 |  | | The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors. | | | | | |  (Bloomberg News) Hurricane Laura slammed southern Louisiana early Thursday as a Category 4 storm, one of the most powerful to strike the Gulf Coast in decades. LIVE UPDATES ● By Nick Miroff ● Read more » | | | | Damaging winds and flash flooding are expected to streak northward and then eastward but storm will gradually weaken. Capital Weather Gang ● By Jason Samenow ● Read more » | | | New receipts obtained by The Post show the Trump Organization charged for rooms at Mar-a-Lago even when the president wasn't there. By David Fahrenthold, Josh Dawsey and Josh Partlow ● Read more » | | | | President Trump will visit FEMA headquarters today after Hurricane Laura slammed ashore in southern Louisiana early this morning as a Category 4 storm. Tonight, Trump is scheduled to cap off the final night of the Republican National Convention with a speech delivered in front a live audience on the South Lawn of the White House. LIVE UPDATES ● By Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner and Colby Itkowitz ● Read more » | | | | Fighting the president's battles, she wielded her femininity as both a sword and a shield. By Monica Hesse ● Read more » | | | | Gia Capriotti watched the third night of the RNC to try and make up her mind. By Pam Kelley ● Read more » | | | | The Democrat's team released a spot Thursday that portrays him as a vibrant campaigner, even as the GOP tries to say he's too old to be president. By Annie Linskey ● Read more » | | | Play was halted Wednesday night by the Milwaukee Bucks' decision not to take the court in protest of Jacob Blake's shooting by police in Wisconsin. By Ben Golliver ● Read more » | | | | The latest from protests in Kenosha, Wis. What could get your mail ballot rejected. And what happens when you're dealing with climate change, a pandemic and a Category 4 hurricane. Post Reports | Listen Now ● By The Washington Post ● Read more » | | | | Before pulling the plug on an in-person convention in Jacksonville, President Trump was scheduled to speak there on the anniversary of the attack, angering local activists. Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered ● By Sydney Trent ● Read more » | | | | The 17-year-old, who has been charged with homicide, shadowed local law enforcement as a cadet and filled his social media feeds with posts declaring that "Blue Lives Matter." By Teo Armus ● Read more » | | | | Something spurred the shooter to be in those streets, holding that rifle. Analysis ● By Philip Bump ● Read more » | | | Millions of desperate Americans, some facing evictions or having trouble paying bills, are livid that Congress left them in the lurch when the $600-a-week benefit expired. By Eli Rosenberg and Heather Long ● Read more » | | | | Initial jobless claims in state programs dipped 98,000 from the week prior and have steadily decreased since late March. This marks the 22nd week claims have come in above a million. By Eli Rosenberg ● Read more » | | | | As September looms and number of cases of coronavirus continues to climb in the United States, second passports have given some kids a chance for in-person schooling. By Debra Kamin ● Read more » | | | | Factors such as crowd density, ventilation, face masks and whether people are silent, speaking, shouting or singing should all be considered. By Ben Guarino ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | |
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