The big event this week in the 2020 Democratic primary was the CNN Climate Town Hall. The first event of its kind, the town hall brought the top 10 candidates to the stage and gave them forty minutes each to respond to audience questions about their perspectives on climate change. The candidates did not interact with each other, but instead responded to questions in conversations moderated by CNN anchors. The event lasted seven hours in total.

This weekend, the GOP will be cancelling 2020 nominating primaries in South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona, and Kansas. According to the Nevada Republican Party chairman, it would be a poor use of resources to hold a Republican primary when a Republican president is running for reelection, and it would be a better use of funds to “get all our candidates across the finish line instead.”

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From the left: Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses, Politico
From the center: Four states set to cancel 2020 GOP presidential primaries: report, The Hill
From the right: GOP to scrap primaries, infuriating potential Trump challengers, Fox News

On Friday, President Trump said in a series of tweets that if the Supreme Court acts as he hopes when considering the DACA program next term, he would be open to a bipartisan congressional bill addressing the program. Trump expressed his belief that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which was implemented by President Obama in 2012, is an unlawful program.

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From the left: Trump open to DACA legislation if he prevails in court case, Washington Post
From the center: Trump defends right to rescind ‘totally illegal’ Obama-era program, AP
From the right: Trump blasts ‘totally illegal’ DACA order, blames Obama, Daily Caller

On Wednesday, the top ten Democratic candidates participated in the CNN Climate Town Hall. The first of its kind, the town hall invited candidates to the stage one at a time to discuss how they would tackle the existential threat of climate change if they were elected president.

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From the left: With Dorian looming, Dem candidates discuss climate plans, Washington Post
From the center: How Jay Inslee showed up during CNN'stown halls, USA Today
From the right: Joe Biden describes his first day as president, Fox News

After incorrectly claiming that citizens of Alabama would face significant danger from Hurricane Dorian on Sunday and continuing to attempt to justify that claim earlier this week, President Trump has again insisted that he was correct in saying that Alabama would be in the path of Dorian.

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From the left: Trump’s insistence tips into the Orwellian, Washington Post
From the center: Analysis: Storm spat underscores Mr. Never Wrong’s mindset, AP
From the right: CNN Bashes Trump For Allegedly Doctoring Weather Map, Daily Caller

On Wednesday, the Pentagon announced a list of military building projects that will lose $3.6 billion in funding, which will be used to help build a wall on the US-Mexico border. On Tuesday, the Pentagon began calling congressional leaders to inform them that they would be cancelling the construction projects in order to fund the border wall.

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From the left: Pentagon Pulls Funds to Pay for Trump's Border Wall, New York Times
From the center: The Military Projects Losing Funding To Trump's Border Wall, NPR
From the right: Trump touts border wall progress as Pentagon signs off, Fox News

As Hurricane Dorian continues to make its way up the Carolina coast, President Trump is embroiled in a hangup over his inaccurate description of the hurricane’s path. On Sunday, the president tweeted that Alabama “will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated” by the hurricane. However, the hurricane will not hit Alabama and was not predicted to. On Wednesday, the White House released a video apparently attempting to justify Trump’s warning to Alabama.

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From the left: President Trump showed a doctored hurricane chart, Washington Post?
From the center: Trump Displays Altered Map Of Hurricane Dorian's Path, NPR
From the right: Could Hurricane Dorian help Trump’s re-election?, New York Post

On Sunday a gunman opened fire in Odessa and Midland, Texas, marking the 283rd mass shooting of 2019 and the 2nd mass shooting in Texas in August alone.

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From the left: Democrats press Trump, GOP to tighten gun controls, Washington Post
From the center: Texas Gunman Had Been Fired Just Hours Before Shootings, NPR
From the right: Before mass shooting, Texas gunman 'was on a long spiral down,' Fox News

On Sunday, new tariffs between the United States and China went into effect, marking the next phase of the ongoing trade war between the two countries.

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From the left: The Finance 202: Trump's latest tariffs boomerang, Washington Post
From the center: China poses high-risk test for Trump, The Hill
From the right: Trump’s New Tariffs Against China Take Effect, Daily Caller