As Fauci disagrees with Trump on virus, White House takes aim

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Countyu003c/a> — the first Black person ever to hold the office. They say Jackie Lacey refuses to prosecute officers who kill civilians; she says she is just following the law.”,”descriptionText”:”Black Lives Matter is u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/us/jackie-lacey-la-da-black-lives-matter/index.html” target=”_blank”>targeting the Black district attorney of L.A. Countyu003c/a> — the first Black person ever to hold the office. They say Jackie Lacey refuses to prosecute officers who kill civilians; she says she is just following the law.”},{“title”:”Top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson resigns”,”duration”:”04:48″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/media/2020/07/11/tucker-carlson-writer-fox-news-staffer-resigns-pseudonym-darcy-ctn-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”media/2020/07/11/tucker-carlson-writer-fox-news-staffer-resigns-pseudonym-darcy-ctn-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200708135509-02-tucker-carlson-file-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/media/2020/07/11/tucker-carlson-writer-fox-news-staffer-resigns-pseudonym-darcy-ctn-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”The u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.html” target=”_blank”>top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlsonu003c/a> has for years been using a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on an online forum that is a hotbed for racist, sexist and other offensive content, CNN Business learned this week.”,”descriptionText”:”The u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.html” target=”_blank”>top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlsonu003c/a> has for years been using a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on an online forum that is a hotbed for racist, sexist and other offensive content, CNN Business learned this week.”},{“title”:”Hear Roger Stone talk about his call with Trump”,”duration”:”02:00″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/11/roger-stone-trump-commuted-sentence-no-pardon-murray-lklv-ac360-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/11/roger-stone-trump-commuted-sentence-no-pardon-murray-lklv-ac360-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200710211738-roger-stone-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/11/roger-stone-trump-commuted-sentence-no-pardon-murray-lklv-ac360-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Roger Stone told reporters that President Trump called him and said he was commuting Stone’s sentence instead of pardoning him, so Stone could “fight this out.” CNN’s Sara Murray reports.”,”descriptionText”:”Roger Stone told reporters that President Trump called him and said he was commuting Stone’s sentence instead of pardoning him, so Stone could “fight this out.” CNN’s Sara Murray reports.”},{“title”:”Pelosi: Trump’s been a failure in every way from the start”,”duration”:”02:01″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/11/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-coronavirus-sot-vpx-ac360.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/11/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-coronavirus-sot-vpx-ac360.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200710211144-pelosi-intv-7-10-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/11/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-coronavirus-sot-vpx-ac360.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses with CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/anderson-cooper-profile” target=”_blank”>Anderson Cooperu003c/a> her views on President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the US.”,”descriptionText”:”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discusses with CNN’s u003ca href=”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/anderson-cooper-profile” target=”_blank”>Anderson Cooperu003c/a> her views on President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the US.”},{“title”:”People are boycotting Goya after its CEO praised Trump”,”duration”:”02:35″,”sourceName”:”CNN Business”,”sourceLink”:””,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/business/2020/07/10/goya-trump-boycott-orig.cnn-business/index.xml”,”videoId”:”business/2020/07/10/goya-trump-boycott-orig.cnn-business”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200710090708-goya-beans—stock-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/business/2020/07/10/goya-trump-boycott-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue praised President Trump during a White House appearance. 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Now prominent Hispanic voices like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Lin-Manuel Miranda are calling for a boycott of the brand.”},{“title”:”Kudlow: Just go back to school … it’s not that hard”,”duration”:”02:08″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/10/larry-kudlow-schools-reopening-not-that-hard-sot-vpx-tsr.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/10/larry-kudlow-schools-reopening-not-that-hard-sot-vpx-tsr.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200710183818-kudlow-7-10-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/10/larry-kudlow-schools-reopening-not-that-hard-sot-vpx-tsr.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow dismissed the difficulties surrounding getting students back into classrooms this fall as coronavirus cases continue to rise in many states and the school year nears.”,”descriptionText”:”White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow dismissed the difficulties surrounding getting students back into classrooms this fall as coronavirus cases continue to rise in many states and the school year nears.”}],’js-video_headline-featured-clclcg’,”,”js-video_source-featured-clclcg”,true,true,’this-week-in-politics’);if (typeof configObj.context !== ‘string’ || configObj.context.length