10 things you need to know today: August 4, 2021

Biden says Cuomo should resign after sexual harassment report, the CDC announces a new targeted eviction ban, and more

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1. Biden says Cuomo should resign after sexual harassment report

President Biden on Tuesday said fellow Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo "should resign" after an official report found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women. Most Democratic leaders in Washington, D.C., and Albany also said Cuomo should step down. New York State House Speaker Carl Heastie, also a Democrat, said lawmakers would promptly wrap up their impeachment inquiry. The report by state Attorney General Letitia James' office said that a months-long investigation led by former Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim and Anne Clark, a private attorney specializing in harassment cases, concluded that Cuomo "sexually harassed multiple women, and in doing so violated federal and state law." Cuomo requested the inquiry but disputed the findings. He has questioned whether the investigators were independent and impartial.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.