Articles for July, 2020

Carjacking suspect guns down three police officers in Chicago police station shoot out
A carjacking suspect who had already been arrested shot three Chicago police officers as they attempted to escort him into custody on Thursday morning, authorities said.The gunman was being taken out of a patrol van and walked into Northwest Side polic...
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The White House reportedly scrapped a national testing plan because the virus was mostly hitting blue states

The White House reportedly scrapped a national testing plan because the virus was mostly hitting blue statesLives likely could've been saved if the White House had focused on people rather than politics when the pandemic began, Vanity Fair reports.Unlike other countries, the U.S. has struggled to present a unified national strategy on COVID-19 testing, and the country now leads the world both in confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. But it reportedly had experts developing a testing plan since the virus' beginnings -- and then scrapped it entirely once it appeared the virus was largely hitting Democratic states, one expert tells Vanity Fair.Despite his lack of scientific or governmental experience, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner took charge of the testing plan and stacked a team with "bankers and billionaires," Vanity Fair writes. But diagnostic testing experts were eventually called in, and the team created a plan to tackle testing supply shortages and delays in reporting results."The plan, though imperfect, was a starting point," Vanity Fair writes, and "would have put us in a fundamentally different place" today, one person who worked on it said. But it faced resistance from the top of the White House, where Trump reportedly worried high test numbers would hurt the economy and his re-election prospects. And perhaps most disturbingly, one member of the team suggested there was no point in rolling out the plan because the virus seemed to be hitting blue states, an expert told Vanity Fair. "The political folks believed that because it was going to be relegated to Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be an effective political strategy," the expert said.All of that might explain why Kushner was so hopeful just a few months ago. > Jared Kushner, April 29: "I think you'll see by June a lot of the country should be back to normal and the hope is that by July, the country's really rocking again."> > July 31: > > .> > -- Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 31, 2020More stories from theweek.com Josh Hawley's good idea to stop modern slavery New Lincoln Project video imagines what it's like to wake up from a coma in 2020 Could America split up?


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Engel subpoenas State Dept. for Biden documents given to Senate Republicans
Democrats view the Senate GOP probe as an effort to smear Biden on false corruption allegations related to his diplomacy in Ukraine.
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Taylor Swift’s Chilly Affair, ‘Paradise’ By Way Of Eric Nam, And More Songs We Love
This week's eclectic new Bop Shop features songs from Taylor Swift, Eric Nam, S.G. Goodman, Rilo Kiley, and more.
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Epic New Merch Commemorates StarCraft® II’s 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago this week, on July 27, 2010, Blizzard launched StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, kicking off a decade of epic adventure, world-class esports competition, and timeless community creations. To celebrate this milestone, a special collection of new StarCraft II items is warping in to the Blizzard Gear Store! One of the most ominous...
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RHOP Premiere Sneak Peek: Is Charrisse Spreading “Nasty Rumors” About Monique?
Diamonds, denim and drama. The season 5 premiere of The Real Housewives of Potomac is almost here, and E! is bringing you an exclusive sneak peek. In the below clip from...
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Beyoncé’s Black Is King Best Moments: Blue Ivy, Fierce Fashion and a Powerful Message
Black Is King reigns. After a full 12 months in the making, Beyoncé's highly anticipated visual album for Disney+ has officially debuted to the masses. The musical film,...
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Six Life Lessons From Representative John Lewis I Want My Daughter To Remember – Forbes
Six Life Lessons From Representative John Lewis I Want My Daughter To Remember  Forbes
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“THE JOKER WAR” GOES UNDERGROUND IN DETECTIVE COMICS #1026!
"THE JOKER WAR" GOES UNDERGROUND IN DETECTIVE COMICS #1026! KILLER CROC TAKES THE JOKER WAR INTO THE SEWERS IN DETECTIVE COMICS #1026! Read more
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Harley Quinn Black + White + Red Chapter Six: “Black, White Knight, and Red”
Harley Quinn Black + White + Red Chapter Six: "Black, White Knight, and Red" Sean Murphy, Katana Collins and Matteo Scalera paint 'Batman: White Knight' red! Read more
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