Rep. Raúl Grijalva tests positive for COVID-19, is symptom-free  —  Rep. Raúl Grijalva has tested positive for COVID-19 after a week in Washington, D.C., that included a hearing with Rep. Louie Gohmert, who also tested positive in recent days.  —  Grijalva, D-Ariz. …

Is Sarah Cooper the Reason Donald Trump Wants to Ban TikTok?  —  Donald Trump abruptly announced on Friday that he plans to ban TikTok from the United States, telling reporters traveling with him on Air Force One that he could issue an executive order as early as Saturday to shut down the Chinese-owned video app.

Coming forward ended my career.  I still believe doing what's right matters.  —  Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.), a career U.S. Army officer, served on the National Security Council as the director for Eastern European, Caucasus and Russian affairs, as the Russia political-military affairs officer …

The case for Trump will come down to his record.  It's a strong one.  —  President Trump's record of accomplishments is easy to compile.  —  Most significantly, he has brought the existential threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party into the sunlight.  No more nice words.

Kelly Loeffler takes BLM criticism to host with white supremacist ties  —  U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler granted an interview to a TV pundit associated with white supremacy and Nazism.The interview aired on One America News Network on Thursday and Loeffler promoted it heavily on her Facebook …

DHS official whose office compiled ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists and protesters has been removed from his job  —  A senior Department of Homeland Security official whose office compiled “intelligence reports” about journalists and protesters in Portland, Ore., has been removed from his job …

A School Reopens, and the Coronavirus Creeps In  —  As more schools abandon plans for in-person classes, one that opened in Indiana this week had to quarantine students within hours.  —  One of the first school districts in the country to reopen its doors during the coronavirus pandemic …

Alienated by Trump, Suburban Voters Sour on G.O.P. in Battle for the House  —  House Republicans are on the defensive in suburban strongholds as voters reject President Trump's handling of the coronavirus and calls for racial justice.  —  BALLWIN, Mo. — For Heather Vaughn …

Barr may try to spin his ‘investigation’ before the election.  Don't believe him.  —  The attorney general has previously mischaracterized a government report ahead of time  —  One of William P. Barr's weaknesses is a godsend for the rule of law: The attorney general is not completely effective at lying.

Biden's Top Running-Mate Contenders Emerge as He Enters Key Week  —  Candidates and allies have been making final pitches; an announcement is likely to come week of Aug. 10.  —  Joe Biden is entering his most crucial week since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee …

The Lincoln Project's plan for preserving the union: Drive Trump out of office by driving him nuts  —  Your house is on fire.  Do you care who the firemen are?  —  That is a central question of the 2020 election.  Donald Trump has managed to do one thing no other president has done …

You've Been Trumped Too: Documentary that Trump 'doesn't want you to see' to be released worldwide  —  Trump has tried to block the film from being seen for the past four years  —  A damning documentary about Donald Trump that the US president “doesn't want you to see” is getting released worldwide.

Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for ‘Day X’  —  Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces.  But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state institutions is much broader.

Coronavirus threat rises across U.S.: ‘We just have to assume the monster is everywhere’  —  The coronavirus is spreading at dangerous levels across much of the United States, and public health experts are demanding a dramatic reset in the national response, one that recognizes that the crisis …

Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Should former Vice President Joe Biden win the White House in November, America will likely be in for a foreign policy about-face as Biden reverses, dismantles or severely curtails many of President Donald Trump's most significant and boldest actions.

St. Damien ministered to Native Hawaiians in a leper colony.  Now, AOC calls him a ‘colonizer’  —  Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pointed to a Catholic martyr who gave his life to minister to the least fortunate Hawaiian natives.  Probably knowing little or nothing about his life's story …

On a call with SEC leaders, worried football players pushed back: 'It's not good enough'  —  College football's most powerful conference, the SEC, announced Thursday that it plans to forge ahead with a season this fall.  But a day earlier, in a private meeting with conference leaders and medical advisers …

Democrats demand answers from U.S. ambassador after reports he asked Brazil for favor to help Trump in 2020  —  House Democrats are demanding a reckoning from the U.S. ambassador to Brazil after news reports there said he was urging country officials to lower ethanol tariffs to help President Trump's chances of reelection.