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Trump signs four executive orders after economic relief talks with Democrats collapsed — The orders aim to temporarily extend unemployment aid and eviction protections — President Trump on Saturday signed several executive orders that he said would provide economic relief to millions of Americans …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he's reelected — The president made the pledge after signing a directive postponing payroll tax payments into next year — President Trump pledged on Saturday to pursue a permanent cut to the payroll taxes …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Trump's Go-It-Alone Stimulus Won't Do Much to Lift the Recovery — A series of executive actions will provoke lawsuits but is unlikely to stoke faster growth in an economy that has cooled this summer. — The executive actions President Trump took on Saturday were pitched as a unilateral jolt for an ailing economy.
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's order to bypass Congress on coronavirus relief faces likely legal challenges — President Trump on Saturday said he was bypassing Congress and taking unilateral action to provide financial relief to Americans struggling during the coronavirus crisis, despite uncertainty about his legal authority to do so.
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump seems ready, willing to bypass lawmakers on virus aid — BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Ready and willing to bypass elected lawmakers, President Donald Trump seemed set to claim the power to defer payroll taxes and extend expired unemployment benefits after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.
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NBC News:
Trump signs executive orders on coronavirus economic relief — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed four executive orders Saturday for coronavirus economic relief, upending negotiations with Congress after lawmakers failed to reach a deal on Friday. — The executive orders defer …
New York Times:
Pelosi Is Playing Hardball on Coronavirus Relief. She Thinks She'll Win.
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Trump orders $400-per-week unemployment payments amid COVID crisis, hits Dems for stonewalling
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Washington Post:
The lost days of summer: How Trump fell short in containing the virus — As the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows is responsible for coordinating the vast executive branch, including its coronavirus response. But in closed-door meetings, he has revealed his skepticism …
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Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
Stephen F. Williams, longtime federal appeals judge in D.C., dies of coronavirus at 83 — Judge Stephen F. Williams, a member of the powerful Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for more than three decades, died Friday of complications from the coronavirus, his family and court officials said.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump walks out of news conference after reporter asks him about Veterans Choice lie he's told more than 150 times — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump abruptly ended a Saturday news conference after a reporter challenged him on a lie about veterans health care he has told more than 150 times.
CBS News:
97,000 children reportedly test positive for coronavirus in two weeks as schools gear up for instruction — Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump aides exploring executive actions to curb voting by mail — This past spring, President Donald Trump began a full-fledged assault on voting by mail, tweeting, retweeting and railing about massive fraud and rigged elections with scant evidence. — Then the Republican apparatus got to work backing up the president.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
PM prepares for “COVID election” as NZ marks 100 days of no community spread — New Zealand has now gone 100 days with no detected community spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement. — Why It Matters: New Zealanders are going to the polls on Sept. 19.
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Doree Lewak / New York Post:
NYC moms fleeing Upper West Side amid crime and chaos — However, the people packing their bags are not coming to New York City — they're fleeing it for good. — Due to increasingly squalid conditions on the Upper West Side, including two new homeless shelters packed with junkies …
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americandigest.org and The Daily Caller
Joe Biden:
My Statement on President Trump's Executive Orders to Sow More Chaos and Confusion — Unable to deliver for the American people in a time of crisis, Donald Trump offered a series of half-baked measures today. He is putting Social Security at grave risk at a time when seniors are suffering …
Washington Post:
Biden campaign, women's groups are working to blunt sexist attacks on his vice presidential pick — Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, Joe Biden's campaign manager, warned on a recent all-staff call that when his vice presidential pick is announced, sexism will motivate the ugliest attacks against her — no matter who she is.
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New York Times:
How Kristi Noem, Mt. Rushmore and Trump Fueled Speculation About Pence's Job — After Ms. Noem, the South Dakota governor, flew to Washington on Air Force One, speculation about her ambitions ensued. She made a second trip to smooth things over with Mike Pence.
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Mark Walker / New York Times:
‘If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here’: Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally
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Daily Kos and New York Post
Betwa Sharma / HuffPost India:
Delhi Police To Close Case On Violent Abuse And Threats Against Rana Ayyub — Rana Ayyub, in a 2018 complaint to the Delhi Police, said that her face had been morphed in a pornographic video, and she was being targeted with rape and death threats on social media.
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