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Jan 2, 2022 8 tweets 6 min read
NEW: One year after the violence on January 6, millions of Americans think more violence is coming, and that democracy itself might be threatened, according to a new @CBSNewsPoll. cbsn.ws/3sY5KPM @CBSNewsPoll Despite overall disapproval of the events on Jan. 6, Republicans do offer descriptions of the event that are typically less harsh and four in 10 say most of those who forced their way into the Capitol were left-leaning groups pretending to be Trump supporters.
Oct 21, 2020 5 tweets 6 min read
NEW: Intel chiefs at @FBI announce #Iran and #Russia-linked foreign actors have obtained voter information ahead of #Election2020 "to influence public opinion"

@DNI_Ratcliffe says Iranian-linked foreign actors were behind threatening emails received by voters .@CBSNews reported this week that dozens of voters in a heavily Democratic county in Florida and across several states reported receiving emails purporting to come from a right-wing group threatening to "come after" them unless they vote for Trump. cbsnews.com/news/florida-e…
Aug 20, 2020 5 tweets 9 min read
The decision on #ReopeningSchools has fallen largely on local school districts and university administrators. So how can it be done safely as #COVID19 surges?

@margbrennan spoke with @AmericanU President and former @HHSGov Sec. @SylviaBurwell for more:

cbsnews.com/video/former-h… Image How did @SylviaBurwell decide to take @AmericanU totally online amid #coronavirus concerns?

She tells @margbrennan "after consulting a lot of epidemiologists" and local officials, she made the "best decision' to change course this fall #ReopenSafely
Aug 11, 2020 8 tweets 7 min read
NEWS: It's official -- @JoeBiden has selected @KamalaHarris as his running mate for #election2020. Image .@JoeBiden's presidential campaign website right now asking for support for #BidenHarris2020 Image
Aug 6, 2020 5 tweets 5 min read
NEW: @NewYorkStateAG is seeking to dissolve the @NRA, charging the org. with illegal conduct by diverting millions from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership Image The lawsuit alleges @NRA and top execs used millions from the NRA's coffers on trips to the Bahamas, private jets, luxury hotels and fine dining. More from @MelissaQuinn97 here cbsnews.com/news/new-york-…
Aug 5, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
NEWS: @HHSGov and @DeptofDefense are partnering with @JNJNews ($JNJ) to manufacture and deliver the company’s #COVID19 vaccine candidate.

Under the terms of the agreement, the federal government will own the resulting 100 million doses of vaccine. MORE: “Today’s investment represents the next step in supporting Janssen’s vaccine candidate all the way through manufacturing, with the potential to bring hundreds of millions of safe and effective doses to the American people," @SecAzar said in a statement
Aug 4, 2020 14 tweets 11 min read
WATCH: We're just 20 minutes away from @margbrennan's interview with @ScottMorrisonMP as part of the @AspenInstitute's @AspenSecurity Forum.

We'll share highlights here, watch along with us too:
.@ScottMorrisonMP opens tonight's (or this morning for our Aussie fans) discussion on the indo-pacific region and the territorial threats it faces

"The jungle is growing back..we need to tender the garden," he says.
Jul 30, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
NEW: The House passed the Child Care Is Essential Act 249-163 — devoting $50B in the Child Care Stabilization Fund within the existing Child Care and Development Block Grant program. It addresses increased operating costs for child care with limited revenue during #covid19 MORE: The House also passed the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act to expand availability of child care by providing tax relief to families and providers and increase funding to improve child care safety and infrastructure during #COVID19
Jul 22, 2020 5 tweets 5 min read
#YOHO V. #AOC: @RepTedYoho on public feud with @AOC:

"I rise to apologize for the abrupt manner of the conversation." Adds "offensive name calling words attributed to me by the press were never spoken" and "if they were construed that way I apologize for their misunderstanding" Yoho said he "cannot apologize for my passion or for loving my God, my family and my country."

According to The Hill, Yoho took issue with @AOC'S suggestion that poverty and unemployment led to a recent rise in crime in New York City.

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Jul 18, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
NEWS: ⁦@repjohnlewis⁩ Lewis, a civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington and served in Congress for decades, has died, ⁦@SpeakerPelosi⁩ and the ⁦@TheBlackCaucus said Friday. Lewis was 80 years old. cbsnews.com/news/john-lewi… In a statement from @SpeakerPelosi, she hailed Lewis as a “titan of the civil rights movement whose goodness, faith and bravery transformed our nation” ImageImage
Jul 16, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
NEWS: @realDonaldTrump has announced he will be replacing @parscale as Trump campaign manager with former @GovChristie aide Bill Stepien. Stepien was a central figure during the #Bridgegate trial in Newark cbsnews.com/news/brad-pars… MORE: @parscale will stay on leading digital and data strategies for the campaign, and serve as a senior adviser. Stepien becomes Trump’s fifth campaign manager.
Jul 11, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
NEWS: In a @WhiteHouse statement, @realDonaldTrump has commuted the sentance of former Trump associate #RogerStone, calling him a “victim of the Russia Hoax that the Left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump Presidency.” Image MORE: The statement goes on to call DOJ prosecutors in #RogerStone’s case “overzealous” and claims that Stone would be put at “serious medical risk” if imprisoned Image
Jun 26, 2020 6 tweets 5 min read
In the first #coronavirus task force briefing in nearly 2 months, @VP Pence says there's a "rise of new cases that today surmounted 40,000 new cases in a single day."

Pence plans to visit Texas, Arizona and Florida in the coming days as those states see spikes in #COVID19 .@VP Pence: "As the president has made clear, we want to open our economy up. We want to move America forward, even while we take and continue to take the steps necessary to protect lives and the health of the American people"

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Jun 12, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Missed our live @Twitter Q&A with @ScottGottliebMD ? Find some highlights here if our conversation @ScottGottliebMD told @margbrennan Americans need take extra precautions now, including wearing “high quality” masks like N-95 styles — supplies of which he says are returning
May 29, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
SOON: @realDonaldTrump is addressing reporters in the Rose Garden Friday afternoon after he criticized China over its handling of the #Coronavirus outbreak

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Watch live on @CBSNews Trump blasts China's national security law ending Hong Kong's goals of Democracy and alleged "cover up" of the #coronavirus origins

China "has continually violated its promises to us...The world is now suffering as a result of the malfeasance of the Chinese government" he says
May 27, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
NEW: Trump calls for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, a similar call he made on @FaceTheNation last year:

"We got to get out of these endless wars and bring our folks back home...That doesn't mean we're not going to be watching with intelligence."
tinyurl.com/y8l38g72 When pressed on the possibility of a resurgence of terrorist groups in the region with a draw-down of U.S. forces, @realDonaldTrump told @margbrennan this:

"We'll come back if we have to. We have very fast airplanes, we have very good cargo planes. We can come back very quickly"
May 19, 2020 9 tweets 8 min read
.@ABlinken tells @margbrennan that should @JoeBiden be elected in November, the Biden presidency will still be tackling #COVID19, similarly to how Obama-Biden inherited the economic crisis in 2009 @MeridianIntl

Stream here now to watch: VACCINE ROLLOUT: @ABlinken tells @margbrennan a "multiplicity of efforts" for vaccine development is "a good thing" that will require international thinking to maximize mobility toward #COVID19 treatment. @MeridianIntl

May 14, 2020 10 tweets 8 min read
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES: @neelkashkari tells @margbrennan real figures of unemployment rate are around 24 or 25% today, says current figures from @BLS_gov are "understating the true damage" #covid19 has had. @EconomicClubMN #ECOMWebinar

minneapolisfed.org/live COVID SPREAD: @CIDRAP'S @mtosterholm tells @margbrennan "5-20%" of Americans have been impacted by #coronavirus, with higher figures in the New York area

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