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Trump Is Campaigning on a Fiction. That Doesn’t Mean He Won’t Stay President.
The Republican Convention is seeking to absolve Trump of blame while bathing him in stolen glory.

Top Democrat Demands DeJoy Turn Over All Secret Trump Campaign Communications
DeJoy conceded that he has “spoken to people that are friends of mine that are associated with the campaign.”

Trump and Sen. Martha McSally Could Lose Arizona for GOP, Republicans Fear
Sagging poll numbers for Trump and McSally threaten to flip both chambers of the state legislature to Democrats.

Nearly 9,000 New COVID Cases Identified Among Florida Kids After Schools Reopen
A new study finds that asymptomatic children have likely played a bigger role in the spread of infections.

Night Two of the RNC Was All About Mainstreaming the Extreme Right
The RNC’s shifting schedule highlights the party’s uneasy mix of conspiracy theorists and boilerplate GOP economics.

CDC’s New Testing Guidelines Appear to Follow Trump’s Call to “Slow the Testing”
The new guidelines fly in the face of the CDC’s own estimates that 40 percent of COVID carriers are asymptomatic.

Pompeo’s RNC Speech Violated His Own Ethics Guidelines for the State Department
State Department employees, including political appointees, are typically disallowed from engaging in campaign events.

Critics Blast Anti-Immigrant Trump for Exploiting Naturalization Ceremony at RNC
A ceremony was held for five people, as massive backlogs prevent tens of thousands of immigrants from becoming citizens.

I Am a Farmer’s Daughter, and I Don’t Buy Trump’s Promises to Family Farms
Trump doesn't care about farmers or feeding people; he cares about the white status quo.

FDA Chief Walks Back Claims About Convalescent Plasma Touted by Trump
Stephen Hahn corrected his comments from Sunday, when emergency use of convalescent plasma was authorized.