Vice President Harris and former President Trump have agreed to a debate on Sept. 10. Two other debates are also possible within the same month. And, doctors unravel a COVID mystery.
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Vice President Harris and Former President Donald Trump have agreed to a debate on Sept. 10 on ABC. At his first news conference since Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Trump said he was open to doing three debates in September on three different networks: ABC, NBC and FOX. Harris said she’s open to the other debates but hasn’t committed to them.
???? Trump took questions for nearly an hour as he addressed Harris’ race, the size of her rallies and abortion, NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben tells Up First. When asked about his comments that Harris has only recently started saying she’s Black, he repeatedly said, “You’ll have to ask her.” Kurtzleben says questions about recent crowds at Harris’ rallies got under his skin. He claimed 107,000 people came to his New Jersey stop. Though it was a big rally, a fact check determined attendance wasn’t that high. When asked if his FDA would revoke mifepristone access, he indicated he was open to it. Meanwhile, Harris and Walz stopped in the battleground state of Michigan to speak with the United Auto Workers Union. Kurtzleben says it’s striking how the two are excited to be on the trail and making sure people know it. In contrast, the Biden-Trump race felt boring.
Researchers have discovered what caused some children to develop a serious but rare condition called multi-system inflammatory syndrome, or MIS-C, weeks after a COVID infection. When the pandemic began, children showed up in the emergency department with symptoms including persistent high fevers, vomiting, fatigue and heart inflammation.
