President Donald Trump held a Coronavirus Task Force press conference on August 5. He discussed COVID-19 response, mail-in voting, and Beirut. Read the transcript of his news briefing here.

President Donald Trump signed the American Great Outdoors Act on August 4. The act “provides $900 million a year in guaranteed funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund so that all Americans can continue to enjoy our parks, wildlife, refuges”. Read the transcript of the event here.

The Trump Administration announced $35 million of Justice Department aid for survivors of sex trafficking on August 4. AG William Barr and Ivanka Trump joined survivors and sex trafficking prevention/intervention organizations to announce the aid. Read the transcript of the event here.

President Donald Trump held a Coronavirus Task Force press conference on August 4. He said Florida can vote by mail because “they’ve been doing this over many years and they’ve made it really terrific…In maybe a couple of other states they’ve worked out a system, but this took years to do. This doesn’t take weeks or months”. Read the transcript of his news briefing here.

Daniel Andrews, the Premier of Victoria, held a press conference on August 4th to address new coronavirus precautions in the state. Read the full news briefing speech transcript here.

Lawmakers and civil rights experts testified about free speech and protesting before the Senate on August 4th. Read the transcript of the hearing here.