Trump Pulls Closer to Biden After RNC  —  Post-convention poll shows Trump almost halved national deficit against the Democratic nominee  — Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Trump 50% to 44% among likely voters following the Republican National Convention vs. a lead of 52% to 42% before it began.

Top intelligence office informs congressional committees it'll no longer brief on election security  —  (CNN)The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that it'll no longer be briefing on election security issues, a senior administration official told CNN.

How the G.O.P. Stretched Hard to Defend Trump on Race and Gender  —  Never before has a convention by a major party felt compelled to call such a diverse array of speakers to defend the character of a sitting president.  —  The Republican convention this week marked an extraordinary effort …

This is why Jacob Blake had a warrant out for his arrest  —  The cops involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake — which touched off a fresh wave of angry, anti-police sentiment across the country — were attempting to arrest him for violating a restraining order stemming from an alleged sexual assault, The Post has learned.

One Author's Argument ‘In Defense Of Looting’  —  In the past months of demonstrations for Black lives, there has been a lot of hand-wringing about looting.  Whether it was New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying that stealing purses and sneakers from high-end stores in Manhattan was “inexcusable …

N.Y.C. Tenants Say They Were Tricked Into Appearing in R.N.C. Video  —  “I am not a Trump supporter,” one of the tenants said, adding that she was furious that her interview with a government official was used for the convention.  —  It started with an unexpected call last week from Lynne Patton …

New Covid-19 Layoffs Make Job Reductions Permanent  —  As companies brace for years of pandemic-related disruption, thousands of furloughed workers are told they won't be coming back  —  A new wave of layoffs is washing over the U.S. as several big companies reassess staffing plans and settle in for a long period of uncertainty.

Did you see photos of officers supposedly injured last weekend in NW cities?  The facts don't check out  —  The Associated Press checks out some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.  This one is bogus, even though it was shared widely on social media.

Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive.  Maybe It Shouldn't Be.  —  The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus.  —  Some of the nation's leading public health experts are raising a new concern in the endless debate over coronavirus testing …

Trump's Army of Allies and TV Sycophants Is Crumbling  —  The president has always considered himself his best advocate.  Now, he's got to prove it.  —  When Republicans nominated Donald Trump for the presidency four years ago in Cleveland, they had a stable of regular on-camera personalities to back them up.

Chadwick Boseman knew his voice had power and used it to challenge Hollywood  —  Bringing the Black Panther's King T'Challa to life wasn't just a role, it was a transformation  —  Chadwick Boseman was one of the good guys.  —  I was living in Atlanta and freelancing for Ebony magazine …

Trump: I want to see first woman president, but not Harris  —  President Trump on Friday said he would support seeing a female president in the United States, but quickly added that it should not be Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).

Surge in mail-in ballots could delay election results, so Wolf wants to change the rules  —  Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLIVE/The Patriot-News, Triblive/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media.

Florida Department of Health claims number of COVID-19 cases in schools is confidential  —  Duval school district still pushing to publish COVID-19 data  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After the first full week of classes in Duval County, school officials say they are still counting how many teachers …

Amid fears that Trump might not leave office, two lawmakers press for Pentagon assurances on the election  —  In a sign of the growing concern that President Trump might not leave office voluntarily or might attempt to use the military to hold onto power, two moderate Democratic lawmakers posed …

Trump Fanboys Gear Up to Smear Kamala Harris and Jill Biden  —  The attacks were baseless, sexist and utterly predictable.  —  It took less than an hour after the world learned about Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-CA) promotion for actor and internet troll James Woods to go online and degrade her publicly.

Hours after March on Washington, protesters scattered throughout city, blocking roads and yelling at police  —  Some protesters who stayed in the District after the March on Washington ended Friday afternoon continued to spread their message, and elements of mayhem, around the city …

ASU conservatives raising funds for Kenosha protest shooter Kyle Rittenhouse  —  A conservative student organization at Arizona State University announced on Friday that they will be accepting donations to support the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with homicide …

A police captain's widow used his story to back Trump at the GOP convention.  His daughters say it was ‘despicable.’  —  David Dorn was a registered Democrat who opposed Trump, his daughters say  —  Lisa Dorn and Debra White first heard the news from a family friend: Their father's widow …

The ponderous, low-energy guy is Trump  —  As President Trump droned through his 70-minute acceptance speech — while desecrating the White House as a television backdrop, which was probably illegal — the words that kept coming to mind were two he has applied with relish to his opponents: “low-energy” and “sleepy.”

What the RNC Looked Like to Donald Trump's Niece  —  It's been a month and a half since Donald Trump's only niece released the bestselling book in which she described the president as a “a narcissist,” “a petty, pathetic little man,” “ignorant, incapable, out of his depth, and lost in his own delusional spin.”

C.I.A. Uncensors Memoir of F.B.I. Agent Who Protested Torture of Terrorists  —  Nine years after the C.I.A. blacked out parts of Ali Soufan's book, the agency has finally allowed a more complete version of his story to be published.  —  WASHINGTON — After a group of Qaeda suspects was captured …