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3:50 PM ET, August 23, 2020

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Washington Post:
Trump to announce emergency authorization of convalescent plasma as covid-19 treatment  —  The FDA action will be highlighted at a news conference later Sunday afternoon.  —  On the eve of the Republican National Convention where President Trump hopes to revive his flagging political fortunes …
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Associated Press:
Trump pushes for COVID-19 treatments, claims slowdown at FDA  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing for breakthroughs in treatments for the coronavirus, White House officials suggested Sunday there were politically motivated delays by the Food and Drug Administration in approving a vaccine and therapeutics for the disease.
Discussion: STAT and Fox News
Zachary Brennan / Politico:
FDA to authorize plasma treatment over scientists' objections  —  The Food and Drug Administration will issue an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment, President Donald Trump is set to announce Sunday evening, according to three administration officials.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Daily Beast
Nicholas Florko / STAT:
FDA, under pressure from Trump, expected to authorize blood plasma as Covid-19 treatment  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to announce Sunday evening that the Food and Drug Administration will authorize the use of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from Covid-19 …
Discussion: UPI
CBS News:
Republicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll  —  It was mostly Democrats who watched last week's convention, and they liked what they saw.  Now, as the Republicans begin theirs, we find a Republican Party whose voters not only hold …
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Katia Dmitrieva / Bloomberg:   GOP Voters Say Economy, Covid-19 Response Good in CBS Poll
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL
Discussion: The Hill
Financial Times:
Trump considers fast-tracking UK Covid-19 vaccine before US election  —  FDA could use emergency authorisation rules despite fears over high-profile resignations due to safety concerns  —  The Trump administration is considering bypassing normal US regulatory standards to fast-track …
Discussion: Bloomberg
David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Hoax’ book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox  —  FILE - This combination of photo shows, from left, Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Laura Ingraham, host of “The Ingraham Angle,” and Sean Hannity, host of “Hannity” on Fox News.  Brian Stelter, who wrote “Hoax …
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David Enrich / New York Times:
The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News  —  Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth  —  Just about everyone understands that Fox News is the cheerleader in chief for a TV-obsessed president.  We know the channel traffics in misinformation.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is 'Fox's Frankenstein,' insiders told CNN's Brian Stelter — and here's the toll it's taken
New York Times:
Republicans Rush to Finalize Convention ('Apprentice' Producers Are Helping)  —  The party is promising a more traditional in-person spectacle with President Trump speaking every night.  Coming into this weekend, producers at the major TV networks had only a foggy idea of what to expect.
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Tom Porter / Business Insider:
Donald Trump is to speak on all 4 nights of the RNC, and his family will take up half of the keynote speaker spots
Discussion: Forbes
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
An Apprentice producer and a TV-obsessed president: Inside the GOP's convention scramble
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Biden's Center Hold?  —  After a career built on incremental progress, Joe Biden is promising a Presidency of transformational change.  The election will test whether his campaign can bring together a divided party and a beleaguered country.  —  “Welcome to my mom's house,” …
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
In secretly recorded audio, President Trump's sister says he has ‘no principles’ and 'you can't trust him'  —  Maryanne Trump Barry was serving as a federal judge when she heard her brother, President Trump, suggest on Fox News, “maybe I'll have to put her at the border” amid a wave of refugees entering the United States.
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules  —  Twitter flagged a tweet by President Trump on Sunday that claimed, without evidence, that mail drop boxes are a “voter security disaster” and are “not Covid sanitized.”  —  Driving the news: “We placed …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump obliterates lines between governing and campaigning in service of his reelection  —  Trailing in the polls and struggling to find a message, President Trump is leveraging one of the most powerful assets he has left — his White House office — in service of his reelection bid …
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interviews air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden tackled questions about his age in an exclusive interview with “World News Tonight” …
Katie Shepherd / Washington Post:
Portland police stand by as Proud Boys and far-right militias flash guns and brawl with antifa counterprotesters  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — On Saturday afternoon, a large crowd of more than 100 far-right activists, including Proud Boys and armed militia members, descended on Portland, Ore. …
Sara Sidner / CNN:
The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge  —  (CNN)When Jo Rae Perkins walked over to greet us for the very first time, she did not introduce herself or ask our names, the first thing she did was move her hand across her face and say, “What are these things on your faces?”
New York Times:
Virgin Islands Will Subpoena Billionaire Investor in Epstein Case  —  The territory's attorney general wants to know more about Leon Black's dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, who died while facing sex-trafficking charges.  —  Officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands want the billionaire investor Leon Black …
Discussion: Forbes
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Biden's campaign to run ad seizing on Trump's Goodyear comments  —  President Trump urges boycott of tires he uses  —  (CNN)Joe Biden's presidential campaign is launching an ad Monday seizing on President Donald Trump's comments calling for a boycott of Goodyear tires that will play …
CNN:
Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before Election Day  —  (CNN)Well, 2020 keeps getting better all the time.  —  Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming toward us.  —  On the day before the presidential vote, no less.
Discussion: New York Post
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated.  Will His Experience Change Anything?  —  Vague allegations against the Massachusetts congressional candidate offer a case study in how progressives navigate issues of sex and power in politics when judgment is often swift and unforgiving.
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump v American democracy: the real battle on the ballot this November  —  The president has claimed the only way he can lose is if the vote is rigged - setting the stage for bitter conflict after election day  —  he soaring oratory had been replaced by visible anguish.
New York Times:
Dry Thunderstorms Could Accelerate the California Wildfires  —  Lightning, erratic winds and no rain would make it even tougher for firefighters to battle some of the largest blazes in state history.  —  By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio  —  With wildfires burning almost one million acres of California …
 
 
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Discussion: Daily Kos
NBC News:
Postal Service delays of prescription drugs put thousands of American lives at risk
Discussion: Vox and NBC New York
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P.
Discussion: CNN
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