NBC Staffers Seethe as Trump Uses the Network Against Biden

By Maxwell Tani, Asawin Suebsaeng, Lloyd Grove

Trump wants to use his NBC event—running alongside Biden’s ABC one—to embarrass his rival in TV ratings numbers. NBC staffers worry the network is playing directly into his hands.

By Jordan Howell, Erin Banco

John Paul Mac Isaac gave conflicting stories to reporters on Wednesday. He also said he feared for his life, citing the Seth Rich conspiracy.

By David Axe

Antibody therapies could be a huge help in reining in COVID-19. But presidential buzz and science don’t always line up.

Voting is your duty. Ours is keeping you informed.

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By Molly Jong-Fast

ACB, who actually isn’t cool enough for a nickname, is the anti-RBG. The consequences for women will be disastrous.

By Marlow Stern

The new doc “Enemies of the People,” airing Thursday on VICE TV, examines the media’s role in the 2016 election. Here, see an exclusive clip of CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s postmortem.

By Pilar Melendez

The first lady said her 14-year-old son had no symptoms and she was glad the family of three went through the illness together.

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By Michael Tomasky

The same sort of conspiracy peddling that paid off politically in 2016 isn’t doing a thing against Joe now.

By Laura Bradley

Can you make a global outbreak... sexy? Chris Harrison is gonna try!

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‘TOO EARLY’

The day before Trump’s comments, reports emerged of the Justice Department declining to file charges in its probe of “unmasking” officials in classified documents.

 SUPREME DENIAL

After acknowledging the existence of other uncontroversial scientific facts, Barrett notably refused to weigh in on what she called a “very contentious matter of public debate.”

 PRIME DAY 2020

Those wires you thought were forever ruined? Not anymore.

 UNPRECEDENTED

The extraordinary measure by Twitter went a step further than Facebook.

 NOT A CLEAN RECORD

Decker Hayes Ramsay agreed to plead guilty to one count of making false statements, and he’s expected to spend five years in prison.

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