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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family — Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month. — Conway, whose title is counselor …
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Kellyanne Conway leaving White House
Kellyanne Conway leaving White House
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New York Times:
Biden and Harris Say They've Moved Past Their Differences
Biden and Harris Say They've Moved Past Their Differences
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Revealed: Jared Kushner's Private Channel With Putin's Money Man — DIRECT LINE — More than a dozen Trump administration officials, current and former, described a clandestine relationship between Jared Kushner and the CEO of a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Falwell says ‘Fatal Attraction’ threat led to depression — Jerry Falwell Jr., suspended as president of Virginia's Christian-focused Liberty University after a string of embarrassing acts, today said that he has suffered depression caused by a former family friend who had an affair …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right — Ms. Tufekci, a computer programmer who became a sociologist, sounded an early alarm on the need for protective masks. It wasn't the first time she was right about something big. — When the Centers for Disease Control …
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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FDA authorizes plasma treatment despite scientists' objections — TThe Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for blood plasma as a coronavirus treatment, the agency and President Donald Trump announced Sunday — one day after Trump attacked the drug regulator for moving too slowly to back the treatment.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump echoes Peter Navarro's “deep state” rhetoric about the FDA
Trump echoes Peter Navarro's “deep state” rhetoric about the FDA
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Nicholas Florko / STAT:
FDA, under pressure from Trump, authorizes blood plasma as Covid-19 treatment
FDA, under pressure from Trump, authorizes blood plasma as Covid-19 treatment
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Amy Davidson Sorkin / New Yorker:
Did the Democratic National Convention Go Too Smoothly? — An in-person event might have exposed conflicts in the Party, but it also might have offered a chance to address them. — Last week, when the Democratic National Convention, in its virtual state, nominated Joseph R. Biden …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The Republican convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish
The Republican convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek
Axios Sneak Peek
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump obliterates lines between governing and campaigning in service of his reelection
Trump obliterates lines between governing and campaigning in service of his reelection
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Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on raising taxes: ‘No new taxes’ for anyone making less than $400,000 — Biden: ‘No new taxes’ will be raised for anyone making under $400K — In the first joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris …
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Kamala Harris to ABC's Robin Roberts: Revisiting primary debate clash is a ‘distraction’
Kamala Harris to ABC's Robin Roberts: Revisiting primary debate clash is a ‘distraction’
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Last-minute confusion: Many Republicans still in the dark about convention — The majority of Republican politicians and operatives will learn about the details of this week's convention in the same manner most Americans do — by watching it unfold on TV. — The lack of information …
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Ali Harb in / Middle East Eye:
EXCLUSIVE: Biden aides apologise privately over attack on Linda Sarsour — In a private call with community activists, a recording of which was obtained by MEE, Biden campaign officials said statements against Sarsour were an ‘egregious misstep’ — Top aides to presidential candidate Joe Biden …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington's Fears About TikTok — Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook — When Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg delivered a speech about freedom of expression …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is 'Fox's Frankenstein,' insiders told CNN's Brian Stelter — and here's the toll it's taken — If anyone was born to write a juicy book about the democracy-threatening relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump, it had to be Brian Stelter. — After all, at not quite 35 …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
QAnon giving America a scary look at what a ‘Biden resistance’ would look like in 2021 — It took up 30 seconds Saturday night on the nightly news in Scranton — footage of maybe 20-30 white women (the kind our president likes to call “Suburban Housewives") and their kids marching through …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Ohio, a Father and Stepdaughter Show the Political Shifts in the Trump Era — He's a union worker and former Democrat now solidly behind President Trump. She's a onetime Republican now worried about her sons growing up in the Trump era. Family get-togethers can be difficult.
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Kenosha News:
WATCH NOW: State DOJ will probe officer-involved shooting; man in serious condition — A man was serious condition at a Milwaukee-area hospital after he was shot when officers were sent to the 2800 block of 40th Street late Sunday afternoon for what police called a domestic incident.
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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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Another Week of Setbacks, Trump Looks to Change the Story Line
After Another Week of Setbacks, Trump Looks to Change the Story Line
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Trump Campaign Sr. Advisor Jason Miller facing criminal contempt of court charges — The Trump campaign's senior advisor and top national spokesman is facing a hearing in which a Florida judge will decide about the appointment of a special prosecutor to pursue criminal contempt of court charges against him.
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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 …
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Twitter Flags Trump Tweet for Dissuading Voting — The social media service hid the president's post about ballot drop boxes, saying it violated Twitter's election integrity rules. — OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter hid one of President Trump's tweets behind a notice warning users …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules
Twitter flags Trump tweet about mail drop boxes for violating election rules
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. — More than 540,000 mail ballots were rejected during primaries across 23 states this year — nearly a quarter in key battlegrounds for the fall …