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David Nather / Axios:
Watch the full “Axios on HBO” interview with President Trump  —  In this episode of “Axios on HBO”, President Trump discusses his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming election and much more with National Political Correspondent Jonathan Swan.  The interview was filmed on Tuesday, July 28 and aired Monday, Aug. 3 on HBO.
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Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
The 3 Worst Moments From Trump's Newest Axios Interview  —  For the second time in less than a month, President Donald Trump sat down for a mildly tough interview, which aired Monday on HBO, during which he was confronted with facts and some of his most glaring falsehoods were appropriately challenged.
Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump: Coronavirus is “under control”  —  President Trump said in an interview with “Axios on HBO” that he thinks the coronavirus is as well-controlled in the U.S. as it can be, despite dramatic surges in new infections over the course of the summer and more than 150,000 American deaths.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Republicans Lead Senate Races in Alabama, Kentucky and Texas, With South Carolina Tied  —  Polling underscores roadblocks to a filibuster-proof majority for Democrats  — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leads Democrat Amy McGrath by 17 points, 53% to 36%.
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USA Today:
Poll shows Mitch McConnell with large lead over Democratic Senate rival Amy McGrath  —  A new survey by independent polling firm Morning Consult shows Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with a commanding lead in his bid for a seventh term in Kentucky, leading 53% to 36% over his Democratic challenger Amy McGrath.
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:   Poll: Graham, Harrison neck-and-neck in SC's US Senate race while Trump leads Biden
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
N.Y.C. Health Commissioner Resigns After Clashes With Mayor Over Virus  —  The resignation of Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the commissioner since 2018, came after Mayor Bill de Blasio stripped her agency of a key virus tracing program.  —  New York City's health commissioner, Dr. Oxiris Barbot …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
NYC health commissioner resigns, citing de Blasio's handling of coronavirus pandemic
Discussion: Raw Story
Ariana Pekary:
Personal news: why I'm now leaving MSNBC  —  “Just quit.”  —  That's the advice Alec gave a year and a half ago when I expressed concerns about my job.  —  “You just quit.  It's that simple.”  —  “Stay at MSNBC at least until the midterms,” Jeffrey said a couple years back.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:   MSNBC producer resigns from network with scathing letter: They block ‘diversity of thought’ and ‘amplify fringe voices’
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month  —  The Census Bureau is ending all counting efforts for the 2020 census on Sept. 30, a month shorter than previously announced, the bureau's director confirmed Monday in a statement.  That includes critical door-knocking efforts …
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Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Colorado police apologize over viral video of officers handcuffing Black girls in a mistaken stop  —  Sunday morning was meant to be a girls outing for the Gilliams, as cousins, sisters, aunts and nieces piled into an SUV to go get their nails done together in suburban Denver.
Politico:
Trump's bag of tricks comes up empty against Biden  —  On a Saturday in late July, Rudy Giuliani was having lunch with Donald Trump at the president's golf course in Virginia.  Both men were in unusually good spirits.  Giuliani, the president's sometimes lawyer who is representing Trump …
Washington Post:
Michigan ballots tangled in mail delays in advance of Tuesday primary  —  Mail problems marred the delivery of absentee ballots in Michigan in the run-up to Tuesday's primary in the state, testing election administrators and ramping up fears of political pressure on the U.S. Postal Service just three months before Nov. 3.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Judge orders New York State to count previously invalidated mail-in ballots
Discussion: Townhall and New York Times
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump or Biden? Voters in North Carolina could pick as soon as next month
Discussion: Reuters, ncsl.org and The Daily Caller
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Who, in 2020, is a “Good Republican”?  —  In  —  July 2018, conservative writer David French argued in National Review that NeverTrump conservatives should support “Good Republicans” — candidates who are competent and ethical (i.e. not Trumpy) — in the midterm elections.
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Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:   Whither Trumpism? With the president's reelection uncertain, Republicans battle over their future
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Mary Trump has a stark warning about the political ambitions of Ivanka and Don Jr - and the possibility of a Trump dynasty  —  In an interview with The Independent, the president's niece says that she expects Donald Jr to try for office, but Ivanka could end up as vice president
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Kanye West withdraws petition to get on NJ's 2020 ballot  —  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Kanye West withdrew his petition to appear as a presidential candidate on New Jersey's ballot, according to an email chain between a judge and what appears to be the rapper's campaign email address.
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Karen Bass Denies Links To Nation Of Islam, Despite Photos And Event Appearances, But Doesn't Disavow Radical Group  — California Rep. Karen Bass, a top contender to be presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's 2020 running mate, denied having ties to the Nation of Islam …
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
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Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
'I'm not a communist': Potential Biden running mate Rep. Bass reassures Cuban American voters
Discussion: Just The News, The Hill and Fox News
Knight Foundation:
American Views 2020: Trust, Media and Democracy  —  OVERVIEW  —  There is a widening gulf between American aspirations for and assessments of the news media.  With each passing benchmark study, the American people render deeper and increasingly polarized judgments about the news media …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Nothing is decided  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HERE'S AN AMAZING FACTOID almost two weeks into the talks aimed at producing a Covid relief bill: The two sides have not resolved a single issue.  Let us say this another way: Speaker NANCY PELOSI and Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Satisfaction at 13%, Lowest in Nine Years  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. continues to tumble since it started trending downward at the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic.  Currently, 13% of U.S. adults are satisfied …
Discussion: Axios
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's base starting to erode, new poll shows  —  President Trump's support among Republicans and other conservative voters has begun to erode amid the continued coronavirus pandemic and its associated economic havoc, a new poll from UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies shows.
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools.  It Didn't Go Well.  —  As countries consider back-to-school strategies for the fall, a coronavirus outbreak at a Jerusalem high school offers a cautionary tale.  —  JERUSALEM — As the United States and other countries anxiously consider …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Is Under Increasing Pressure to Blow Up His China Deal Before Election Day  —  The president's China hawks are telling him this is the bold move he needs to change his election fate.  —  President Donald Trump bet the house that getting a sweetheart trade deal with the Chinese government …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:   Trump views China's Communist Party as a threat. Young Chinese see it as a ticket to a better future.
Politico:
Kansas set to decide Kobach's fate — and possibly the Senate's  —  Republicans are about to learn if they have a serious problem in Kansas — and another major threat to their teetering Senate majority.  —  In Tuesday's primary, GOP voters will decide between hard-line conservative Kris Kobach …
Discussion: Reuters, National Review and NPR
CNN:
The US sent Brazil millions of hydroxychloroquine doses.  Months later, they're still in storage  —  What happened to 2M doses of hydroxychloroquine US sent Brazil  —  Sao Paulo (CNN)It was the kind of gift that should have come with a return slip.  —  The Trump administration's donation …
Gabriela Schulte / The Hill:
Poll: 82 percent of voters support a national face mask mandate  —  A vast majority of voters support the idea of a national mask mandate, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds.  —  Eighty-two percent of registered voters in the July 26-27 survey said they'd support a national mandate to wear facial coverings …
lohud:
COVID-19: Lawmakers slam DOH's Zucker for incomplete nursing home death data, liability and visitation policies  —  Lawmakers on Monday slammed state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker over potentially downplaying the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes to defend state policies.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
Two Black moms took their kids to the Mall.  Secret Service officers confronted them with guns, they said.  —  It was a hot Thursday afternoon, so India Johnson, 26, and Yasmeen Winston, 25, decided to take their babies to splash in the fountains at the World War II Memorial.
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
‘Shame on all of you’: Viral obit blames Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for man's covid-19 death  —  Much of David W. Nagy's obituary, which ran in his local paper in Jefferson, Tex., on July 30, recounted his painful death from the novel coronavirus at age 79 and named his surviving family members.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
House Democrats target Midwestern GOP seats  —  The House Democrats' main campaign arm has reserved almost $1.5 million worth of television air time meant to target three Midwestern Republicans whose seats are suddenly up for grabs in a tumultuous political climate.
 
 
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Alex Shephard / New Republic:
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
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William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
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James Arkin / Politico:
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
GOP plans “nightly surprise” for revamped convention
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
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Discussion: Washington Post
Keith Sargeant / New Jersey Online:
Massive coronavirus outbreak envelops Rutgers football team
BuzzFeed News:
New Emails Detail The Behind-The-Scenes Drama After The Justice Department Recommended A Lesser Sentence For Roger Stone
Washington Post:
After months of favor, Birx raises Trump's ire with grim coronavirus assessment