) calls on Jerry Falwell Jr. to resign as president of Liberty University after Falwell posted a now-deleted photo on Instagram with his pants unzipped and his arm around a woman.”},{“title”:”Biden responds to attacks after diversity comments”,”duration”:”01:35″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https:///www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/08/07/biden-diversity-comments-african-american-communities-saenz-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/08/07/biden-diversity-comments-african-american-communities-saenz-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200801163220-biden-veep-oped-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/08/07/biden-diversity-comments-african-american-communities-saenz-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Joe Biden sought Thursday to limit the political damage after he said in an earlier interview that the Latino community in the United States was diverse, “unlike the African American community with notable exceptions.” CNN’s Arlette Saenz reports.”,”descriptionText”:”Joe Biden sought Thursday to limit the political damage after he said in an earlier interview that the Latino community in the United States was diverse, “unlike the African American community with notable exceptions.” CNN’s Arlette Saenz reports.”},{“title”:”Enten: Biden is in a better position than Clinton ever was”,”duration”:”02:28″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/08/07/biden-ahead-trump-2020-presidential-election-enten-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/08/07/biden-ahead-trump-2020-presidential-election-enten-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200724125327-03-biden-trump-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/08/07/biden-ahead-trump-2020-presidential-election-enten-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s senior political writer and analyst Harry Enten looks over brand new polls that show Joe Biden holding his lead over President Trump as the presidential election gets closer.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s senior political writer and analyst Harry Enten looks over brand new polls that show Joe Biden holding his lead over President Trump as the presidential election gets closer.”},{“title”:”Bill Hagerty thanks Trump in victory speech”,”duration”:”00:42″,”sourceName”:”WZTV”,”sourceLink”:”https://fox17.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/08/07/bill-hagerty-tennessee-senate-republican-vpx.wztv/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/08/07/bill-hagerty-tennessee-senate-republican-vpx.wztv”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200806230302-bill-hagerty-tennessee-senate-republican-vpx-00000201-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/08/07/bill-hagerty-tennessee-senate-republican-vpx.wztv/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Bill Hagerty, President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Japan, has won the Senate Republican primary in Tennessee, CNN projects.”,”descriptionText”:”Bill Hagerty, President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Japan, has won the Senate Republican primary in Tennessee, CNN projects.”},{“title”:”Advisers feared Trump’s military decisions would lead US to war”,”duration”:”05:47″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/08/06/trump-advisers-military-fears-sciutto-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/08/06/trump-advisers-military-fears-sciutto-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200510194512-donald-trump-0509-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/08/06/trump-advisers-military-fears-sciutto-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Amid escalating tensions with both North Korea and Iran, President Trump’s advisers hesitated to give him military options fearing the President might accidentally take 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