President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump signs bill averting shutdown after brief funding lapse Privacy, civil rights groups demand transparency from Amazon on election data breaches Facebook takes down Trump campaign ads tying refugees to coronavirus MORE is proposing that only 15,000 refugees be allowed to resettle in the U.S. in the next fiscal year, marking an historic low of admission for some of the world’s most vulnerable peoples.

The State Department said in a statement issued late Wednesday night that the proposal was a “commitment to prioritize the safety and well-being of Americans, especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”

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The number of refugee admissions would be offset by commitments to providing overseas humanitarian assistance and efforts to end “conflicts that drive displacement in the first place,” the Department said.

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Prioritized refugees will include those who are suffering or under fear of prosecution for their religion; Iraqis who are under threat for providing assistance to the U.S; refugees from the Central American triangle states of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; and refugees who are likely under political repression in Hong Kong, Cuba and Venezuela.

In addition, the State Department said it would consider more than 290,000 cases of asylum seekers — persons already in the United States and are requesting to stay for fear of persecution in returning to their home country.

“The President’s proposal for refugee resettlement in Fiscal Year 2021 reaffirms America’s enduring commitment to assist the world’s most vulnerable people while fulfilling our first duty to protect and serve the American people,” the State Department said in a release.

The announcement came as Trump has attempted to appeal to white voters in particular by claiming that a Biden administration would pose a threat to the suburbs by increasing refugee admissions and expanding low-income housing developments.

The Trump administration has steadily slashed the number of refugees admitted into the United States over the last few years. Trump proposed capping the number of refugees at 45,000 in his first year in office, then reduced that number to 30,000 the following year before further cutting it to 18,000 last year.

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In comparison, President Obama in his final year in office capped the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 116,000.

The president has pledged since the 2016 campaign to cut off the flow of migrants and reduce the number of immigrants and refugees entering the country.

Trump took that message to voters on Tuesday night at a rally in Minnesota, saying that Democratic presidential nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenPrivacy, civil rights groups demand transparency from Amazon on election data breaches Facebook takes down Trump campaign ads tying refugees to coronavirus Trump crowd chants ‘lock her up’ about Omar as president warns of refugees in Minnesota MORE was planning to “inundate your state with a historic flood of refugees.”

Minnesota has historically had one of the highest refugee populations per capita of any state in the country, and Trump was clear that he felt an influx of refugees was a threat to those living in the suburbs.

“Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp, and he said that overwhelming public resources, overcrowding schools, and inundating your hospitals, you know that,” he said as the crowd jeered. “It’s already there. It’s a disgrace what they’ve done to your state.”

Biden has committed to increasing the cap for refugees admitted to the U.S. to 125,000 with a commitment to raise that number over time “with our responsibility, our values, and the unprecedented global need,” according to the campaign. 

Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups expressed their dismay with Trump further lowering the refugee cap, arguing it was at odds with America’s reputation as a welcoming nation.

“We have a long history of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers from around the world. It’s who we are when we are at our best,” Rep. Pramila JayapalPramila Jayapal’One more serious try’ on COVID-19 relief yields progress but no deal Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Bipartisan representatives demand answers on expired surveillance programs MORE (D-Wash.) tweeted. “Trump’s cruel and continued draconian cuts to refugee programs not only turn our back on refugees but on this country.”

Rep. Ilhan OmarIlhan OmarTrump crowd chants ‘lock her up’ about Omar as president warns of refugees in Minnesota Omar urges Democrats to focus on nonvoters over ‘disaffected Trump voters’ Omar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: ‘This is my country’ MORE (D-Minn.), who came to the U.S. as a Somali refugee when she was a child, tweeted as the deadline neared for Trump to set an admissions cap that it was a “life or death matter to millions of children around the world.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said the lowering of refugee admissions was part of a broader pattern of efforts to grind the immigration system to a halt, citing efforts to rescind the Deferred Action for Chilldhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries.

“America must play a role in the protection of people seeking safety from persecution, torture, and genocide as our laws demand. That is the America we fight to be,” Manar Waheed, senior legislative and advocacy counsel for the ACLU, said in a statement.

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QANON CONDEMNATION: The House passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the sprawling QAnon conspiracy theory, though 17 Republican lawmakers voted against the measure in the 371-18 vote. 

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The GOP lawmakers voting “no” were Reps. Jodey ArringtonJodey Cook ArringtonHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Republicans boot Francis Rooney from GOP Steering Committee MORE (Texas), Brian Babin (Texas), Rob BishopRobert (Rob) William BishopHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it OVERNIGHT ENERGY:  House passes sweeping clean energy bill | Pebble Mine CEO resigns over secretly recorded comments about government officials  | Corporations roll out climate goals amid growing pressure to deliver MORE (Utah), Mo BrooksMorris (Mo) Jackson BrooksHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Overnight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to ‘forever chemicals’ MORE (Ala.), Michael BurgessMichael Clifton BurgessHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Ignore the misinformation: The FDA will ensure the safety of any COVID-19 vaccine MORE (Texas), Buddy CarterEarl (Buddy) Leroy CarterHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Overnight Health Care: Trump says White House will pressure governors to open schools | Administration formally moves to withdraw US from WHO | Fauci warns against ‘false complacency’ on COVID-19 MORE (Ga.), Warren DavidsonWarren Earl DavidsonHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns MORE (Ohio), Jeff DuncanJeffrey (Jeff) Darren DuncanHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Biden’s Iran policy is deeply flawed MORE (S.C.), Drew FergusonAnderson (Drew) Drew FergusonHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it The Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Fauci says focus should be on pausing reopenings rather than reverting to shutdowns; WHO director pleads for international unity in pandemic response MORE (Ga.), Bill FloresWilliam (Bill) Hose FloresHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Patient Protection Pledge offers price transparency MORE (Texas), Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Pelosi must go — the House is in dire need of new leadership MORE (Ariz.), Steve KingSteven (Steve) Arnold KingHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Steve King defends past comments on white supremacy, blasts NYT and GOP leaders in fiery floor speech MORE (Iowa), Mike KellyGeorge (Mike) Joseph KellyHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Federal judge rules Pennsylvania’s coronavirus orders are unconstitutional MORE (Pa.), Ralph NormanRalph Warren NormanHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it House rebuffs GOP lawmaker’s effort to remove references to Democrats in Capitol MORE (S.C.), Scott PerryScott Gordon PerryHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it On The Trail: How Nancy Pelosi could improbably become president MORE (Pa.), Thomas Tiffany (Wis.) and Daniel WebsterDaniel Alan WebsterHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it What happened to Congress? And how can it regain its standing? MORE (Fla.).

Rep. Justin AmashJustin AmashHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House votes to condemn alleged hysterectomies on migrant women House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it MORE (L-Mich.), who used to be a Republican, also voted against the resolution. 

Another GOP lawmaker, Rep. Andy HarrisAndrew (Andy) Peter HarrisHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it House rebuffs GOP lawmaker’s effort to remove references to Democrats in Capitol MORE (Md.), voted present. 

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump campaign manager tests positive for COVID-19 Trump given Remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19 infection ICE launching billboard campaign highlighting ‘at-large immigration violators’ MORE has not condemned the QAnon conspiracy, which revolves around the baseless theory that he and his allies are working to expose a cabal of Democrats, media figures and celebrities who are running an international child trafficking ring.

As unhinged as the conspiracy is, it has gained steam in conservative circles and several Republicans running for the House this year have backed it, including Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who is expected to win her general election race this November. 

Greene has been praised effusively by Trump and backed by Republican leadership despite her supportive comments about QAnon and a history of racist and anti-Semitic comments.

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The measure condemning QAnon was sponsored by Reps. Denver RigglemanDenver RigglemanHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it Virginians wait up to four hours to cast early voting ballots MORE (R-Va.) and Tom MalinowskiThomas (Tom) MalinowskiHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones Congress can’t stop QAnon but combatting abuse and trauma can House approves measure condemning QAnon, but 17 Republicans vote against it MORE (D-N.J.). 

“QAnon and other conspiracy theories and movements that dehumanize people or political groups, incite violence or violent threats and destroy faith and trust in our democratic institutions must be identified, condemned and exposed through facts,” Riggleman told The Hill. 

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AMERICANS HAVE CONCERNS: The majority of U.S. residents, around 59 percent, are “extremely” or “somewhat” concerned about potential election interference by a foreign government this year, poll results released Friday found. 

A survey conducted by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that respondents were most concerned about foreign governments conducting influence campaigns to sway public opinion on candidates. 

Respondents also cited concerns around the potential for hack and leak operations against political campaigns, and that voting infrastructure could be targeted. 

The poll found that Democrats were more than twice as likely as Republicans to be concerned about foreign interference, and that less than half of Republicans believed that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, compared to 90 percent of Democrats. 

The survey was conducted over four days in September, with more than 1,000 U.S. adults in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., participating. 

The poll was conducted less than two months before Election Day, and as concerns over foreign interference have ramped up.

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SEEN BUT NOT HEARD: A top official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told lawmakers on Friday that he had heard about his office receiving a request to extract information from protesters’ cellphones after demonstrations in Portland, Ore.

In a public hearing before the House Intelligence Committee, Joseph Maher, the DHS official carrying out the duties of the under secretary for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), told lawmakers he was aware of a request for protesters’ cellphones to be combed for information, but he said it was never carried out. He also said he was unaware of who made the request.

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Rep. Jim HimesJames (Jim) Andres HimesHillicon Valley: House votes to condemn QAnon | Americans worried about foreign election interference | DHS confirms request to tap protester phones DHS official says he heard of request to extract information from protesters’ cellphones Centrist Democrats got their COVID bill, now they want a vote MORE (D-Conn.), who raised concerns about possible violations of civil liberties, pressed Maher about recent reports about protesters having their phones seized, while citing committee interviews with DHS officials as corroborating the claims.

“Did I&A receive a request to exploit those phones?” Himes asked.

“I have heard that,” Maher replied.

Maher quickly added that the DHS inspector general is investigating the activities in Portland and that the internal watchdog has “specifically” asked him not to interview individuals within I&A about matters that are under investigation, which he indicated has limited his conversations on this issue.

Himes said that such a request for cellphone information would be “shocking.”

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PINTEREST TACKLES HALLOWEEN: Social media platform Pinterest on Thursday announced that it would be limiting recommendations for Halloween costumes that could be considered culturally insensitive. 

The photo-sharing company issued a statement on its website announcing the move, adding that it would be prohibiting “advertisements with culturally inappropriate costumes, and make it possible for Pinners to report culturally-insensitive content right from Pins.” 

The platform also said that certain searches, including “Day of the Dead costumes,” will lead users to information developed by experts and Pinterest employee group PIndigenous “on how to celebrate thoughtfully and respectfully.”

“Costumes are consistently a top-searched term, but many people may not know that certain costumes are appropriations of other cultures,” Pinterest wrote in the statement. “As a platform for positivity, we want to make it easy to find culturally-appropriate Halloween ideas, and bring awareness to the fact that costumes should not be opportunities to turn a person’s identity into a stereotyped image.”

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More than 4 million acres of California has burned in wildfires this year, a record more than double the state’s previous record for the most area burned in a single season, a Cal Fire spokesman said Sunday.

Scott McLean told The Associated Press that the amount of area burned will continue to grow until firefighters get a handle on the state’s currently-burning wildfires in Napa, Fresno and other counties.

“The 4 million mark is unfathomable. It boggles the mind, and it takes your breath away,” he said, adding: “And that number will grow.”

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A request for confirmation from The Hill on the total amount of ground burned was not immediately returned Monday; Cal Fire’s website still indicated Monday morning that the burned amount totaled 3.7 million acres.

In a news conference Sunday, a second Cal Fire official added that firefighters had been granted a reprieve from hazardous weather conditions in recent days that had been blamed for further spreading the blazes while inhibiting efforts to control them.

“We are seeing some relief in the weather, but it’s going to be three or four days before it really makes a difference on the fire,” Cal Fire meteorologist Tom Bird said, according to the AP. “The one good thing going forward, we’re not expecting any wind events to push into the fire.”

Lightning strikes that occurred amid high winds and low precipitation have been blamed for many of the state’s fires, while one still-burning blaze, the El Dorado fire, is thought to have been sparked by an explosive device used at a gender reveal party.

 

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The Nobel Prize for medicine was jointly awarded on Monday to two American and one British scientist for discovering the hepatitis C virus.

The Nobel Committee announced British virologist Michael Houghton and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice as the winners of the prize, The Associated Press reported.

The three first identified the virus in research that goes back to the 1970s and ’80s when they discovered a source of the liver disease that did not match the already-discovered A and B viruses.

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“Thanks to their discovery, highly sensitive blood tests for the virus are now available and these have essentially eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis in many parts of the world, greatly improving global health,” the committee said.

The committee credited the laureates’ discovery for the quick deployment of hepatitis C-specific antiviral drugs, saying millions of lives were saved as a result.

“For the first time in history, the disease can now be cured, raising hopes of eradicating hepatitis C virus from the world population,” the committee said.

University of Nottingham virologist Will Irving told the AP the discovery of the virus was the “holy grail” of medicine.

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In the 1970s, he said, “we knew there was a virus in the blood supply, because when people had blood transfusions they would get liver damage. It was recognized as a risk but there was nothing we could do. We didn’t know what the virus was and we couldn’t test for it.”

Patrick Ernfors, a member of the Nobel Committee, said the stampede to develop treatment and vaccines for the coronavirus echo demand for treatment for hepatitis C.

“The first thing you need to do is to identify the causing virus,” he told reporters. “And once that has been done, that is, in itself, the starting point for development of drugs to treat the disease and also to develop vaccines against the disorder.”

A U.S. appeals court on Sunday ruled that the Trump administration cannot resume detention of unaccompanied immigrant children in hotels.

A three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower-court ruling that barred the practice in most cases, rejecting a government request for a stay, The Associated Press reported.

U.S. officials have used hotels to detain nearly 600 children before expelling them since March. Citing the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has expelled nearly 9,000 migrant children overall without following usual asylum procedures.

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Immigrant rights advocates, meanwhile, have accused the administration of simply using the pandemic as a pretext to bypass the asylum process. Documents obtained by The Intercept in September indicated that border officials did not test any detainees for the coronavirus between March and early May.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson told CBS News Thursday that the agency has not detained minors in hotels since Sept. 11. However, the agency said unaccompanied minors and families with children are still subject to expulsion under pandemic rules.

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“The true problem here is not the hotels, it’s the expulsions,” immigration attorney Taylor Levy told CBS News. “Just because [the Department of Homeland Security] has stopped using hotels does not mean that children are not being expeditiously expelled without any due process, without any chance to seek asylum.” 

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee, an Obama appointee, ordered an end to the practice in early September, saying it was in violation of “fundamental humanitarian protections.”

“This court is sensitive to the exigencies created by COVID-19 and recognizes that the pandemic may require temporary, emergency modifications to the immigration system to enhance public safety. But that is no excuse for [the Department of Homeland Security] to skirt the fundamental humanitarian protections that the Flores Amendment guarantees for minors in their custody, especially when there is no persuasive evidence that hoteling is safer than licensed facilities,” she wrote.

Stock markets opened up early Monday, reversing their losses from Friday after President TrumpDonald John TrumpQuestions remain unanswered as White House casts upbeat outlook on Trump’s COVID-19 fight White House staffers get email saying to stay home if they experience coronavirus symptoms White House says ‘appropriate precautions’ were taken for Trump’s outing to see supporters MORE was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened up 250 points, or 0.9 percent, and the S&P 500 was up 30 points, or 0.9 percent.

Stock futures were already headed for a higher open when White House chief of staff Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsWhite House Correspondents’ Association: ‘Outrageous’ for Trump to leave hospital without informing pool Trump sought to keep COVID-19 diagnosis secret Thursday as he awaited second test result: WSJ Photo of Mark Meadows rubbing his head during update on Trump’s health goes viral MORE told Fox News that Trump and his team would decide whether to discharge the president from Walter Reed Medical Center later Monday. Trump’s physician indicated over the weekend that the president could be released as soon as Monday.

The optimism in the markets also comes as both Trump and Meadows have pushed publicly for a deal with Democrats on a new COVID-19 relief bill, which would inject upward of $1 trillion into the economy.

Democrats and Republicans remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart in their offers.

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Paris will once again close its bars Tuesday after coronavirus cases have spiked in the French capital.

Paris Police Chief Didier Lallement said that bars would shutter for the next two weeks, along with swimming pools, according to the BBC. Restaurants, he said, will be allowed to remain open as long as they follow hygiene guidelines.

“These are braking measures because the epidemic is moving too fast,” Lallement said in a Monday press conference.

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“These measures, indispensable in the fight to curb the virus’ spread, will apply to Paris and the three departments immediately surrounding it, for a duration of two weeks,” Prime Minister Jean Castex’s office said.

The nation reported 12,565 new cases of the virus Sunday. The country has raised its alert level to its highest level, which occurs when a locality’s infection rate rises above 250 per 100,000 people and coronavirus cases comprise 30 percent or more of intensive care beds.

Parisian restaurants, including those that serve alcohol, will only be allowed to remain open if they keep track of all customers’ contact information and close their doors by 10 p.m.

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The announcement comes just over a week after the city of Marseille shuttered restaurants, gyms and bars for two weeks. The city also ordered other public venues, such as movie theaters and museums, to impose strict mitigation measures in order to stay open.

After several months of falling infections, France has seen what health ministers called an “exponential” increase in the rate of infection since August. Close to 17,000 cases were reported Saturday, according to the BBC.

The French government is concentrating on areas with the highest concentrations of the virus as an alternative to re-imposing nationwide lockdown measures. Paris-area health officials say the wider region has more than 200 active clusters of the virus. 

Virginia Democrats Tom Perriello and Ralph Northam are neck-and-neck in their party’s gubernatorial primary, according to a new poll.

Two points separate the pair in The Washington Post-Schar School survey released Thursday.

Forty percent of likely Democratic voters favor Perriello, a former House representative.

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Thirty-eight percent prefer Northam, Virginia’s lieutenant governor, while 1 percent supports another candidate.

Northam has received the endorsement of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who is leaving office due to term limits.

Perriello has landed the support of prominent progressives such as Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.).

Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman who ran for Senate in 2014, is widely considered the GOP gubernatorial primary’s frontrunner.

Corey Stewart, former co-chairman of President Trump’s Virginia campaign, is another Republican contender, as is state Sen. Frank Wagner.

The Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominees will ultimately meet in a general election on Nov. 7.

Pollsters conducted cell and landline telephone interviews of 351 likely voters in Virginia’s Democratic primary for governor from May 9-14. Their findings have a 6 percent margin of error.

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Five major environmental groups will be joining together to pour resources into more than 30 House races and four Senate races to elect “environmental champions” to Congress. 

The Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Environmental Defense Fund Action, the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund and the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund are seeking to help Democrats, including many in competitive races, in what’s expected to be a multimillion-dollar effort. 

They’re also looking to boost presidential candidate Joe BidenJoe BidenPresident Trump, Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19 Poll: Biden notches 7-point lead ahead of Trump in New Hampshire Jim Carrey to make his SNL debut as Joe Biden this week MORE in several swing states through the project, called Green Wave 2020. 

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More than 70 professional organizers will work with the campaigns in 15 states. 

“The organizers will work to mobilize environmental group members to volunteer on elections to help the environmental community build a Green Wave that is big and strong enough to turn the tide in Washington D.C.,” a press release announcing the initiative said.

The organizers will mobilize the groups’ members through remote phone and text banking and will promote early and mail-in voting when it’s emphasized by the campaigns. 

The groups behind Green Wave 2020 said that the election initiative will not only help elect people who support environmentally friendly policies, but it will also help the groups build out their organizing infrastructure for future elections. 

“The stakes for the environment, for our climate, and for communities suffering the worst consequences of toxic pollution across the nation have never been more stark than in 2020,” Sierra Club President Ramon Cruz said in a statement. 

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“This unprecedented mobilization of our collective membership, including millions of members nationwide, will also help build lasting infrastructure in key states and districts that environmental champions running for office can rely upon for future election cycles,” Cruz added. 

This is not the only time that environmentalists have teamed up to promote their cause this cycle.

Earlier this year, the League of Conservation Voters, the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Sierra Club launched a campaign called Climate Power 2020 promoting climate issues.