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- Trump admits he is undermining USPS to make it harder to vote by mail
- Biden raises $26m in 24 hours after announcing Harris
- 1,187 coronavirus deaths and 53,213 new cases reported yesterday
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12.16pm BST
The Washington Post editorial board came out with some extremely strong words last night about the conduct of the president running up to November’s election. In a piece titled “Trump’s campaign to discredit the election is deeply dishonest and dangerous” they write:
A decent, democratic president, genuinely concerned with honest elections and his people’s fundamental right to vote, would be touting improvements and offering assistance to make sure they continue through November. A desperate, demagogic president, behind in the polls, would sow confusion and conspiracy theories, trying to delegitimize in advance any result other than a victory for him. That is what Mr. Trump is doing.
12.07pm BST
The failure to agree on a package to continue economic stimulus measures during the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to have an effect in the real world away from Capitol Hill. Millions of Americans will be left with lower unemployment insurance for at least a few more weeks as the Senate doesn’t reconvene until after 8 September.
While the new unemployment insurance claims dipped under a million of the first time in 20 weeks yesterday, there’s no doubt the number of jobs out there are shrinking, and there’s bad news from the aviation industry this morning. Employment in the sector had already fallen from around 512,000 workers in March to about 380,000 in June, but now major US airlines have warned they will lay off tens of thousands of workers in October when the Cares Act payroll support program for the industry expires.
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Continue reading…Oregon State Police had arrived to augment federal officers sent by TrumpTrump admits he is undermining USPS to make it harder to vote by mailBiden raises $26m in 24 hours after announcing Harris1,187 coronavirus deaths and 53,213 new cases reported yesterdaySign up to our First Thing newsletter 12.16pm BSTThe Washington Post editorial board came out with some extremely strong words last night about the conduct of the president running up to November’s election. In a piece titled “Trump’s campaign to discredit the election is deeply dishonest and dangerous” they write:A decent, democratic president, genuinely concerned with honest elections and his people’s fundamental right to vote, would be touting improvements and offering assistance to make sure they continue through November. A desperate, demagogic president, behind in the polls, would sow confusion and conspiracy theories, trying to delegitimize in advance any result other than a victory for him. That is what Mr. Trump is doing. 12.07pm BSTThe failure to agree on a package to continue economic stimulus measures during the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to have an effect in the real world away from Capitol Hill. Millions of Americans will be left with lower unemployment insurance for at least a few more weeks as the Senate doesn’t reconvene until after 8 September.While the new unemployment insurance claims dipped under a million of the first time in 20 weeks yesterday, there’s no doubt the number of jobs out there are shrinking, and there’s bad news from the aviation industry this morning. Employment in the sector had already fallen from around 512,000 workers in March to about 380,000 in June, but now major US airlines have warned they will lay off tens of thousands of workers in October when the Cares Act payroll support program for the industry expires. Related: Major US airlines to lay off thousands of workers as Covid-19 support expires Related: Millions in US face losing water supply as coronavirus moratoriums end Continue reading…