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Rashida Tlaib violated election laws, must pay back campaign funds, House Ethics Committee rules

In this March 6, 2020, photo, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks at a campaign rally in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times 13 minutes ago

The House Ethics Committee is demanding Rep. Rashida Tlaib pay back $10,800 to her campaign for taking a salary in violation of federal election laws, but finds no “ill intent.”

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, then-White House Counsel Don McGahn listens as Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Don McGahn can be subpoenaed by House Dems, federal appeals court rules

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Vice President Joe Biden, right, leans back to talk with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, and other members of the Catholic leadership as they all wait for Pope Francis to arrive before the start of the State Arrival on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Conservative Catholics call on Biden to break ‘deafening silence’ on anti-Catholic vandalism, arson

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered nearly 41,000 people attempting to enter the U.S. without permission last month. The migrants were defying their own countries' public health guidelines as well as those in the U.S. (Associated Press/File)

Border chief says illegal immigrants shirking duty to world by spreading coronavirus

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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally drew nearly 500,000 people to Sturgis, South Dakota, in 2019 and generated $800 million in revenue. Neighbor state officials are concerned about the potential spread of the coronavirus during this year's rally, which starts Friday. Rally officials are not worried. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Sturgis motorcycle rally officials dismiss coronavirus spread worries

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Vice President Joe Biden, right, leans back to talk with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, and other members of the Catholic leadership as they all wait for Pope Francis to arrive before the start of the State Arrival on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Conservative Catholics call on Biden to break ‘deafening silence’ on anti-Catholic vandalism, arson

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In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. The Trump campaign is calling for a fourth debate to be added into the presidential-debate schedule, this one in early September, as the earliest scheduled debate now in the works for Sept. 29 comes weeks after the earliest early-voting periods begin in some states. (AP Photo, File) ** FILE **

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President Donald Trump gestures on the steps of Marine One at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump attacks Biden in battleground Ohio: ‘Against God, against guns’

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In this Wednesday, June 17, 2020, file photo, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard speaks at a news conference, in Atlanta. Howard has run unopposed for two decades. But he came in second in the June Democratic primary and faces a tough runoff election Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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Attorney General William Barr appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 28, 2020 in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

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The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally drew nearly 500,000 people to Sturgis, South Dakota, in 2019 and generated $800 million in revenue. Neighbor state officials are concerned about the potential spread of the coronavirus during this year's rally, which starts Friday. Rally officials are not worried. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Sturgis motorcycle rally officials dismiss coronavirus spread worries

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 1, 2010, file photo, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

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President Trump tends to focus instead on drug therapies to help patients survive and the historic pace of the race for a vaccine. (Associated Press/File)

Trump hopes for coronavirus vaccine by Election Day

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In this Friday, March 27, 2020, file photo, White House adviser Peter Navarro speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington, as President Donald Trump listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

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Harry Reid: Democrats will retake control of the U.S. Senate

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this March 6, 2020, photo, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks at a campaign rally in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

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By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

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U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. Presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Demonstrators participate in a car caravan Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. Parents, students, and teachers held a press conference and car caravan to call for a safe, fully funded, and racially just approach to reopening of Los Angeles schools. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, is shown with Dr. Oxiris Barbot, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in New York. New York City abruptly replaced Barbot, its top public health official, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at a key point in its fight to keep the coronavirus from surging again. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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In this May 27, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP) ** FILE **

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Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov (9) and Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Robert Hagg (8) vie for the puck in the cornerduring the second period of an NHL hockey playoff game Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Toronto. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Jason Day of Australia, watches his tee shot on the 10th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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