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House Republicans demand hearings on rioters’ funding sources

Portland Police line up blocking the street while protesters rally in front of them at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee Friday demanded hearings on the funding source of the racial justice protests and civil unrest that has spread across the nation.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrive to speak to the media about the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schumer, Feinstein: Supreme Court confirmation ‘premature’ after COVID-19 outbreak

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Minnesota. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Voters on Trump COVID-19 diagnosis: ‘He kind of asked for it’

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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mark Meadows: Trump still ‘on the job’

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Trump experiencing ‘mild symptoms’ after revealing he and first lady tested positive for COVID-19

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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In this file photo, a female protester is loaded into a van after being arrested while rallying at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. A Harvard poll released Oct. 1 suggests Americans are open to President Trump's law-and-order campaign message. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

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A Biden for President sign in a lawn of suburban Dublin, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. The Biden campaign will resume in-person canvassing efforts in battleground states starting this weekend with about a month to go until election day. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

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Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News speaks as President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Pool vi AP)

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Trump campaign postpones president’s in-person rallies due to COVID-19 diagnosis

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Portland Police line up blocking the street while protesters rally in front of them at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

House Republicans demand hearings on rioters’ funding sources

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrive to speak to the media about the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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In this May 19, 2018, photo, Amy Coney Barrett, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judge, speaks during the University of Notre Dame's Law School commencement ceremony at the university, in South Bend, Ind. Barrett, a front-runner to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has established herself as a reliable conservative on hot-button legal issues from abortion to gun control. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP) **FILE**

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In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, first lady Melania Trump, wearing a facemask, walks towards her seat for the during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses members of the Russian Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, at the Big Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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