Monday, August 24, 2020

We’re fact-checking the Republican National Convention.


By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3lhfSNm

Herschel Walker says he takes claim that Trump is racist as a ‘personal insult.’


By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YwmkGw

American and Chinese Officials Take Pulse on Trade Deal, Six Months In


By BY ANA SWANSON AND KEITH BRADSHER from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3gsIDDl

Jim Jordan tries to paint Trump as empathetic with a personal story.


By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ja3lJH

Democrats are pushing policies including “taxpayer-funded health care for people who come here illegally.”


By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3j3DEL0

“President Obama was very nice and he gave me 142 openings. Historically you get no openings. When you become president you say ‘how many judges?’ and they’ll say ‘none, sir.’”


By BY REBECCA R. RUIZ from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jf8OPJ

Ronna McDaniel, ‘a real housewife’ of Michigan, doubles down on a Trump tweet.


By BY GLENN THRUSH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ht6C6r

Kimberly Klacik, whose campaign ad went viral, accuses Democrats of taking Black voters for granted.


By BY MAGGIE ASTOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3hm11Pr

The Senate’s on Vacation While Americans Starve


By BY JANET YELLEN AND JARED BERNSTEIN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3jbWbot

Arguing Biden would be beholden to the left, Matt Gaetz accuses him of supporting policies he doesn’t back.


By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32m4gA7

Duncan Hunter’s Wife, Margaret, Is Sentenced for Stealing Campaign Funds


By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3hsnj27

The Great Diet Crash


By BY KATHERINE ROSMAN AND ABBY ELLIN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2YxiNrE

“You deserve to know that they want a complete government takeover of our health care system, so moms like me won’t be able to take our kids to the same pediatrician they’ve been seeing for years.”


By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aVcByM

Charlie Kirk makes a nativist pitch for four more years of Trump.


By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2EosTUH

“They’ll be sending them, they’ll be dumping them in neighborhoods, people are going to be picking them up, they’ll be bribing, they’ll be paying off people to grab some, this is going to be one of the greatest scams.”


By BY HAILEY FUCHS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YyoPYZ

“We will not be taking the word ‘God’ out of the Pledge of Allegiance, OK? Like they did a number of times at their caucuses. Under God. Under God. All of a sudden those two words are missing.”


By BY STEPHANIE SAUL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2CZjthW

“We just broke a record on jobs, an all-time record. There’s never been three months where we’ve put more people to work, over 9 million people.”


By BY JEANNA SMIALEK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YrXBmM

“The economy is coming up very rapidly, our farmers are doing well because I got China to give them $28 billion because they were targeted by China.”


By BY ANA SWANSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3go4DPz

Biden’s Loose Lips Could Sink His Chances


By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3lbeDQ1

Watch Live: Republican Convention Stream and Analysis


By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2YwQoSn

F.D.A. ‘Grossly Misrepresented’ Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say


By BY KATIE THOMAS AND SHERI FINK from NYT Science https://ift.tt/2EAsgaE

Gane o pierda, Trump seguirá teniendo el dominio del Partido Republicano


By BY ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2QnjfnK

Politicizing Medical Science Will Cost American Lives


By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3jbxCIm