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1. Coronavirus
2. CDC
Hospitals now have to send their data on coronavirus patients to the Trump administration instead of the CDC. Michael Caputo of the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the change, saying that CDC’s system for collecting hospital data is inadequate and that the administration will implement a “new, faster and more comprehensive data system” in which CDC will participate. but they will no longer control. President Trump and CDC officials have been criticizing each other for months for their respective responses to the coronavirus. This week, four former CDC directors criticized the administration’s efforts to ignore and politicize the agency’s guidelines, saying the president is trying to undermine CDC’s attempts to tackle the crisis.
3. Election 2020
Another round of primary elections is setting the stage for more key races in November. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions lost his second primary round of the US Senate to former Auburn University soccer coach Tommy Tuberville (pronounced TUB-er-vil, for all non-soccer fans) ), CNN projects. He followed the President’s path exactly: Trump had endorsed Tuberville and had spoken out against the candidacy of his former ally. Meanwhile, the former chief medical officer, Dr. Ronny Jackson, won his second Republican round for a position in the United States House of Representatives in Texas, CNN projects. And in Maine, Democrats elected Speaker of the state House of Representatives Sara Gideon to try to topple Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.
4. Taliban
The United States withdrew from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces in the country as part of an agreement made this year with the Taliban. A Pentagon spokesman said that the five bases are now in the hands of the United States’ Afghan partners, while more than 8,000 US troops remain in the country. The February “Agreement to Bring Peace to Afghanistan” outlined a series of commitments by the United States and the Taliban related to troop levels, counterterrorism and an eventual ceasefire. However, there has been some concern about whether the Taliban are delaying their end of the deal. A Defense Department report this month detailed the group’s continued ties to Al Qaeda. Data provided to the Pentagon also showed that the Taliban increased their attacks on the United States’ Afghan allies in the month after the peace agreement was signed.
5. Harvey Weinstein
A federal judge in New York rejected a proposed $ 19 million settlement for the defendants of film magnate Harvey Weinstein. A lawyer for several victims said that he and his clients have argued for years that the terms of the settlement were unfair and that “survivors of sexual assault should never be imposed.” Under the plan, a large victim compensation fund would have been created and the women who accuse Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment would have been released from any confidentiality agreements that would prevent them from telling their stories. However, the attorneys noted that, among other things, the agreement did not require Weinstein to take responsibility for his actions. Weinstein is serving 23 years in prison in New York for criminal sexual acts and rape. He faces more charges in Los Angeles.
BREAKFAST NAVIGATION
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized for an infection
Sending your best wishes.
MLB Toronto Blue Jays seek exemption to play at home stadium
Canada’s coronavirus restrictions may compel them to temporarily become the New York or Florida Blue Jays, which seems wrong.
How many hot dogs can a person eat? Science finally has an answer
No human was harmed in the conduct of this study.
This is what is getting more expensive, and cheaper, at the grocery store
Yes, meat and coffee are still precious products.
Barbados welcomes foreigners working from home to do so from the island
Don’t kid us, Barbados. Because we will.
TODAY’S NUMBER
9.7 billion
That will be the world’s maximum population, according to a new study. Humanity will reach the zenith of its population in 2064, and then it will decrease to about 8,800 million by the end of the century, according to the study, as women have better access to education and contraception.
TODAY’S QUOTE
“Normally, people don’t play with children’s lives.”
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, criticizing the Trump administration for pressuring schools to return to classes in person in the fall despite lack of guidance and funding
TODAY’S TIME
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AND FINALLY
These mind-blowing kinetic sculptures are art in motion
Or the optical illusions come alive. Either way … whoaaa! (Click here to see.)
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