
NPR News Now reports: Hurricane Laura Weakens, RNC Speeches, Wisconsin shootings, and other top news.

NPR News Now reports: Hurricane Laura Weakens, RNC Speeches, Wisconsin shootings, and other top news.

NPR News Now reports: Day 1 of the Republican National Convention, National Guard called out in Wisconsin following shooting, and other news.

NPR News Now reports: Rioting continues in Portland, new funding approved by the House, and other top news.

This Morning With Gordon Deal: DNC nominates Kamala Harris in a historic selection for VP, U.S. House to vote on $25 billion postal infusion, and the surprising way to tell you’ve had too much to drink.

NPR News Now reports: Day 1 at Democratic Convention featured speech by Michele Obama, weather advisory for excessive heat in the West, and other top news.
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, President Trump’s counter-programming during a big week for former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump’s efforts to undermine the U.S. Postal Service and how Congress might intervene in response.

Axios Today reports: Democrats are going ahead with a mostly virtual convention, starting tonight. But how TV networks will cover the event, and how the millions of American voters watching it will react is still up in the air.
Guests: Axios’ Margaret Talev, Jonathan Swan, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
The Economist Magazine presents a selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, Xi Jinping is reinventing state capitalism (10:20), Belarus’s sham election (14:25), and the decline of the office romance.

DW Radio News 24/7 reports: Recently arrested Hong Kong media CEO Jimmy Lai vow that pro-democracy protests against China will continue, Belarus protests, and WHO reports 300,000 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours.

NPR News Now reports: The political issues surrounding operational changes at the Post Office, Iowa power outages after this week’s storms and California blackouts.