Biden's campaign says it raised $70 million during DNC watched live by 122 million people  —  Biden: ‘Light is more powerful than dark’  —  (CNN)Joe Biden's campaign, the Democratic National Committee and their joint fundraising committees raised $70 million over the party's four-day convention this week …

Kris Kobach claimed he spoke with ‘enthusiastic’ Trump three times about border wall project at center of fraud investigation  —  (CNN)Donald Trump ally Kris Kobach said in an interview last year that he had spoken with the President three times about the private border wall project …

‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016  —  In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, Donald Trump told a group of civil rights leaders something most Republicans wouldn't dare publicly acknowledge: lower turnout among Black voters did …

Judge denies Trump's bid for a stay of subpoena in Manhattan DA's tax records case  — A federal judge on Friday denied President's Donald Trump's bid to temporarily block a ruling allowing a subpoena for his tax returns and other financial records.  — The ruling came a day after the …

Brayden Harrington says DNC appearance boosted his confidence, wants to help others who stutter  —  Brayden Harrington, the teen who shared his story on the final night of the Democratic National Convention about how Joe Biden helped him with his stutter, told NBC News Friday it has boosted …

Former Army Special Forces Officer Charged in Russian Espionage Conspiracy  —  Former Green Beret Allegedly Conspired to Provide National Defense Information to Russian Intelligence  —  A Gainesville, Virginia, man was arrested today for conspiring with Russian intelligence operatives …

Biden to ABC's David Muir: ‘I would shut [country] down’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 if scientists recommended  —  Biden, Harris' first joint interview airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” …

Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results  —  The world's biggest social network is working out what steps to take should President Trump use its platform to dispute the vote.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook spent years preparing to ward off any tampering on its site ahead of November's presidential election.

QAnon looms behind nationwide rallies and viral #SavetheChildren hashtags  —  On the second Saturday of August, about 100 protestors gathered at the “Big Red Wagon,” a well-known attraction in downtown Spokane, Washington.  Men, women and children marched through the streets chanting, “Save the children.”

GOP leader: ‘There is no place for QAnon in the Republican Party’  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has denounced the QAnon conspiracy theory, becoming the highest-ranking congressional Republican to publicly condemn the theory.  —  McCarthy said during an interview …

Trump administration bars FDA from regulating some laboratory tests, including for coronavirus  —  Some public health experts worry defective tests could end up on the market, but others cheer the change, saying it is long overdue  —  The Trump administration this week blocked the Food …

Carter Centre to launch first-ever US election initiative, citing ‘erosion’ of democracy  —  Exclusive: Democracy promotion group founded by Jimmy Carter will launch US-focused initiative for first time in its history … The democracy promotion organisation founded by former president Jimmy Carter …

Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen journalists with the U.S. government's premier international broadcaster may soon be forced to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency's new leadership.

Suspect in downtown Portland beating turns himself in, police say  —  A man suspected in a downtown beating that left a man bloody and unconscious in the street after he crashed a truck during a confrontation that unfolded near a downtown Portland demonstration is now in custody.

Alexei Navalny given all clear to be evacuated from Russia  —  Alexei Navalny is set to be airlifted to Germany for specialist medical treatment as Russia's most prominent critic of the Kremlin remains in a coma after a suspected poisoning.  —  The decision to allow for his evacuation …

Latest US Swing States Voting Intention (16-19 August)  —  Share our research:  —  The latest US swing states poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies finds that Joe Biden is ahead of Donald Trump in five out of six swing states.  Nonetheless, for the first time since we started polling …

The permanent outsider  —  President Trump has no idea how to run for reelection as an incumbent  —  At a White House signing ceremony this month, President Trump lamented the “deep-swamp things happening” in the nation's “deep state.”  Speaking to workers at a Whirlpool plant in Ohio a few days later …

Federal courthouses close in Portland amid threat  —  Multiple federal buildings in Portland, including a pair of courthouses, are closed Friday amid a threat.  —  Portland's federal bankruptcy court and Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse are both closed, along with a federal building near the Lloyd Center.

Biden is already forming a government.  Here's what his Cabinet could look like.  —  Sherrod Brown, the progressive senator from Ohio, says he's talking with the Biden campaign about “where he needs to look and who he needs to look at” as he begins to form a potential administration.

Lori Loughlin Sentenced to Two Months in College-Admissions Scandal  —  ‘I am truly, profoundly and deeply sorry’; TV star's husband also gets prison time  —  Television star Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were sentenced to prison Friday for conspiring …

California battles 560 wildfires, university threatened  —  FELTON, Calif. (Reuters) - California's lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the largest in state history on Friday, with one blaze advancing to within a mile of the University of California Santa Cruz.