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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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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.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek — Welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly look ahead from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, plus our best scoops. — Today's newsletter is 1,845 words, a 7-minute read. — 1 big thing: GOP convention is a Trumpian production — This week's Republican National Convention …
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Nicholas Florko / STAT:
FDA, under pressure from Trump, authorizes blood plasma as Covid-19 treatment
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Mark Meadows defends Trump's “deep state” attacks on FDA
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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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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden enjoys post-convention bump in favorability: POLL
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The Hill
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 — 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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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 …
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Bloomberg
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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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 …
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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,” …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Acting Homeland Security chief says department does not have authority to send agents to polling locations — Acting DHS secretary on Trump's claim: That's not what we do — Washington (CNN)The Department of Homeland Security's acting secretary on Sunday cast doubt on the department's authority …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Chad Wolf says DHS has no authority to send agents to polling stations
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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 …
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 …
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Billy Witz / New York Times:
Doctors Enter College Football's Politics, but Maybe Just for Show — Universities have had mixed messages, competing agendas and a lack of transparency as they consider whether to hold college football in the fall, with billions of dollars at stake. — As Justin Fields …
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” …
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NBC News:
Full Mark Warner: Intelligence community should ‘lay out more of the facts’ on election interference — In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) talks to Chuck Todd about the Senate Intelligence Committee's final report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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 …
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Forbes
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.
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?”
Joseph Walker / Wall Street Journal:
Antibody Drugs Advancing to Fill Covid-19 Treatment Gap — Companies including Regeneron and Eli Lilly are testing drugs to help protect people infected with the virus from developing serious cases — A kind of drug that takes a page from a body's natural antibody defenses may be able …
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