WHAT'S BREWING
U.S. DEATHS TOP 60,000, TRUMP'S PREDICTED MAXIMUM More than 60,000 people in the U.S. have now officially died from the coronavirus. The increasingly grim figure exceeds predictions Trump made just last week when he sought to frame a maximum of 50,000 to 60,000 total deaths as a win for America and a validation of his administration’s highly criticized pandemic response. “We did the right thing because if we didn’t do it, you would have had a million people, a million and a half people, maybe 2 million people dead,” Trump said. [HuffPost]
NORWEGIAN TYCOON ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDERING WIFE One of Norway’s wealthiest men was arrested in connection with his wife’s 2018 disappearance and held on suspicion of murder or complicity to murder in a case that police had earlier thought was a kidnapping. Tom Hagen, a media-shy real estate investor and owner of an electric company, was arrested on his way to work. The case had made headlines in the Scandinavian country, where police first reported that Anne-Elizabeth Falkevik Hagen had been abducted. [HuffPost]
TOP LINDSEY GRAHAM DONOR SWITCHES SIDES A top donor to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is switching sides. Richard Wilkerson, former head of Michelin’s North America unit, based in Greenville, South Carolina, has endorsed Democrat Jaime Harrison. Wilkerson told the Charleston Post and Courier that he got to know Harrison when he worked as a lobbyist for the company on issues such as setting new tire standards for better fuel efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The newspaper said Wilkerson has contributed more than $10,000 to Graham since 2011. [HuffPost]
BIDEN STAYS SILENT Joe Biden, who championed women’s rights during his time in the Senate and the vice president’s office, has remained silent as a sexual assault allegation against him gains more traction. His campaign has put out a statement denying the accusation by Tara Reade, a former Senate aide, but Biden himself has not said anything. And in his absence, other Democrats ― particularly female activists and politicians ― have had to weigh in and decide whether to defend him. The New York Times, meanwhile, has refuted the Biden team's reported talking points. [HuffPost]
GOV. CUOMO SCHOOLS MITCH MCCONNELL WITH BASIC MATH New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ripped into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for saying they don’t want to send any additional federal aid to his state. Both have described money to help New York in its battle with the coronavirus pandemic as “bailouts.” But Cuomo asked both senators, “Who is bailing out whom?” And he used some basic math to answer the question, noting that New York gives far more in federal tax dollars than it receives. [HuffPost]
GOP SENATOR CALLS ON OFFICIALS TO 'LEAD BY EXAMPLE' North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis called on elected officials to “lead by example” and follow coronavirus guidelines after Vice President Mike Pence faced backlash for refusing to wear a mask while visiting a hospital. “I’m trying to lead by example, do what I’m asking others to do. And I think that’s what every, every elected official must do,” Tillis said of guidelines meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. [HuffPost] |
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