Friday's Headlines: DHS had ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists covering Portland unrest
Three former presidents embrace the struggle for rights. The current one suggests delaying the election.; Documenting John Lewis's last public appearance; Obama issues call to action in eulogy for John Lewis, links Trump to 1960s foes of civil rights; GOP lawmakers rebuff Trump's musings on election delay; Public health experts issue urgent call for change of course as U.S. economy tanks; Stop using retail workers as mask police, union leader says ; 50,000 more people are dead, and there's no end in sight. It didn't have to be this way.; One president pinned it. The other one nailed it.; Trump's call to postpone elections is an outrageous break with American faith in democracy ; Herman Cain made his own way, on his own terms; You have echoed lies and defended demagoguery. It must sting to still be defending Trump.; Trump (again) uses housing as a racial wedge; Much of recession's damage could be permanent unless Congress acts; Epstein accuser alleged in newly unsealed deposition that Ghislaine Maxwell was his partner in abuse; Mail backlog increases fears of delays in ballot delivery
A Homeland Security office has disseminated three reports on tweets written by two journalists who published leaked, unclassified documents. Current and former officials described it as an alarming use of a system meant to share information about suspected terrorists and violent actors.
In a country cleaved by political differences, paralyzed by a pernicious virus and suffering from a plunging economy, the funeral of civil rights icon and longtime lawmaker John Lewis presented painful contrasts.
Lewis's visit to D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Plaza originally was intended as a small, quiet event. But the photographer enlisted for it wanted to give the congressman a bird's-eye view of the mural, and the personal moment became more ceremonious.
At an evening news briefing, President Trump tried to swat away the raft of bad news about the economy and the disease, which he referred to as the "China virus" and compared to a plague. But he offered several misrepresentations.
Postal employees are warning that new procedures put in place by a Trump ally could undermine their ability to deliver ballots in time for the election.
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