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Thousands march on Washington for justice 57 years after MLK’s “I have a dream” speech; Trump claims he’s “law and order” president as he condemns “lawlessness” happening when he’s in charge; IHME Model projects 317,000+ U.S. deaths by December; 1.25
Trump returns to campaign trail tonight after RNC speech; Trump claims Biden would destroy America in speech filled with lies and misleading claims; Kenosha police union claims Jacob Blake was armed with a knife; Atty: Jacob Blake no longer shackled, warr
Trump refuses to comment on Jacob Blake shooting; Biden: Trump believes violence can help him politically; Hurricane Laura kills at least four people in Louisiana; Mora than 180,000 in the U.S. dead from COVID-19; 1 million Americans filed first-time
Harris: We won’t let vigilantes derail the path to justice; Trump, Pence yet to address family of Jacob Blake; Police: IL teen charged with homicide in Kenosha protest shooting; NBA players decide to resume playoffs after strike over shooting; Tropical st
Chief of staff defends Trump’s use of White House in convention; Source: CDC recommending fewer people be tested after pressure from the “top” of Trump administration; All NBA playoff games postponed tonight after Jacob Blake shooting
Sources: VP Pence to define Dems as “out of touch & dangerous”; House Dems demand investigation of Vindman firings; Trump invites conspiracy theorist who won GOP primary to WH for his speech tomorrow night; Moderna vaccine data shows all ages tolerate vac
Night 1 of RNC filled with dark, gloomy rhetoric; Heartland emerges as hot spot as sunbelt sees declines; Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. resigns as president of Liberty Univ. amid sex scandal; Kenosha, WI center of nationwide protests after pol
FDA Chief apologizes for overstating plasma benefits, but insists authorization not politically motivated; Dr. Fauci warns against premature authorization of vaccine; Johns Hopkins doctor: Outbreaks in U.S. are “rolling hotspots”; University of Alabama re
Serious questions over Trump possibly rushing treatment, vaccine; RNC formally nominates Trump for second term;Video shows Kenosha, WI police shooting Jacob Blake multiple times in back; Judge sides with Florida teacher’s union rules state cannot for
Trump praises FDA chief after attacking agency and putting pressure to rush treatments & vaccines; WH chief of staff: Pres wants to make sure FDA “feels the heat”; Sources: WH officials raised possibility of emergency use authorization for vaccine before
Biden accepts Dem nomination in career-defining speech; Trump claims vote by mail will be a “catastrophe”; Postal Chief: No plans to bring back removed sorting machines; CDC predicts nearly 195,000 COVID deaths in U.S. by Sept. 12;
Postal Chief: All ballots can be delivered “securely & on time”; Postal Chief who donated to Trump campaign says he never discussed changes with Trump or WH; Colleges in at least 19 states see outbreaks on campus; Biden vows to lead America out of darknes
Bannon arrested by postal Inspectors on yacht off Connecticut coast; Tonight: Biden formally accepts Dem nomination for President; Trump attacks Biden in speech near Biden’s hometown; Trump refuses to denounce fringe group labeled by the FBI as a pot
Trump’s former WH strategist Steve Bannon charged with fraud; Bannon accused of using donations to pay personal expenses; Trump: Bannon’s arrest on fraud charges is very “sad”; Trump: Didn’t know much about Bannon’s wall fundraising; “sounded to me like s
Former GOP representative Charlie Dent endorses Biden; Kamala Harris, Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton headline tonight’s DNC; CNN poll: 56% of Americans willing to receive Covid vaccine; Trump campaign sues New Jersey, claiming mailing ballots to all
Harris set to make history tonight with nomination for VP; W.H.O. official to young people: you’re not “invincible” to virus; NY Gov. wants schools to reexamine opening plans; NYT: FDA halts blood plasma authorization over weak data; Experts: pooled testi
Special Edition: Postmaster General suspends changes to Postal Service; U.S. averaging 1,000+ deaths daily from COVID-19; Tonight’s headliners include Jill Biden and former Pres. Bill Clinton; Former Trump official endorses Biden; CNN Poll: 34% of vo
UNC Chapel Hill moves classes online after 130 students test positive for COVID-19; Schools at all levels battling COVID-19; Cases in U.S. declining as average deaths remain at 1,000+ per day; NYT: Researchers say herd immunity threshold could be 50%; Tes
Special Edition: Trump “looking at” unproven treatment pushed by MyPillow CEO; Democratic national convention kicks off tonight across four cities with hundreds of live video feeds; Former Trump official to endorse Joe Biden; Trump rails against univ
FDA grants emergency authorization for COVID-19 saliva test; CDC says virus rates in children are “steadily increasing”; Researchers struggling to recruit minorities for vaccine clinical trials; Los Angeles schools announce massive testing plan to get kid