🚀 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touched the surface of an asteroid Tuesday in a bid to collect a sample from the space rock that will one day be returned to Earth. axios.com/nasa-osiris-re…
🔎The big picture: Scientists hope the sample from the asteroid Bennu will allow them to learn more about the early days of the solar system and how it has evolved over billions of years, @mirikramer writes. axios.com/nasa-asteroid-…
🤖 OSIRIS-REx — which arrived at Bennu in 2018 — was able to use its sampling arm to touch the surface of the asteroid.
The spacecraft needed to avoid large boulders and rocks on the way down to tag Bennu, further complicating the delicate work.
🔎 SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. vs. Google, the siege begins
The DOJ fired the starter pistol on what's likely to be a years-long legal siege of Big Tech when it filed a major antitrust suit Tuesday against Google, @scottros, @ashleyrgold and @dalykyle report. axios.com/us-vs-google-a…
💪 The DOJ's lawsuit centers on the charge that Google has built a self-reinforcing machine to illegally insulate it from any serious competition in search, @dalykyle writes.
⚖️ Microsoft's epic battle with the U.S. government from 1997-2002, the last major federal antitrust action in tech, casts a long shadow over the Google lawsuit — but the industry landscape today is profoundly different, @scottros reports. axios.com/the-microsoft-…
Our new database reveals that more than 85% of elected Republicans who have been in Congress throughout Trump’s term have largely stood by him through seven crises that would have crushed most politicians.
🤝 The index, built over the past year, shows in empirical terms the intense loyalty Trump commands.
The top 5:
• Rep. Glenn Grothman (Wisc.)
• Sen. David Perdue (Ga.)
• Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.)
• Sen. Kevin Cramer (N.D.)
• Rep. Louie Gohmert (Texas) axios.com/always-trumper…
👎 Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has criticized Trump for all seven crises. Others who have most often been at odds with Trump:
• Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.)
• Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
• Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah)
• Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) axios.com/always-trumper…
"I'm not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. It’s not what debating is all about. ... It’s ridiculous," Trump said during an interview on Fox Business. axios.com/trump-biden-de…
@caitlinnowens@RepMullin@RepRaulRuizMD Oklahoma’s @RepMullin, who is Cherokee, on the health disparities of COVID-19: Native Americans across the country have been disproportionately hit with COVID-19. As a race, we’re more likely to receive it than any other race and it has touched all of our families.
@caitlinnowens@RepMullin@RepRaulRuizMD .@RepMullin on the need for health data sharing between the federal government and the Indian Health Service: The IHS should have the same access to the data as states. Without it, we’re running blind and not able to learn and improve how we treat COVID-19.
@jonathanvswan A Trump campaign adviser said this of the president's decision to own pulling out of the talks: "You have to try to be this politically inept. What is going on in the White House? Where is Mark Meadows?" axios.com/trump-coronavi…