National Guard commander says police suddenly moved on Lafayette Square protesters, used ‘excessive force’ before Trump visit  —  Guard major to testify before Congress that warnings couldn't be heard, tear gas was used  —  An Army National Guard commander who witnessed protesters forcibly removed …

‘She had no remorse’: Why Kamala Harris isn't a lock for VP  —  When former Sen. Chris Dodd, a member of Joe Biden's vice presidential search committee, recently asked Kamala Harris about her ambush on Biden in the first Democratic debate, Dodd was stunned by her response.

Notre Dame withdraws as presidential debate host site  —  University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced today the University has withdrawn as the host site for the first of the 2020 presidential debates, scheduled for Sept. 29.  —  After consultation with Dr. Mark Fox …

How Fox News may be destroying Trump's reelection hopes  —  It would be a peculiarly apt form of poetic justice if the entity that has done so much to help President Trump run this country into the ground — Fox News — ends up playing an outsize role in helping destroy his chances at reelection.

Biden leads in North Carolina as voters give Trump poor marks on virus, race relations  —  Republican Sen. Thom Tillis trails his Democratic challenger, as well, in a new NBC News/Marist poll.  —  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 7 points in the key swing state of North Carolina …

GOP wants to pare $600 corona unemployment bonus  —  On the roster: GOP wants to pare $600 corona unemployment bonus - Trump stumps in North Carolina as polls sour - Biden veep chief reportedly trying to tank Harris - Don't Be Cruel  —  Bloomberg: “Senate Republicans propose cutting …

You Can Stop Cleaning Your Mail Now  —  As a COVID-19 summer surge sweeps the country, deep cleans are all the rage.  —  National restaurants such as Applebee's are deputizing sanitation czars to oversee the constant scrubbing of window ledges, menus, and high chairs.

Melania Trump Will Revamp White House Rose Garden  —  The first lady's renovation of the garden, a signature showcase of power used by presidents for decades, is taking place as her husband enters a crucial stretch of his re-election effort.  —  WASHINGTON — Melania Trump, the first lady …

John Lewis, Lying in State, Is Honored as Part of a ‘Pantheon of Patriots’  —  A cross-section of influential lawmakers paid respects to the civil rights icon before his body was to be moved outside so the public could honor him.  —  WASHINGTON — When the honor guard placed Representative …

Lincoln Project co-founder met with Trump for campaign role in 2016  —  Well, this is a little awkward.  —  Steve Schmidt, one of the co-founders of anti-Trump political action group the Lincoln Project, met with then-candidate Donald Trump and tried to join his campaign during a 2016 Manhattan meeting …

Drugmakers refuse to attend White House meeting after Trump issues executive orders on costs  —  A White House meeting with top pharmaceutical executives that President Donald Trump promised for Tuesday is off, five industry sources familiar with discussions told POLITICO.

EXCLUSIVE: Inside John Roberts' surprising streak of liberal wins  —  (CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts did not flinch.  —  When Roberts joined liberals on the Supreme Court to preserve an Obama-era program shielding young undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children …

Two Republican Senators Will Oppose Shelton's Fed Candidacy  —  Susan Collins joins Mitt Romney in signaling plans to vote against Trump's Fed pick  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine) said Monday she would join Sen. Mitt Romney (R., Utah) in opposing the nomination of economist Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve's board of governors.

14 in Texas family test positive for coronavirus after small gathering, 1 dies  —  Fourteen members of the same family in Texas tested positive for the coronavirus following a small gathering in June, the family says.  One of them has died and another is on life support.

How the eviction crisis across the U.S. will look  — The impending eviction crisis will hurt some states more than others.  — African-American and Hispanic tenants are especially at risk of losing their homes.  —  An unprecedented eviction crisis will soon hit the U.S.

They defied health rules for a storybook San Francisco wedding.  The virus didn't spare them  —  The doors were locked.  —  Rows of pews were taped off.  —  The guests were arriving, as instructed, from an underground parking garage through a back door that led to the church interior.

Herman Cain still hospitalized more than 3 weeks after COVID-19 diagnosis  —  Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is still in the hospital undergoing oxygen treatment more than three weeks after first being hospitalized with the coronavirus on July 2, according to an update from his Twitter account on Monday.

Listening Hard  —  THE fanciest alien-snooping apparatus in the world today is located on a ridgeline above a picturesque little New England town about an hour west of Boston.  —  There the physicist Paul Horowitz, of Harvard University, has wired up a radio telescope with a signal analyzer comparable …

At 88, he is a historical rarity — the living son of a slave  —  The whipping post.  The lynching tree.  The wagon wheel.  They were the stories of slavery, an inheritance of fear and dread, passed down from father to son.  —  The boy, barely 5, would listen, awed …

Google to Keep Employees Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic  —  Search engine giant pushes back return to normalcy  —  SAN FRANCISCO—Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, people familiar with the matter said, making the search-engine giant …

Susan Rice Wants to Run for Office.  Will Her First Campaign Be for V.P.?  —  The former national security adviser is on the short list to be Joe Biden's running mate.  She has never been elected to public office, but in 2018 she took a close look at running for the Senate — and at her own political strengths and vulnerabilities.