Election 2020Trump fixates on promise of a vaccine — real or not — as key to reelection bid
The campaign gambit is aimed at improving his standing with an electorate that overwhelmingly disapproves of his management of the pandemic. A spokesman for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Biden is eager for a swift coronavirus vaccine, but not at the expense of safety.
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Analysis Trump, behind Biden in polls, grasps for a message that resonates
He has tried many things in the past months, including a law-and-order message, in an effort to avoid becoming a one-term president. But the race remains Joe Biden’s to lose — which of course could still happen.
Fox News colleagues defend reporter after Trump Twitter attack over confirmation of Atlantic reporting
National security reporter Jennifer Griffin found sources to validate key aspects of the story about the president's alleged disparagement of fallen U.S. troops.
Tension rises in Louisville as right- and left-wing groups clash
Two groups of armed activists faced off in Louisville near a city square where demonstrators for Breonna Taylor, the woman killed by police in March, have long gathered. The crowds parted ways peacefully after police in riot gear arrived.
32 Black federal prosecutors in D.C. have a plan to make justice system more fair
As they watched demonstrations for racial justice, they looked at how the system can change from within. Their memo offers a glimpse into the growing angst among prosecutors within the largest U.S. attorney’s office.
Jason Vaughn, the football coach at Brunswick (Ga.) High, has been a key figure in the push to investigate the death of Ahmaud Arbery, his former player. (Stephen B. Morton for The Post)
Ahmaud Arbery’s killing was met with silence. His high school football coach vowed to find justice.
In the days after Arbery, a 25-year old Black man, was shot and killed in February after being chased by three White men while jogging, his former coach led a crusade for justice. He hasn’t stopped.
St. Paul, Va., resident Jerry Estep first brushed off the novel coronavirus, thinking it was a more urban problem. Now he takes precautions. (Jacob Biba for The Post)
This rural Va. community thought it could escape the pandemic. Now it has among the highest number of new cases in the state.
It took a while for the virus to wind its way through crooked mountain roads to the coalfields of far Southwest Virginia, but it’s spiking there now.
A bad flu season colliding with pandemic could be overwhelming
It’s a scenario infectious-disease experts dread: flu arriving amid the coronavirus, complicating vaccination, diagnoses and treatment.
Labor Day could fuel another rise in infections if people aren’t cautious, experts say
This weekend presents challenges that didn’t exist earlier this summer, including schools resuming and a wider spread of infections overall.
