Protesters confront Rand Paul outside White House after RNC  —  Sen. Rand Paul was confronted by protesters early Friday morning after leaving the Republican National Convention at the White House.  —  “Just got attacked by an angry mob of over 100, one block away from the White House.

The Malign Fantasy of Donald Trump's Convention  —  Using the White House as his prop, the President makes war on Joe Biden, and pretends the pandemic is all but defeated.  —  For four years, Donald Trump has been asking us to believe the unbelievable, to accept the unthinkable, to replace harsh realities with simple fantasies.

This Is How Biden Loses  —  Here is a prediction about the November election: If Donald Trump wins, in a trustworthy vote, what's happening this week in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be one reason.  Maybe the reason.  And yet Joe Biden has it in his power to spare the country a second Trump term.

What Donald Trump couldn't bring himself to say: Takeaways from RNC Night 4  —  President Donald Trump had a lot to say Thursday night — and he took his time saying it.  —  In accepting the Republican Party's nomination for the presidency, Trump spoke for one hour and nine minutes …

Shinzo Abe, Japan's Longest-Serving Leader, to Resign Because of Illness  —  Mr. Abe has been prime minister for nearly eight consecutive years, a significant feat in a country accustomed to high turnover in the top job.  —  TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan will resign because of ill health …

BLM 101: Continued Harassment From Protesters Reveals Bigotry And Hate, Not Progress  —  It's time for BLM 101, Volume 6.  This online class is dedicated to educating professional athletes on the real agenda and impact of the so-called Black Lives Matter movement.

Instead of Evolving as President, Trump Has Bent the Job to His Will  —  In a 40-minute phone call this week, Mr. Trump struggled to describe how he has changed in office.  “I think I've just become more guarded than I was four years ago,” he said.  —  WASHINGTON — For a man on the edge of history …

‘She was the aggressor’: Former Liberty student alleges sexual encounter with Becki Falwell  —  A former Liberty University student says Becki Falwell, the wife of the university's then-President Jerry Falwell Jr., jumped into bed with him and performed oral sex on him while he stayed …

Trump Botches His Big Speech and No One Will Care  —  He didn't put much effort into addressing voters other than his most avid supporters.  —  Nomination speeches at normal conventions are easy.  Joe Biden even showed last week that nomination speeches given remotely during a pandemic aren't that hard.

What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’?  —  Right-wing influencers are dominating the political discussion on Facebook, raising questions about whether it will translate into electoral success in November.  —  Listen, liberals.  If you don't think Donald Trump can get re-elected in November …

Secretly recorded audio of Trump's sister prompts new call for investigation into his admission to Penn  —  A professor at the University of Pennsylvania has renewed a request to investigate how President Trump was admitted to the school in 1966, citing what he called “new evidence” …

Steele Associate Offered To ‘Feed’ Michael Flynn Story To WaPo Columnist, Ex-Spy Testified  — David Kramer, who was BuzzFeed's source for the Steele dossier, offered to “feed” stories about Trump associates to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, according to text messages read at a defamation trial against Christopher Steele.

Kamala Harris: Officer in Jacob Blake shooting should be charged  —  In her first one-on-one network interview since becoming the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris talks to TODAY's Craig Melvin about the shooting of Jacob Blake, saying “I don't see how anybody could reason …

Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says  —  Twitter has taken action to stop a spam operation that pushed messages from fake accounts about Black people abandoning the Democratic Party.  —  The company removed two fake accounts and deleted the account …

Nearly every claim Trump made about Biden's positions was false  —  President Trump isn't running against Joe Biden, not really.  The former vice president may occupy the Democratic Party line on the presidential ballot, but it isn't Biden that Trump's rhetoric describes.

Belarusian Officials Shut Down Internet With Technology Made by U.S. Firm  —  Protesters quickly find digital workarounds to document demonstrations, police violence  —  The government of Belarus shut down access to much of the internet during a crucial election this month by using equipment manufactured …

​Data for August 26  —  As of 5 p.m. on August 27, 2020 there were 24,952 cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with 290 deaths due to COVID-19 reported among Mecklenburg County residents.  —  Of note, approximately 792 COVID-19 tests were conducted among individuals attending …