Americans started taking precautions last month even before states paused reopening.
Category: Politics
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The one thing that matters in Republican primaries
In this edition: Why Republicans didn’t fret about a QAnon win in Colorado, how Trump-friendly media hunts for Biden gaffes, and what changed after Tuesday’s primaries.
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The Energy 202: Trump’s nomination of public lands manager tees up tough vote in the Senate
William Perry Pendley is under scrutiny for his past comments on the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The Health 202: To open schools in the fall or not: That is one pressing coronavirus question
‘I don’t freaking care about getting the parents back to work,’ said the NEA head. ‘I care about opening a school carefully so those kids have a decent education.’
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The Cybersecurity 202: Get ready for encryption fireworks in Congress today
A Senate committee will spar over an anti-child pornography bill critics say is an encryption killer.
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Power Up: Trump is touting an enthusiasm gap with Biden. But his campaign may be looking at the numbers the wrong way.
Voters seem just as motivated to vote against Trump as for him.
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Warren discusses fight to end systemic racism as some discuss her as potential VP
Some black women activists are open to her if Biden does not choose a black woman.
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The Technology 202: Here’s what Facebook ad boycott organizers plan to tell Mark Zuckerberg
They want Facebook to allow independent audits of misinformation and hate speech.
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Brad Parscale’s shoddy case for why Trump wins in 2020
Many of Parscale’s points gloss over or ignore some uneasy realities of the race. Others provide dodgy comparisons to past elections.
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The June jobs numbers were good — in part because they predate the new coronavirus surge
The biggest asterisk accompanying the new data.
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Power Up: Trump’s senior slump is boosting Biden’s chances to win the White House
And a gun rights activist ousts a GOP incumbent in Colorado.
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With new coronavirus cases hitting a high, Trump revisits his fantasy: The virus will just go away
Two-thirds of the time after (the many times) he’s said that, cases and deaths were up two weeks later.
