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Senate Panel’s Russia Probe Found Counterintelligence Risks in Trump’s 2016 “Campaign Members of the 2016 Trump campaign posed a major counterintelligence risk to the U.S. due to their frequent contacts with people with close ties to the Russian government, a bipartisan Senate investigation has concluded.”
U.S. Postal Service to Suspend Changes Until After Election “Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the U.S. Postal Service is suspending operational changes, like removing mail processing equipment and collection boxes, until after the election, as the agency tries to reassure Americans that it can handle the anticipated surge in mail-in voting.”
S&P 500 Closes at New High, Erasing Its Virus Plunge “The S&P 500 closed at its highest level ever Tuesday, capping a remarkable rebound fueled by unprecedented government stimulus and optimism among investors about the world’s ability to manage the pandemic.”
Reeling From a Storm, Iowans Worry They Have Been Forgotten “In Cedar Rapids, where President Trump stopped briefly on Tuesday, thousands of people are unable to return to their homes after devastating winds.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: When Back to Work Collides with Back to SchoolChristina Rexrode explains how parents are scrambling to find and pay for childcare and what it could mean for the economy.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s speech served as a warning to Democratic establishment and Biden
THE COMMENT
“The weapon in Jim Crow South Carolina was the constitutional convention. Trump’s is the bully pulpit, where he can attack and discredit mail-in balloting, a voting method favored by Democrats during the coronavirus pandemic. He is also using the powers of his office to hamstring the U.S. Postal Service, which is indispensable to making the mail-in balloting system work. Trump is trying to achieve both, with public opposition to any plan that includes resources in a new coronavirus relief bill to strengthen the Postal Service and aid states that administer and protect the integrity of elections.” - Colbert I. King
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