Biden Leaves Convention With a Clear Mission: Stop Trump

“Welcome to the fourth night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: ‘Uniting America.’ OK, these last few nights have been going so well, we’ve decided to add a fifth night where we will just play Michelle Obama’s speech on a loop.” “We’ve cried out for justice. We have gathered in …...Read More

As Wildfires Rage, Californians Fear the Virus at Shelters

“I’m not sure if tent fabric is preventive against Covid,” Ms. Bond said. “But again, just giving people that barrier, that kind of more shelter-in-place type situation rather than being in back-to-back-to-back cots.” Evacuees further up the coast near Pescadero slept in trailers in parking lots or on the beach …...Read More

Instead of Isolating Iran, U.S. Finds Itself on the Outside Over Nuclear Deal

WASHINGTON — A diplomatic standoff over restoring international sanctions against Iran may be the most vivid example yet of how the United States has largely isolated itself from the world order — instead of isolating Tehran, as the Trump administration intended. At nearly every step President Trump has taken in …...Read More

Joe Biden Finally Got the Timing Right

“Welcome to the fourth night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: ‘Uniting America.’ OK, these last few nights have been going so well, we’ve decided to add a fifth night where we will just play Michelle Obama’s speech on a loop.” “We’ve cried out for justice. We have gathered in …...Read More

Arrest Disrupts Bannon’s Efforts to Stay Relevant After Leaving White House

Shortly after he left the West Wing, documents show, Mr. Bannon entered into a financial relationship with Mr. Guo, a onetime member of Mr. Trump’s private club Mar-a-Lago who also goes by the name Miles Kwok. That arrangement eventually led to a $1 million contract between Mr. Bannon and a …...Read More

Trump Goes on Offensive, Starting With an Attack on Harris

It was a reference to the case of Alexander Izaguirre, an undocumented immigrant convicted of selling cocaine in 2008. He was a participant in Back on Track, an initiative spearheaded by Ms. Harris that placed young, first-time drug offenders who pleaded guilty to their crimes into a jobs program rather …...Read More

Biden’s Balancing Act

Similarly, on health care, Mr. Biden has spoken often of the part he played in helping pass the Affordable Care Act, even though many Americans continue to see it as flawed: Just 42 percent of registered voters nationwide — including only 37 percent of independents — said the law had …...Read More

Kansas City Chiefs Ban Headdresses and Native American-Themed Face Paint at Stadium

The team also said it was reviewing the “Arrowhead Chop,” a tomahawk-like arm motion usually accompanied by a made-up war cry that fans perform at games. The team said it was also exploring changes to the “Drum Deck,” an area in Arrowhead Stadium where Chiefs players and others bang a …...Read More

Most of $600 Million Settlement in Flint Water Crisis Will Go to Children

“For me, the settlement means we’re going to be OK,” Tiantha Williams said as she helped at a food and water distribution center at the Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ. “But it is upsetting that it’s going to take so long because I just want it to …...Read More

Christine Jahnke, Speech Coach for Women in Politics, Dies at 57

Christine Jahnke, a communications coach who prepared Democratic women to run for office and helped others, including Michelle Obama early in her White House years, become comfortable with public speaking, died on Aug. 4, her birthday, at her home in Washington. She was 57. Her husband, Paul E. Hagen, said …...Read More