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Inflation in the 20 European Union countries that use the euro fell sharply to 2.2% in August, opening the door for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates as the ECB and the U.S. Federal Reserve prepare to lower borrowing costs to support growth and jobs.
Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions
Experts doubt it will work, given the traceability of blockchains and the risk of even tougher sanctions for Russia.
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
An Obesity Drug Prevents Covid Deaths, Study Suggests
People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear.
Politics:
Democrats Hunt for Info on Trump’s Cemetery Incident
Democrats in Congress are scrambling for ways to publicly dredge up as much information as possible about an altercation between Trump staffers and an Arlington National Cemetery official.
The incident has been dogging the ex-president’s candidacy this week, with one House Armed Services Committee member telling Axios he’s trying to get his panel to formally investigate the matter.
Harris Passed the Test In Interview
From a strictly performance standpoint, Harris was clear, calm and didn’t get rattled when pushed about changes to her positions on certain issues.
In some past interviews, she came across as defensive, but that wasn’t the case here. She seemed comfortable and in command, which is important for a presidential candidate who people are still getting to know.
Harris Wants a Republican in Her Cabinet
It’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican.
I’d be surprised if it was anyone other than Adam Kinzinger.
I wouldn’t cast a vote based on a celebrity endorsement, but it does seem to be a thing:
Kamala Harris Puts Sunbelt in Play
Harris now leads by 2 percentage points among registered voters across the seven states. She is ahead by 1 point — a statistical tie — among likely voters, a group that campaigns and pollsters begin to shift their attention to as election day nears. The statistical margin of error is 1 percentage point across the seven states.
Trump Promises Free In-Vitro Fertilization Treatment
He just shot himself in the foot. (A) The left knows that he’s lying and (B) The right has made it very clear that they’re opposed to IVF.
The Not-So-Secret Campaign for ‘Secret’ Democrats
Kamala Harris’ rally in Savannah, Georgia, was the first time a general election presidential candidate had campaigned in the city since the 1990s.
Democratic operatives say it was a signal: Winning Georgia isn’t only about Atlanta this time.
Decision Threatens Kemp’s Détente with Trump
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has enjoyed an unusually friendly public rapport in recent days with former president Donald Trump.
But the détente might not last. Kemp is now weighing whether state law requires him to get involved in a simmering controversy around the Georgia State Election Board, whose conservative majority is under fire for approving new rules this month that Trump supports but that state and local officials say will sow confusion, compromise ballot security and potentially enable rogue county boards to block certification of election results in November.
Trump Media Exec Jumped the Line for U.S. Visa
A congressman intervened to help former President Donald Trump’s social media company jump the line for a difficult-to-obtain foreign-worker visa to bring a company executive to the U.S.
A former staffer for Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, said the congressman personally instructed her to help Trump Media, even though she thought it was inappropriate to mix politics with the office’s constituent services duties.
How Biden’s Senate Allies Helped Push Him From Race
Senator Jack Reed, the West Point graduate, Army veteran and Rhode Island Democrat who leads the Armed Services Committee, is hardly known as a troublemaker prone to rash statements.
So when Senate Democrats gathered privately with President Biden’s top political advisers last month to assess Mr. Biden’s capacity to remain the Democratic presidential nominee, the decision by the normally taciturn Mr. Reed to be among the first to speak was notable. What was even more remarkable was what he said, according to two attendees: If Mr. Biden wanted to stay in the race after a disastrous debate performance that underscored concerns about his condition and mental acuity, he should submit to examination by two independent neurologists who were willing to report their findings at a news conference.
It was a striking position for a Democratic loyalist to take, and one that underscored the near unanimity among Senate Democrats in the room that day that Mr. Biden should not continue as the party’s nominee. It was just one of a series of extraordinary moments during a closed-door session on July 11 that would lead Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, to schedule a face-to-face meeting with the president days later in which he urged Mr. Biden to withdraw.
Jack White Threatens to Sue Trump Campaign
Jack White is joining the growing list of angry musicians threatening to sue the Trump campaign over the use of their music in his promotional posts.
Said White: “Don’t even think about using my music you fascists.”
He added: “A double fuck you DonOLD for insulting our nation’s veterans at Arlington you scum. You should lose every military family’s vote immediately from that if anything makes sense anymore.”
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