Sunday's top stories


Sheldon Adelson makes nice with Trump

Sheldon Adelson and his wife Sandra at a Trump rally in February

No plane for Biden campaign

Campaign planes
Jonathan Swan
Aug 16, 2020 - Health

Trump eyes new unproven coronavirus "cure"

Illustration of a medicine bottle tipped on its side with oleander flowers spilling out.
Zachary Basu
Aug 16, 2020 - World

Belarus draws largest protest yet as Lukashenko rejects election do-over

Minsk protesters

Poll: 58% of Biden voters say vote is more "against" Trump than "for" Biden

Biden and trump split screen.

Kushner defends COVID response: "We're still below the peak" of 2,500 daily deaths

GOP congressman: Republicans must denounce QAnon now that it's mainstream

Democrats call postmaster general to testify at "urgent" hearing next week

Pelosi

New Jersey governor defends decision to move to universal mail-in voting

Mark Meadows clashes with CNN's Jake Tapper over mail-in voting

Axios
Aug 16, 2020 - Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders demands Congress return to address USPS crisis

USPS inspector general reviewing policy changes by chief Louis DeJoy

A person with a mask on his face.
Barak Ravid
Aug 16, 2020 - World

UAE unblocks direct phone lines with Israel following normalization deal

Tel Aviv city hall
Dave Lawler
Aug 16, 2020 - World

The U.S. is far behind other rich countries in coronavirus response

Far-right groups clash with anti-racism protesters in U.S. cities

The Proud Boys, an alt-right group, faces off against Black Lives Matters protesters using mace and a paint ball gun on August 15, 2020 in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Rebecca Falconer
Updated Aug 16, 2020 - Politics & Policy

Robert Trump, the president's younger brother, dies at 71

Republican president-elect Donald Trump hugs his brother Robert Trump after delivering his acceptance speech at the New York Hilton
Rebecca Falconer
Aug 16, 2020 - World

Belarus president: Putin promises security assistance amid protests

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (L) welcomes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin prior to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation in 2017
Axios
Updated Aug 16, 2020 - Politics & Policy

Pelosi considers recalling House for Postal Service vote

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pictured after a television interview in Russell Building on Friday, August 14