Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it  —  Barack Obama went high.  —  On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered …

Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors  —  Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, and Two Others Alleged to Have Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From the Organization to Kolfage; All Four Defendants Allegedly Profited From Their Roles in the Scheme

Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Allegedly Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea  —  The Russian anti-corruption activist was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state on Thursday morning, according to his press secretary.  —  MOSCOW—Vladimir Putin's nemesis, corruption fighter Aleksey Navalny …

For the Democrats' sake, I hope the DNC viewership is low  —  I almost gave tonight's DNC performance a miss. How could they top the fey chap pretending to be a bat while miming to a poor rendition of Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth' as a collage of kneeling athletes in ‘Black Lives Matter’ t-Shirts flitted by behind him?

Scoop: Jon Meacham to speak on Democratic convention's last night  —  For the finale of the Democratic National Convention, historian Jon Meacham will speak from Nashville, urging Americans to remember that “history, which will surely be our judge, can also be our guide. ...

The Trump Campaign Accepted Russian Help to Win in 2016.  Case Closed.  —  “Cooperation” or “collusion” or whatever.  It was a plot against American democracy.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.

Democratic convention live updates: Biden poised to accept nomination; Trump to stage event beforehand  —  Joe Biden is poised to accept his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, capping a very unconventional four-day virtual Democratic National Convention with the biggest speech of his lengthy political career.

Pompeo's housing request set off legal alarm bells, memo shows  —  In his early months on the job, Mike Pompeo sought an unusual perk for a secretary of State: permission to rent a Washington, D.C.-area house that was controlled by the U.S. military.  —  Pompeo and his aides initially tried …

Unemployment Benefit Claims Declining, Still at Historical Highs  —  Latest data indicate layoffs remain elevated as labor market slowly improves  —  New applications for unemployment benefits have eased in recent weeks but remain at historically high levels, indicating that the labor market …

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 …

“Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, 'He's Crazy'”: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult  —  Inside the network staffers are cringing, and even Trump's “shadow chief of staff” has his doubts.  “If you were hearing what I'm hearing, you'd be vaping too,” Sean Hannity told a colleague during Trump's early days.

A 1,000 square foot mosaic of Ida B. Wells is being installed at Union Station in DC  —  (CNN) — It's been 100 years since American women were granted the right to vote.  To commemorate this milestone, a massive mosaic of suffragist and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells …

A Constitutional Weapon for Biden to Vanquish Trump's Army of Judges  —  We are now less than 90 days away from an election that President Donald Trump is openly attempting to steal.  From that vantage, it may seem premature—bordering on presumptuous—for Democrats to start worrying now about what will happen if Joe Biden wins.

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 …

If we don't dispel the falsehood of an election ‘delay’ now, we risk chaos in November  —  Joanne Lipman is a former editor in chief of USA Today.  Edward B. Foley directs the election law program at Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law, where he teaches constitutional law.

How Voters View the Major Parties' Competence Has Hardly Changed Since 2016  —  Nearly four years after Trump's election, voters remain slightly more likely to deem Democrats capable of governing and tackling big issues  — 48% of voters said the Democratic Party is capable of governing …