The GOP Should Shun Laura Loomer  —  Laura Loomer, the far-right gadfly and conspiracy theorist, has prevailed in her bid to become the Republican Party's candidate for Florida's 21st Congressional District.  She will face incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel, a Democrat, in the general election.

Trump embraces QAnon conspiracy because ‘they like me’  —  Tapper: Greene's videos indicate detachment from truth and decency  —  (CNN)After skirting the issue for weeks, President Donald Trump offered an embrace Wednesday of the fringe internet phenomenon QAnon, praising its followers …

Photos appear to show mail sorting machines in parts in US postal facility  —  Images come as controversy grows over post office, mail-in voting.  —  As questions over recent changes implemented at the U.S. Postal Service continue to mount, new images obtained by ABC News appear …

Republicans quietly push mail-in voting despite Trump claims  —  President Donald Trump may rail against mail-in ballots in public, but state and local Republicans are quietly telling Americans that's exactly how they should vote.  —  In Iowa, the Republican Party mailed absentee ballot applications …

Ex-DHS Official: Trump wanted to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland  —  A former Chief of Staff with the Department of Homeland Security, Miles Taylor, joins Hallie Jackson to discuss his tenure working in the Trump administration.  Taylor, who has recently begun speaking out about what he witnessed …

Kemp lashes out at coverage of White House COVID report critical of Georgia  —  Gov. Brian Kemp accused The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of playing “pandemic politics” and sparking panic at a testy press conference Wednesday, a day after a confidential report from President Donald Trump's …

Mail-order chicks are arriving dead, costing Maine farmers thousands of dollars  —  Several Maine poultry farms have received shipments of hundreds of chicks that died while being delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, either because the shipments were delayed or mishandled.  —  RELATED COVERAGE

Trump says US intends to trigger ‘snapback’ of UN sanctions on Iran  —  President Trump on Wednesday announced that the U.S. intends to “snapback” sanctions on Iran, days after the U.N. Security Council failed to extend a soon-to expire arms embargo on Iran.

More than 200 charged with federal crimes, 1,000 arrested in Operation Legend, AG Barr announces  —  Nearly 400 firearms have been seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.  —  At least 207 people have been charged with a federal crime, and more than 1,000 arrests …

Trump Administration Pushes Arms Sale to U.A.E. Despite Israeli Worries  —  The Trump White House is quietly planning sales of F-35 stealth fighters and advanced drones to the Emiratis as part of a wider plan to realign the Middle East, but Israel and Congress may object.

Rand Paul: No incentive to open economy “if you soften the amount of suffering”  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told Fox News Wednesday that he opposes Congress passing more stimulus funding because “if you give people money and you make it less painful to be in a recession,” governors “will not have an incentive” to reopen the economy.

Kansas Democrat, 19, Who Admitted to Revenge Porn, Ekes Out Primary Win  —  Aaron Coleman defeated a seven-term incumbent for a state House seat by 14 votes, alarming Democrats who worry he will hurt other candidates in the general election.  —  Aaron Coleman admitted that he harassed girls online when he was in middle school.

1.5 Million Antibody Tests Show What Parts of N.Y.C. Were Hit Hardest  —  The data from the city is on a far larger scale than previously released information, and includes all antibody test results reported to the city's Department of Health.  —  New York City on Tuesday released …

As it turns out, there really was collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia  —  The investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III ended anticlimactically.  Although Mueller's report detailed evidence of Russian interference and the Trump team's welcome receipt of help from Moscow …

'I'm Only One Human Being': Parents Brace for a Go-It-Alone School Year  —  Just one in five families will have any sort of in-person help, a new survey finds, and parents are feeling stressed and stranded.  —  Parents across America are facing the pandemic school year feeling overwhelmed, anxious and abandoned.

Harris sets off Democratic donor stampede  —  Kamala Harris is tapping into a new tranche of campaign cash for Joe Biden: money from both big and small donors who were reluctant to give to the white, male and over-70 nominee-in-waiting before she arrived.  —  Biden has turned things around …

Charlie Dent: I'm voting for Joe Biden  —  Republican Charlie Dent is a former US congressman from Pennsylvania who served as chairman of the House Ethics Committee from 2015 until 2016 and chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies from 2015 until 2018.

Nearly 40% of cash-strapped Americans can't last a month on savings  — Nearly 40% of Americans who lost a job or had a reduction in take-home pay due to Covid-19 can't last more than a month on savings of any kind, according to a SimplyWise survey.  — It's a sobering reminder …

Utah Sen. Derek Kitchen accused of helping pay for paint used by protesters  —  Legislator under investigation for $10 ‘paint’ donation says he doesn't condone vandalism  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake police are investigating whether a Utah state senator helped pay for red paint that was used …

Donald Trump Jr. appeared in promotion for gun company run by prominent member of polygamous group  —  Amid a series of campaign appearances in Utah on July 24, Donald Trump Jr. took time to shoot Desert Tech rifles and appeared in promotional images for the company, which is owned by a prominent member of a polygamous sect.

Joe Biden has been imagining this moment for more than 50 years.  It's not exactly the triumph he had in mind.  —  A 21-year-old Joe Biden was in the Bahamas for spring break, smitten by the blond woman he saw sunbathing outside the British Colonial Hotel.  —  The beach was open only to guests …