Politics

Party leaders have shared plans for a scaled-back Republican National Convention in Jacksonville, Fla., that will include on-site temperature checks and COVID-19 testing.

Attendance will be limited to delegates for most of the convention, a far smaller crowd that President Trump had insisted on. Health and safety protocols will also be in place.

See the latest campaign finance figures for President Trump and his challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Gov. Brian Kemp is overruling directives in cities such as Atlanta and Savannah, insisting that the state's less-stringent guidelines take precedence.

Four months before Election Day, President Trump is shaking up his re-election campaign. He had been slipping behind in the polls.

Hospitals have been ordered stop sending COVID-19 data to the CDC. Major Twitter accounts were hacked last night. And, Mary Trump discusses her new memoir.

Twitter confirms to NPR that it is investigating the coordinated hack, which attacked the accounts of some of the richest and most popular names on Twitter and may have reaped more than $100,000.

Seven years ago, Republicans wrote a plan for long-term electoral success. Then, President Trump won in 2016 without following some of its key tenets.

Shannon LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He talks to NPR about the founding father's complicated history, and how that should be reflected in his memorial.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., had demanded proof that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who retired last week, was included on a list of more than 1,000 officers submitted to the White House for promotion.

Bill Stepien will now steer the president's reelection team, as Trump attempts to claw his way back in the polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, social unrest and a faltering U.S. economy.

Some of the $112 million Congress approved last year for humanitarian assistance for migrants was spent instead on dirt bikes and dog food.