FT News Briefing

Trump tests positive for Covid-19, EU sues UK over internal market bill, Trump & Biden compete over Ohio

Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for Covid-19 and will start quarantine barely a month before the US presidential election, US personal income dropped by 2.7 per cent in August after the lapse of emergency unemployment benefits, and Brussels is suing the UK over plans to violate last year’s Brexit withdrawal agreement. Plus, the FT’s Washington bureau chief Demetri Sevastopulo explains why Ohio might be the key to the US presidential election.  US personal income falls after lapse of Covid benefits <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/314c74e3-984c-4bde-bb03-8a05622be305" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/314c74e3-984c-4bde-bb03-8a05622be305</a> Brussels launches legal action against UK over Brexit deal breach<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8389cc9c-3ced-47f1-a85e-710ad20468a2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/8389cc9c-3ced-47f1-a85e-710ad20468a2</a> The battle for Ohio: Trump tries to retain edge with working class<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8d3e2e6f-3f40-4d1c-905f-b2dd416d055d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/8d3e2e6f-3f40-4d1c-905f-b2dd416d055d</a> Biden vs Trump: who is leading the 2020 US election polls?<a href="https://ig.ft.com/us-election-2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ig.ft.com/us-election-2020/</a> Playboy returns to public markets through Spac deal<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d79065d3-b6d4-4991-9033-d48dcc383c68" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/d79065d3-b6d4-4991-9033-d48dcc383c68</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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