Media and politics reporter • jclara.chan@thewrap.com • Twitter: @jclarachan
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KCRW Blames Massive Job Cuts on 30% Operating Budget Loss
The station announced 28 staffers wold leave through buyouts and layoffs
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CDC Director Says COVID Vaccine Won’t Reach American Public Until Late Second Quarter 2021
“I think we’re probably looking at late second quarter, third quarter 2021,” CDC Director Robert Redfield says
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer Apologizes for Nancy Pelosi Remark: ‘I Made a Very Stupid Comment’
“It fell completely flat, and I apologize for that,” Cramer says about “Crazy Nancy” remark
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Alan Dershowitz Files $300 Million Lawsuit Against CNN Over Coverage of Trump’s Impeachment
Lawsuit argues network painted Dershowitz — a member of Trump’s defense team — as an “intellectual who had lost his mind”
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A COVID-19 Vaccine By Nov. 1? ‘Very, Very, Very Unlikely,’ Experts Say
The CDC has alerted states to be prepared to distribute a vaccine by Nov. 1, but immunology experts who spoke with TheWrap say that timeline is improbable
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Bay Area Blanketed by Eerie Orange Skies: ‘It Really Feels Like the Apocalypse’
The apocalyptic skies quickly led to “Blade Runner” comparisons on social media
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Trump Tells Bob Woodward He Intentionally Downplayed Danger of COVID-19
“I wanted to always play it down,” the president told Woodward in an interview for his upcoming book
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Justice Department Seeks to Defend Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Lawsuit
“Trump’s effort to wield the power of the U.S. government to evade responsibility for his private misconduct is without precedent,” Carroll’s attorney says
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Orange County Allowed to Reopen Movie Theaters at 25% Capacity
Indoor dining and gyms may also reopen in the Southern California county with limitations
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Jacob Blake Films Message From Hospital Bed: ‘There’s a Lot More Life to Live Out Here’
“Please, I’m telling you, change your lives out there. We can stick together,” Blake says
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$300 Weekly Unemployment Benefits to Begin in California on Sept 7
The payments are retroactive to the week beginning on July 26
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‘Saturday Night Live’ to Honor Chadwick Boseman by Re-Airing His 2018 Episode Tonight
The episode, which originally aired in 2018, featured popular bits like “Black Jeopardy”
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Steve Irwin’s Family Pays Heartwarming Tribute on 14th Anniversary of His Death
“You’re always in my heart,” daughter Bindi Irwin says
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Trump Demands Fox News Fire Reporter Who Confirmed Report He Disparaged Troops (Video)
“I can tell you that my sources are unimpeachable. I feel very confident with what we have reported at Fox,” correspondent Jennifer Griffin tells Neil Cavuto
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Fox News Confirms The Atlantic’s Report on Trump’s Soldier Comments (Video)
The magazine reported on Thursday that Trump said soldiers who died in war were “suckers” and “losers”
