Coronavirus concerns fall and Trump approval ticks higher in swing states, CNBC/Change Research poll finds  — Serious concerns about the coronavirus fell in six 2020 swing states, while approval of President Donald Trump's handling of Covid-19 rose, according to a new CNBC/Change Research poll.

2 shot dead and 1 injured in Kenosha during protests; police looking for man armed with a long gun  —  Kenosha Police said early Wednesday morning that two people had been shot and killed and a third injured during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake; authorities were looking for a man armed with a long gun.

In stunning reversal, CDC abruptly changes position on when to get tested  —  The public health reason for the change is unclear.  —  After weeks of encouraging people to get tested if they may have been exposed to COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed course …

RNC Speaker Cancelled After Boosting QAnon Conspiracy Theory About Jewish Plot to Enslave the World  —  Mary Ann Mendoza, an “angel mom,” was set to speak on Tuesday night.  But then she took to Twitter to encourage followers to read a thread about the Rothschilds.

Yale Law Professor Jed Rubenfeld Has Been Suspended for Sexual Harassment  —  On Monday morning, members of the Yale Law School faculty received a terse message from their provost informing them that Professor Jed Rubenfeld “will leave his position as a member of the YLS faculty for a two-year period …

How Trump could pull off another upset  —  It feels like August of 2016 all over again.  Polls show Donald Trump losing big.  Pundits proclaim he can't win.  Reporters sneer at Trump voters on Twitter and cable.  —  Why it matters: There are several signs that should give the Trump-is-toast self-assured pause.

U.S. service members injured in Syria after skirmish with Russian forces  —  U.S. service members were injured after an altercation with Russian forces in northeast Syria this week, according to a draft military statement and a person familiar with the matter.

They tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism.  He ignored them.  —  Elizabeth Neumann spent March 13 and 14 of 2019 at a conference in the picturesque Spanish port city of Málaga.  The topic: terrorism.  Western leaders were deeply worried about the dangers foreign …

Lewd cheerleader videos, sexist rules: Ex-employees decry Washington's NFL team workplace  —  In “Beauties on the Beach,” the official video chronicling the making of the Washington NFL team's 2008 cheerleader swimsuit calendar, the women frolic in the sand, rave about their custom bikinis …

Jerusalem — a fitting setting for Mike Pompeo's message  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention that aired Tuesday night looking over the Old City of Jerusalem.  It was a fitting setting because it was the location of one of President Trump's boldest foreign policy moves.

Kellyanne Conway undermined the truth like no other Trump official.  And journalists enabled her.  —  Among the many appalling scenes in the many tell-all books written from an inside-the-Trump-administration perspective, one in particular spoke volumes about how Kellyanne Conway operates:

Why a Historic Eviction Wave Is Bearing Down on U.S.  —  With more than 16 million people in the U.S. out of work, Americans are having to stretch financially to keep the roof over their heads.  According to the Census Bureau, about a third of renters said in July that they had no confidence …

Protesters target D.C. diners, triggering backlash after heckling woman  —  Lauren Victor refused to go along with raising her fist — although she supports the movement  —  A demonstration that began Monday evening in the District to protest the shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin wound …

Fort Hood soldier likely found dead, attorney says, after disappearance, sexual assault claims  —  A soldier assigned to Fort Hood who was missing was likely found dead on Tuesday, his family's attorney said, adding to the toll of soldiers at the Texas installation who have vanished or died in recent months.

Trump's RNC naturalization ceremony at White House: Tasteless, hollow and probably illegal  —  I watched the Republican convention start to finish for two days.  I'm a former Republican and a Never Trumper, so I understand that none of it was meant to speak to me.

How TV media's coverage of the party conventions compares … There were several key differences between broadcast and cable news coverage of the Democratic National Convention's first day of programming and the Republican National Convention's counterpart.  The RNC included some midday programming …

Congressman's old social media posts about sex with 15-year-old girls, rape surface in South Florida re-election fight  —  South Florida Congressman Brian Mast joked about rape and referenced sex with 15-year-old girls in old Facebook comments to a friend who is now his campaign manager.

Trump goes dark on TV as early voting looms  —  Donald Trump is getting pummeled on the TV airwaves, alarming Republicans and prompting the president's allies to plead for outside help.  —  August has been a blowout: Trump has been outspent on TV more than 2-to-1 over the past month …

‘I Fear That We Are Witnessing the End of American Democracy’  —  The frank racism of the contemporary Republican agenda is on display at the R.N.C.  —  Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C. on politics, demographics and inequality.  —  The center-right political coalition …