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Fact-checking the fourth night of 2020 Democratic National Convention

Many speeches continued to offer generalities, not hard numbers that fact checkers could chew on. But four items caught our attention.

4 early takeaways from the Postal Service hearing in the Senate

The head of the Postal Service testified on Friday before the Republican-controlled Senate about the controversial changes he made to Postal Service operations.

Dark vs. light: Trump declares himself the only barrier to ‘anarchy, madness and chaos’

Less than 14 hours after Joe Biden contrasted political light and dark, Trump reinforced the point.

Democrats embraced Black Lives Matter as a slogan. But does Biden have a plan to make it real?

The symbols and rhetoric at the Democratic National Convention amounted to little more than the NBA painting Black Lives Matter on the court. Nice gesture….

Video Shows Calif. Cops Shooting Fleeing Black Man

Pasadena, Calif. police released several videos and a photo from a police-involved shooting, after a Black man — whom authorities say was armed — was…

Celebrity Beauty Looks Of The Week Aug 16 – Aug 22

It might feel like politics dominated the week — the DNC took place, Joe Biden officially accepted the Democratic nomination with Kamala Harris as his…

‘Make hope and history rhyme’: Why Joe Biden loves to quote a passage from Irish poet Seamus Heaney

The former vice president has gained a well-deserved reputation for peppering his speeches with lines from Heaney, a Nobel Prize-winning poet.

Netflix Apologizes For ‘Cuties’ Marketing

Netflix has apologized for marketing materials it distributed promoting the film Cuties. The coming-of-age film, which earned the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award at the…

Beau Biden, at the heart of the convention — and his father’s identity

Joe Biden’s late son Beau was featured repeatedly at this week’s Democratic convention, showcasing the central role he plays in Biden’s campaign and identity. It’s…

‘Are you really going to impeach me?’: How the Ukraine bombshell unfolded over 48 hours and laid bare Trump’s fixation with Biden

“Trump on Trial” lays out the backstory and aftermath of the impeachment of Trump, only the third president to face a trial in the Senate.