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News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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While the FDA had long eyed the fall for granting full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, officials have recently accelerated their work, and now hope to finalize approval in a matter of weeks https://t.co/hk9JX5eBQm
— POLITICO (@politico) August 4, 2021
An unvaccinated Virginia man who’s been hospitalized with Covid-19 is using social media to urge others to go out and get the shot: "We thought we were invincible." https://t.co/o3Olpxz0ja
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 4, 2021
Missouri coroner removing COVID-19 from death certificates if families request https://t.co/SwmjGfyomf pic.twitter.com/tBur1bPLXN
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2021
Congresswoman Julia Letlow lost her husband to COVID in December, right after he was elected to the same seat — and just two weeks before the vaccine was made widely available https://t.co/OWUE7uU3Bn pic.twitter.com/IP6RPqpOCM
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 4, 2021
.@POTUS on targeted eviction moratorium: "The courts already ruled on the present eviction moratorium… I asked the CDC to go back and consider other options that may be available. You're going to hear from them what those other options are." https://t.co/83m7FGb0vD pic.twitter.com/wtdBcdAQIG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2021
NEW: Fmr. President Trump seeks to block Treasury Dept. from handing over his tax returns to Congress. https://t.co/qD6pronBht
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 4, 2021
NEW: Acting Nassau County DA Joyce A. Smith slammed the report's findings on Gov. Cuomo as "deeply disturbing" and said the office requested documents for incidents that occurred in Nassau County to "investigate any potential crimes." https://t.co/HTVFoHvFFl
— ABC News (@ABC) August 4, 2021
In early January 2021, one top DOJ official was so concerned that then-President Trump might fire his acting attorney general that he drafted an email announcing he and a second top official would resign in response https://t.co/vSWPY5cahJ
— POLITICO (@politico) August 4, 2021
The Mexican government said it plans to sue a number of U.S.-based gun makers alleging that the makers' loose controls allow for the weapons to be illegally trafficked into Mexico. https://t.co/gN7RURoCRm
— Axios (@axios) August 4, 2021
Three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death want federal trials separated from Derek Chauvin. https://t.co/FeOsLonLoy
— ABC News (@ABC) August 4, 2021
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has landed safely in Warsaw, Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister @marcin_przydacz says on Twitter https://t.co/SzeSNlN7yZ pic.twitter.com/W4pR8PqBaI
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 4, 2021