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Washington Post:
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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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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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Like Groundhog Day’: Republicans fret over Trump's fading fortunes — President Donald Trump is in an August, coronavirus-induced slump — and his team is feeling it. — The White House's negotiations with Capitol Hill over a fourth economic stimulus package fell apart on Friday …
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New York Times:
Pelosi Is Playing Hardball on Coronavirus Relief. She Thinks She'll Win. — Emboldened by Republican divisions and a favorable political landscape, the speaker is refusing to agree to a narrow relief measure, unbothered by charges that she is an impediment to a deal.
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Raw Story
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Trump orders $400-per-week unemployment payments amid COVID crisis, hits Dems for stonewalling
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Wall Street Journal and Fox Business
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump expected to sign executive orders on coronavirus relief
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Reuters
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump antagonizes GOP megadonor Adelson in heated phone call — When President Donald Trump connected by phone last week with Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson — perhaps the only person in the party who can cut a nine-figure check to aid his reelection — the phone call unexpectedly turned contentious.
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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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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
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Unwanted Truths: Inside Trump's Battles With U.S. Intelligence Agencies — Last year, intelligence officials gathered to write a classified report on Russia's interest in the 2020 election. An investigation from the magazine uncovered what happened next. — In early July of last year …
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Washington Post, Raw Story and The Week
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
No Wrist Corsages, Please — Has America grown since 1984, or will the knives still be out for Biden's running mate? — WASHINGTON — On the cusp of Joe Biden teaming up with a woman, I am casting back to my time covering the first woman who was a serious contender for veep.
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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.
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter, TikTok Have Held Preliminary Talks About Possible Combination — Microsoft still seen as front-runner in bidding for video-sharing app's U.S. operations — Twitter Inc. TWTR -1.46% has had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Calling it a ‘peaceful protest,’ Trump flouts coronavirus guidelines with golf club gathering — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Just before 7 p.m. Friday evening, members of President Trump's private golf club here began streaming into a gilded ballroom by the dozens.
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Andrea Widburg / American Thinker:
President Trump wittily shuts down a snarky reporter
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New York Post, The Western Journal, Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
A protester tried to ID a police officer on Twitter. Now he faces a felony — along with four who retweeted him. — When Kevin Alfaro noticed a masked police officer befriending a counterprotester who had threatened him at a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Nutley, N.J., on June 19, he whipped out his phone and took a picture.
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Law & Crime, The Verge and New Jersey Online
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Jon Queally / Salon:
“Friday Night Massacre” at US Postal Service: Postmaster General boots top brass ahead of election — The Postmaster General — a major Trump donor — suddenly ousted the Postal Service's top officials … Government watchdogs, Democratic lawmakers, and pro-democracy advocates declared it a …
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Talking Points Memo, Axios and Slate
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Washington Post:
TikTok's fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl — Trump advisers Mnuchin and Navarro fought over TikTok as Silicon Valley dealmakers tried to get closer to Trump — Last week, as leaders in Silicon Valley, China and Washington raced to seal the fate …
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New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, The Verge, Tennessee Star, Wired, Bloomberg and TikTok, more at Techmeme »
Calum Best / The Bulwark:
Jerry Falwell's Zipper Has Been Down for Years — His bizarre Instagram picture is just the latest in a long line of bad decisions that have harmed Liberty University. — The board of trustees of Liberty University announced on Friday that the president and chancellor of the university …
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Slate, Raw Story, Pulpit & Pen News and Politico
David Slotnick / Task & Purpose:
The Air Force just awarded a contract to develop a hypersonic Air Force One — Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Business Insider. — The Air Force One of the future might get a major speed boost. — An aerospace company called Hermeus on Thursday announced a contract …
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The Drive
commercialappeal:
Memphis woman, who said she is recovering from COVID-19, evicted in Raleigh — Leslie Nelson, a 56-year-old Raleigh resident, was evicted from her home of several years Thursday. Nelson, who struggled to breathe while talking to The Commercial Appeal, said she is recovering from COVID-19.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
This Is Exactly What Susan Rice Feared — A few days before Donald Trump's inauguration, then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice held a press briefing in her office to talk about the threats she saw on the horizon as Barack Obama's presidency drew to a close.
Politico:
Democrats see payoff from pressure campaign on intelligence community — Congressional Democrats — stung by the Obama administration's soft-pedaled approach to Russian election interference in 2016 — have a plan to prevent a repeat under President Donald Trump: make as much noise as possible, early and often.
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