Mayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents  —  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear gassed by the U.S. government late Wednesday as he stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent …

Philadelphia's Top Prosecutor Is Prepared to Arrest Federal Agents  —  After numerous reports and lawsuits in Portland regarding un-badged and un-uniformed federal officers arresting, beating, and detaining people in unmarked vehicles, the Trump administration's response is that they're going to do it even more, and in more cities.

2 Cafeterias Used by White House Staff Close After Employee Contracts the Virus  —  The cafeterias are in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and the New Executive Office Building, which are part of the White House complex.  —  Two cafeterias used by White House staff members were closed …

GOP considers extending unemployment benefit at reduced level of $100 a week through December  — Republicans are considering extending the enhanced unemployment insurance through the end of the year at a drastically reduced level of $400 per month, or $100 a week.

Biden says Trump is America's first ‘racist’ president  —  Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday called President Trump the country's first racist to be elected to the White House.  —  The former vice president's blunt assessment came during …

Popular Chinese-Made Drone Is Found to Have Security Weakness  —  Researchers found a potential vulnerability in an app that helps power the drones, highlighting U.S. officials' concerns that Beijing could get access to information about Americans.  —  Cybersecurity researchers revealed …

Russian Allies Helping Trump Win Reelection Have A Partner In Wisconsin Republican  —  Sen. Ron Johnson will not say where material to investigate Joe Biden is coming from, but a former pro-Russian lawmaker in Ukraine has said he is a source.  —  WASHINGTON ― Allies …

House Democrats Considered 10 Impeachment Articles Before Narrowing Their Case Against Trump  —  The question of what to include in the case against President Trump is at the heart of a new book by Norm Eisen, a lawyer working with House Democrats in the impeachment effort.

Mitt Romney questions Trump getting ‘cozy’ with dictators, direction of GOP  —  Republican Party ‘has taken a different course,’ Utah senator says  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mitt Romney says he doesn't know where the Republican Party is headed as the president cozies up to dictators …

Trump's New Ad Is Amazing  —  The Trump campaign just ran the most ironic ad in the history of American politics.  —  A couple weeks ago the Trump campaign rolled out an ad proclaiming that the president would protect a statue of Jesus from the woke left.  The only problem was that the statue pictured …

Trump keeps boasting about passing a cognitive test — but it doesn't mean what he thinks it does  —  As President Trump and his team began attacking former vice president Joe Biden's mental and physical fitness this summer, Trump began pondering his own cognitive abilities.

New unemployment claims rose last week to 1.4 million  —  The Department of Labor data will likely fuel the urgency in Washington to quickly extend enhanced federal pandemic unemployment benefits.  —  People wait to speak with representatives from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission about unemployment claims July 9.

Blocked gun sales skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic  —  Internal FBI data reveal a jarring new stat: The number of people trying to buy guns who can't legally own them has skyrocketed.  That came as part of a surge in gun purchases in the first three months of 2020, compared to the same time period in 2019.

I Was Wrong About Florida's Response to Covid-19  —  I gave Governor Ron DeSantis more credit than he deserved for the low death rate in his state.  —  A little after 11 a.m. each weekday, I receive an email alert from the Miami Herald.  It contains the latest Covid-19 numbers for Florida.

Republican feuding this week represents broader reckoning over party's future as Trump sinks in the polls  —  Tensions among congressional Republicans fueled by the party's diminishing electoral fortunes broke out into the open this week — as GOP lawmakers sparred over the shape …

New York Times fired an editor for publishing a US senator and now prints COVID propaganda from a Chinese Communist Party employee  —  Not a full two months after firing former opinion page editor James Bennet for publishing a mainstream opinion from a sitting U.S. senator …

The Rise in Testing Is Not Driving the Rise in U.S. Virus Cases  —  20,00040,00060,000 cases per dayMarch 1July 21April 1May 1June 1July 1  —  Seven-day average of new reported cases  —  About 21,000 coronavirus cases were reported per day in early June, when the positive test rate was 4.8 percent.

DC mayor issues order requiring masks outside home  —  Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Wednesday announced an executive order requiring residents to wear masks outside of the home as the city battles rising coronavirus cases.  —  “Basically what it says is, if you leave home …

State Department Insiders Ask: What Is Susan Pompeo Really Up To?  —  The wife of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been integral to his meteoric rise.  But her close involvement in his career has attracted unwelcome scrutiny.  —  Five years ago, a young Kansan named Jakob Provo …

Tracking the Real Coronavirus Death Toll in the United States  —  Brazil Canada France Germany India Italy Mexico Spain U.K.  —  Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland …

The Lincoln Project is trying to save the Republican Party from itself  —  “The once-mocked ‘Never Trump’ movement becomes a sudden campaign force”  —  If you want any more evidence of the validity of that conclusion, look no further than the frenzied attacks on the Lincoln Project …

RNC plans in jeopardy as Jacksonville council president opposes city bill  —  With a month to go until the Republican National Convention, or RNC, comes to Jacksonville, City Council President Tommy Hazouri threw a wrench in the convention's plans, announcing his opposition unless …

Brexit negotiators will miss July target for outline deal  —  LONDON — The U.K. is willing to compromise on the shape of a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU but “considerable gaps remain” between the two sides, according to chief British negotiator David Frost.

Cop-O Research: Is Kamala Harris Planting Evidence on Her VP Rivals?  —  Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), whose failed presidential campaign flamed out before any primary votes were cast, is a top contender to be Joe Biden's running mate in 2020.  Curiously enough, negative stories …