Negotiations over a new coronavirus relief package failed after
the Trump administration rejected a Democratic offer to compromise on
the $1 trillion Republican plan and their $3.4 trillion plan.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, however, called the offer a
“non-starter.” Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said
they would recommend that Trump move ahead with executive orders to
suspend payroll taxes, extend eviction protections, boost unemployment
benefits, and help student loan borrowers. Trump, meanwhile, tweeted
that “Pelosi and Schumer only interested in Bailout Money for poorly run
Democrat cities and states. Nothing to do with China Virus! Want one
trillion dollars. No interest. We are going a different way!” (
Bloomberg /
Politico New York Times /
The Hill /
CNN /
Washington Post)
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The U.S. economy added 1.8 million jobs in July. The
unemployment rate fell to 10.2% in July, down from a peak of 14.7% in
April, but above the 3.5% rate in February before the coronavirus
pandemic. (Politico / CNBC / Washington Post)
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The number who were unemployed between 15 and 26 weeks rose by a seasonally adjusted 4.6 million to 6.5 million people in July.
The reading is the highest on record since 1948 and nearly double the
prior peak, set in 2009 at the end of the last recession. (Wall Street Journal)
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As Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for schools to reopen, Florida
health directors were instructed to not tell school boards whether the
risks of opening campuses were too great. State leaders told
school boards they would need Health Department approval if they wanted
to keep classrooms closed, but health directors were ordered to only
provide suggestions on how to reopen safely. (Palm Beach Post)
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Virus keeps spreading as schools begin to open, frightening parents, and alarming public health officials.
“School openings in Alabama are a local decision, but public health
officials offer guidance in part based on the risk in that county. As of
Thursday, 44 of the state’s 67 counties are considered ‘high risk’ or
‘very high risk.’” (Washington Post)
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A 15-year-old student at North Paulding High School in
Georgia posted photos showing students crowded into a packed hallway on
their first day of school with few wearing masks and little sign of
social distancing. The sophomore who posted the photos was
initially suspended over the act. Her suspension was later lifted and
wiped from her record. (New York Times / CNN)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the gave the greenlight for schools to reopen and bring back students in the fall for in-person instruction. (NBC News / Politico)
Trump baselessly claimed that Joe Biden, a practicing Catholic,
is “against God” and would somehow “hurt God” and the bible if he was
elected president. In a rally-style speech on the tarmac of the
Cleveland airport that was supposed to be a chance to promote economic
recovery, Trump instead pivoted to personal attacks, claiming that Biden
would “Take away your guns, destroy your second amendment, no religion,
no anything. Hurt the bible, hurt God. He’s against God, he’s against
guns.” Biden responded in a statement, saying that Trump’s “shameful”
comments were “beneath the office he holds” and “beneath the dignity the
American people so rightly expect and deserve from their leaders.” (Politico / CBS News / Washington Post / BBC / CNN / The Hill)
Trump signed a pair of executive orders banning Americans and
U.S. companies from doing business with the Chinese-owned TikTok and
WeChat apps in 45 days, citing an effort to “address the
national emergency with respect to the information and communication
technology supply chain.” According to the vaguely worded order,
TikTok’s “data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party
access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information — potentially
allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and
contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and
conduct corporate espionage.” TikTok, however, has maintained that it
stores all data belonging to U.S. customers in facilities outside of
China that are not subject to Chinese law. Microsoft, meanwhile, is in
talks to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
will be responsible for defining what constitutes a transaction. (Bloomberg / The Verge / Politico / Axios / Wall Street Journal / CNN)
The U.S. intelligence community’s top election security
official said China sees Trump as “unpredictable” and “prefers” that he
not win reelection, while Russia is working to “denigrate” Joe Biden.
The statement from William Evanina, director of the National
Counterintelligence and Security Center, comes amid criticism from
Democratic lawmakers that the intelligence community has been
withholding intelligence information from the public about the threat of
foreign election interference in the upcoming election. Evanina also
said Iran is seeking to “undermine US democratic institutions, President
Trump, and to divide the country.” (Washington Post / CNN / Associated Press / Wall Street Journal / CNN)
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Facebook fired an employee who collected evidence showing the
company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes
to misinformation. Facebook also removed his post from the
company’s internal communication platform and restricted internal access
to the information he cited. (BuzzFeed News)
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly warned Russia’s
foreign minister against paying bounties to Taliban-linked militants for
killing American service members. Pompeo’s warning is the
first known rebuke from a senior American official over the bounties
program and runs counter to Trump’s insistence that the matter is a
“hoax.” (New York Times)
Congressional Democrats called for an investigation of
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after he instituted cost-cutting measures
that postal workers say have delayed mail delivery. DeJoy, a
major Republican donor, implemented policies that prohibit postal
workers from taking overtime or making extra trips to deliver mail on
time. “Let me be clear that with regard to election mail, the Postal
Service and I are fully committed to fulfilling our role in the
electoral process,” DeJoy said. “Despite any assertions to the contrary,
we are not slowing down election mail or any other mail.” Lawmakers
from both parties, meanwhile, have urged DeJoy to switch course on
policies. (Washington Post / Politico)
Aug 7. 4,858,327. 158,880. 55,836/63,246 1,249/1,290. 19,532,532 283,009 7,904. 188
Aug 6 4,802,491 157,631 53,685/58,611 1,320/1,203 19,245,778 280,016 8,505 149
Aug 5 4,748,806 156,311 49,988/55,148 1,107/1,311 18,965,471 271,406 5,559 169
Aug 4 4,698,818 155,204 49,716/54,504 733/1,362 18,692,396 254,988 5,156 197
Aug 3 x,xxx,xxx xxx,xxx xx,xxx/48,646 xxxxx/567 8,437,388 199,917 6,344 109
Aug 2 4,601,526 154,002 58,947/47.976 1,132/425 18,219,635 210,937 9,395 36
Aug 1 4,542,579 152,870 68,605/58,429 1,371/1,123 18,008,487 255,779 7,382 137
July 31 x,xxx,xxx xxx,xxx 68,042/70,904 x.xxx /1,462 xx,xxx,xxx 289,149 7,878 191
July 25 4,099,310 145,013 74,818/67,413 1,145/908 16,190,428 259,014 10,183 90
July 24 4,024,492 143,868 72,219/78,009 1,113/1,141 15,931,445 289,028 10,593 135
July 21 3,819,139 140,630 57,777/67,140 473/1119 15,084.578 238,728 10,278 120
July 17 3,555,877 137,864 72,045/74,987 926/946 14,179,750 240,402 9608 122
July 12 3,236,130 134,572 62,918/58,349 906/380 13,028,128 194,667 7702 25
July 9 3,047,671 132,056 64,771/61,067 991/960 12,378,854 222,285 7248 137
June27 2,459,472 124,976 44,602/43,581 651 10,075,115 176,568 4226 32
June15 2,085,769 116,373 21,957/20,886 373/432 8,108,667 124,600 2719
May 1 1,062,446 62,406 26,520/36,134 1444 3,386,637 82,718
April 15 605,390 24,582 28,394/25,592 2347 2,073,568
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