The Trump Referendum  —  He still has no second term message beyond his own grievances.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  President Trump may soon need a new nickname for “Sleepy Joe” Biden.  How does President-elect sound?  On present trend that's exactly what Mr. Biden will be on Nov. 4 …

Inside Barr's Effort to Undermine Prosecutors in N.Y.  —  The firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was foreshadowed by a disagreement over a case linked to President Trump.  —  Shortly after he became attorney general last year, William P. Barr set out to challenge …

Texas rolls back its reopening a day after pausing plans, as coronavirus cases rise  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Friday that he will roll back some of the state's reopening as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.  —  “As I said from the start …

How Arizona ‘lost control of the epidemic’  —  PHOENIX — A drive-up testing site equipped for several hundred people in West Phoenix was swarmed on Saturday by about 1,000 people, leaving some baking in their cars for hours.  —  A nearby testing station has already reached capacity for this weekend …

The Week It Went South for Trump  —  He hasn't been equal to the crises.  He never makes anything better.  And everyone kind of knows.  —  Something shifted this month.  Donald Trump's hold on history loosened, and may be breaking.  In some new way his limitations are being seen and acknowledged …

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act  —  If successful, the move would permanently end the health insurance program popularly known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked …

Biden Is Getting a Lot of Advice on His V.P. Here's What Voters Think.  —  A large majority of voters say race should not be a factor in his decision, and none of the best-known candidates has emerged as a favorite.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. appears to face limited political pressure from voters …

Mary Trump once stood up to her uncle Donald.  Now her book describes a ‘nightmare’ of family dysfunction.  —  Mary L. Trump was embroiled in a feud over her inheritance two decades ago when her uncle Donald Trump and his siblings punched back in classic style.

Trump Retreats to His Hannity Bunker  —  Beaten by the pandemic and down in the polls, a President and his propagandist create an alternate reality.  —  June began poorly for President Trump, and it's ending worse.  Despite his optimistic pronouncements about the coronavirus …

Florida Smirked at New York's Virus Crisis.  Now It Has Its Own.  —  With infections surging in Florida while they retreat in New York, the two states and their governors reflect the shifting course of the pandemic.  —  In late April, as new coronavirus cases in Florida were steadily decreasing …

The future of the coronavirus recovery runs through the classroom  —  WASHINGTON — Will your children be back at school this fall?  —  If you're having trouble answering that question, you're not alone — across the country, state and local officials are still struggling to develop plans …

America Didn't Give Up on Covid-19.  Republicans Did.  —  Partisanship has crippled our response.  —  Earlier this year much of America went through hell as the nation struggled to deal with Covid-19.  More than 120,000 Americans have now died; more than 20 million have lost their jobs.

My Confederate Past  —  Everyone who grew up in Mississippi was steeped in the Confederacy.  Even if they didn't realize it.  —  On Friday, the Mississippi legislature is scheduled to vote on changing the Mississippi state flag.  As I write this, I have no idea what the outcome will be.

Black Lives Matter fundraising handled by group with convicted terrorist on its board  —  The co-founder of Black Lives Matter names a convicted cop killer as one of her heroes, and the BLM national organization is fiscally sponsored through a leftist group whose board of directors includes a convicted terrorist.

Protesters denounce Abraham Lincoln statue in D.C., urge removal of Emancipation Memorial  —  Police in the nation's capital were bracing Thursday night for protesters who planned to denounce and urge the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln, paid for by people who had been enslaved …

The Gross Hellscape That Awaits Ted Cruz on Parler  —  Note: This article includes offensive screenshots from Parler users.  —  As incendiary Twitter accounts have increasingly been held accountable by the enforcement of Twitter's terms of service, some right-wing users have taken to crying censorship.

Almost one-third of black Americans know someone who died of covid-19, survey shows  —  Nearly 1 in 3 black Americans know someone personally who has died of covid-19, far exceeding their white counterparts, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll that underscores the coronavirus pandemic's profoundly disparate impact.

Governments eye new taxes on cigarettes, homes and tech giants to pay for big budget shortfalls related to the coronavirus  —  Without more federal aid, local leaders across the country say they may have no choice but to try to raise revenue on their own in the middle of an economic crisis

As Critics Rage, Pack Aims to Pierce China's Info Firewall  —  Even by Trump-era standards, the long saga to install conservative documentary filmmaker Michael Pack as head of the U.S. government's tax-funded global media agency has been a particularly tortured gauntlet-running test of wills.

10 Top Antitrust Experts Alarmed by Whistleblower Complaint Against A.G. Barr—and Office of Professional Responsibility's Opinion  —  On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee heard from a whistleblower inside the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division alleging serious abuses committed by Attorney General William Barr.

State Lawmakers to scrutinize nursing home infections  —  ALBANY: Will take close look at state's response.  —  ALBANY — Democratic lawmakers with both chambers of the New York Legislature will delve into the Cuomo administration's procedures and protocols for managing …

The Health 202: The Trump administration is eyeing a new testing strategy for coronavirus, Anthony Fauci says  —  Want more stories about the Trump administration's response to the novel coronavirus?  Sign up for this newsletter here.  —  The Trump administration is weighing a new testing strategy …

Michigan candidate's daughter urges people not to vote for him in viral tweet  —  The daughter of a candidate running for a seat in the Michigan state House has drawn viral attention online after taking to Twitter earlier this week to plead with voters not to elect her father to office.

It's time to rethink the presidential debates  —  Given how many ugly turns this presidential election year has already taken and how many more are surely yet to come, it is probably a fool's errand to go in search of silver linings in 2020.  —  But the realities of campaigning amid a pandemic …

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4 ‘South Park’ Episodes On HBO Max That Are More Offensive Than ‘Gone With The Wind’  —  The following four episodes have left me surprised that the series survived the woke mob and are allowed to remain on HBO Max.  —  “South Park” thrives on bad taste.  The adult animation behemoth …