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Top Eight

Top eight CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump pondered openly about delaying the November election many polls show him destined to lose; The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a 2013 pension reform law; The U.S. economy shrank at a record 32.9% annual rate in the second quarter, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump pondered openly about delaying the November election many polls show him destined to lose; The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a 2013 pension reform law; The U.S. economy shrank at a record 32.9% annual rate in the second quarter, and more.

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1.) Ratcheting up his attacks on mail-in voting, President Donald Trump pondered openly on Thursday about delaying the November election many polls show him destined to lose.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to visit Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies in Morrisville, N.C., Monday, July 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2.) The U.S. economy shrank at a record 32.9% annual rate in the second quarter of the year, an astonishing plunge triggered by the coronavirus pandemic that has been ravaging the economy for nearly six months.    

FILE - In this July 13, 2020 file photo, a For Rent sign hangs on a closed shop during the coronavirus pandemic in Miami Beach, Fla. Having endured what was surely a record-shattering slump last quarter, the U.S. economy faces a dim outlook as a resurgent coronavirus intensifies doubts about the likelihood of any sustained recovery the rest of the year. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

3.) Set to lose $600 bonuses with their unemployment checks after tomorrow, the federal government reported Thursday that 11.6% of America’s 146,125,989-person workforce is out of a job.

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks pass under elevated train tracks during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

4.) Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate and staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 74 after contracting Covid-19.

FILE - In this June 20, 2014 file photo, Herman Cain, CEO, The New Voice, speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington. President Donald Trump said Thursday, April 4, 2019, he is recommending Herman Cain, a political ally and former presidential candidate, for a seat on the Federal Reserve board. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

5.) The Senate Judiciary Committee approved six of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees on Thursday, including four who are up for seats on courts in Illinois.

(Image by Pixabay user Arek Socha)

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6.) In an unanimous ruling Thursday, the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 2013 pension reform law forbidding public employees from cashing in on unused sick and vacation time to increase their pension benefits, finding the Legislature should be allowed to “close loopholes and foreclose opportunities for abuse.”

The California Supreme Court building in San Francisco. (Maria Dinzeo/Courthouse News)

7.) A Seattle judge on Thursday put the brakes on an order requiring all local major media outlets to turn over to police unedited video of a Black Lives Matter protest, deciding instead that he will conduct an in camera review and decide what — if any — footage will go to police.

Protesters gathered by the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct in Seattle on Friday, June 12, 2020. (Courthouse News photo/June Williams)

8.) Ohio Republican lawmaker Larry Householder was indicted on federal racketeering charges Thursday and removed as speaker of the state House, following his arrest last week in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme.

Then-Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder sits at the head of a legislative session in Columbus in October 2019. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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