300,000 More Deaths Than Expected in Typical Year

The coronavirus pandemic has left about 299,000 more people dead in the United States than would be expected in a typical year, two-thirds of them from Covid-19 itself and the rest from other causes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today, as the Washington Post reports.

Stimulus Deal

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are “on a path” to a massive coronavirus relief deal, just hours before her self-imposed deadline to come to a broad agreement with the White House. But the biggest obstacle may be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who is openly dismissing the negotiations and privately urging the White House not to settle with Pelosi before the election, as Politico reports.

Closer to U.S.-Russia Nuclear Treaty Extension

The United States and Russia today came closer to extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty for one year in exchange for a freeze on all nuclear weapons, as Reuters reports.

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In That Number

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In a new CDC study comparing those infected with coronavirus to people infected with influenza, Covid-19 patients were more than five times as likely to die in the hospital—21 percent of them died there, compared with 3.8 percent of those hospitalized with flu.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Critical Quote

“This lawsuit would do nothing to help consumers.”

— Kent Walker, Google SVP of global affairs on the Department of Justice lawsuit that accused Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising.

iDeas Lab

Cuba is existentially dependent on Venezuela but also continues to have tremendous sway over the Maduro regime’s intelligence apparatus, the Venezuelan military, and the regime’s ideological rhetoric. The ideological linkages between the two countries run deep and emerged at the beginning of the Chávez administration. Check out a new CSIS brief about the Maduro regime's five key allies to learn more.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.

Optics

(Photo credit: Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images.) French members of Parliament pay tribute to slain history teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by an attacker for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in his civics class.

This Town Tomorrow

Tomorrow, at 12:00 p.m., CSIS kicks off its International Security at the Nuclear Nexus virtual conference, which will examine how nuclear weapons intersect with other international security issue areas, such as artificial intelligence, cyber and space. Admiral Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, will deliver opening remarks.

Later, at 2:00 p.m., join the CSIS Economics Program for episode 11 of Economy Disrupted, featuring former treasury secretary Henry Paulson, for a discussion of the economic impacts of climate change.

And, at 11:00 a.m., the Center for a New American Security launches a new report on strengthening cooperation between like-minded countries, protecting and preserving key areas of competitive technological advantage, and promoting collective norms and values around the use of emerging technologies.

Video

CSIS today hosted a virtual conversation on whether the World Bank should resume publication of the Doing Business report, and, if so, what steps it should take to ensure that it continues to serve as a trusted resource for the international development community. Watch the full event here.

Podcasts

On the latest episode of The Truth of the Matter, guests John Zogby and JP Guilbault draw on the results of a recent poll to discuss American feelings of personal safety and well-being in schools and the workplace, as well as distrust of leadership and institutions.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

“Well, my temperature is rising, got my feet on the floor
Crazy people rocking 'cause they want to some more”

Spencer Davis, who along with Steve Winwood and his older brother Mervyn "Muff" Winwood co-wrote one of rock’s all time anthems, “Gimme Some Lovin,’” (1966) died on Monday in Los Angeles at 81 of pneumonia.

The Spencer Davis Group had other big hits, “I’m a Man” and “Keep On Running”—all sung by a teenage Steve Winwood, but “Gimme Some Lovin’” stands above, accordingly ranked number 247 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

It’s hard not to smile when you hear the iconic riff the song is famous for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxYX8KPhGk&feature=emb_logo.

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