News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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“I want to make it absolutely clear … Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting — it’s lawlessness. Plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted,” Joe Biden says. https://t.co/nRAdpK1q1D pic.twitter.com/duo44DSwDw
— CNN (@CNN) August 31, 2020
The President is not currently scheduled to meet with Jacob Blake's family while visiting Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday. Demonstrations were sparked in the city after Blake, a Black man, was shot in the back by a White police officer seven times. https://t.co/f39vZdwoGM
— CNN (@CNN) August 31, 2020
Reporter asks if President Trump condemns the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen charged for killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2020
McEnany: "The president is not going to weigh in on that" https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/TcPrKXS1oo
As of August 31 at 10:30 a.m. ET, @NBCNews has confirmed 6,020,701 COVID-19 cases in the US and 184,309 reported deaths.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 31, 2020
6 states and territories have seen a greater than 25% increase in cases in the last 2 weeks, compared to the 2 weeks before. https://t.co/yETeobv1bi pic.twitter.com/3mKAySY5qM
In June, Trump administration officials privately warned 7 states about dangerous outbreaks that put them in the highest risk "red zone" while publicly dismissing concerns about a second wave of Covid-19, according to documents released today https://t.co/sN3BF0Tn3Y
— POLITICO (@politico) August 31, 2020
A divided federal appeals court panel dealt a severe blow to the U.S. House of Representatives’ investigative power today, ruling that the House can’t go to court to enforce subpoenas because there is no statute giving that chamber the authority to do sohttps://t.co/5q0GsLKzgU
— POLITICO (@politico) August 31, 2020
NEW: Federal appeals court rejects effort by former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and the Justice Department to force a lower federal district judge to throw out Flynn's criminal case. https://t.co/w30Pedczup
— ABC News (@ABC) August 31, 2020
Portland Mayor Wheeler pushes back against President Trump after a man was shot and killed amid clashes between Black Lives Matter protesters and a pro-Trump caravan on Saturday: “It's you who have created the hate and the division.” https://t.co/47eSsJLqBH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 31, 2020
