New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials  —  One of President Trump's top medical advisers is urging the White House to embrace a controversial “herd immunity” strategy to combat the pandemic, which would entail allowing …

I'm Still Reading Andrew Sullivan.  But I Can't Defend Him.  —  He's one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades, but he's shadowed by a 1994 magazine cover story that claimed to show a link between race and I.Q.  —  PROVINCETOWN, Mass. — The only restaurant open late …

Man under investigation in fatal shooting after pro-Trump rally allegedly took loaded gun to earlier Portland protest  —  A 48-year-old man who was accused of carrying a loaded gun at an earlier downtown Portland protest is under investigation in the fatal shooting Saturday night of a right-wing demonstrator after a pro-Trump rally.

Leaked McGahn memo reveals alarms about Kushner's top-secret security clearance  —  Trump ultimately intervened to ensure Kushner got his top-secret security clearance.

CDC Now Says 94% of COVID Deaths Had an Underlying Condition  —  Share on Facebook(100k) Tweet P Share Email Print  —  A new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in 94 percent of the cases of those who died from COVID-19, another disease was also at work on the victim.

Shooting At Pro-Trump Rally Leads To Standoff On Ventura Blvd.  —  A Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team has surrounded three suspects in a shooting at a pro-Trump caravan in Woodland Hills. … WOODLAND HILLS, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Team has surrounded three suspects holed …

As Trump's popularity slips in latest Military Times poll, more troops say they'll vote for Biden  —  The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members' views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden …

White House says Trump still planning to visit Kenosha after governor urges him to reconsider  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is still planning to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, this week after Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers wrote him a letter urging that he reconsider …

Swift Boat mastermind to launch massive super PAC to boost Trump  —  Senior Republicans are launching a massive new super PAC this week to bolster Donald Trump's reelection in the final stretch of the campaign — a move that comes as the president has been pummeled by Joe Biden on TV.

Trump tries to dance around a devastating backdrop  —  In the nine weeks left in the 2020 campaign, President Donald Trump has an especially daunting task: Convince a skeptical American public that the coronavirus-ravaged U.S. economy is actually roaring back and will soon return to the status …

OPINION/GUEST VIEW: I can no longer support Sen. Susan Collins  —  I was raised to believe I should cast my vote for the person with the best ideas, regardless of their party.  My father took me down to Bangor City Hall when I turned 18 to get me registered to vote.

Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Deadly Violence in Portland  —  The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable.  Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable.  I condemn this violence unequivocally.  I condemn violence of every kind by any one, whether on the left or the right.

Big Oil Is in Trouble.  Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic.  —  Faced with plunging profits and a climate crisis that threatens fossil fuels, the industry is demanding a trade deal that weakens Kenya's rules on plastics and on imports of American trash.  —  Confronting a climate crisis …

Wisconsin Man Who Says He Marched With Rittenhouse in Kenosha Was Immersed in White Supremacist Propaganda  —  Ryan Balch, a 31-year-old Wisconsin man who joined Kyle Rittenhouse and a contingent of militia conducting armed patrols in Kenosha, used his social media accounts to link to a Nazi propaganda video …

A Nightmare Scenario: Here's What Happens If China Gets the Covid-19 Vaccine First  —  David Fidler has a nightmare scenario: In three months, China announces one of its Covid-19 vaccines has successfully completed Phase III trials.  The World Health Organization is enthusiastic.

Mike Pompeo is the worst secretary of state in history  —  As secretary of state, Mike Pompeo has presided over the collapse of negotiations with North Korea, the failure of a pressure campaign against Iran and an abortive attempt to oust Venezuela's authoritarian regime.

We Don't Know How to Warn You Any Harder.  America is Dying.  —  We Survivors of Authoritarianism Have a Message America Needs to Hear: This is Exactly How it Happens, and It's Happening Here.  —  Right about now, something terrible is happening in America.

Trump Called Kimberly Guilfoyle After Her Roaring RNC Speech, Compared Her to Eva Perón  —  After Kimberly Guilfoyle's RNC speech became a target of memes and talk-show mockery, sources confirm President Trump called her and said, “That was fantastic...so amazing.”

House Democrats' super PAC adds $11M in fall ad buys  —  House Majority PAC placed seven-figure buys in several offensive Midwest targets.  —  This undated photo provided by the Christy Smith For Congress campaign shows candidate Christy Smith.  A swing House district north of Los Angeles …

The Chaos President Has America in Chaos  —  Before he fancied himself the LAW & ORDER president, Donald Trump was the chaos candidate.  The guy who didn't care about norms.  The guy who was going to break a bunch of stuff on purpose and even more stuff on accident.