Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Wednesday, August 26, 2020 (1 Viewer)

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

GOP convention defends police as racial tension rises anew

Mike Pence encourages Americans in Hurricane Laura's path as he accepts vice presidential nomination

Fact Check: Pence Falsely Implies Joe Biden Wants To Defund The Police

Lara Trump warns 2020 will decide if 'we keep America America' or veer to socialism
AP FACT CHECK: Pence presses a distorted case on economy

Trump Needs Women’s Votes, And Republicans Are Trying To Pull Them In

Democratic NC congressman calls on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to resign over RNC appearance

Pence condemns Kenosha violence, backs police in convention speech
Transcript: Karen Pence's RNC speech

Pence Focuses On 'Healing' America Amid Protests, Pandemic

Conway: 'Right now' Trump planning to deliver convention speech as scheduled despite hurricane

Grenell in RNC speech slams Dems' claims of Russian collusion: ‘What I saw made me sick to my stomach’
Transcript: Kayleigh McEnany's RNC remarks
Republican Convention takeaways: Sharing stage with crises

Trump calls for drug tests before debate with Biden

Pence accepts VP nomination, warns voters 'you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America'

Hurricane Laura live updates: Winds are up to 145 mph as storm pushes toward coast
Fact-checking the third night of the Republican National Convention

Pence gets top billing on GOP convention's third night

Trump makes it complicated for Republicans looking to stay away from QAnon

How Trump’s unemployment boost is unequal across states

Two women say they didn't know their naturalization ceremony would be used at GOP convention

Authorities identify cop who shot Jacob Blake, say suspect had knife
RNC speakers with a past: Allegations of plagiarism, hostility to immigrants, QAnon and anti-Muslim bias

Bolton says US coronavirus response has been 'one mistake after another'
Buttigieg blasts Trump as 'master of chaos' with no 'interest in justice or peace'

Boycott: NBA playoff games called off amid player protest

US intelligence officials say there's no evidence to back up Trump's claims about threats to mail-in voting

ACLU sues over federal action in Portland, Oregon, protests

Sole Native American on federal death row is executed

Green Beret GOP Rep. Waltz rips Biden as 'a weak leader,' claims he and Obama 'tied our hands'

Wall Street closes higher as momentum stocks push S&P 500, Nasdaq to new highs

Federal law enforcement, National Guard on way to site of Wisconsin protests: Trump

US moves against Chinese officials over South China Sea

U.S. service members injured in Syria after skirmish with Russian forces

Pelosi, Schumer call GOP convention ‘sur-reality TV’ on coronavirus

There's No Evidence Supporting Trump's Mail Ballot Warnings, FBI Says

'No one gets punished': RNC utilizes White House for speeches and surprises despite ethics concerns

Meadows "not optimistic" about deal on coronavirus bill before end of September
GOP gov says Trump shouldn't treat the coronavirus like an 'afterthought' in messaging

Biden: 'Burning down communities is not protest'

A woke Trump convention

CDC was pressured 'from the top down' to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says

Pence to make economic pitch, tout coronavirus response at Republican convention

What the conventions have in common: Republican lobbyists as speakers

Hurricane Laura strengthens to Category 4 storm, 'unsurvivable storm surge' expected
Trump's 'alternate reality' TV convention tests his beliefs about people

Scant mention of brewing crises at Republican convention

Conservatives boost efforts to target voter rolls in battleground states

South China Sea tension rises amid US blacklisting, report of Beijing missile fire 'warning'

U.S. blacklists 24 Chinese firms, escalating military and trade tensions

Trump, GOP walk tightrope in wooing minority voters

Vindman brother files whistleblower complaint with Pentagon alleging retaliation

U.S. officials see no evidence of foreign meddling with mail-in ballots

Poll finds Biden leading in battleground states, but race tightening
Foreign governments are trying to hack the election, but states are better defended, officials say

17-year-old arrested after 2 killed during unrest in Kenosha

Are White House, Pelosi resuming coronavirus stimulus talks? The sides can't agree even on that

Trump targets ballot drop boxes in effort to discredit vote-by-mail

Chris Wallace: Barrier between GOP convention, White House 'completely blown away'

Office of Special Counsel says it won't be 'grandstanding' about potential RNC Hatch Act violations

5 takeaways from the second night of the Republican National Convention
6 highlights from the RNC, Night 2: Melania, the Trump family, did anyone say COVID?

RNC Night 2: Trump uses powers of office to make his case for reelection

Melania Trump urges end to unrest, calls on country to ‘come together’ in convention address

Fact-checking the second night of the RNC

Pompeo defies his own policy by praising Trump in unprecedented convention speech

Melania Trump makes a stirring call for understanding and unity to close GOP convention's 2nd night

Gunfire kills one as Wisconsin protests over shooting of Black man turn to chaos

Dems slam Trump for coronavirus response, 'fear and division' after second convention night

GOP seeks to detoxify Trump at convention

RNC speaker pulled from lineup after retweeting anti-Semitic QAnon conspiracy

The highs, lows and top moments from GOP Night 2

Pompeo breaks diplomatic tradition with convention speech, touts Trump foreign policy agenda

The Latest: First lady expresses sympathy for virus victims

Republicans are getting tied in knots on mail-in voting
From Hunter Biden to 'defund the police,' some RNC headliners play fast and loose with the truth

Brit Hume calls Trump pardon of Jon Ponder 'most powerful moment' of RNC's second night

Melania Trump goes where other Republicans won't in convention address

RNC Speaker Facing Federal Charges Of Insider Trading

AP Analysis: Trump’s convention aims to airbrush his tenure

RNC 2020: Melania Trump makes plea for racial harmony

Chris Wallace reacts to Trump's White House RNC, Pompeo remarks: ‘All of this has never happened before’

Day 2 at GOP convention: a first lady, a pardon, Pompeo

They tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism. He ignored them.

Trump breaks with precedent on second night of convention

Lines Between Official Duty And Campaigning Further Blurred At RNC's Night 2
Former Florida AG repeats debunked claim of Biden family nepotism at RNC

Eric Trump uses RNC speech to make personal appeal to father

Bret Baier's highlights from night two of the 2020 Republican National Convention

Speakers Bondi And Nuñez Underscore Florida’s Electoral Importance

GOP touts economy, trade approach despite setbacks

Republicans sought to strike a hopeful tone on Day 2 of their convention

Republicans revel in Trump’s prime-time convention surprises

The presidency as a stump speech and 6 other RNC takeaways
After RNC speakers unleash searing attacks on Biden, Melania Trump takes softer approach

Lincoln Project ad depicts 175,000 caskets as 'Trump's wall'

Former Planned Parenthood employee's anti-abortion RNC speech under scrutiny

‘Fighting for you’: First lady makes her case for Trump vote

GOP touts Trump as abortion foe amid graphic accounts

Eric Trump, Helping Run Trump Organization, Hails Father’s Business Acumen

Transcript: Melania Trump's RNC speech

Full text: Tiffany and Eric Trump Republican National Convention speeches

Rand Paul hits Biden over Iraq: He 'will continue to spill our blood and treasure'

AP FACT CHECK: GOP taps distortions to heap praise on Trump

'Hoax' Traces The 'Grotesque Feedback Loop' Between President Trump And Fox News

Melania Trump calls for unity, speaks to Trump's 'authentic' manner in RNC keynote

Wisconsin unrest flares for third night over police shooting of Black man

Hits and misses from night two of the Republican National Convention

Republicans incriminate Trump, decimate his 'Russia hoax' narrative

Jacob Blake paralyzed after he was shot by Wisconsin police, family attorney says

Police, shooting protesters clash for 3rd night in Kenosha

Mike Pompeo claims Jerusalem as a 'City of God' in convention speech aimed at white evangelicals

Meadows claims Wisconsin Gov. Evers rejected offer of federal help to quell Kenosha rioting

Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura

Harris honors Women's Equality Day in op-ed, calls for voting reform

At least 64 arrested in Louisville as protesters demand answers in Breonna Taylor case

Trump administration considering labeling China's oppression of Uighur Muslims a genocide: report

Covington graduate Nicholas Sandmann goes after 'cancel culture' at GOP convention

Pam Bondi launches attack on Hunter Biden at GOP convention

Dollar drifts ahead of key Fed speech as economic worries grow

Ammon Bundy Is Arrested — And Wheeled Out Of The Idaho Statehouse

Kansas Democrat linked to 'revenge porn' now says he'll stay in state House election
Watch Melania Trump’s full speech at the 2020 RNC
Watch Mike Pompeo's full speech at the 2020 RNC

Eric Trump talks taxes, Middle East, middle class before addressing dad: ‘Give them hell’

Tiffany Trump says father is 'the only person to challenge the establishment,' victimized by media

Rand Paul: Trump will fight 'socialists poisoning our schools and burning our cities'

'It was awful': Trump adviser says worst of pandemic is behind us, claims economic boom in progress

Comparing Melania Trump and Michelle Obama's convention speeches

Coronavirus News and Updates:

CDC's Changed Testing Guidelines Could Lead To Less Testing, Experts Fear

Fauci says he was in surgery when task force discussed CDC testing guidelines

Coronavirus live updates: HHS responds to CDC’s updated testing guidelines

Germany Bans Prostitution During Pandemic. Sex Workers Say That Creates New Dangers

COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promising results in older patients

In stunning reversal, CDC abruptly changes position on when to get tested

DOJ seeks data about COVID nursing home deaths from 4 states

RNC praise of Trump’s COVID-19 response at odds with reality: ANALYSIS

China Calls It A 'Wartime Mode' COVID-19 Lockdown. And Residents Are Protesting

More than 500 COVID-19 cases reported on Alabama campus

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

COVID-19 lockdowns blocked flu in some places but fall looms
‘We definitely lost time’: Inside Mike Pence’s coronavirus response

More Than 200 Ohio State University Students Suspended For Violating Pandemic Rules

While nationwide surge may be slowing, officials warn of troubling Covid-19 signs across US heartland

Coronavirus latest: 5 states removed from New York travel advisory list

Coronavirus flourishes in Spain as response splinters among regions

FDA's Hahn Apologizes For Overselling Plasma's Benefits As A COVID-19 Treatment

Updated CDC guidelines now say people exposed to coronavirus may not need to be tested

In coronavirus fight, new mandate for nursing homes: Test or face fines

Kentucky Man Accused Of Breaking Canada's COVID-19 Rules Faces $569,000 Fine

'Rolling hotspots' are the new normal: Sun Belt states see progress on coronavirus as rates drift up in the Midwest