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Coronavirus and obstacles for people living with cancer and the workers who care for them

In a conversation about how the pandemic is affecting cancer care, Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers speaks with National Cancer Institute Director Ned Sharpless; actor Patrick Dempsey, who founded a nonprofit that helps cancer patients; and cancer survivor Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.

GOP convention in Florida will be scaled back next month

A letter from RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced limits on admittance to the convention, which will include indoor and outdoor venues.

By Josh Dawsey
3 hours ago

Georgia governor forbids cities, counties from requiring masks as cases surge

Gov. Brian Kemp’s order voids existing mask mandates in more than a dozen cities or counties, while also extending other social-distancing restrictions statewide.

By Meagan Flynn
5 hours ago

Analysis

9 charts show the good, the bad and the alarming of the economic recovery

By Heather Long
5 hours ago

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Perspective

I was a reluctant sports mom — until the pandemic took baseball away

The best things to do — virtually and in person — while quarantined in the D.C. area

Full coverage and resources

RACE AND RECKONING

Travon Brown talks to the crowd gathered July 3 for his second Black Lives Matter protest in Marion, Va. (Earl Neikirk for The Post)

Travon Brown, with a blue megaphone, leads a Black Lives Matter protest march through Marion on July 3. (Earl Neikirk for The Post)

Confederate flags were waved near the July 3 protest. (Earl Neikirk for The Post)

American Patriots Ride counterprotesters on July 3 drive past the Smyth County Courthouse, once the site of slave auctions. (Earl Neikirk for The Post)

A teen led a Black Lives Matter protest in his small town. A cross was burned in his yard.

Travon Brown, 17, organized the march in Marion, Va. Then came death threats, a neighbor’s arrest and another, even bigger demonstration.

By Michael E. Miller
3 hours ago

Confederate flag again flown over NASCAR race

The flag towed over Wednesday night’s all-star race in Bristol, Tenn., included a website URL related to a group called Sons of Confederate Veterans.

By Des Bieler
4 hours ago

The ‘Dixie’ is gone. The Chicks are forever.

By Emily Yahr
4 hours ago

Many campus health centers already provided substandard care. Enter the coronavirus.

At college health centers, students have long battled misdiagnoses and inaccessible care. This fall, they’ll face a pandemic, too. Medical supply shortages continue in the United States. And the power of a food boycott.

Trump replaces campaign manager as polls show him trailing Biden

Plus, mask mandates catch on as states and businesses try to bypass a toxic debate, and a fight over nude swimming marks return of pre-coronavirus banalities in Europe.

Mary Trump says the U.S. has devolved into a version of her ‘incredibly dysfunctional family’

The president’s niece tells The Post his “clearly racist” behavior stems from a combination of upbringing and political cynicism. Her book about her family — which was published Tuesday and became an instant bestseller — so worried family members that the president’s brother unsuccessfully tried to block its publication in court.