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Jul. 10, 2020 05:27PM EST
Amazon tells workers to delete TikTok from devices they use for work
Amazon, citing security risks, told its employees Friday to uninstall social video app TikTok from any mobile devices they use to access their work email.
Why it matters: The move comes amid a broader backlash against TikTok, in part due to questions around possible ties to Beijing. TikTok is owned by Chinese tech firm ByteDance.
What they're saying: "Due to security risk, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email," Amazon said in the note, which was seen by Axios.
- The note said for the time being workers can still access TikTok via the browser on their work laptops.
- An Amazon representative was not immediately available for comment.
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Oct. 06, 2020 01:12AM EST
Joe Biden: I wasn't surprised Trump got the coronavirus
Joe Biden said in an NBC town hall Monday night that he was not surprised President Trump contracted COVID-19.
What he's saying: "Quite frankly, I wasn't surprised," the Democratic presidential nominee said when asked by MSNBC's Lester Holt if he was surprised Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus.
- "For the last three months, three times a week, I'm on the telephone and on zoom with some of the leading immunologists in the nation, and they go through everything that's happening," Biden said.
- "So the idea that COVID does not spread in proximity when you don't have a mask on, when you're not socially distancing, when there's large groups of people, when you're inside particularly and even when you're outside, that's not surprising" he added.
- The former vice president reiterated his plan to implement to mandate that all people wear a mask on federal property.
Driving the news: Biden's comments came less than two hours after Trump departed the Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday evening to return to the White House via Marine One following three nights at the hospital for coronavirus treatment.
- Upon reaching the White House, Trump took off his mask and saluted Marine One as photographers encircled him. He then walked into the White House, still maskless.
Other key town hall takeaways:
- On last week's presidential debate: Biden said he was "trying to figure out how I could possibly have [Trump] respect the debate. Respect the evening. Respect the moderator. And get us an opportunity to speak.
- "The one thing that became absolutely clear... he didn't want to answer any questions. He did not want to talk about substance," Biden said.
- "It was all invective, all personal ... And I did get very frustrated. I did get frustrated. And I should have said this is a clownish undertaking instead of calling him a clown."
"I'll be very honest with you, I think it was embarrassing for the nation to see the president of the United States hectoring like he did and everything was about a personal attack."
- On police reform: "We are going to bring all these interests together, peaceful protesters, police chiefs police officers, police unions, as well as a civil rights groups in the White House and sit down and decide what are the things that need to be done to improve and help police officers," Biden said.
- "I'm the only one who's talked about increasing police budgets ... In addition to that, I am also proposing that we spend a significant more money on community policing."
- On white supremacy: Biden said that one of the reasons he decided to run for president again was due to the "constant dog whistle" coming from Trump and his supporters.
- Biden pointed to the death of Heather Heyer, who was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville in 2018: "When a young woman was innocently killed [in Charlottesville],… [Trump] said 'they're are very find people on both sides.' No president has ever said anything remotely like that. So there’s this constant dog whistle and it bothers me a lot."
Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.
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Oct. 07, 2020 09:55PM EST
Biden campaign resumes negative ads against Trump
Joe Biden's campaign has resumed its negative TV and digital ads against President Trump after temporarily taking them down last Friday when he was hospitalized with COVID-19.
Why it matters: There are just under four weeks until the election. Now that Trump is back in the White House, Democrats feel he's fair game for criticism as he was before his diagnosis.
What they're saying: "Our campaign has always been about making the positive case for Joe Biden, but there's a stark contrast between Vice President Biden and Donald Trump and their visions for our country," said Mike Gwin, a Biden campaign deputy rapid response director.
- "We're going to continue to make a full throated case for Vice President Biden and we will forcefully correct the record when Trump attacks and lies."
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Oct. 20, 2020 11:48AM EST
Americans' trust in the Fed keeps falling
Data: Axios/Ipsos poll; Note: ±3.3% margin of error; Chart: Axios Visuals
Americans' trust in the Federal Reserve fell again in October, with just 34% saying they have a fair amount or a great deal of trust in the central bank in the latest Axios/Ipsos poll.
What's happening: While trust in the Fed rises with age, income level and among those who say they know more about the institution, there was not a single group where even half of respondents said they trusted the Fed.
- Most groups register below 40%, including college graduates, higher-income earners and Americans between 50 and 64 years old.
Why it matters: Popular opinion guides Congress, which is charged with overseeing the Fed.
- That's why chair Jerome Powell has taken extraordinary steps to improve the Fed's standing on Capitol Hill and with the general public.
- The Fed faced intense scrutiny and criticism in the years following the 2008 Great Recession.
Respondents were asked how much they trusted the Fed to look out for them and their family — a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all.
- That was followed by a question about how much they knew about the Fed — a lot, a little, not very much, or nothing at all.
Between the lines: The latest survey shows that the distrust Americans hold does not reflect a lack of education, low income or youth, and that even the majority of respondents who say they are knowledgeable about the Fed have little or no trust in it.
Yes, but: "Trust in everything is going down," Ipsos Public Affairs SVP Chris Jackson tells Axios, noting that trust in employers as well as state, local and federal officials has declined for each group in recent months to near their lowest levels since polling began in mid-March.
- Trust in the Fed is the lowest among all of those groups, except for the federal government, which declined to 30% of respondents — just four percentage points below net trust in the Fed.
By the numbers: The stock market's continued rise in the face of a still-weak economy may be a double-edged sword.
- When the S&P 500 was at 2,930 in May, 47% of respondents said they had a fair amount or a great deal of trust in the Fed, versus 51% who had little or no trust.
- This month, with the S&P at 3,483, 34% have at least some trust and 64% hold not very much or none.
The other side: Not everyone is a critic.Jaret Seiberg, financial services and housing policy analyst for Cowen Washington Research Group, told Axios on the Voices of Wall Street podcast last week that Powell "should be deemed the hero of the economy."
- "He has done more than any other Fed chairman in history to expand the central bank’s role and to try to keep this COVID-19 crisis from becoming a second Great Depression."
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