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Top eight CNS stories for today including California spent the Labor Day weekend broiling under the one-two punch of a brutal heatwave and wildfires burning across the state; Americans disagree about the absentee-ballot process almost as much as they disagree about their preferred candidate; The New Hampshire primary could lead to the first congressional election in U.S. history between two openly gay candidates, and more.

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Top eight CNS stories for today including California spent the Labor Day weekend broiling under the one-two punch of a brutal heatwave and wildfires burning across the state; Americans disagree about the absentee-ballot process almost as much as they disagree about their preferred candidate; The New Hampshire primary could lead to the first congressional election in U.S. history between two openly gay candidates, and more.

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National

1.) After a Trump-appointed judge shredded the rule for trampling congressional intent, experts called the government’s attempted diversion of coronavirus relief to private schools an exploitive political move.

President Donald Trump prays during a cabinet meeting at the White House, on Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington. From left, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan, Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Trump, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2.) Millions of Americans will vote by mail for the first time this November, but they disagree about the absentee-ballot process almost as much as they disagree about their preferred candidate. 

Voters line up to cast their ballots at West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta’s historically black West End neighborhood on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Courthouse News photo/Kayla Goggin)

3.) As the Senate returned from the August recess Tuesday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers will forge ahead on negotiations over another coronavirus relief bill and could vote on the next package as soon as this week.  

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)

4.) U.S. Census officials are reviving quality-control measures and postponing layoffs of census takers after a federal judge temporarily blocked the statistical agency from winding down operations by the end of this month.

A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Regional

5.) California spent the Labor Day weekend broiling under the one-two punch of a brutal heatwave and wildfires burning across the state that forced thousands to flee their homes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Creek Fire tears through the Sierra Nevada, seen from the Madera County town of Oakhurst. (Courthouse News photo / Barbara Leonard)

6.) Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire — which could lead to the first congressional election in U.S. history between two openly gay candidates — will also be an early test of President Donald Trump’s strength in a swing state that could be critical in November. 

International

7.) Accusing the United Arab Emirates of racial bias, Qatar had the last opportunity to speak before the United Nations’ high court on Monday in a dispute involving a land, air and sea blockade.  

The judges of the International Court of Justice gathered in the courtroom in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, to hear virtual arguments in a dispute over a blockade of Qatar. (UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek)

8.) Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is facing a concerted attempt from the political right and putative left, who are blocking his reforms and trying to persuade the public that his administration is no different from its corrupt predecessors.

A hearse arrives to a home in rural El Salvador to take the body of a Covid-19 victim to the cemetery. (Courthouse News photo/Miguel Patricio)
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