Plowing Ahead
The FDA move backing a treatment with only middling data to support it came just on the eve of the Republican National Convention—and despite reports of expert dissent.
Madeline Charbonneau was a Cheat Sheet intern for The Daily Beast and a graduate of Georgetown University. She has previously interned at CNN, S&P Global Market Intelligence and WGBH News.
PLAYING DUMB
“I just don’t know about it,” was all the president would say when pressed by a reporter to acknowledge that Harris is in fact eligible to be on the Democratic ticket.
TURNING BACK
The governor tested positive just before Trump’s arrival in the state, but he says two subsequent tests using more "sensitive" technology were negative.
COVER UP
“I can’t help but think that if I hadn’t been wearing a mask so much in the last 10 days or so, I really wonder if I would have gotten it,” the Texas lawmaker said.
‘A TERRIBLE QUESTION’
The president appeared to launch into full-on attack mode when asked about the issue of Black people dying at the hands of police.
DUPED
The group of fake accounts planted pro-United Arab Emirates opinion articles in various right-wing publications.
‘LOVE YOU FOREVER’
The Tony-nominated actor spent more than three months in the hospital and suffered one complication after another.
IT’S TIME
Mississippi was the last state in the U.S. to display the Confederate emblem on its state banner.
'DIFFERENT SCENE'
The president took to Twitter Friday morning, calling protesters "lowlifes" and saying they would not be treated as protesters in New York and other major cities have been.
VIRUS ISN’T GONE
President Trump is expected to attend the Fourth of July event.