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August 2020
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- August 31st
- Liberty University investigating 'all facets' of Falwell's time as president
- Ron Jeremy hit with 20 more sexual assault charges involving 13 women
- Joe Biden: 'Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?'
- White House refuses to condemn alleged Kenosha shooter
- House Democrats say postmaster Louis DeJoy has ignored their document requests
- Mariah Carey remembers Ellen DeGeneres pressuring her to reveal she was pregnant: 'I was extremely uncomfortable'
- Biden has a 6 point lead over Trump among active-duty troops, poll shows
- John Thompson Jr., Georgetown basketball coach who made history with NCAA win, dies at 78
- Data firm predicts election 'chaos' as Trump seems to win in a landslide before losing as more votes are counted
- Pandemic adviser with no epidemiology background reportedly pushes White House to adopt herd immunity strategy
- Herman Cain's Twitter account claims coronavirus 'is not as deadly' as expected after he dies of the virus
- Tenet performs surprisingly well in its overseas debut amid pandemic
- GOP Rep. Steve Scalise slammed for manipulating Ady Barkan interview with Joe Biden
- Portland shooting victim, possible suspect identified
- John Oliver rains fire and cold fury on the RNC 'racial panic' and the Kenosha troubles
- DOJ official reportedly secretly stopped FBI, Mueller from examining Trump's financial ties to Russia
- Marvel, Avengers, and Black Panther co-stars pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman
- Workers were trying to secure Beirut warehouse just hours before massive explosion
- The Lincoln Project spins an ad out of NBA coach Doc Rivers' lament on fear, love, race, and the RNC
- FDA commissioner says he's open to issuing COVID-19 vaccine before human trials are over
- New book says Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly, but demanded his loyalty
- U.S. COVID-19 cases top 6 million
- August 30th
- Biden condemns 'violence of every kind by anyone,' urges Trump to do the same
- Founder of right-wing group says man killed in Portland was a 'supporter'
- Jacob Blake's attorney says family has received no word from Trump
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have a lot to do with Joe Kennedy's primary struggles
- Austrian law extends citizenship to descendants of Jewish refugees
- Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp is resisting the city's universal coronavirus testing plan
- 1 person shot and killed amid clashing Portland protests
- August 29th
- Many uninsured coronavirus patients reportedly don't qualify for Trump's coverage program because of other illnesses
- Trump's RNC polling bounce more about 'subtraction on the Biden side,' pollster suggests
- Longtime NBA veteran Clifford Robinson has died at 53
- University of Arizona scientists say they prevented campus coronavirus outbreak through wastewater testing
- Decree officially opens trade between Israel, UAE on heels of U.S.-brokered deal
- Trump doesn't want to see Harris as first woman president, claims people are calling for Ivanka Trump instead
- Jacob Blake's family, attorneys, witness dispute Kenosha police union's account of shooting
- Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies at 43
- August 28th
- The X-Files is getting an animated comedy spinoff
- Alleged Kenosha shooter's extradition hearing delayed for a month as he hires legal team
- Researchers confirm 1st case of coronavirus reinfection in the U.S.
- Nicolas Cage is going to play a dragon who drinks 'obscene amounts of vodka'
- FDA fires brand new spokesperson after Trump exaggerates plasma as coronavirus 'breakthrough' at RNC
- NBA players agree to resume playoffs Saturday, league pledges to convert arenas into voting locations
- Biden's latest ad puts Trump's weirdest moments and empty rallies to a Bad Bunny song
- Study finds weaker COVID-19 immune responses in men than women
- Brian Kilmeade wonders why Biden can campaign from his house but 'not the president'
- CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta fears attendees of Trump's RNC speech will get COVID-19 and 'may even die'
- China blanks out map to hide vast network of Uighur detention camps
- Fox News' Chris Wallace: Trump's RNC speech was 'far too long' and 'surprisingly flat'
- Thousands converge on Washington for 'Get Your Knee Off Our Necks' March
- Jim Gaffigan tears into Trump as a 'traitor' and a 'fascist,' asks supporters to 'wake up'
- Vladimir Putin prepares security force to put down Belarus election protests
- Watch the NY Mets and Miami Marlins take the field then walk off, leaving just a Black Lives Matter shirt behind
- ‘My conscience is clear - I did nothing wrong’: Harry Maguire tells his side to the story
- Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah look back on Trump's RNC
- Homes selling faster as demand outpaces supply
- Britain home to the ‘unhappiest teenagers in Europe’ - but why?
- More than 3,600 Americans died of COVID-19 during the Republican National Convention
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stepping down amid health problems
- In searing new ad, father of Navy SEAL killed in Yemen accuses Trump of 'playing big man going to war'
- CNN's fact-checker says Trump 'serially lied' in his RNC speech. Other fact-checkers agree, more politely.
- Bush's 2004 strategist says 'people's hair would be on fire' if Bush, Obama had used the White House as a re-election prop
- Trump accidentally says the U.S. 'pioneered the fatality rate' — among other verbal slips
- Giant ‘Avozilla’ avocado pears go on sale
- Biden notes 'the violence we're witnessing is happening under Donald Trump. Not me.'
- Trump uses RNC speech as an unprecedented attack on Joe Biden
- Trump 'very modestly' says he's done more for the Black community than any president since Lincoln
- Ivanka Trump dubs her father 'the people's president'
- The Trump family got cushy thrones to watch their father's convention speech — while Cabinet members got hard chairs
- Protesters gather beyond multiple barricades surrounding White House ahead of Trump's RNC speech
- The Lincoln Project's newest ad takes aim at Trump's mocking of a disabled reporter
- McConnell inexplicably claims that Democrats want to tell Americans 'how many hamburgers you can eat'
- Mary Trump says it's 'disturbing' to watch family fawn over the president at the RNC
- RNC video of riots in 'Biden's America' is actually stock footage from Spain
- Critics slam Trump for transforming the White House grounds into a campaign rally
- Trump's RNC speech will attack Biden for 'most extreme' agenda ever
- August 27th
- $900,000 in taxpayer money has gone to Trump's properties throughout his presidency
- Kenosha teen shooting suspect charged with 6 criminal counts, including first degree homicides
- Kamala Harris says the RNC is designed to 'soothe Donald Trump's ego'
- Hundreds of seats fill the White House Lawn for Trump's convention speech — and social distancing isn't an option
- Gap sold $130 million worth of face masks in the last quarter
- Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
- Comic book writer who invented Thanos debuts new supervillain, 'Plunddo Tram,' inspired by Trump
- Trump's RNC stage will be flanked by 54 American flags
- Eric Trump criticizes Democrats for talking about COVID-19 too much
- Star Wars' Kelly Marie Tran will make Disney history with her lead role in Raya and the Last Dragon
- NBA players have reportedly agreed to resume the season
- Worst-case storm surge from Hurricane Laura was avoided thanks to low tide
- Exclusive luxury escapes: rent an island, castle, safari villa or Lapland lodge
- Jared Kushner: NBA players are 'fortunate' that they can take 'a night off from work'
- Violence in Kenosha 'echoes' Trump's anti-protest rhetoric. The White House claims Wisconsin isn't Trump's responsibility.
- TikTok sale reportedly could be imminent after CEO's surprise resignation
- New jobless claims decline but stay above 1 million
- FDA gives emergency-use approval for Abbott's $5, 15-minute COVID-19 test, though not for home use
- Stephen Colbert says the RNC is too dark to watch, but Samantha Bee and Trevor Noah still make light
- Poland refuse to sign off German ambassador over father’s Nazi links
- CBI chief warns of ‘ghost towns’ as UK workers stay away from offices
- Hurricane Laura makes landfall, rivaling Louisiana's worst storms
- TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer steps down, citing 'sharply changed' political environment
- Wisconsin officials identify Kenosha officer who shot Jacob Blake, said Blake's car had knife, no gun
- Biden spokesman likens the Republican National Convention to the Twilight Zone
- Stressed zoo elephants to be given cannabis in new trial
- NBA season reportedly up in the air after 'ugly' NBA players' meeting on boycott
- Mike Pence says Joe Biden will be 'nothing more than a Trojan horse for a radical left' in VP acceptance speech
- Trump basks in attention of unmasked RNC crowd as America's coronavirus deaths near 180,000
- That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it.
- A controversial 25-year-old North Carolina House candidate is being described as 'the most impressive speaker' of the RNC
- Jesuit priest calls Lou Holtz's comment on Biden's Catholic faith 'terrible'
- Kellyanne Conway delivers ostensible farewell address at RNC
- Kayleigh McEnany shares mastectomy story during RNC
- Republican National Convention vies with a hurricane, sports protests, #NationalDogDay for Americans' attention
- Trump officials reportedly mulled using 'heat ray' to repel migrants at the border
- WNBA players join Jacob Blake strikes, wear shirts with bullet holes in back
- More than 100 COVID-19 cases in 8 states linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
- August 26th
- Immigrants in Trump's naturalization ceremony didn't know it was for the Republican convention
- NBA analyst Kenny Smith walks off TNT set in solidarity with players
- Trump's D.C. hotel hosting at least 15 events for donors amid RNC, including bourbon tasting with Rand Paul
- Kenosha shooting suspect 'idolized' police, sat in the front row of Trump rally
- The NBA boycotts feel like a 'huge cultural inflection point,' analysts say
- Christopher Nolan fans plan to fly across the country to see Tenet
- CDC's abrupt change to COVID-19 testing guidelines was evidently forced through while Dr. Fauci was unconscious in surgery
- Kenosha Police face outrage over their seemingly preferential treatment of shooting suspect
- Trump calls for drug tests before presidential debates
- Milwaukee Bucks boycott playoff game in response to Jacob Blake shooting
- Intelligence official disputes Trump's claims of foreign interference in mail-in ballots
- Trump administration officials reportedly pressured CDC to change COVID-19 testing guidelines
- Joe Kennedy's once-promising Massachusetts Senate primary challenge might be a bust, polls show
- COVID-19 cases in children rise by 21 percent in August
- This terrifying animation shows how high Hurricane Laura's storm surge might get
- NHC warns of 'unsurvivable' storm surge from Hurricane Laura
- More than 1,000 people are reportedly expected to watch Trump's RNC acceptance speech in person
- Kamala Harris acknowledges 100th anniversary of women's suffrage — and how it wouldn't have granted her the right to vote
- Mark Meadows thinks 'nobody outside of the Beltway' cares about the Hatch Act
- New Porsche Panamera revealed: sharper looks, more speed
- Experts say the CDC's updated guidance on asymptomatic COVID-19 testing 'makes no sense'
- Biden seemingly didn't get a convention polling bump — and his lead is sliding in some swing states
- Need more outdoor space? This Scottish Highlands estate is all yours for £7.5m
- Two metre distancing ‘may not be enough’ in Britain’s pubs and clubs, scientists say
- Hurricane Laura is now forecast to hit Texas and Louisiana as a 'catastrophic' Category 4 storm
- How an Amazonian city that shunned lockdown may have hit herd immunity
- 2 dead, 1 wounded in Kenosha after armed 'vigilantes' clash with protesters, police say
- James Anderson joins Test cricket’s 600 wickets club - now he’s aiming for 700
- Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert are cool with Jerry Falwell Jr.'s sexual choices, but not his hypocrisy
- Stephen Colbert recaps Night 2 of the RNC: 'Slow and boring' with lots of Trumps
- Jerry Falwell Jr. is leaving Liberty University with a $10.5 million golden parachute
- Melania Trump's lauded COVID-19 empathy was undercut by her mask-less, mingling RNC audience
- One of Billy Graham's granddaughters praised Trump at the RNC. Another is asking Christian women not to vote for him.
- Covid misinformation blamed for Texans drinking bleach
- Melania Trump cleverly redefined 'honesty' to fit her husband in RNC speech
- Melania Trump praises her husband for not being a 'traditional' politician
- Mike Pompeo's 'flat' RNC speech mostly overshadowed by preceding controversy
- Larry Kudlow's claim that Trump inherited a 'stagnant economy' gets pushback from fact-checkers
- Pam Bondi blasts Joe Biden over nepotism just before Tiffany Trump speaks at RNC
- Trump adviser Larry Kudlow is referring to the still raging coronavirus pandemic in the past tense
- Trump's contradictory messaging on crime during RNC has critics puzzled
- Hurricane Laura forces 585,000 evacuations from Texas and Louisiana
- Trump campaign adviser touts anti-Semitic conspiracy theory hours before now-canceled RNC speech
- Trump administration taps Vietnam refugee as new ICE chief
- August 25th
- Al Gore calls Trump's strategy of undermining mail-in voting 'despicable'
- Alaska attorney general resigns after sending inappropriate texts to state employee
- House Democrat launches investigation into Pompeo's RNC speech
- Biden campaign tries to dunk on the Republican National Convention by parodying Simon & Garfunkel
- Jacob Blake's mother pleads with Americans to 'examine your heart' in emotional speech
- Bipartisan congressmembers move to condemn QAnon as 'conspiracy-mongering cult'
- RNC's 1st night draws a smaller TV audience than the DNC's
- Rare whisky is flavour of the month for investors
- 20,000 coronavirus cases in Boston stemmed from a single conference in February, researchers say
- American Airlines to cut 19,000 jobs in October
- Usain Bolt reportedly tests positive for COVID-19 following 'mask-free' party
- Courts are increasingly granting police immunity in excessive force cases
- NIH to conduct studies on compound similar to remdesivir
- The West Wing is getting a reunion special to support Michelle Obama's voter participation organization
- Jacob Blake's father says police who 'shot my son like a dog' are 'responsible' for protests that followed
- FDA chief admits he oversold COVID-19 plasma effectiveness
- Hurricane Laura could make landfall in Texas, Louisiana as a Category 3 storm
- The Late Show's Melania Trump previews her suspiciously familiar RNC speech
- Israel's COVID-19 breathalyzer test prototype promises results in 30 seconds
- Tesco to reward lockdown temps with 16,000 permanent jobs
- Trevor Noah has some thoughts, jokes on Trump's sister secretly talking smack about him
- Bank holiday virtual music festivals: Reading, Leeds, Creamfields and more
- Stephen Colbert gingerly recaps Night 1 of Trump's Republican National Convention
- Fact-checkers shake their heads at the RNC's 'parade of dishonesty,' 'fire hose of false or misleading' claims
- Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele joins anti-Trump Lincoln Project
- Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns from Liberty University after day of confusing back-and-forth amid sex scandal
- Global health expert slams RNC's segment on coronavirus: 'It's all propaganda'
- Dead bodies emerge on UK island
- Trump surrogate Kim Guilfoyle slams home state, suggests Puerto Rico isn't part of U.S., in loud, dark RNC speech
- Analysts praise Nikki Haley, Tim Scott for delivering RNC speeches with broadest appeal
- Donald Trump Jr. tries out new nicknames for Biden during RNC speech
- Trump praises Erdogan while talking with pastor imprisoned by Turkish government
- The RNC is presenting a revisionist history of Trump's coronavirus response
- St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters address RNC: Democrats 'want to abolish the suburbs'
- The RNC opened with a promise of optimism. Then speakers warned Democrats 'wish to destroy our way of life.'
- Donald Trump Jr. reportedly thinks his dad is going to lose in November
- GOP Trump critics are bracing for Donald Trump Jr. to step into his father's shoes
- Jerry Falwell Jr. says reports of resignation from Liberty University are 'completely false'
- August 24th
- Chris Paul's first answer after a dramatic playoff victory was about the Jacob Blake shooting
- Mike Pompeo accused of using Jerusalem as 'political prop' in upcoming RNC speech
- Florida judge blocks state's school reopening order, saying it 'disregards safety'
- Trump's payroll tax plan would bust the Social Security Trust Fund by 2023, chief actuary estimates
- The Powerpuff Girls will be 'disillusioned 20-somethings' full of resentment in a live-action reboot
- Jerry Falwell Jr. reportedly resigns from Liberty University
- Postmaster general admits he doesn't know what it costs to mail a postcard
- The postmaster general tried to stop Trump's attacks on the Post Office. An hour later, Trump did it again.
- New York attorney general takes legal action against Trump Organization
- The wackiest moments of the 2020 RNC roll call
- Biden calls for police accountability following shooting of Jacob Blake
- Mark Zuckerberg reportedly encouraged Trump to crack down on TikTok, and now it's planning to sue
- Brendan Gleeson expertly channels Trump in the trailer for The Comey Rule
- Pence helped secure 2nd term with Trump by reportedly remaining 'relentlessly positive' on coronavirus
- Melania Trump reportedly taped making 'disparaging' remarks about president and his children
- Northern Ireland restaurants and pubs: best places to eat
- Researchers report 1st confirmed cases of coronavirus reinfection
- The Lincoln Project kicks off the RNC by taking aim at 'evil' Jared Kushner
- Jeff Flake joins more than 2 dozen former Republican members of Congress in backing Biden for president
- Trump is giving his main RNC speech from the White House because it 'makes me feel good'
- Jerry Seinfeld blasts 'some putz' who claimed New York City is dead: 'Oh, shut up'
- Biden laughs off Trump's attacks on his cognitive ability, tells Trump, voters: 'Watch me'
- John Oliver says Trump's shambolic border wall is a useless barrier, perfect monument to Trump
- Six million furloughed workers ‘broke rules by carrying on working during lockdown’
- Justin Townes Earle, singer-songwriter son of Steve Earle, has died at 38
- Jerry Falwell Jr. says his wife had an affair with the Florida 'pool boy,' claims they were being blackmailed
- Protests break out in Wisconsin after police shoot Black man multiple times
- New book says William Barr told Rupert Murdoch to 'muzzle' Fox News personality critical of Trump
- Study delivers more bad news for Karens
- RNC officially re-adopts 2016 GOP platform, resolves to keep 'enthusiastically' supporting Trump's agenda
- Kellyanne Conway leaving White House at end of the month
- Biden promises no new taxes for small businesses, anyone making under $400,000
- Rudy Giuliani, Kellyanne Conway, Trump children among RNC speakers
- August 23rd
- FDA issues emergency use authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19
- Despite Trump's claims, acting DHS chief says department has no authority to send agents to polling sites
- Trump campaign adviser not worried leaked Maryanne Trump Barry audio will hurt election chances
- There's concern a 3rd coronavirus wave in the U.S. could be 'more diffused,' less concentrated
- Deputy campaign manager confirms Biden still hasn't been tested for coronavirus
- What the U.S. can learn from India's rapid coronavirus testing efforts
- Trump reportedly plans to speak during prime time every night of the RNC
- August 22nd
- House passes USPS legislation that has little chance of getting through Senate
- Kushner reportedly plans Middle East trip to build on Israel-UAE deal
- Pelosi says Trump's 'deep state' FDA tweet was 'beyond the pale'
- Biden's polling remains steady after DNC, but favorability gets a boost
- Why 1988 does and doesn't work as a comparison for the 2020 election
- CDC's hopes for reopening schools safely boosted by 'encouraging' child-care center study
- Russian opposition leader Navalny still comatose but stable after transfer to Berlin hospital
- August 21st
- Lori Loughlin sentenced to 2 months in prison for role in college admissions scandal
- 'Golden State Killer' sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to series of rapes and murders
- Kanye West keeps failing to get on states' presidential ballots
- Unearthed clip shows Stephen Bannon joking about 'Build the Wall' fraud in 2019
- Forecast suggests 2 hurricanes could be in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time next week
- The NRA's first ad of the election season is a false claim about Joe Biden
- U.S. senator accidentally repeatedly yells the F-word during a congressional hearing
- Trump says he'll send law enforcement, sheriffs to polling places on Election Day
- Russian hospital claims Putin critic Navalny wasn't poisoned, bars his medevac to Germany
- Researchers, officials, and investors increasingly confident about a COVID-19 vaccine next January
- Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus roast Trump while hosting the DNC
- ‘Financial armageddon’: darkness falls on Scotland’s night-time economy
- Late night hosts applaud the narrative perfection of Steve Bannon being arrested for a border wall scam
- Hospital admissions ‘inflated’ at height of UK coronavirus outbreak
- Stephen Colbert recaps the DNC's grand finale, seems surprised Biden nailed his speech
- Some of the best stories from the 2020 DNC involved women hitting back — literally
- It turns out Mitch McConnell will appear at the RNC after all
- Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders share a joke about Booker's famous girlfriend at the DNC
- The world’s most appealing accents revealed
- Maybe Trump shouldn't have set the bar so low for Joe Biden's DNC speech
- Trump initially responds to Biden's acceptance speech with brevity and correct grammar
- Fox News raves Joe Biden's speech was 'enormously effective,' 'a home run'
- Joe Biden's speech even wowed his critics: 'Biden crushed expectations'
- An emotional Biden says he won't ignore 'Russian bounties on the heads of American soldiers'
- Biden asks Americans to judge Trump 'by the facts:' Unemployment, coronavirus cases, and its death toll
- Pete Buttigieg reflects on how Biden 'stepped out ahead of this party' in endorsing marriage equality in DNC speech
- 13-year-old boy who bonded with Biden over stutter steals the final night of the DNC
- Trump's DNC counterprogramming got predictably outlandish
- Trump is trying to distance himself from the private wall builders. His officials and family publicly supported it.
- Yes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a story about Biden calling her, too
- Kansas City Chiefs to ban fans from wearing headdresses to home games
- How to watch night 4 of the Democratic National Convention
- Trump campaign plasters The Washington Post with ads linking to claims debunked by the paper's fact checkers
- Democrats say Mike Bloomberg 'stiffed' the party after pledge to spend big on the general election
- August 20th
- At least 2 people have died fighting raging wildfires in Northern California
- Over 70 Republican National Security officials endorse Biden, slamming Trump for having 'failed our country'
- Sen. Bill Cassidy tests positive for COVID-19, has 'mild symptoms'
- The National Butterfly Center is dunking on Stephen Bannon
- The Chicks to bring a little giddy-up to the Democratic convention
- Stephen Miller reportedly wanted to separate every migrant family that crossed the border
- Ben Affleck is coming out of Batman retirement
- A confused Kirsten Dunst asks Kanye West why he put her on his campaign poster
- Lyft is suspending service in California
- Postal Service agents reportedly arrested Stephen Bannon
- Judge accuses Trump of trying to sneak his absolute immunity argument 'through a back door'
- Sean Hannity has reportedly privately admitted he thinks Trump is a 'bats--- crazy person'
- Stephen Bannon arrested for allegedly defrauding donors to a 'Build The Wall' fundraiser
- Quiz of The Week: 15 - 21 August
- Unemployment claims are 'trending in the wrong direction' and are back above 1 million
- Mike Pompeo tries to use an awkward Simpsons meme to mock Hillary Clinton's DNC speech
- Cincinnati Reds 'devastated' by announcer's use of 'horrific' homophobic slur on the air
- Late night hosts were perplexed at Biden's low-rent nomination party, Trump's Goodyear boycott, calamari
- CNN's Wolf Blitzer: Obama's DNC speech was perhaps the 'most powerful address he ever gave'
- China dismisses anger at ‘huge Wuhan pool party’
- Has Alexei Navalny fallen foul of a ‘Putin poisoning’?
- Stephen Colbert recaps Night 3 of the DNC, from 'Trash-Talk Barack' to Kamala's big speech
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pitch mystery project idea to Hollywood
- Nation of online shoppers: Covid-19 sparks permanent change
- Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny rushed to hospital after apparently drinking poisoned tea
- Biden-voting former Trump DHS official says Trump was serious about swapping Puerto Rico for Greenland
- Dead chicks, newly dismantled mail sorting machines fuel distrust in DeJoy's USPS overhaul freeze
- Michigan will reportedly pay $600 million to Flint water crisis victims
- What is the UK’s favourite ‘no face-to-face contact’ sex position?
- Kamala Harris' grand finale involved awkward pointing, an empty auditorium, and a Zoom mistake
- Kamala Harris' DNC speech was full of tributes to Black women leaders — and her mother
- Obama makes the case for Biden — and democracy – in passionate DNC address
- Kamala Harris officially becomes the first Black and South Asian woman on a major presidential party ticket
- Trump apparently plans to counter-program Biden's convention speech from the comforts of Sean Hannity's show
- DNC recognizes Biden's Violence Against Women act as its renewal stalls in Senate
- The blocks behind Elizabeth Warren during her DNC speech held a secret message for sharp-eyed viewers
- In moving video, 11-year-old whose mother was deported tells Trump he 'tore our world apart'
- Hillary Clinton used her DNC speech to remind everyone she won the popular vote
- Obama reportedly moved his speaking slot at the DNC so he could 'pass the torch' to Harris
- Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recounts years of recovery in stunning DNC speech
- Watch Billie Eilish bring her dark energy to the Democratic National Convention
- How to watch night 3 of the Democratic National Convention
- August 19th
- Democratic and Republican conventions will have dueling speakers connected to the Parkland shooting
- Thousands of lightning strikes sparked hundreds of fires in California
- Trump praises QAnon conspiracy backers as 'people who love our country'
- Rand Paul comes out against Trump's payroll tax deferral: 'Probably a mistake'
- Obama to offer rare, blistering critique of Trump during convention speech
- The Postal Service finally acknowledges the Postal Service
- Hillary Clinton has forceful words for voters who sat out 2016
- Former GOP Rep. Charlie Dent, who resigned after Trump's election, endorses Biden
- Why U.S. intelligence findings undermine the Trump administration's Beijing-centric coronavirus narrative
- Cher is calling post offices asking if she can volunteer
- Pelosi says postmaster general 'frankly admitted' he won't replace key USPS infrastructure
- Testing negative for antibodies doesn’t mean 'you didn't have COVID-19,' survey of coronavirus long-haulers suggests
- Trump critics say he should be facing widespread 'outrage' over his embrace of Laura Loomer
- Goodyear scrambles to clarify its policies after Trump calls for boycott over MAGA hat ban
- Tiger King zoo closes after reported animal welfare violations
- Princeton students in Chinese politics class will use code names to protect their identities from Hong Kong national security law
- Why the DNC is focusing on 'emotion over ideology'
- Percentage of Americans who say they'd get a COVID-19 vaccine declines 10 percent in 3 months
- Nearly half of physicians believe the U.S. coronavirus epidemic won't 'be under control' until after June 2021
- Eight castles in England you must visit this autumn
- UK Space Agency set to fight malaria from space
- Health misinformation generated billions of Facebook views in the last year, study finds
- Mali's president steps down after military intervention
- Mali coup: why the president resigned
- Late night hosts talk up Michelle Obama's DNC speech, mock Trump's comeback, laugh at Bernie's wood pile
- Stephen Colbert recaps the highs and lows of Night 2 of the Democratic National Convention
- Pain in Champagne: 100m bottles to go unsold as demand falls flat
- Will 1.6% rail fare rise keep commuters away from offices?
- Biden's Democratic National Convention doubled down on ObamaCare, as polls suggest it should
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams NBC News for 'totally false and divisive' clickbait on her DNC speech
- Florida Republicans unseat Rep. Ross Spano, nominate far-right activist Laura Loomer, in GOP primaries
- Britain’s favourite conspiracy theory is revealed
- Jill Biden promises her husband will provide 'leadership worthy of this nation'
- Joe Biden embraces 'love of my life' Jill Biden after speech, probably doesn't say he's 'Joe Biden's husband'
- John Kerry, Marie Yovanovitch, and Colin Powell assail Trump's foreign policy choices at DNC
- Democrats officially nominate Joe Biden for president, and then have an awkward Zoom party
- Rhode Island answers the DNC's roll call with a platter of calamari
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes no mention of Biden in DNC nomination of Bernie Sanders
- Bill Clinton rips Trump: 'We are the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate tripled'
- Sally Yates, acting attorney general fired by Trump, says he 'treats our country like it's his family business'
- Colin Powell, Cindy McCain become latest Republicans to join DNC and endorse Biden
- Biden says he picked Harris as his running mate because 'the government should look like the country'
- How to watch night 2 of the 2020 Democratic National Convention
- Viral New York Times security guard will be the 1st person to put Biden's name into nomination for president
- August 18th
- 17 'up-and-coming' Democrats will keynote the DNC's 2nd night — and none of them endorsed Bernie Sanders
- Notre Dame's president insisted in-person classes were 'worth the risk.' A week into the semester, they're shutting down.
- The Lincoln Project wants Spanish-speaking voters to say 'hasta la vista' to Trump
- TV networks are reportedly afraid of giving the RNC too much airtime, so they cut the DNC's time short too
- Cuba Gooding Jr. accused of rape in lawsuit
- Bipartisan Senate committee strongly implies Trump lied to Mueller
- Is Putin pulling away from Lukashenko?
- Anderson Cooper rips apart MyPillow CEO as a 'snake oil salesman' in jaw-dropping interview
- Postmaster general says he's suspending operational changes until after 2020 election. Critics aren't satisfied.
- Judge declines to force New Jersey to reopen movie theaters
- Bipartisan Senate committee 'had significant challenges' understanding Carter Page's activities in Moscow
- Andrew Cuomo criticized for writing mid-pandemic book about his response to the pandemic
- Bipartisan Senate report finds Paul Manafort posed 'grave counterintelligence threat' while on Trump campaign
- Michelle Obama says Trump is 'in over his head' at the White House. Trump says she's in 'over her head' on TV.
- Bill Clinton is getting sidelined at the DNC
- Trump says he's pardoning Susan B. Anthony, who was arrested for illegally voting in 1872
- Federal COVID-19 study to test a promising drug cocktail
- Fox News' Chris Wallace: Michelle Obama 'sliced and diced' Trump in 'very effective' speech
- Plastic pollution accumulating in human organs, study finds
- New models suggest COVID-19 herd immunity might be achieved with far fewer people infected
- California reports 1st plague case in 5 years
- US Open 2020: women’s draw hit as six top-ten stars pull out
- Late night hosts offer some theories on why Trump is trying to destroy the U.S. Postal Service
- England and Germany ‘neck-and-neck’ in coronavirus vaccine race
- Stephen Colbert recaps the 1st night of the Democratic National Convention
- Next round is on Ryan Reynolds: actor’s Aviation American Gin sold in £460m deal
- MSNBC's Steve Kornacki says Biden enters his convention with a solid lead. CNN's Chris Cuomo isn't buying it.
- Watch Bernie Sanders, Gretchen Whitmer warm up for DNC speeches in unscripted outtakes
- The DNC really leaned into Biden's love of Amtrak, 'everyday, working class people'
- The Democratic National Convention used John Prine's last recording for a COVID-19 memorial video
- 3 prominent Republican women explain why they're voting for Biden
- Socially distanced drive-through haunted house opens
- Michelle Obama says Trump is 'clearly in over his head' and 'simply cannot be who we need him to be'
- Michelle Obama: 'If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can'
- Bernie Sanders: 'Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfs.'
- Daughter of coronavirus victim speaks at DNC: 'His only pre-existing condition was trusting Donald Trump'
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Trump taught Americans what incompetence looks like
- George Floyd's brothers lead a moment of silence at the Democratic National Convention
- St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters to participate in Republican National Convention
- Kamala Harris' Secret Service code name reportedly reflects her groundbreaking nomination
- Michelle Obama calls Biden a 'profoundly decent man' as Trump mocks her pre-taped DNC speech
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- August 17th
- Virginia state senator, NAACP leaders charged with felony 'injury' to Confederate statue
- Millions of Californians brace for blackouts as governor calls severe power shortages 'unacceptable'
- Trump administration finalizes plan to open Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling
- Bernie Sanders reportedly wanted Harris to be Biden's running mate, even over Elizabeth Warren
- UNC shifts to remote learning 1 week into the semester after coronavirus positive rate spikes
- DHS chief of staff under Trump endorses Biden, describes 'terrifying' dealings with president
- Trump says coronavirus is 'God testing me' to build economy again
- Officials made false statements about dropping charges against Jussie Smollett, special prosecutor says
- The 3 biggest storylines of the NBA playoffs
- Two men reportedly charged in unsolved 2002 killing of Run DMC's Jam Master Jay
- Trump's latest criticism of mail-in voting called a 'brazen lie'
- John Boehner would 'rather set himself on fire' than get involved in the 2020 election
- John Kasich defends DNC speaking slot: 'This country is moderate'
- Cardi B pushes for Medicare-for-all and free college in interview with Biden
- Mask mandates appear to be paying off in Kansas, Alabama
- McLaren Senna Ride-On: the ultimate electric toy car of 2020
- Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus to emcee the DNC
- Trump praises his late brother Robert for not being jealous of him
- The USPS handles 500 million letters a day at Christmas. Mail-in ballots should be easy.
- New studies reportedly suggest lasting immunity to COVID-19 even in mild cases
- As few as one in ten civil servants heed Boris Johnson’s ‘back to work’ call, new figures show
- Washington Football Team's Jason Wright becomes the NFL's first Black team president
- Biden enters convention with a moderately shrinking lead over Trump, polls find
- Experimental virtual Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday with Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders
- Belarus holds massive anti-government protest as opposition leader says she is ready to step in
- UK property sales hit £37bn in market’s busiest month in decade
- California wildfires plagued by fire tornado, record-shattering heat wave, wild lightning strikes
- Elvis is ‘alive and living in Chile’
- Trump has reportedly fixated on the 'loser' USPS since 2017, but the mail-in ballot vendetta came from his allies
- Pelosi calls House back into session to vote on USPS bill
- August 16th
- How Trump's ex-campaign manager allowed Jared Kushner to 'rule from afar'
- Former FDA commissioner provides clarity on coronavirus immunity questions
- Top post office officials called to testify before House Oversight Committee in emergency hearing
- CNN's Jake Tapper, Mark Meadows clash over unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud
- Potential Biden voters are becoming more committed to their choice, poll shows
- Putin offered military assistance to Belarus, but analysts explain why he's unlikely to follow through
- Trump's younger brother Robert dies at 71 after undisclosed illness
- August 15th
- Trump will deliver speech on Biden's 'record of failure' hours before DNC acceptance speech
- FDA approves saliva-based coronavirus test viewed as 'major game changer'
- 'Reflection' leads Beijing to soften rhetoric aimed at U.S., others
- Biden campaign preparing '360 degree effort' to engage Caribbean-American voters in Florida
- Critics blame Trump administration for 'embarrassing' Iran embargo defeat
- Lukashenko reaches out to Putin, claiming Belarus protests also threaten Russia
- USPS says it will freeze collection box removal until after election following backlash
- August 14th
- The Trump administration wants to crack down even further on asylum protections
- USPS warns delays could prevent mail-in votes from being counted in nearly every state
- R. Kelly's manager charged with threatening a shooting to disrupt documentary screening
- Democrats call on top DHS officials to 'resign in disgrace' after watchdog says their appointments were invalid
- Obama accuses Trump of trying to 'actively kneecap' USPS ahead of election
- A USPS 'Equipment Reduction' plan will reportedly eliminate 15 percent of mail sorting machines
- Trump's younger brother hospitalized in New York and is reportedly 'very ill'
- Some House Republicans have reportedly tied Kevin McCarthy's fate to Trump's
- Scotland to hold trials in cinemas with socially distanced juries
- Billie Eilish, John Legend, and The Chicks among artists set for the Democratic convention
- Cycling revolution: ‘demand for bikes has gone ballistic’
- Pennsylvania ballots might not be delivered in time to be counted, Postal Service warns
- Trump's new postmaster general met with him in Oval Office last week, reportedly talks with top GOP officials
- Quiz of The Week: 8 - 14 August
- Biden maintains a steady lead over Trump, and a new Pew poll hints at the secret of his success
- Late night hosts compare Trump's USPS mail-in confession to a Bond villain's oversharing
- Global oil demand forecast lowered for 2020 and 2021
- A quarter of young adults have contemplated suicide during the pandemic, CDC says
- GOP Sen. Susan Collins is 'concerned' about U.S. Postal Service delays, she tells postmaster general
- The COVID-19 recession is basically over for the rich and Wall Street, but not for the working class
- Michael Jordan trainers fetch $615,000 at auction
- Trump requested his mail-in ballot 1 day before publicly opposing USPS funding due to mail-in voting
- August 13th
- Senate adjourns until September with no coronavirus relief deal
- Several Iowa counties are expanding mail-in voting. The Trump campaign is only suing the Democratic-leaning ones.
- The makers of Fortnite are revolting against Apple's App Store fees
- Postal workers are sounding the alarm as mail sorting machines are removed from processing facilities
- Biden says Trump's USPS funding opposition shows he 'doesn't want an election'
- Hurricane season gets its 10th named storm months earlier than average
- The Trump campaign is trying to spread a birther conspiracy about Kamala Harris
- Israel and United Arab Emirates agree to 'full normalization' of relations
- NYT: True coronavirus death toll is over 200,000
- Trump admits he's blocking USPS funding to prevent universal mail-in voting
- New unemployment claims finally dip below 1 million, but layoffs remain incredibly high
- Health experts are warning of a 'gruesome' fall of coronavirus
- AMC to start reopening its movie theaters next week — and selling tickets for 15 cents
- 'Apple One' subscription bundles could reportedly roll out alongside the new iPhones
- Coronavirus: how the UK’s revamped tracking app will work
- Some analysts think the loss of college football may cost Trump the election
- Bid to resurrect extinct Sumatran rhino using stem cells
- Late night hosts highlight the confused early attacks on Kamala Harris from Trump, the GOP
- Grassroots sport in crisis: ‘protect indoor sport’ or lose a generation of players
- Flu now killing five times more people than Covid-19
- Just Eat to create ‘thousands’ of UK jobs as revenues hit almost £1bn
- Trump's payroll tax deferral is confusing, maybe unworkable, top U.S. business group warns
- Joe Biden's Kamala Harris VP pick is an early hit, poll suggests
- For new book, Bob Woodward obtained 'extraordinary' letters between Trump and Kim Jong Un
- Emu reported loose in New Jersey
- Kanye West met quietly with Jared Kushner in Colorado last weekend, for some reason
- Biden's campaign reportedly asked potential running mates to think about nicknames Trump might give them
- Donations to Biden campaign surged after Harris named as running mate
- After Trump's complaints, the Department of Energy proposes relaxing showerhead standards
- U.S. health officials report nearly 1,500 COVID-19 deaths, the highest total since May
- Watchdog report: U.S. ambassador to Britain made inappropriate remarks on race, religion
- August 12th
- U.S. commander 'concerned' over ISIS regrouping in western Syria
- Kamala Harris hammers Trump's coronavirus 'failure' in 1st speech as VP candidate
- Biden says he isn't surprised Trump 'has a problem' with a 'strong' woman like Harris
- Ohio drop box restrictions add new front to mail-in voting battle
- Hurricane-force storm in Iowa flattens 10 million acres of crops
- Trump has reportedly privately said he intends to replace Mark Esper after November election
- Serena Williams wins a tennis match while simultaneously parenting her daughter
- How Belarus' 'booming' IT sector could turn the tide of election protests
- Stevie Nicks says pandemic 'is a real American Horror Story'
- Trump has pretty much eliminated daily intelligence briefings. Biden has already started receiving them.
- As many as 1 in 3 coronavirus patients could experience neurological or psychological after-effects
- How New Zealand is tackling fresh coronavirus outbreak
- Bentley Bentayga Speed: world’s fastest SUV gets a new look
- Biden's campaign is reportedly 'super proud' no one leaked his vice presidential pick
- Billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone dies at 97
- Sharing the pain: Hong Kong protesters invest in arrested mogul’s pro-democracy newspaper
- Trump and his aides reportedly think they have Democrats in a 'real pickle' with the COVID-19 aid stalemate
- Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers are not amused at Trump's self-serving 'sabotage' of the U.S. Postal Service
- Ryanair, Virgin Atlantic and Tui ‘breaching flight refund promises’
- COVID-19 deaths quadrupled among young Floridians in July, and it wasn't just partiers and bar-hoppers
- Late night hosts size up Joe Biden's choice of Kamala Harris for vice president
- Fauci isn't sold on Russia's claim it has a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine
- Man discovers wife’s affair on Google Maps
- French prime minister warns COVID-19 infection rate is going 'the wrong way'
- The Lincoln Project approvingly welcomes Kamala Harris to its defeat-Trump mission
- Rep. Ilhan Omar fends off 4 challengers to win Minnesota primary
- QAnon supporter wins House GOP runoff in Georgia
- Sarah Palin offers advice to Kamala Harris: 'Trust no one new' and ignore the 'yahoos'
- Colorado AG announces broad investigation into policies of Aurora Police Department
- August 11th
- Trump is still stewing over Kamala Harris' questioning of Brett Kavanaugh: 'She was nasty'
- Trump donated — twice — to Kamala Harris' campaign for California attorney general
- 4 ways Kamala Harris just made history
- Obama on Harris pick: 'Joe Biden nailed this decision'
- Why Karen Bass could take over Kamala Harris' Senate seat
- Trump campaign quickly brands Harris as 'Phony Kamala'
- Biden selects Kamala Harris as running mate
- Big Ten to postpone fall football season
- Trump campaign tweets mugshots of alleged criminals, all of them Black, to claim Biden is pro-crime
- Belarus cuts off internet as EU says it's considering action in response to disputed election
- Alyssa Milano reveals hair loss from COVID-19
- The U.S. 'may have missed a window' to produce 'an important bridge' to a coronavirus vaccine
- Andrew Yang is feeling snubbed from the DNC speakers lineup
- Trump: If Biden wins, Americans will have to learn Chinese
- Cardi B wants her music to 'make a woman feel like a bad b--ch'
- The murder rate has jumped dramatically in several major U.S. cities
- Mark Meadows is reportedly the bad cop of coronavirus relief negotiations
- Trump praises former assistant's new book even though she reveals she didn't vote for him
- Black Bowmore DB5 1964: forget martinis, Mr Bond, try this £50,000 whisky
- Trump says Hong Kong issue is 'tough' because city is 'attached to China'
- Susan Rice conspicuously left off DNC speakers list ahead of Biden's veep announcement
- Trump says college football should happen this fall because coronavirus 'just attacks old people'
- The EPA approved a citrus-based mosquito and tick repellant that's so nontoxic you can drink it
- Coronavirus: why England’s daily death toll is dropping so slowly
- The people most excited about Kanye's 2020 run are GOP operatives, Trump's campaign, maybe Kanye
- Putin says Russia wins global race with 1st registered coronavirus vaccine
- Flu jabs shortage ‘may scupper government’s new vaccine targets’
- Late night hosts pan Trump's unemployment aid theater, laugh at his bid to get on Mount Rushmore
- Protesters, police clash during 2nd night of protests over disputed Belarus election
- Trump says the 1918 flu pandemic began in 1917, 'probably ended the Second World War'
- Trump's executive action on unemployment aid would cost states billions, drain FEMA disaster fund
- Preacher says apocalyptic fireball could destroy Earth next month
- Secret Service says White House complex was never in danger amid officer-involved shooting
- Mississippi's new flag won't have Elvis on it, but it could feature a mosquito
- Report: Trump considering blocking citizens suspected of having COVID-19 from returning to U.S.
- EPA expected to soon announce rollback on methane regulations
- August 10th
- Trump whisked away by Secret Service after shots fired outside White House
- California judge orders Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees
- QAnon Facebook groups have more than 3 million combined followers, investigation reveals
- Trump gave a speech at Gettysburg in 2016. It sounds a lot like his present-day Twitter feed.
- Senate cafeteria workers reportedly face layoffs if Congressional stalemate continues
- Gas explosion in Baltimore could be felt from several miles away
- Trump says he'll give his convention speech from 1 of 2 spots — but both might be illegal
- Athletes and celebrities join 100 Black male leaders calling on Biden to pick a Black woman running mate
- Why analysts say the Lebanese government's mass resignation may not change much
- As college football players push to play, 'Power 5' conferences reportedly discuss postponing season
- Mexico's coronavirus outbreak is now the third worst in the world
- Next coronavirus peaks will 'by far' exceed the current one, expert warns
- Chicago raises bridges, blocks access to downtown after overnight looting
- China imposes retaliatory sanctions on 6 U.S. lawmakers, including Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz
- Biden teases VP pick: 'Are you ready?'
- ‘Horrific’: 30% of sportswomen abused by social media trolls
- How 2020 exam grades will be calculated
- Trump will reportedly only have a handful of people help him with debate prep
- Missing the office? Have the sounds of the workplace in your home
- Media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under Hong Kong's new national security law
- At least 97,000 U.S. kids tested positive for coronavirus over last 2 weeks of July
- Collin Morikawa wins 2020 PGA Championship
- New Zealand records 100 days without a new domestic coronavirus case
- Primary voting temporarily halted in Puerto Rico due to a lack of ballots
- Protests erupt in Belarus as opposition fears presidential election was rigged
- August 9th
- Lead coronavirus relief bill negotiators weigh in on Trump's executive orders
- National security adviser: 'Almost nothing' left to sanction 'of the Russians'
- 4 surprising reasons scientists think asymptomatic coronavirus cases are so common
- Why critics think Trump's executive order on evictions is 'deeply misleading'
- Experts question how serious Trump is about strengthening ties with Taiwan
- A crucial barrier to Afghan peace talks has been removed
- There's bipartisan concern about effectiveness, legality of Trump's pandemic-related executive orders
- August 8th
- Trump attempts to bypass Congress with slew of pandemic-related executive orders
- Trump would reportedly 'show off' the capabilities of weapons systems he was briefed on to impress billionaires
- MAC becomes 1st FBS conference to cancel college football season
- Arizona, Florida show signs of coronavirus relief
- South Dakota's governor reportedly flattered Trump with a Mt. Rushmore replica including his likeness
- Susan Rice: Let Republicans use Benghazi as a 'political distraction'
- Trump may have unwittingly cost himself one of his biggest donors
- Why France is 'walking on the edge of a precipice' when it comes to Lebanon
- August 7th
- Gates Foundation donates $150 million to push coronavirus vaccine doses below $3
- Stimulus bill talks hit another dead end after 2 weeks of negotiations
- Intelligence official says Russia and China are lining up on opposite sides of the U.S. election
- Court rules House can enforce McGahn subpoena, but law professors say Trump's stalling already did its job
- Trump's latest fundraising attempt is reportedly a Facebook scam against his own supporters
- The one where the Friends reunion gets delayed again
- U.S. sanctions Hong Kong's leader and other officials over 'draconian' national security laws
- Cuomo says all New York schools can reopen
- Biden campaign reportedly making 'ruthless cuts' to convention speaking list
- Florida health directors reportedly told not to say whether schools should reopen
- Pfizer will manufacture Gilead's emergency coronavirus drug remdesivir to scale up its supply
- Oprah Winfrey is putting up 26 billboards calling for arrests in Breonna Taylor case
- Unemployment rate declines to 10.2 percent, but experts point to 'discouraging' pace of recovery
- Energy bills: ‘big savings’ for millions of UK households this winter
- U.S. coronavirus death toll could rise to nearly 300,000 by December, model projects
- Security forces fire tear gas at anti-government protesters in Beirut
- Man wins lottery because girlfriend criticised his spelling
- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests negative for coronavirus, hours after positive result
- Trump issues executive orders targeting TikTok, WeChat
- Data shows Kansas counties with mask mandates have seen a decrease in COVID-19 cases
- Trump-endorsed candidate Bill Hagerty wins Tennessee Senate GOP primary
- Facebook removes hundreds of fake accounts posing as Black Trump supporters
- Beirut bride filmed during blast says one thing entered her mind: 'Now you are going to die'
- August 6th
- State Department lifts global coronavirus travel advisory
- Facebook employees report 'pattern of preferential treatment' for conservatives who spread misinformation
- Lizzo signs deal to make shows for Amazon
- This year's hurricane season could be 'one of the busiest on record,' NOAA says
- Asymptomatic coronavirus carriers are just as contagious as those with symptoms, study shows
- Experts embrace at-home coronavirus tests, emphasizing speed over accuracy
- New York attorney general sues to dissolve the NRA, saying it's 'fraught with fraud and abuse'
- Pelosi doubts Republicans will pass generous coronavirus bill: 'Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn'
- Geraldo Rivera brands Trump a 'civil rights activist' in softball interview
- Beirut crowds call for the 'fall of the regime' as Macron visits following explosion
- Nintendo's profits climb more than 400 percent amid coronavirus lockdowns
- 1.2 million people filed new unemployment claims last week
- LeBron James: NBA 'could care less' if Trump stops watching
- US Open: Novak Djokovic is in, but Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are out
- 135,000 jobs in Britain facing the axe amid ‘economic armageddon’
- Pastures new: city dwellers seek out countryside properties
- Pence calls Chief Justice John Roberts 'a disappointment to conservatives'
- L.A. mayor warns utilities will be shut off at houses throwing large parties amid pandemic
- Man threatens service station workers with toilet brush
- Rep. James Clyburn: Trump is 'trying to do everything' he can to prevent a 'fair, unfettered election'
- New Lincoln Project ad crowns Jared Kushner 'Secretary of Failure'
- Report: Deutsche Bank complied with subpoena from New York prosecutors over Trump's finances
- August 5th
- Facebook removes Trump post due to coronavirus misinformation
- Iowa ends lifetime voting ban for people with felony convictions
- Trump campaign humbly suggests 11 Fox News hosts to moderate a presidential debate
- Students at viral Georgia high school say they face expulsion for remaining home amid pandemic
- The U.S. Army esports team would like Twitch commenters to stop asking about war crimes
- Pentagon official reportedly has 'no idea' where Trump's Beirut claims came from
- Twitter says vulnerability could have exposed direct messages for Android users
- Foreign policy experts propose 6 ways U.S. should change its Russia strategy
- Facebook knows Trump ads are making false claims about Biden — but it's not doing anything to stop them
- Scientists discover 11 new penguin colonies in Antarctica. But it's not all good news.
- YouTuber Jake Paul's house reportedly searched by the FBI
- A lapse in pandemic unemployment benefits could cause a greater consumer spending decline than the Great Recession
- GOP senator questions Trump giving RNC speech from the White House: 'Is that even legal?'
- Biden's convention speech moved from Milwaukee due to coronavirus concerns
- Lebanon places Beirut port officials under house arrest during blast investigation
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib easily holds off moderate primary challenger
- SF90 Stradale: Ferrari’s stunning new hybrid
- The boom in second-hand pumps
- Republicans offer $400/week unemployment benefits, but stimulus bill talks remain divided
- Ten independent London cocktail bars now taking bookings
- Instagram Reels, Facebook's competitor to TikTok, rolls out in the U.S.
- Seven states announce bipartisan agreement to expand COVID-19 testing
- Trump says his administration has 'redone 82 percent' of the 'Obama things'
- Biden may have narrowed his VP list down to Kamala Harris and Susan Rice
- Lockdown and chill: 12m Brits sign up for streaming services
- Prince Andrew ‘used Spitting Image puppet of himself’ to assault Virginia Roberts Giuffre
- Progressive activist Cori Bush defeats 20-year incumbent Rep. William Lacy Clay
- Missouri voters approve Medicaid expansion
- Marriage proposal goes wrong as man sets flat on fire
- Kris Kobach loses Kansas GOP Senate primary
- Video shows Black children held at gunpoint by police who thought they were in a stolen car
- Officials say deadly Beirut explosion caused by 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate
- August 4th
- Theme park closures due to coronavirus pandemic cost Disney billions
- Mississippi governor relents, ordering statewide mask mandate for 2 weeks
- Disney to release Mulan at home in September for $30
- Game delayed by drone latest development in weird MLB season
- Early Novavax coronavirus vaccine trial produced antibodies in all of its human volunteers
- Tropical storm Isaias races up East Coast, leaving 2 dead and 2 million without power
- At least 50 people killed, 2,700 injured in Beirut blast, health minister says
- Neil Young files copyright infringement lawsuit against Trump campaign
- Former Census Bureau directors warn of 'seriously incomplete' count after Trump administration cuts it short
- State attorneys general want to lower Gilead's high remdesivir prices with federal patent law
- Ryan Reynolds says getting married at a former plantation was a 'giant f---ing mistake'
- Trump is cool with voting by mail, as long as it's in Florida
- Trump apparently doesn't know how to pronounce Yosemite
- Kanye West scraps effort to get on New Jersey ballot after challenge to 'egregiously bad' petition
- Trump's aides are reportedly promising him re-election if he 'nukes' his China trade deal
- Pro athletes are performing better without fans
- Faster than Concorde: fly from London to New York in just 90 minutes
- Bolivia just outright canceled the rest of its school year
- Chinese state media decries the planned 'theft' of TikTok
- White House official: Trump's newest team is 'worse than ever'
- Twitter faces possible FTC fine afters users' email addresses and phone numbers were used for targeted ads
- GOP battle over Kris Kobach takes center stage as Kansas, 4 other states hold congressional primaries
- Father of Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘secret’ UK girlfriend says he knew she dated the paedophile
- Eli Lilly testing whether novel COVID-19 antibody drug can quash outbreaks in nursing homes
- Trump demands feds get a 'very substantial' cut of any Microsoft-TikTok sale, doesn't explain how that's legal
- Here today, Juan tomorrow: why Spain’s former king has fled into exile
- Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers watch Trump fiddle with banning TikTok as America burns
- Report: Possible spots for Trump's convention speech include Gettysburg, Mount Rushmore
- Trump is evidently very pleased with acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf. Wolf's neighbors? Not so much.
- Mum caught digging tunnel to free murderer son
- Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina
- California governor encouraged by slight improvement in coronavirus numbers
- Trump threatens legal action to block Nevada from expanding mail-in voting
- Apple fire raging in Southern California sparked by a malfunctioning car
- August 3rd
- Israeli jets strike Syrian military targets after army thwarts Golan Heights attack
- WHO director-general warns there may never be a 'silver bullet' for COVID-19
- Leaked report shows DHS targeted Americans who fought against ISIS in attempt to tie antifa to foreign power
- Cardinals become third MLB team to miss a week of games after clubhouse coronavirus cases grow
- Trump under investigation for bank and insurance fraud in New York, new court filing suggests
- Taylor Swift just pulled off a Billboard feat no artist ever has before
- Trump says he's okay with Microsoft buying TikTok, but sets deadline for deal
- Obama targets Texas in first round of 2020 endorsements
- Andrew Lloyd Webber on the Cats movie: 'The whole thing was ridiculous'
- U.S. coronavirus response 'failed worse than I ever could have imagined,' infectious disease expert says
- Dwayne Johnson is buying the XFL
- Federal judge speaks out in emotional video after son was killed by 'madman'
- Trump's attacks on mail-in voting may incidentally threaten GOP turnout
- Lamborghini Essenza SCV12: stay off the road, this hypercar is purely for the track
- Biden to reportedly interview 5 or 6 VP finalists as search is 'extended'
- America may not know if Trump or Biden wins the 2020 election until Thanksgiving
- Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume dies at 83
- Pelosi, Mnuchin double down over coronavirus relief differences
- John Oliver takes a sober look at how America teaches Black history, white racism
- The Lincoln Project celebrates Portland's Wall of Moms. The Wall of Moms is splintering.
- GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert's daughter publicly chides him for ignoring 'medical experts,' getting COVID-19
- The federal pullback in Portland immediately brought calm to the anti-racism protests
- Israeli border tension ‘a sign world is about to end’
- Birx: U.S. in 'new phase' of pandemic, with coronavirus 'extraordinarily widespread'
- After consulting with Trump, Microsoft to continue talks to buy TikTok
- Department store Lord & Taylor files for bankruptcy
- Deutsche Bank launches investigation into personal banker of Trump, Kushner
- Isaias skirts Florida coast, bringing heavy rain and winds
- August 2nd
- Wildfire scorches more than 20,000 acres in Southern California
- Watch NASA astronauts' successful splashdown aboard SpaceX capsule
- Coronavirus testing czar calls for widespread mask compliance, but suggests mandate could be risky
- Former FDA commissioner hopeful U.S. can avoid singificant flu season amid pandemic
- Pelosi: 'I don't have confidence' in Dr. Birx
- Phillies, Marlins provide some cautious optimism for MLB after reporting no new coronavirus cases
- Public transportation may not be a major source of coronavirus transmission
- GOP may close convention to press, but decision reportedly not final
- August 1st
- Democratic congressman calls out maskless GOP colleagues after positive coronavirus test
- TikTok's Chinese parent company reportedly agrees to divest app's U.S. operations
- Schumer calls latest round of coronavirus relief talks most productive yet, but sides still 'not close'
- Legal constraints mean Fed's Main Street program can't help businesses that need it most
- Vindman says he stands by 'telling the truth' despite Trump's retaliation
- Trump's TikTok threat may just be a 'negotiation tactic'
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