USPS says Pennsylvania mail ballots may not be delivered on time, and state warns of ‘overwhelming’ risk to voters  —  The United States Postal Service warned Pennsylvania that mail ballots may not be delivered on time to be counted because the state's deadlines are too tight for its …

Black Like Kamala  —  Republican efforts to deny Senator Harris's identity as an African-American and turn her into a noncitizen are destined to fail.  —  It was probably inevitable that Kamala Harris becoming Joe Biden's running mate would result in controversy over her heritage.

A Geopolitical Earthquake Just Hit the Mideast  —  The Israel-United Arab Emirates deal will be felt throughout the region.  —  For once, I am going to agree with President Trump in his use of his favorite adjective: “huge.”  —  The agreement brokered by the Trump administration …

President Trump requests mail-in ballot for upcoming Florida primary, despite rhetoric  —  For the second time as a Palm Beach County voter, President Donald Trump has requested a vote-by-mail ballot ahead of Florida's primary election on Tuesday.  —  And the president who has just spent …

How QAnon rode the pandemic to new heights — and fueled the viral anti-mask phenomenon  —  In February, five months before she became known as “QAnon Karen,” there was no one more terrified of the coming pandemic than Melissa Rein Lively.  —  “I bought the N-95 masks.  I bought the hazmat suit,” she said.

Top DHS officials Wolf and Cuccinelli are not legally eligible to serve in their current roles, congressional watchdog agency finds  —  The appointments of the top two officials at the Department of Homeland Security violated federal law, the Government Accountability Office said on Friday.

POLITICO Playbook: A day in the life of American politics in 2020  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THESE DAYS ARE DIZZYING, so you'd be forgiven for not being able to keep track of all the developments in our body politic.  Yes, there are some good things going on — JARED KUSHNER …

House GOP candidate known for QAnon support was ‘correspondent’ for conspiracy website  —  Before running for office, Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote dozens of articles as a “correspondent” for a conspiracy news website, according to archived web pages uncovered by NBC News.

Poll: Biden Expands Lead; A Third Of Country Says It Won't Get Vaccinated  —  Toggle more options  —  Democrat Joe Biden's lead has expanded to double-digits against President Trump in the presidential election, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.  Biden now leads Trump 53% to 42%, up from an 8-point advantage at the end of June.

Discontent with McCarthy rises as GOP considers a possible post-Trump world  —  Discontent with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is on the rise in the House, as Republicans increasingly fearful of a loss by President Trump on Election Day gear up for an intraparty war over the future of the GOP.

‘The President Was Not Encouraging’: What Obama Really Thought About Biden  —  Behind the friendship was a more complicated relationship, which now drives the former vice president to prove his partner wrong.  —  The way Joe Biden explained it on the campaign trail in Iowa …

“People lay like a living carpet in pools of blood”  —  How detainees at protests are beaten in jails in Belarus.  Scary Znak.com report  —  this material is a raw translation of the original text in Russian  —  Znak.com correspondent Nikita Telizhenko was detained on the evening of August 10 …

The recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered  —  The stock market and home values are back at record levels, while jobs remain scarce for those earning less than $20 an hour  —  U.S. stocks are hovering near a record high, a stunning comeback since March …

Common, Billie Eilish, John Legend among Dem convention musical acts  —  Democratic National Convention organizers announced Friday a list of musical acts expected to be featured at the party's four-night nominating event next week.  —  Among the artists slated to perform at the largely virtual convention …

Barr Says Results of Probe Into Russia Investigation Could Come by Election  —  Attorney General William Barr says Justice Department will ‘use our prudent judgement’ in deciding when to release the findings  —  CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Attorney General William Barr said Thursday he could reveal …

Principal who made Holocaust comments should not have been fired, judge rules  —  The former Boca Raton principal who generated a national uproar for his comments about the Holocaust should not have been fired, a judge ruled Thursday.  —  The Palm Beach County School District …

A Third of TikTok's U.S. Users May Be 14 or Under, Raising Safety Questions  —  Three current and former employees expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app's safeguards for preteen children.  —  If Microsoft or another company buys TikTok before President Trump bans the Chinese-owned video app …

Cory Gardner Runs Pro-Trump Facebook Ad Being Seen Everywhere — Except In Colorado  —  The Republican senator is running for reelection in... Colorado.  —  Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) is running a new Facebook ad, touting his close relationship with President Donald Trump.

Macy's exiting Water Tower Place?  —  An anchor of the Mag Mile mall since its inception, the retailer—unhappy with the police response to recent looting, according to a source close to the situation—now is looking to shrink or vacate its space there.  —  Buffeted by changing retail trends …

The Agony of the Anti-Anti-Trumpers  —  BUt tHe mEDiA!  —  It's mid-August and I find myself thinking about Dante lately.  Maybe it's because all the bugs around here make me think of certain scenes from the Inferno, or maybe it's because I have been reading too much Twitter.  —  Welcome to the Daily Countdown.

The Secret History of Ronald Reagan's Letters  —  Ronald Reagan began laying the groundwork for his 1980 presidential run almost immediately after his defeat in his campaign for the 1976 Republican nomination.  The work consisted primarily of hundreds of speeches in hotel ballrooms across the country.

Trump brother hospitalized in New York: Sources  —  President expected to visit brother, Robert Trump, sources said.  —  Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, sources told ABC News, a development confirmed by the White House.

Michigan senator who got COVID didn't wear a mask at anti-Whitmer event … LANSING — A Michigan state senator who says he took “reasonable precautions” to protect against COVID-19 did not wear a mask at an outdoor petition drive attended by hundreds less than two weeks before he tested positive for the virus.