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Joe Biden
Can Joe Biden win over the young Latinos who flocked to Bernie Sanders?
Energized by universal healthcare and free college tuition, enthusiastic young Latinos favored ‘Tío Bernie’ – and Biden has work to do to convince this crucial voting bloc More
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End of an era: has coronavirus killed the political convention for good?
With Democrats and Republicans holding no in-person conventions this year, some have called to ditch them completely – but others say they’re a vital political tool More
Opinion
Kamala Harris
Can we have a conversation about Kamala Harris’s ideas?
Kenan Malik
We expect Donald Trump to question her Americanness, but the left is equally desperate to label her More
733,000 people tested daily in August versus 750,000 in JulyPelosi accuses Trump of ‘openly working to destroy the post office’Warnings that changes to USPS could disenfranchise votersFrom Oakland to the White House? The rise of Kamala HarrisFlu and Covid: winter could bring ‘double-barrel’ outbreak to USSign up to our First Thing newsletter 10.39pm BSTIt’s not exactly clear what the point of this briefing is, apart from for Trump to tell America how great a job he thinks he is doing, while he trails Joe Biden in the polls. Talking of Biden, he says China “will own the United States” if Biden becomes president. He then says he wants college football to come back after several large conferences cancelled their seasons due to Covid-19. He then gives an in-depth analysis of the Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. It’s true that Trevor Lawrence is very good at football, but quite how Trump’s scouting report helps the thousands of people who have had their lives devastated by Covid-19 is beyond me. 10.34pm BSTTrump is early to the podium, which must be a first. He says there has been a “steep decline” in Covid-19 cases across the US over the last week. The man who once suggested injecting disinfectant could be a good cure for Covid-19 then says Americans should use “common sense” treatments for the virus. He insists on calling the Covid-19 the “China virus” as is his tiresome and racist custom. Related: US unemployment claims dip below 1m for first time in 21 weeks Continue reading… More
The competence embodied in Merkel provokes loathing from the US presidentDonald Trump has declared war on Germany. In a manner of speaking. Europe’s most important country, potentially America’s most valuable partner, has in the mind of the president become an adversary. Of all Trump’s many foreign policy disasters, this is perhaps his most significant.In late July, it was announced that retired army colonel Douglas Macgregor, a decorated combat veteran, would become the next ambassador to Berlin. Macgregor is a regular contributor to Trump’s favourite channel of information, Fox News. He has variously suggested that the US border guard should shoot people if they tried to enter illegally from Mexico; described eastern Ukrainians as “Russians”; defended Serbia’s actions against a “Muslim drug mafia” in Kosovo; and criticised Germany for giving “millions of unwanted Muslim invaders” welfare benefits rather than providing more funding for its armed services. Continue reading… More
Interview
David Smith in Washington
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Interview
Khizr Khan: ‘Trump may damage American democracy permanently’
David Smith in Washington
Khan, whose army captain son died in Iraq, gave a speech at the 2016 Democratic convention that was a moral indictment of Trump. Joe Biden, he says, has the character to be president More
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USPS warns mail-in votes might not arrive in time to be counted
Obama: president trying to ‘actively kneecap’ postal service More
Edward Snowden
Trump: ‘A lot of people think he is not being treated fairly’
Congressman calls for Trump to pardon NSA whistleblower More
