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9:25 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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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.
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
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 …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Trump echoes Peter Navarro's “deep state” rhetoric about the FDA
Associated Press:
Trump pushes for COVID-19 treatments, claims slowdown at FDA
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The Republican convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish  —  This week's Republican National Convention will be The Trump Show from start to finish, aiming for ratings-juicing stunts, attention-grabbing speeches from MAGA stars, and executive power as performance art, people familiar with the plans tell Axios.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The first job of a Biden administration: Getting to, and telling, the truth
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's family members, conservative allies dominate GOP convention lineup
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 …
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
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
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is 'Fox's Frankenstein,' insiders told CNN's Brian Stelter — and here's the toll it's taken
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 …
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Trump Campaign Sr. Advisor Jason Miller potentially 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: Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to ABC's David Muir on Trump's attacks on mental fitness: ‘Watch me, Mr. President’
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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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 …
Discussion: NPR
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 …
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.
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
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,” …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Former Lt. Gov. John H. Hager dies  —  John H. Hager, a moderate Republican who persevered over polio to serve as Virginia's lieutenant governor and hold other key state and national posts, died Sunday.  He was 83.  —  Details were not immediately available but Mr. Hager's death was confirmed by several senior political officials.
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
We're doing our best with Zoom.  But we'll still need offices — and each other.  —  It's been more than five months since any of us who edit, produce or write for this Opinions section worked in the same room together.  Hopefully you, dear reader, have noticed no ill effects.
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
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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:
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ABC News:
Police arrest 5 during RNC protests in Charlotte
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
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 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
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Sarah Mucha / CNN:
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CNN:
Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before Election Day
Discussion: New York Post
New York Times:
Virgin Islands Will Subpoena Billionaire Investor in Epstein Case
Discussion: Forbes
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Alex Morse Was Accused, Condemned and Then Vindicated. Will His Experience Change Anything?
Sara Sidner / CNN:
The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge