Stocks plunge, Tech’s worst day since March; Biden says he spoke with Jacob Blake on the phone; Trump again suggests Americans may need to vote twice, which is illegal; Iowa becomes new hotspot as cases spike quickly; German Govt: Putin critic poisoned with same nerve agent used on other Putin opponent;

Fauci warns cases are “unacceptably high” as Labor Day approaches; Pfizer CEO predicts vaccine trial may have results in October; Fauci: More data needed to prove how effective plasma is as treatment; Drugmakers: No “magic bullet” that will contain COVID; Fauci: Vaccine by October is “unlikely, not impossible”; Biden in Kenosha: Words of a president matter; Biden spoke with Jacob Blake on the phone, Blake “talked about how nothing was going to defeat him”; Biden: Trump “legitimizes” hatred, racism in U.S.; Trump Campaign: Biden shouldn’t be “injecting politics” by visiting WI; Biden leads Trump in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania polls; Attorney: Biden met with Jacob Blake’s family for 90 min; White House threatens to withhold funds from democratic lead cities to restore “law and order”; Democratic mayors of Portland, Seattle, NYC, DC: Trump’s attempt to withhold funds will be defeated in court; Gov. Cuomo on Trump’s threat to withhold funds: Trump will need an army to walk down NY streets; Iowa gov. refuses to issue mask mandate, close more bars; Iowa State University reports 18.5% on-campus testing positivity rate in first two weeks of school; 60% of coronavirus cases in California are Latinos; Three members of same family in California contracted COVID-19 within days, two died; Kremlin: No reason to blame Putin for suspected poisoning; White House: Poisoning of Putin critic “reprehensible”, won’t say if Trump talked with Putin about new claims;

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