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12:30 AM ET, August 24, 2020

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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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Washington Post:
Trump's family members, conservative allies dominate GOP convention lineup
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 …
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.
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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Politico:
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump echoes Peter Navarro's “deep state” rhetoric about the FDA
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and The Guardian
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 …
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 …
Discussion: ABC News, Axios, Slate, The US Sun and The Hill
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:   The Republican convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish
CBS News:
Republicans see U.S. as better off now than 4 years ago ahead of convention — Battleground Tracker poll
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Another Week of Setbacks, Trump Looks to Change the Story Line
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Press
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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ABC News:
TRANSCRIPT: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris' first joint interview with ABC's David Muir
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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 …
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.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:   ‘Hoax’ book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is 'Fox's Frankenstein,' insiders told CNN's Brian Stelter — and here's the toll it's taken
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: Slate, CNBC and Bloomberg
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.
Discussion: Political Flare and Mediaite
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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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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and CBS Philly
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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New York Post:
Hungry New Yorkers form quarter-mile line for free food in Queens
Discussion: Fox News
USA Today:
The threat to Postal Service is a threat to US values. Harmful changes must be reversed: Ex-official
Washington Post:
Debt, eviction and hunger: Millions fall back into crisis as stimulus and safety nets vanish
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Access Denied: Trying to report from a covid convention and angry protests
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
In Portland, a Prosecutor Must Decide: Which Protesters Should Go to Jail?
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Former Lt. Gov. John H. Hager dies
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
We're doing our best with Zoom. But we'll still need offices — and each other.
 Earlier Items: 
The Tennessean:
Pastor Greg Locke's Mt. Juliet church vandalized ahead of Roger Stone appearance
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Billions in Hospital Virus Aid Rested on Compliance With Private Vendor
NBC News:
Full Mark Warner: Intelligence community should ‘lay out more of the facts’ on election interference
Billy Witz / New York Times:
Doctors Enter College Football's Politics, but Maybe Just for Show
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Biden's campaign to run ad seizing on Trump's Goodyear comments
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated. Will His Experience Change Anything?
 

 
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