Trump's push to amplify racism unnerves Republicans who have long enabled him  —  President Trump's unyielding push to preserve Confederate symbols and the legacy of white domination, crystallized by his harsh denunciation of the racial justice movement Friday night at Mount Rushmore …

Republican internal polling signals a Democratic rout  —  (CNN)Whenever I hear an operative complain about public polling, I have just one thing to say: Put up or shut up.  Release your own numbers that show the race in a different place than the public polling, or let the public polling stand.

Florida breaks coronavirus record with over 11K new cases reported in one day  —  Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases on Independence Day, shattering its record for daily reported cases in the state since the pandemic began.  —  The single-day record was last broken on Thursday with over 10,000 new cases.

‘White power’ video was a glimpse into Trump-era political discourse in 'America's friendliest' retirement community  —  THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Sharon Sandler was already irritated as she walked toward the growing line of golf carts preparing to parade around one of her retirement community's town squares for President Trump's birthday.

How the Republican Convention Created Money Woes in Two Cities  —  Donors are wondering why they gave to a Charlotte event that has mostly been scrapped.  And Jacksonville fund-raisers find money is on hold because of concerns about the surge in virus cases.

Trump's ‘strong wall’ to block COVID-19 from China had holes  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of the coronavirus pandemic — a “strong wall” that allowed only U.S. citizens inside, he boasted in May.

Seriously, Just Wear Your Mask  —  This is not complicated, folks.  —  Mr. Wegman is a member of the editorial board.  —  Wear a mask.  —  Seriously, just wear one.  Almost any mask will do, really.  N95, surgical, spandex, homespun cotton.  For people who aren't front-line health care workers …

How a Lincoln-Douglass Debate Led to Historic Discovery  —  Texting exchange by two professors led to Frederick Douglass letter on Emancipation Memorial  —  WASHINGTON—It was a text-message debate that led Scott Sandage and Jonathan White to discover a vital American artifact last weekend …

“Kill 'em.”  Houston GOP powerbroker Steve Hotze left Greg Abbott a voicemail requesting National Guard “shoot to kill” rioters  —  Hotze, a staunch critic of Abbott's coronavirus response, left a voicemail with the governor's chief of staff in early June with the incendiary instruction.

Trump erodes America's foundation.  This Fourth of July, I pledge to rebuild it. … The Fourth of July commemorates a courageous, extraordinary day, when the architects of our nation laid the first stone in the foundation of American democracy.  In the nearly two and a half centuries since …

U.S. Population Growth Has Been Driven Exclusively by Minorities  — Census data indicate White population has shrunk since 2010  — First decline since 1790 if confirmed in census: Brookings  —  U.S. racial and ethnic minorities accounted for all of the nation's population growth during …

Executive Order on Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  America owes its present greatness to its past sacrifices.

Biden builds lead as Trump goes from trailing to flailing  —  Biden's polling lead over Trump is significant, though not unprecedented.  —  Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the economy during an event in June.  Susan Walsh/AP Photo