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Politico:
‘She had no remorse’: Why Kamala Harris isn't a lock for VP — When former Sen. Chris Dodd, a member of Joe Biden's vice presidential search committee, recently asked Kamala Harris about her ambush on Biden in the first Democratic debate, Dodd was stunned by her response.
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Biden's VP shortlist comes up short — Joe Biden has a dilemma when it comes to choosing a running mate. — The Democratic presidential nominee wants to pick someone who is like him (or at least the way he saw himself as vice president): loyal, trusted, experienced, apolitical, someone with whom he will bond.
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New York Times:
2020 Election Live Updates: Why Democrats Believe Trump's Anti-Protest Tactics Won't Work
2020 Election Live Updates: Why Democrats Believe Trump's Anti-Protest Tactics Won't Work
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The Hill, Fox News, Florida Politics, New York Post and Daily Kos
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris's lack of ‘remorse’ should make her an even stronger candidate for VP
Kamala Harris's lack of ‘remorse’ should make her an even stronger candidate for VP
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Politico
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Thinks the Rioters Are Very Fine People
Joe Biden Thinks the Rioters Are Very Fine People
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The Federalist
Washington Post:
Trump administration sending more federal agents to reinforce Portland courthouse — The Trump administration is sending more federal agents to Portland, Ore., as officials consider pushing back harder and farther against the growing crowds and nightly clashes with protesters, vandals, and rioters, The Washington Post has learned.
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Associated Press:
On Portland's streets: Anger, fear, and a fence that divides — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The party at the Salmon Street Springs fountain, a riverfront landmark in the heart of Portland, was just getting started. — Dozens of drummers beat out entrancing rhythms and a crowd of hundreds danced joyfully …
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Washington Post:
One question still dogs Trump: Why not try harder to solve the coronavirus crisis? — Both President Trump's advisers and operatives laboring to defeat him increasingly agree on one thing: The best way for him to regain his political footing is to wrest control of the coronavirus.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How Fox News may be destroying Trump's reelection hopes — It would be a peculiarly apt form of poetic justice if the entity that has done so much to help President Trump run this country into the ground — Fox News — ends up playing an outsize role in helping destroy his chances at reelection.
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Washington Post:
National Guard commander says police suddenly moved on Lafayette Square protesters, used ‘excessive force’ before Trump visit — Guard major to testify before Congress that warnings couldn't be heard, tear gas was used — An Army National Guard commander who witnessed protesters forcibly removed …
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Officer challenges account of violent clearing of protesters
Officer challenges account of violent clearing of protesters
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Axios
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
You Can Stop Cleaning Your Mail Now — As a COVID-19 summer surge sweeps the country, deep cleans are all the rage. — National restaurants such as Applebee's are deputizing sanitation czars to oversee the constant scrubbing of window ledges, menus, and high chairs.
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Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Economic relief talks to ramp up Monday as Democrats, White House agree to sit down — Pelosi and Schumer will meet with Mnuchin and Meadows as they face the expiration of jobless aid within days — Top Democrats and the White House plan to meet Monday evening as they rush to begin negotiations …
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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Republicans Would Cut Unemployment Payments in Virus Relief Plan
Republicans Would Cut Unemployment Payments in Virus Relief Plan
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Megan Henney / Fox Business:
Kudlow maintains ‘V-shaped’ economic recovery still intact despite coronavirus resurgence
Kudlow maintains ‘V-shaped’ economic recovery still intact despite coronavirus resurgence
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Axios
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Melania Trump Will Revamp White House Rose Garden — The first lady's renovation of the garden, a signature showcase of power used by presidents for decades, is taking place as her husband enters a crucial stretch of his re-election effort. — WASHINGTON — Melania Trump, the first lady …
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Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Don't Count Trump Out — Let's stipulate right away …
Don't Count Trump Out — Let's stipulate right away …
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Townhall, New York Post, The Inquisitr, The Week, The Daily Caller, National Review, Vox and Mediaite
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
Lincoln Project co-founder met with Trump for campaign role in 2016 — Well, this is a little awkward. — Steve Schmidt, one of the co-founders of anti-Trump political action group the Lincoln Project, met with then-candidate Donald Trump and tried to join his campaign during a 2016 Manhattan meeting …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Biden leads in North Carolina as voters give Trump poor marks on virus, race relations — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis trails his Democratic challenger, as well, in a new NBC News/Marist poll. — WASHINGTON — Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina …
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Bloomberg:
Trump National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien Has Coronavirus — President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien has tested positive for Covid-19, according to people familiar with his situation, Bloomberg News reports. — O'Brien has been out of the office since late last week, one of the people said.
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Two Republican Senators Will Oppose Shelton's Fed Candidacy — Susan Collins joins Mitt Romney in signaling plans to vote against Trump's Fed pick — Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine) said Monday she would join Sen. Mitt Romney (R., Utah) in opposing the nomination of economist Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve's board of governors.
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CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside John Roberts' surprising streak of liberal wins — (CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts did not flinch. — When Roberts joined liberals on the Supreme Court to preserve an Obama-era program shielding young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children …
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Politico, National Review, Vanity Fair, The Week and Political Wire
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
John Lewis Is the First Black Lawmaker to Lie in State in the Capitol Rotunda — The pandemic has dictated an unusual public mourning process for the civil rights icon. He will lie in state briefly under the Capitol dome and then move outside so the public can pay respects safely.
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Procession begins for the late Rep. John Lewis before he lies in state at the US Capitol
Procession begins for the late Rep. John Lewis before he lies in state at the US Capitol
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Sarah Owermohle / Politico:
Drugmakers refuse to attend White House meeting after Trump issues executive orders on costs — A White House meeting with top pharmaceutical executives that President Donald Trump promised for Tuesday is off, five industry sources familiar with discussions told POLITICO.
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POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and InsideHealthPolicy Daily News
Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle:
They defied health rules for a storybook San Francisco wedding. The virus didn't spare them — The doors were locked. — Rows of pews were taped off. — The guests were arriving, as instructed, from an underground parking garage through a back door that led to the church interior.
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Rob Copeland / Wall Street Journal:
Google to Keep Employees Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic — Search engine giant pushes back return to normalcy — SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, people familiar with the matter said, making the search-engine giant …
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New York Times:
The Doctor Behind the Disputed Covid Data — Dr. Sapan Desai, who supplied the data for two prominent and later retracted studies, is said to have a history of cutting corners and misrepresenting information in pursuit of his ambitions. — A college degree at 19. A medical school graduate with a Ph.D. at 27.
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is searching for new political allies. He's found one in Kansas. — A Silicon Valley outsider has spent almost $1 million to reshape a US Senate race in America's heartland. — At his Park Avenue penthouse — 62 floors high and with a sparkling nighttime view …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Navarro mocks Fauci's first pitch — White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday refused to extinguish his bitter feud with Dr. Anthony Fauci, mocking the nation's top infectious disease expert for missing home plate with his ceremonial first pitch on Major League Baseball's Opening Day.
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Fox News, IJR, The Hill, The Daily Beast and Breitbart
Joe Biden:
The Biden Agenda for Women — Joe Biden is going to build our country back better after this economic crisis and that includes ensuring we get closer to full inclusion of and equality for women. Women — particularly women of color — have never had a fair shot to get ahead in this country.
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Liberty Unyielding
David Lapan / Just Security:
Former DHS and Defense Dept Spokesperson: Trump's Response to Civil Unrest in Portland is Damaging to Our Government and Our Democracy — I believe deeply that how our government's security forces are seen by the American public is critical to their ability to protect us and our ability to maintain a healthy democracy.
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Sydney Trent / Washington Post:
At 88, he is a historical rarity — the living son of a slave — The whipping post. The lynching tree. The wagon wheel. They were the stories of slavery, an inheritance of fear and dread, passed down from father to son. — The boy, barely 5, would listen, awed …