7/31: Federal unemployment benefits are set to expire today. John Lewis remembered as a hero, legend, and friend.

As we head into the weekend, the country faces huge challenges on multiple fronts. There's gridlock in Congress over federal unemployment benefits set to expire today for about 30 million Americans. For the fourth day in a row, the death toll in the coronavirus crisis was more than 1,000 people. President Trump heads to Florida to fundraise today, after a tweet yesterday suggesting the November election could be delayed — he has no constitutional power to do that. And all this is coming as a hurricane bears down on the eastern U.S., likely to hammer states already badly affected by the pandemic. As John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta yesterday, he was described as a hero, a legend, a gentle, humble giant, and a loving, caring friend.

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