White Flight From Trump?  What a Decisive Biden Win Would Look Like  —  Republican structural advantages in the House, the Senate and the Electoral College would be in jeopardy.  —  Recent national polls show that Joe Biden's commanding lead has eroded longstanding demographic divisions …

Republican Party officials hid COVID-19 mask purchases by labeling them ‘building maintenance’ in federal disclosures  — The Republican National Committee in a new federal filing this week said it spent $14,000 on “building maintenance.”  In reality, it was disguising a purchase of face masks.

The Shocking Secret Past of One of QAnon's Most Toxic Stars  —  QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati loves to talk.  Just not about this.  —  Trash-talking QAnon conspiracy theorist Tommy Gelati has a long list of celebrities he thinks belong in prison—or who might secretly be there already.

Portland, polarization, and the crisis of the Republican Party  —  “We are witnessing a crisis of democracy that is perfectly acceptable to a significant portion of the population — as long as it hurts their enemies.”  —  Late on Wednesday evening, Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) was tear-gassed in his own city.

Trump's most important 2016 donor is sitting out 2020  — Robert and Rebekah Mercer ranked among President Donald Trump's most influential backers in 2016.  But they've all but abandoned the embattled president and aren't likely to help him in the home stretch for 2020, five people who know the media-averse Mercers tell Insider.

No, it's not ‘fascism’ to protect federal property from riots, revolutionaries  —  Are the images of lawlessness and disorder pouring out of Portland, Ore., and the gun violence and crime waves overtaking New York and Chicago going to have a negative impact on the rising political fortunes of the left?

The Future of Nonconformity  —  Where freethinkers go to fight.  —  Like other realms, American intellectual life has been marked by a series of exclusions.  The oldest and vastest was the exclusion of people of color from the commanding institutions of our culture.

Republicans, Facing Political Headwinds, Begin Diverging From Trump  —  A promised pandemic recovery proposal remains up in the air as Republicans, their majority at stake, struggle to reach consensus.  —  WASHINGTON — For Senate Republicans, it's now all about self-preservation.

Fauci says he has been assigned personal security after receiving ‘serious threats’ to his family  —  Foto: Dr. Anthony Fauci at a House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 23, 2020.  — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious-disease expert, told CNN's “The Axe Files” …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Delivers a Lesson in Decency on the House Floor  —  One could be forgiven for thinking that rhetorical dynamism long ago vanished from the hallways and chambers of the United States Congress.  It has been a hundred and sixty-four years, for example, since Charles Sumner …

Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: 100 Days Until Election 2020  —  WASHINGTON D.C. - Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: 100 Days Until Election 2020  —  Election security remains a top priority for the Intelligence Community and we are committed in our support to DHS and FBI …

8 Big Reasons Election Day 2020 Could Be a Disaster  —  In a campaign year marked by a global pandemic, a recession and a national wave of protests, it's easy to forget that this whole election season began with an absolute debacle when it came to the simple act of voting.

A Note to Readers  —  These pages won't wilt under cancel-culture pressure.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  We've been gratified this week by the outpouring of support from readers after some 280 of our Wall Street Journal colleagues signed (and someone leaked) a letter to our publisher criticizing the opinion pages.

The Battle for Joe Biden  —  He's not listening to Twitter.  So who does have the candidate's ear?  —  For months, President Trump's re-election team has been test-driving possible lines of attack against Joe Biden: He's sleepy.  He's creepy.  He's corrupt.  He's soft on China.  He's soft in the head.

Trump vs. Biden: Who's Winning the Money Race in Your ZIP Code?  —  Estimated donors by ZIP code, April through June  —  ◄ MORE TRUMP DONORS MORE BIDEN DONORS ►  —  Notes: The map shows which candidate had more individual donors in each ZIP code from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020.

Sultry Nights and Magnolia Trees: New York City Is Now Subtropical  —  Winter is warmer and summer is sweltering, with torrential afternoon downpours.  What's next, palm trees?  —  It was the fig trees that tipped him off.  Something was very unusual at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Homeland Security Dept. Admits Making False Statements in Fight With N.Y.  —  The surprise admission came as the Trump administration unexpectedly reversed its decision to bar New Yorkers from programs that allow travelers to speed through airports.  —  Homeland Security officials …

Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jim Ryun, ‘master of the mile’ and former Kansas rep  —  Ryun was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes  —  President Trump Friday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jim Ryun, a three-time Olympian …

Held back  —  As parents realize how badly the U.S. botched the next school year, we're furious  —  The happiest day in my household since the pandemic started — maybe the only truly happy one — was the Wednesday in mid-March when we found out on the New York City Department of Education website …

CNN's ‘Reliable Sources’ Fixated on ‘Right-Wing’ Media  —  CNN's Reliable Sources team purports to cover the entire press, but it overwhelmingly discusses and criticizes conservative and right-wing media and personalities, a Washington Free Beacon analysis finds.

Exclusive: Leader Of Dylann Roof-Worshipping Neo-Nazi Group Exposed  —  Andrew Richard Casarez is a 27-year-old pizza delivery driver and the leading voice in a confederation of neo-Nazis, HuffPost has confirmed.  —  A prominent white supremacist who encourages acts of domestic terror …

As Trump Calls for Schools to Fully Reopen, His Son's School Says It Will Not  —  St. Andrew's Episcopal School, the private school in the Maryland suburbs attended by Barron Trump, said it was considering either a hybrid part-time plan or going back to entirely online classes.

A&E Has Lost Half Its Viewers Since Dropping ‘Live PD’  —  Network's prime-time viewership was up 4% this year before it canceled its hit police reality show, Nielsen data show  —  Ratings for A&E Network have plummeted since it canceled the hit police reality show “Live PD” on June 10 …