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I'm Jake Sherman. President Trump said Sunday evening Democrats have been calling him asking for

the White House to restart COVID negotiations. They're much more inclined to make a deal now than

two days ago, Trump said at the Morristown, New Jersey airport, but two senior Democratic aide say it wasn't Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer, who called Trump. They've had no contact with the White House since their Friday meeting with Mark Meadows and Stephen Mnuchin. Unless it's Schumer and Pelosi, it doesn't matter. Speaking at a close fundraiser Sunday in New Jersey, Trump said of the crowds where he has been traveling, quote, Ohio, Texas, and Florida last week, 100,000 people at least

in... fundraiser Sunday in New Jersey, Trump said of the crowds where he has been traveling,

quote, Ohio, Texas, and Florida last week, 100,000 people at least in each place riding down the streets all over the highways.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board is wrapping Trump again, writing that he escaped a trillion

dollar surrender demanded by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but the bad news is he

followed Barack Obama's method with executive orders that stretches the law in a way that a future

progressive president will surely cite. And breaking overnight, Bloomberg is reporting

that China will sanction 11 Americans in retaliation for similar measures

imposed by the Trump administration Friday. Those sanctioned included senators Marco Rubio and

Ted Cruz, among others. The post reports that Joe Biden gave no indication Sunday morning whether he'd

made a decision on a running mate. The AP notes that the VP decision will shift the campaign, at least temporarily, to focus on Biden, which is a place not many Democrats are comfortable, the AP rights, given the lack of enthusiasm behind Biden's candidacy and his proclivity for gaffs. The Times has a look at how the wallets of Wall Street, if not the hearts, are behind Joe Biden. The coronavirus is raging. More than 5 million Americans had been infected by COVID-19.

162,938 Americans have died. New York Times reports that at least 97,000 children in the U.S.

tested positive in the last two weeks of July.

And the LA Times reports that California's public health director has resigned amid questions

about COVID-19 testing data. And on the economy, the Wall Street Journal has a look at how

millennials are being slammed by a second financial crisis, causing them to fall further behind.

While the AP is reporting that the pandemic has wrecks the global class of 2020's hopes for a first job. Laura Barone Lopez and

Alex Thompson have the latest in the culture wars as Republicans look to Stoke Black Lives Matter

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