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?

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 …

Tucker Carlson Calls Barack Obama a ‘Greasy Politician’ Who ‘Desecrated’ John Lewis' Funeral  —  ‘CAN YOU IMAGINE?’  —  After Barack Obama eulogized the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said the former president was “greasy” for “desecrating a funeral with campaign slogans.”

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

The Pandemic Is Damaging the GOP Brand Everywhere  —  Although hardly any of the governors grappling with the fiercest coronavirus outbreaks are on the ballot this fall, voters' verdicts about their performance loom heavily over another electoral battle with enormous implications for the balance …

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 …

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 ordered federal forces to quell Portland protests.  But the chaos ended as soon as they left.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — After President Trump ordered federal law enforcement officers into Portland, Ore., earlier this month, the protests largely ended the same way for days: with tear gas, rubber bullets and arrests.

Trump's Racism Won't Win the Suburbs.  But It May Diversify Them.  —  The United States is full of lily-white, deep-blue suburbs with lawn signs that shout Black Lives Matter — and zoning laws that whisper, But preserving “neighborhood character” matters more.

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.

Will Herman Cain's Death Change Republican Views on the Virus and Masks?  —  His publicly dismissive attitude about the pandemic reflected the hands-off inconsistency of many party leaders.  —  The death of Herman Cain, attributed to the coronavirus, has made Republicans and President Trump face …

White House willing to cut a stimulus deal without ‘liability shield,’ breaking with McConnell  —  The Senate majority leader had said this week that there would be no deal with Democrats without legal protections for employers against pandemic claims  —  The White House is willing to cut …

Exclusive: Trump's ICE chief Matt Albence leaving post  —  Matt Albence, the acting director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave his post by Labor Day, the Washington Examiner was first to report Thursday.  —  Albence informed senior ICE officials in a private phone call Thursday evening …

Pinellas sheriff to Rays: Breonna Taylor tweet was ‘just wrong’ and ‘reckless’  —  Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said he'll reevaluate whether his agency will work with the baseball team in the future.  —  Pinellas County's top cop condemned the Tampa Bay Rays for posting a tweet calling for the arrests …

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.

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.

‘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 …

Governors who took strict measures on coronavirus are seeing better political outcomes  —  Much about the coronavirus is putting us in unprecedented political territory, but one thing is becoming evident: Keeping the coronavirus in check, even via strict measures, is so far a political winner.

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 …