Trump with Cordish. Photo: Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images
Reed Cordish, assistant to the president for intergovernmental and technology initiatives, is stepping down, the Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: Cordish is a good friend of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and played a crucial role in creating the administration's infrastructure plan. Cordish is the latest to join the list of over a dozen White House aides who have left since Trump's inauguration.
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Joe Biden on Thursday returned to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to give his first major speech on economic policy since becoming the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
Axios Re:Cap digs into Biden's plans, how they developed and how they may change, with former U.S. Commerce secretary and campaign surrogate Penny Pritzker.
Tokyo in the time of coronavirus. Photo: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty
Many politicians and public health officials sounded a similar lockdown refrain in the spring: let’s do this right so we only have to do it once.
Reality check: While some countries have thus far managed to keep cases under control after opening up, dozens of countries that had initially turned a corner are now seeing a worrying rebound. They have to decide if and how to return to lockdown — and whether their populations will stand for it.