Earlier this summer, Covid cases were dipping and states started reopening. Weeks later, there was a resurgence. POLITICO's Dan Goldberg and Dan Diamond explain how the Trump administration is looking at a repeat of that situation — just two months ahead of the election. Plus, Biden and the DNC report record fundraising numbers for August. And the German government says Putin's fiercest critic was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent.

Dan Diamond is a health policy reporter for POLITICO.
Dan Goldberg is a health care reporter for POLITICO. 
Jeremy Siegel  is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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