‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks  —  Six weeks ago, U.S. Postal Service workers in the high desert town of Tehachapi, Calif., began to notice crates of mail sitting in the post office in the early morning that should have been shipped out for delivery the night before.

A STATEMENT BY FORMER REPUBLICAN NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS  —  We are former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congress.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Biden goes to church so regularly that he doesn't even need tear gas”  —  Comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the emcee for Night 4 of the Democratic National Convention, concluded a segment on Joe Biden's faith by quipping: “Just remember, Joe Biden goes to church so regularly …

The Republican Embrace of QAnon Goes Far Beyond Trump  —  As the president all but endorses the internet-driven conspiracy theory, it is shifting from the fringes of the internet to become an offline political movement.  —  Late last month, as the Texas Republican Party was shifting into campaign mode …

Inside Steve Bannon's Alleged Scheme To Fleece Trump Voters Who Wanted A Border Wall  —  The president's family denies knowing anything about the scheme, but a HuffPost investigation reveals close ties.  —  Brian Kolfage had a problem.  It was late 2018, and the triple-amputee and Air Force veteran …

The “Narcissism and Ego” That Led to Steve Bannon's Arrest  —  On Thursday, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York charged Steve Bannon—a top strategist on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and one of his key White House advisers before being fired, in 2017—with fraud.

Citing threats, Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure’  —  Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department's ban on protesters being able to demonstrate on the block where she lives, telling reporters Thursday …

Joe Biden Finally Got the Timing Right  —  More than three decades after his first presidential run, in the midst of a deadly pandemic and without his son Beau at his side, the former vice president has met his moment.  —  Joe Biden tells funny stories at funerals and sad ones at campaign stops.

Hard evidence at last that shreds Trump's lies about a Russia ‘hoax’  —  As Democrats accelerate their drive to defeat President Trump in November, they have a potent new weapon in a report by a Republican-led Senate committee that chronicles the “grave counterintelligence threat” …

Tulsi Gabbard Says the DNC Didn't Even Ask Her To Speak  —  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) won two pledged delegates during the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries and stayed in the race longer than Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).

Trump cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officials  —  WASHINGTON — In early May 2018, after weeks of phone calls and private meetings, 11 of the president's most senior advisers were called to the White House Situation Room where they were asked …

A Russian dissident is fighting for his life.  Where is the U.S.?  —  Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post.  He is the author of “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.”

Trump Comes Up Empty When Pressed for Evidence of Election Fraud in Court  —  President Donald Trump's campaign, ordered by a federal court judge in Pennsylvania to back up its claims of fraud in the state's vote-by-mail system, has documented only a handful of cases of election fraud in recent years …

Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden was banned by Delta for refusing to wear a mask on a flight  — James O'Neill, the former Navy SEAL famous for his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, was banned by Delta Air Lines on Thursday for refusing to wear a mask on a flight the day before.

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy tests positive for coronavirus  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said Thursday that he tested positive for the coronavirus, and is “strictly following the direction of our medical experts” by quarantining, local ABC affiliate WBRZ reports.  —  The big picture …

Religious Sister Who Will Pray at DNC: Legal Abortion ‘Above My Pay Grade’  —  Sr. Simone Campbell is scheduled to deliver the invocation Thursday at the Democratic National Convention.  —  DENVER, Colo. — Sister Simone Campbell, who is set to offer a prayer at the Democratic National Convention Thursday …

Democrats question whether Trump is breaking the law with RNC speech  —  A House committee is questioning whether President Donald Trump might be breaking the law next week if he orders government employees to assist in his Republican National Convention speech.

Trump blames California for wildfires, tells state ‘you gotta clean your floors’  —  OAKLAND — President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed California for its raging wildfires and threatened to withhold federal money, reprising his attacks from previous rounds of catastrophic blazes.