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With less than two weeks to go before the 2020 election, the Director of National Intelligence is warning the public that Iran and Russia are trying to influence the outcome. John Ratcliffe says Iran sent spoofed emails designed to intimidate voters. He said both countries have obtained voter registration information.        Former President Barack Obama is slamming President Trump on his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a rally in Philadelphia Wednesday, Obama said Trump moaned that the crises made him "go back to work." He added if the President had been doing his job, the country would not be suffering as much.        The weekly report on first-time unemployment claims leads off the morning's economic reports and analysts expect to see the unemployment lines getting longer. They expect to see initial jobless claims increasing to 915-thousand last week.       Massive fires are burning through parts of Colorado as firefighters prepare to deal with high winds making things worse Thursday. The Cameron Peak Fire west of Fort Collins is the largest wildfire in state history. It's been burning since August and is now more than 200-thousand acres.        Pope Francis is making history by supporting civil unions for same-sex couples. He wants laws to protect them, saying they have a right to be part of a family because "They're children of God." He's the first Pope to make such a statement, breaking with Catholic tradition.        

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