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Trump defended the tweets in support of hydroxychloroquine saying that the drug is still “very positive” and called a doctor who was spreading conspiracy theories on Covid-19 in a u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/facebook-youtube-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>now deleted videou003c/a> “very impressive.””,”descriptionText”:”President Donald Trump abruptly ended his coronavirus briefing at the White House following a question about his tweets by CNN’s u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/profiles/kaitlan-collins” target=”_blank”>Kaitlan Collinsu003c/a>. Trump defended the tweets in support of hydroxychloroquine saying that the drug is still “very positive” and called a doctor who was spreading conspiracy theories on Covid-19 in a u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/facebook-youtube-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>now deleted videou003c/a> “very impressive.””},{“title”:”Barr asked about Russia election interference. 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Tom Cotton (R-AR) described slavery as a “necessary evil” in his ongoing effort to prevent US schools from teaching the 1619 Project, an initiative from The New York Times that reframes American history around the date of August 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on America’s shores.”,”descriptionText”:”Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) described slavery as a “necessary evil” in his ongoing effort to prevent US schools from teaching the 1619 Project, an initiative from The New York Times that reframes American history around the date of August 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on America’s shores.”},{“title”:”Hoyer on unemployment cuts: It’s not $600 or bust”,”duration”:”02:00″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/28/unemployment-cuts-steny-hoyer-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/28/unemployment-cuts-steny-hoyer-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200728102511-steny-hoyer-0728-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/28/unemployment-cuts-steny-hoyer-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s John Berman talks with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer about the Republican plan to cut extra unemployment benefits from $600 to $200.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s John Berman talks with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer about the Republican plan to cut extra unemployment benefits from $600 to $200.”},{“title”:”Weeks after DeSantis’ victory lap, Florida is Covid-19 epicenter”,”duration”:”03:17″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/28/desantis-florida-coronavirus-epicenter-kaye-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/28/desantis-florida-coronavirus-epicenter-kaye-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200727150641-ron-desantis-0713-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/28/desantis-florida-coronavirus-epicenter-kaye-pkg-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Weeks after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/ron-desantis-donald-trump-florida-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>bragged that his state had control over Covid-19u003c/a>, the state has become a global ground zero for Covid-19 cases.”,”descriptionText”:”Weeks after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/politics/ron-desantis-donald-trump-florida-coronavirus/index.html” target=”_blank”>bragged that his state had control over Covid-19u003c/a>, the state has become a global ground zero for Covid-19 cases.”},{“title”:”Trump won’t say if Russian bounties came up in Putin call”,”duration”:”01:17″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/27/president-trump-russian-bounties-taliban-us-soldiers-diamond-lead-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/27/president-trump-russian-bounties-taliban-us-soldiers-diamond-lead-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200727162906-trump-screengrab-lead-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/27/president-trump-russian-bounties-taliban-us-soldiers-diamond-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”A reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he brought up alleged Russian bounties on US troops in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Trump falsely claimed that he doesn’t discuss his calls with foreign leaders.”,”descriptionText”:”A reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he brought up alleged Russian bounties on US troops in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Trump falsely claimed that he doesn’t discuss his calls with foreign leaders.”},{“title”:”Berman on Trump’s false Yankees opening pitch claim: Just crazy”,”duration”:”01:52″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2020/07/28/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-baseball-yankees-opening-pitch-mlb-coronavirus-new-day-ldn-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2020/07/28/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-baseball-yankees-opening-pitch-mlb-coronavirus-new-day-ldn-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200728114051-donald-trump-yankees-opening-pitch-new-day-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2020/07/28/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-baseball-yankees-opening-pitch-mlb-coronavirus-new-day-ldn-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”President Donald Trump postponed his plan to throw the opening pitch at a New York Yankees game after saying he’d received an invite to do so. 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