Trump Might Try to Postpone the Election.  That's Unconstitutional.  —  He should be removed unless he relents.  —  Mr. Calabresi is a co-founder of the Federalist Society and a professor at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law.  —  I have voted Republican …

How Jared Kushner's Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air”  —  This spring, a team working under the president's son-in-law produced a plan for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought the pandemic under control.  So why did the White House spike it in favor of a shambolic 50-state response?

DHS compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists who published leaked documents  —  The Department of Homeland Security has compiled “intelligence reports” about the work of American journalists covering protests in Portland, Ore., in what current and former officials called an alarming use …

Republicans and White House at Odds Over Kansas Senate Race  —  Some in the G.O.P. want President Trump to endorse the opponent of Kris Kobach, who they worry could cost them a traditionally safe Senate seat.  So far, the White House has declined to do so.  —  WASHINGTON — As the Kansas …

Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November  —  The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs of mail across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in place new procedures described as cost-cutting efforts …

Trump campaign temporarily halts ad spending for review of messaging strategy  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign has canceled a series of advertisement buys over the next few days as they review their messaging strategy, a senior campaign official told CNN.

EXCLUSIVE: Fearing Trump interference, FBI agents hid copies of Russia investigation docs  —  (CNN)Adapted from “TRUE CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS: The Investigation of Donald Trump,” by Jeffrey Toobin.  Copyright © 2020.  Available from Doubleday.  —  In the hours after President Donald …

Census Door Knocking Cut A Month Short Amid Pressure To Finish Count  —  The Census Bureau is cutting short critical door-knocking efforts for the 2020 census amid growing concerns among Democrats in Congress that the White House is pressuring the bureau to wrap up counting soon for political gain, NPR has learned.

Trump Is the Election Crisis He Is Warning About  —  When a sitting President threatens to delay a sacrosanct American ritual, you'd better listen.  —  On Thursday morning, minutes after the worst U.S. economic data in seventy years were released and barely two hours before an American hero …

‘George Floyd All Over Again’: ICE Guard Drove Knee Into Detainee  —  A guard at an ICE detention center drove his knee into the upper back of a detainee, Carlos Rivas Monsano, eyewitnesses say.  They haven't seen the man in the two weeks since.  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement guard …

Intel Dems press Nunes for details on anti-Biden package from Ukrainian official  —  Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, this week declined to answer a colleague's question about whether he had received derogatory information about Vice President Joe Biden …

State Democrats mount big comeback in 2020  —  Once ignored, underfunded and often written off, Democratic state party organizations are harvesting record-setting cash heading into the 2020 election, reasserting their roles inside the Democratic infrastructure after suffering for years in competition with super PACs and campaigns.

Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown's death  —  CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County's prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a dramatic decision that could reopen old wounds amid …

Trump revisits his playbook for disastrous news: An explosive spectacle  —  President Donald Trump's go-it-alone presidency crested on Thursday with a suggestion that the country delay the November election.  —  The idea undercut allies and aides who months ago accused Joe Biden of promoting …

Trump in trouble as nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his handling of COVID-19, protests, Russia: POLL  —  Trump is underwater on his handling of the coronavirus, protests and Russia.  —  Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling …

Fauci to testify before House committee investigating Trump's coronavirus response  —  Dr. Fauci says he's ‘cautiously optimistic’ about COVID vaccine trials, guarantees no corners are being cut  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, will testify Friday morning …

Obama's Filibuster Swipe  —  He frames it as racist.  That will end debate among Democrats.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Anticipating a November romp, prominent Democrats have been dropping hints that they'd scrap the filibuster for legislation if they win the Senate.

Morgan Freeman reads Rep. John Lewis' last words  —  In a special Last Word, Morgan Freeman reads the words of John Lewis' final essay, which he requested be published in the New York Times on the day of his funeral: “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation.”

Ilhan Omar Paid Her Husband's Firm $600,000 in Three Weeks  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $606,000 to her husband's firm in the first three weeks of July alone, according to new campaign filings.  —  Federal Election Commission records released Thursday show …

On Media-Thirst Guys, and the horrifying knowledge that you can only relate with people just as brain-sick as you.  —  My girlfriend almost ghosted me after our second date.  The reason was simple; we talked too much about the media.  Becca works at Vox, I'm a freelancer …

My Eulogy for Congressman John Lewis  —  James wrote to the believers, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.”

Biden questions whether coronavirus vaccine will be ‘real,’ despite experts' assurances  —  The White House, meanwhile, touts progress on a vaccine  —  Joe Biden is preemptively doubting whether a coronavirus vaccine will be “real,” and has cast doubt on whether the vaccine would be distributed with …

Burn the Republican Party Down?  —  It would damage the country, and those who say yes bear some blame for the president's rise.  —  Where did Donald Trump come from?  Where is the GOP going?  Should the whole thing be burned down?  A lot had to go wrong before we got a President Trump.

‘If you can talk, you can breathe,’ Arkansas officer tells man who later dies in police custody  —  As he begged police to stop using a Taser on him on a supermarket's floor, Lionel Morris's cries echoed through the produce section of the store in Conway, Ark., for 6½ minutes.

Epstein accuser alleged in newly unsealed deposition that Ghislaine Maxwell was his partner in abuse  —  A woman who has accused deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein of years-long abuse that began when she was a teenager alleged in a newly unsealed deposition that his former partner …