Tipsheet: Trump campaign bets big on digital ads to counter Biden

View in your browser     Trump campaign bets big on digital ads to counter Biden BY JONATHAN EASLEY   President Trump’s campaign is investing heavily in digital ads on Facebook and Google as it seeks to counter Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s massive advantage in television advertising. Read the full story here     The Memo: Trump needs more than his base BY NIALL STANAGE   President Trump’s base of support is famously resilient. But it likely isn’t big enough to win him a second term. Read the full story here     Fauci disagrees with Trump that US rounding 'final turn' on pandemic BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL     Anthony Fauci on Friday said he disagrees with President Trump that the country has rounded "the final turn" on the COVID-19 pandemic, and warned Americans not to get complacent heading into the fall. Read the full story here     McConnell: Chance for coronavirus deal 'doesn't look that good right now' BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday cast doubt on the ability for Congress to get a deal on a fifth coronavirus relief package after a failed vote in the Senate and a weeks-long stalemate between Democrats and the White House. Read the full story here       DHS rejects House Democrats' call for Wolf to testify BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE   The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday said it was rejecting Democrats' call for acting agency Secretary Chad Wolf to appear before the panel, arguing it is unprecedented for a nominee to testify during the confirmation process on unrelated matters. Read the full story here     QAnon spreads across globe, shadowing COVID-19 BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   The QAnon movement is spreading around the world, turning an outlandish conspiracy theory revolving around President Trump into one of the nation’s most dangerous exports. Read the full story here     Durham aide resigns from Russia probe amid concerns over pressure from Barr BY J. EDWARD MORENO   A top aide to U.S. Attorney John Durham has reportedly resigned from the Justice Department’s probe into the origins of the Russia investigation amid worries over political pressure from Attorney General William Barr. Read the full story here     Trump says he would put down riots on election night 'very quickly' BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Trump said this week that he would “very quickly” stifle riots on election night if Democrats organize protests against his potential victory, suggesting he would do so by employing a law allowing him to deploy active-duty troops domestically. Read the full story here     Democrat in race against Marjorie Taylor Greene drops out BY MAX GREENWOOD   The Democratic candidate challenging Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, a controversial figure who has promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory, for a Georgia House seat abruptly ended his campaign on Friday, announcing that he is leaving the state.  Read the full story here     Court upholds Florida law requiring felons to pay fines, fees before they can vote BY J. EDWARD MORENO   A federal appeals court ruled Friday to uphold a Florida law requiring up to 1 million felons in the state to finish paying fines and fees before they are eligible to vote. Read the full story here     Nearly two decades after 9/11, America has nation-defining issues to resolve BY JOHN FARMER JR.   OPINION | Here we are, 19 years after 9/11, and extremists indeed are defining us: not Islamist extremists, and not even the agents of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. Instead, we are being defined by extremists at home. Read the full story here     Why the generals are silent: Trump has no sense of duty, honor or sacrifice BY MARIK VON RENNENKAMPFF   OPINION | The silence of America’s most respected military leaders has never been more deafening — or more consequential. Read the full story here     The New York Times: 17 dead and dozens missing as western wildfires rage BY JACK HEALY, JACK NICAS AND MIKE BAKER   A 36-mile-wide line of flames edged into the towns around Portland, Ore., and cities along the West Coast were smothered in acrid smoke and ash on Friday as history-making wildfires remained unchecked, killing at least 17 and leaving dozens of people missing. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Biden makes plans to combat pandemic if he wins BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB AND LAURIE MCGINLEY   The Democratic presidential nominee has created a war cabinet-in-waiting on the coronavirus, with public health experts from the Obama, Clinton and George H.W. Bush administrations devising plans for a coordinated and muscular federal response. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Afghanistan and Taliban begin first-ever direct peace talks BY SUNE ENGEL RASMUSSEN AND EHSANULLAH AMIRI   The Afghanistan government and the Taliban began on Saturday their first direct talks to end nearly two decades of fighting, a negotiation brokered by the U.S. as part of its plan to withdraw from its longest war. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump looks west, eyeing new paths to White House BY JONATHAN LEMIRE and SCOTT SONNER   Pushing for new roads to reelection, President Donald Trump will go on offense this weekend in Nevada, a state that hasn’t supported a Republican presidential candidate since 2004. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: QAnon website shuts down after NJ man identified as operator BY WILLIIAM TURTON   A popular website for posts about the conspiracy group QAnon abruptly shut down after a fact-checking group identified the developer as a New Jersey man. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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