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More White House aides test positive as Trump falsely compares Covid and flu deaths

President Donald Trump, said to be making progress in his recovery from Covid-19, tweeted his eagerness to return to the campaign trail Tuesday even as the outbreak that has killed more than 210,000 Americans reached ever more widely into the upper echelons of the US government.

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Murkowski after Trump halts talks: Congress must move on virus package | TheHill

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Tuesday that she thought talks on another coronavirus relief package should continue, even after President Trump pulled the plug until after the election.

“Now is not the time for Congress to stop doing its work. I strongly believe negotiations should continue, particularly among those of us in Congress. … We all need to keep working until we reach a bipartisan agreement that can pass both chambers and be signed by the president,” Murkowski said in a statement.

Murkowski is the second GOP senator to push back against the abrupt end to the negotiations, which Trump announced via a series of tweets earlier Tuesday.

Source: Murkowski after Trump halts talks: Congress must move on virus package | TheHill

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms banned nerve agent Novichok in Navalny’s blood

Blood samples taken from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny confirmed the presence of a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family, the global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday.

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Facebook CFO says personalized advertising ‘under assault’ by Apple privacy changes

I do not want personalized ads, green eggs and ham, or selling my information – so STFU! Business models that rely on personalized advertising are “under assault” by iOS 14 privacy changes, Facebook’s chief revenue officer said Tuesday.

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The changes include a new feature that requires users to opt-in to tracking via Identifier for Advertiser, or IDFA, tags on a per-app basis. Although initially planned for the general iOS 14 release, Apple delayed the rollout of the feature until 2021 following public outcry from a number of companies that gain a bulk of their revenue from ad serving, including Facebook.

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