| | | | | |  | | By Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, Eli Okun and Garrett Ross | Presented by |  | | | BIG NEWS … CNBC: "Coronavirus vaccine from Oxford and AstraZeneca shows positive response in early trial": "A potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University in the U.K. with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has produced a strong immune response in a large, early-stage human trial, according to newly released data published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet. "The researchers are calling their experimental vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. It combines genetic material from the coronavirus with a modified adenovirus that is known to cause infections in chimpanzees. The phase one trial had more than 1,000 participants. … "The researchers said the vaccine produced both antibodies and killer T-cells to combat the infection. Neutralizing antibodies, which scientists believe is important to gain protection against the virus, were detected in participants after 28 days." The full study in The Lancet PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said today he's bringing back the coronavirus briefings, likely starting Tuesday, per pooler MERIDITH MCGRAW. -- IN THE OVAL (also from Meridith) … TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN detailed a tad bit more about what's under consideration for the next stimulus bill: "We're going to make sure that we don't pay people more money to stay at home and go to work, we want to make sure that people who can go to work safely can do so, we'll have tax credits that incentivize businesses to bring people back to work, will have tax credits for PPE for safe work environment." WATCH THE PRICE TAG in these conversations: HILL REPUBLICANS seem insistent on keeping the total around $1 TRILLION. Will the White House want more? Will Senate Dems try to force it up? MORE ON W.H. MEETINGS -- MARK MEADOWS and MNUCHIN will be on Capitol Hill this evening for a meeting with Sens. RICHARD SHELBY (R-Ala.), ROY BLUNT (R-Mo.) and LAMAR ALEXANDER (R-Tenn.). -- THESE ARE THREE of the most senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. JARED SPEAKS -- "Jared Kushner Gets Candid About Struggling Trump Campaign, Mideast Peace, More," by Bill Powell on the cover of Newsweek: "Newsweek interviewed Kushner twice at length … as well as dozens of people inside and outside the White House, to examine how he's handled the most important, high-profile assignments he's taken on. What we found doesn't always jibe with the caricature of the entitled failure. There have been failures, to be sure. But there also have been some successes, and efforts that fall somewhere in between. And through it all, he has been loyal. … "The [Middle East peace] deal went nowhere after it was unveiled, but Kushner is unapologetic. 'Does it make Israel more secure? Yes. Does it lead to Palestinians living a better life? Yes,' he says. He blames the Palestinians for the plan going nowhere. … Kushner still defends MBS—and his own decision to support him. … "The [Trump] campaign, he boasts, has a $60 million, state-of-the-art data operation, which Parscale, who ran digital and data strategy in the 2016 campaign, will continue to oversee. 'We're message-testing what will make [voters] like Trump more, and [Joe] Biden less. We have a big war chest, our operation is clicking. We have an eternity of time.'" -- "AN ETERNITY OF TIME" is 106 days, if you're counting at home. | | A message from Google: Helping small businesses with free Digital Toolkits For owners of local businesses and online-only businesses, Google has free Digital Toolkits designed to help them succeed. Owners will learn how to build an online presence, reach more customers, and more. Explore the Digital Toolkits. | | | ALEX ISENSTADT: "Trump campaign shakeup continues with three new senior staff hires": "President Donald Trump's newly appointed campaign manager is making more changes to the reelection effort as it barrels toward Election Day. Bill Stepien announced Monday that Justin Clark would be serving as deputy campaign manager, Nick Trainer as director of battleground strategy, and Matt Morgan as campaign counsel." POLITICO VP MIKE PENCE will go to South Carolina on Tuesday to campaign for NANCY MACE. The State Good Monday afternoon. TV TONIGHT -- BIDEN will be on the inaugural episode of JOY REID'S "The ReidOut" in the 7 p.m. hour on MSNBC, along with HILLARY CLINTON, LORETTA LYNCH, Atlanta Mayor KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS and Chicago Mayor LORI LIGHTFOOT. AP STYLE UPDATE: "Why we will lowercase white": "There was clear desire and reason to capitalize Black. Most notably, people who are Black have strong historical and cultural commonalities, even if they are from different parts of the world and even if they now live in different parts of the world. That includes the shared experience of discrimination due solely to the color of one's skin. "There is, at this time, less support for capitalizing white. White people generally do not share the same history and culture, or the experience of being discriminated against because of skin color. In addition, we are a global news organization and in much of the world there is considerable disagreement, ambiguity and confusion about whom the term includes." GEORGIA DEMS' nomination committee named five finalists to succeed the late Rep. JOHN LEWIS: Park Cannon, Andre Dickens, Robert Franklin, Nikema Williams and James "Major" Woodall. They'll choose the nominee this afternoon. -- HOUSE business paused for a moment of silence this afternoon to remember LEWIS. The entire Georgia delegation stood behind its new dean, Rep. SANFORD BISHOP. (h/t Sarah Ferris) CORONAVIRUS RAGING … WSJ: "North Carolina, Louisiana and Kentucky reported record case counts of 2,400, 3,119 and 979 respectively on Sunday. Arizona experienced a record of 147 deaths linked to the virus." -- COVID COMES FOR THE VILLAGES: "'If It's Here, It's Here': America's Retirees Confront the Virus in Florida," by NYT's Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura in The Villages, Fla.: "For months, many of the residents at one of America's biggest retirement communities went about their lives as if the coronavirus barely existed. They played bridge. They held dances. They went to house parties in souped-up golf carts that looked like miniature Jaguars and Rolls-Royces. And for months they appeared to have avoided the worst … "But now as cases spike across Florida, the virus appears to have caught up with the residents of the Villages. Since the beginning of July, hospital admissions of residents from the Villages have quadrupled at University of Florida Health The Villages." NYT -- "How a Potential Treatment for the Coronavirus Turned Up in a Scientist's Freezer," by Paul Tullis in The New Yorker | | | | DON'T MISS - POLITICO'S NEW "FUTURE PULSE" NEWSLETTER: The coronavirus pandemic accelerated long-simmering trends in health care technology and one thing is certain: The health care system that emerges from this crisis will be fundamentally different than the one that entered. From Congress and the White House, to state legislatures and Silicon Valley, Future Pulse spotlights the politics, policies, and technologies driving long-term change on the most personal issue for voters: Our health. SUBSCRIBE NOW. | | | | | PLAYBOOK METRO SECTION ... HEATHER CAYGLE (@heatherscope): "FYI: Smithsonian announcing today plans to reopen the National Zoo and Air and Space outpost at Dulles (Udvar-Hazy Center), per Hill source. Other Smithsonian institutions will remain closed for now and attendees for the two above will need timed tickets to enter." P-P-P-PROBLEMS -- "Fraud concerns loom over move to forgive small business loans," by Zachary Warmbrodt: "The banking industry is pressing Congress to convert millions of emergency small business loans into grants with minimal paperwork — an idea that some lawmakers and watchdog groups warn could expose the government to massive fraud. "The banks are pushing the issue because businesses that took the so-called Paycheck Protection Program loans are beginning to file applications to have the loans forgiven, a time-consuming and confusing process for both lenders and borrowers. The $670 billion program stipulates that the loans can be forgiven if employers kept workers on payroll, a key incentive for businesses to participate. A bill that would stop just short of automatic forgiveness for loans of $150,000 and under is gaining bipartisan support." POLITICO THE NEW COLD WAR … REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: "China expands its amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. supremacy beyond Asia," by David Lague in Hong Kong: "China's shipyards have launched the PLA Navy's first two Type 075 amphibious assault ships, which will form the spearhead of an expeditionary force to play a role similar to that of the U.S. Marine Corps. And like the Marines, the new force will be self-contained - able to deploy solo with all its supporting weapons to fight in distant conflicts or demonstrate Chinese military power. … "China now has between 25,000 and 35,000 marines, according to U.S. and Japanese military estimates. That's a sharp increase from about 10,000 in 2017. … These self-contained fleets can be sent to distant conflicts, deployed as a show of force to deter potential enemies or to protect Chinese investments and citizens abroad. They would also allow the PLA to provide disaster relief and humanitarian assistance, competing with the U.S. for prestige and soft power. "For Beijing, these amphibious forces will also contribute to the PLA's mounting capacity to make a landing on Taiwan or seize other strategically important or disputed territory in China's offshore regions." THE GOP MONEY MACHINE -- "As Trump Slumps, Republican Donors Look to Save the Senate," by NYT's Shane Goldmacher: "President Trump's weak poll numbers and a surge of Democratic cash flooding key Senate races have jolted top Republicans and intensified talk among party donors and strategists about redirecting money to protect their narrow Senate Republican majority amid growing fear of complete Democratic control … "Some of the party's most generous donors, including the hedge fund managers Paul Singer and Kenneth C. Griffin, have been notably absent from the rolls of donors to Mr. Trump's campaign and affiliated super PAC. But Mr. Griffin and Mr. Singer gave a combined $6 million in federal donations last month." NYT WHAT HILLARY'S UP TO -- "Hillary Clinton's Resistance Group Has Resisted Spending Big on Candidates," by The Daily Beast's Lachlan Markay: "Over the first 18 months of the 2020 election cycle, her political outfit paid more in donation processing fees than it doled out in political contributions, campaign finance records show. "The Onward Together Committee, which Clinton founded in the months after her 2016 election defeat, donated just $21,700 to six political candidates and political committees in 2019 and the first half of 2020 … The group has donated to South Carolina Senate hopeful Jaime Harrison and California state representative Christy Smith, who's running for a U.S. House seat in the state. But its other recipients are all at the state and local levels." Daily Beast | | | | HAPPENING WEDNESDAY – COVID-19 AND CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING CRISIS : Tens of thousands of Californians bounce from one place to another, living in overcrowded housing in impoverished neighborhoods, in cars, or on the streets. How has Covid-19 exacerbated this already critical issue? Join POLITICO reporters Joanne Kenen and Victoria Colliver and a lineup of expert guests for a virtual conversation on what role social determinants of health, like housing, will have in post-Covid-19 recovery efforts in California. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS -- "Former Florida congressman Allen West unseats James Dickey to become Texas GOP chairman," by The Texas Tribune's Patrick Svitek RACIAL RECKONING -- "'America made it about race': Candidates of color still grapple with deep-rooted barriers," by Sarah Ferris and Marianne LeVine: "In bids for public office across the country, candidates of color are still battling lingering effects of systemic racism — including skewed perceptions of 'viability,' tougher fundraising and some hesitation from the party establishment. And they say it's those same deep-rooted racial barriers that have allowed Congress to remain a predominantly white, male and privileged institution centuries after its founding … "The successes so far in 2020, however, are not the result of a recent cultural movement. Black and Latino political leaders have spent years building up their own powerful networks." POLITICO -- AP: "Thousands to walk off job to protest racial inequality," by Aaron Morrison: "Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic. "Dubbed the 'Strike for Black Lives,' labor unions, along with social and racial justice organizations from New York City to Los Angeles, will participate in a range of planned actions. Where work stoppages are not possible for a full day, participants will either picket during a lunch break or observe moments of silence to honor Black lives lost to police violence." AP IN MEMORIAM -- GLOBAL ZERO: "We are saddened to announce that Dr. Bruce G. Blair, Co-Founder of Global Zero and President of its Board of Directors, died unexpectedly on Sunday, July 19, following a sudden illness." Full statement MEDIAWATCH -- Christi Parsons is joining CNN's Washington bureau as assistant managing editor. She most recently was a senior editor and director of the Talent Lab at The Atlantic, and is an L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune alum. TRANSITIONS -- Tim Clark is now the chief comms officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He previously was a policy adviser in the White House and is the former WH liaison at HHS. POLITICO story from 2018 on his HHS departure … Kevin Kincheloe is now senior director of federal government affairs at Anheuser-Busch. He previously was a senior policy adviser for Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). ENGAGED -- Thomas Rice, legislative director for Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), and Jordan Hunter, press secretary for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, got engaged Saturday. Pic … Another pic -- Danielle Muoio, a New York City Hall energy and transportation reporter for POLITICO, and Jeff Dunn, senior commerce editor at Ars Technica, got engaged last week. They met four years ago at Business Insider. Pic … Another pic WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Sarah Isgur, staff writer at The Dispatch and a CNN political analyst, and Scott Keller, head of the Supreme Court practice at Baker Botts, recently welcomed Nathanael "Nate" Keller. Pic | | | | A message from Google:   Grow with Google OnAir offers free digital skills workshops, live and on-demand events, and 1:1 virtual coaching sessions with Google employees. Learn more. | | | | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook family Playbook | Playbook PM | California Playbook | Florida Playbook | Illinois Playbook | Massachusetts Playbook | New Jersey Playbook | New York Playbook | Brussels Playbook | London Playbook View all our politics and policy newsletters | | Follow us | | | | |
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