Local TV stations across the country set to air discredited ‘Plandemic’ researcher's conspiracy theory about Fauci  —  New York (CNN Business)Local television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group are set to air a conspiracy theory over the weekend that suggests Dr. Anthony Fauci …

A Judge Won't Force Federal Officers In Portland To Identify Themselves When Making Arrests  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by the Oregon attorney general's office for an order that would require federal law enforcement officers in Portland to identify themselves …

‘Mugged by Reality,’ Trump Finds Denial Won't Stop the Pandemic  —  A president who once claimed that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” now acknowledges that it has surged through much of the country and will “get worse before it gets better.”  —  WASHINGTON — He insisted …

Trump's convention cancellation is costing GOP donors millions  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's whipsaw decisions to first move the Republican National Convention's main events, then to cancel them, are costing GOP donors millions of dollars, according to multiple Republicans familiar with the finances.

How the U.S. Compares With the World's Worst Coronavirus Hot Spots  —  This chart shows the countries with the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world right now.  With its cases surging since mid-June, the United States is squarely in the top 10.  —  Leading the outbreak now are countries …

Fact check: Trump again tells story about being booed at 2015 event he didn't attend  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump boasted on Wednesday about his cognitive abilities, including the memory he has previously called “one of the great memories of all time.”

Donald Trump's suburban horror show  —  Donald Trump says Joe Biden wants to abolish the suburbs.  But polls show a different truth: The suburbs want to abolish Donald Trump.  —  If current numbers hold, the Republican Party will suffer its worst defeat in the suburbs in decades — with implications reaching far beyond November.

The Poison of Male Incivility When a woman dares respond to it, she's seen as “disruptive.”  —  Yesterday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood up and gave one of the finest speeches recently heard on the House floor, calling out not just Florida representative Ted Yoho for having called her …

The F.B.I. Pledged to Keep a Source Anonymous.  Trump Allies Aided His Unmasking.  —  After a Russia expert who had collected research on Donald Trump for a disputed dossier agreed to tell the F.B.I. what he knew about it, law enforcement officials declassified a road map to identifying him.

He spent $10M of his own money running for governor in '18.  So why does Shri Thanedar want to join the Legislature next year?  —  It's a 92-degree July afternoon and with Election Day approaching, Shri Thanedar is stumping for votes in Northeast Detroit.  Armed with a bull horn, a lawn sign …

Media coverage of the 2016 campaign was disastrous.  Now's the last chance to get 2020 right.  —  How did the news media mess up in the 100 days leading up to the 2016 presidential election?  Let me count the ways.  —  Journalists relied too much on what opinion polls were saying …

American Catastrophe Through German Eyes  —  Trump says he wants to protect law-abiding citizens.  In 1933, Hitler issued his ‘Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State.’  —  PARIS — No people has found the American lurch toward authoritarianism under President Trump more alarming than the Germans.

CDC: One-third of COVID-19 patients who aren't hospitalized have long-term illness  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Friday that a significant number of COVID-19 patients do not recover quickly, and instead experience ongoing symptoms, such as fatigue and cough.

House GOP's pleas to Republican National Committee for financial help go unanswered  —  Senior House Republicans are pleading with the deep-pocketed Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign to provide financial help as Democrats vastly outraise the GOP, but top campaign officials are so far declining to commit.

Chinese fugitive taken into custody as US claims Houston consulate was a part of espionage network  —  Washington (CNN)Senior US government officials said Friday that a Chinese scientist who had been hiding in the country's San Francisco consulate after accusations of visa fraud is now in US custody …

“Trump Could Not Be More on the Wrong Side”: New Poll Shows Trump's Black Lives Matter Protest Response Could Cost Him 2020  —  Exclusive polling suggests the protests changed Americans' minds so quickly, and so profoundly, that Trump planted himself even further on the wrong side of public opinion than previously understood.

At Wall Street Journal, News Staff and Opinion Side Clash  —  A heated dispute between the newsroom and the opinion section of one of the country's most respected news organizations has spilled into public view.  —  In a rare display of internal strife, the opinion department …

Why the Obama-Biden ad may persuade key US voters  —  Obama and Biden jab Trump coronavirus response in new video  —  Arick Wierson regularly writes for CNN and is a six-time Emmy Award-winning television producer.  He is a former senior media adviser to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg …

Chevron diversity ratio to improve as layoffs progress  —  (Reuters) - Oil major Chevron Corp (CVX.N) expects to reduce the dominance of white males in company management during cost-cutting this year, upping the share of senior level jobs held by women and ethnic minorities to 44% from 38% last year, the company said in a statement.

His approval faltering, Republicans in battleground Houston districts start to distance from Trump  —  During Troy Nehls' recent bid for the Republican nomination in one of Texas' battleground congressional districts, the Fort Bend County sheriff prominently displayed his support for President Trump across his campaign website.

The Jonah Bichotte Cowan Law To Protect & Care For Pregnant Women Passes State Legislature  —  Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte represents the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn covering Ditmas Park, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Midwood.  —  Nearly four years ago, I lost my son, Jonah Bichotte Cowan, after going into preterm labor.

'It's Bleak': Trump's Great American Comeback Is a Dumpster Fire  —  “The president has done such damage to himself that a lot of us are just waiting for him to stop being handed so many of those kinds of opportunities,” said a senior official.  —  Shortly before the summer kicked off, Donald Trump was hopeful.

'It's Like Groundhog Day': Coronavirus Testing Labs Again Lack Key Supplies  —  Just weeks after resolving shortages in swabs, researchers are struggling to find the chemicals and plastic pieces they need to carry out coronavirus tests in the lab — leading to long waiting times.

Conservatives Are Winning The Supreme Court's Most Important Fight: Suppressing The Vote  —  Enabling widespread voter suppression is shaping up to be the Roberts Court's most consequential accomplishment, because every other aspect of the Republican agenda depends on it.