Hillary Clinton said on CNN on Tuesday that President Trump's swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a "political rally" that "further undermined the image and integrity of the court."
The details: Days after Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s, Clinton said that the president "has insulted, attacked, demeaned women throughout the campaign...and he's continued to do that inside the White House."
The U.S. confirmed at least 83,010 coronavirus cases on Friday, the country's highest daily total since the pandemic started, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.
By the numbers: Friday's total surpassed the U.S.'s previous record set on July 17 when 76,842 cases were recorded.
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President Trump has not attended a White House coronavirus task force meeting in “several months,” NIAID director Anthony Fauci told MSNBC on Friday.
Why it matters: At the beginning of the pandemic, the task force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, met every day, but in the "last several weeks," members have held virtual meetings once a week, Fauci said, even as the number of new cases continues to surge in the country.