Business partner of Falwells says affair with evangelical power couple spanned seven years  —  Giancarlo Granda says his sexual relationship with the Falwells began when he was 20.  He says he had sex with Becki Falwell while Jerry Falwell Jr, head of Liberty University and a staunch supporter of President Trump, looked on.

Republican Convention takeaways: All Trump, all the time  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump aggressively asserted control over the Republican National Convention on Monday, overshadowing the prime-time speakers, as he made clear he wants voters to focus on him.

Major GOP donor gives emotional speech  —  Maximo Alvarez, owner of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors in Florida, delivered an emotion-filled speech in favor of President Trump and against Democratic nominee Joe Biden.  —  What stands out about Alvarez, aside from his personal story …

New York attorney general files legal action against Trump Organization, revealing state investigation into the company's financial dealings  —  The New York attorney general is investigating President Trump's private business for allegedly misleading lenders by inflating the value of its assets …

Man who believed virus was hoax loses wife to Covid-19  —  A Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19.  —  Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to the flu.

Jim Inhofe caught in decades-long corruption scandal to get government contracts to his close associates  —  Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) turns 86 this year, and it's unclear if he's forgotten the promise he made to his voters to root out corruption in Washington.

Republicans Nominate Trump at RNC, Who Flings Baseless Attacks at Biden  —  President Trump and his party engaged in sweeping revisionism about his management of the coronavirus pandemic, his record on race relations and much else.  And they painted a dystopian picture of what the nation would look like under a Biden administratio

Exclusive: Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others  —  CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials …

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New Details of China's Efforts to Remove Critic in U.S. Revealed in Hawaii Court  —  Case details work of GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and the alleged fraud mastermind who paid him  —  A senior Chinese government official enlisted the help of a top fundraising official …

Fact-checking the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention  —  The first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention was a fire hose of false or misleading claim, mostly drawn from President Trump's arsenal of falsehoods.  Here are 19 claims that caught our attention.

Richard Spencer Backs Joe Biden, Says ‘MAGA/Alt-Right Moment is Over’  —  White nationalist Richard Spencer has said he will be backing Democratic candidate Joe Biden in November's election after previously distancing himself from Donald Trump.  —  Spencer, who was one of the key figureheads …