'Pathetic!': Trump accuses Birx of agreeing with Pelosi's criticism of pandemic response 

President Trump on Monday tweeted what appeared to be an attack on Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, for agreeing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the administration's approach to the pandemic. So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics,” Trump tweeted. In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us.

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  Progress slow as urgency grows on virus relief legislation

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  Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continue

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Gun sales spike among African-Americans: 'Our ancestors died for us to vote, they also died for us to be able to carry guns'

During the first six months of 2020, amid a global coronavirus pandemic, gun retailers have reported a record 10.3 million firearm transactions, according to a new survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Overall, gun sales in the U.S. have increased by 95 percent while ammunition sales have increased 139 percent compared to the same period last year. “The highest overall firearm sales increase comes from Black men and women, who show a 58.2% increase in purchases during the first six months of 2020 versus the same period last year,” Jim Curcuruto, NSSF director of research and market development, wrote in his report.

Iran has been covering up its coronavirus death toll, according to BBC investigation which says the true figure is almost 3 times higher

The number of people who have died with COVID-19 in Iran is far higher than the government has publicly admitted, according to figures leaked to BBC Persian. Iran, the worst-hit country in the Middle East, has been accused of covering up its coronavirus cases since early in the pandemic. The number of people who have died with COVID-19 in Iran is nearly three times the official figure, according to an investigation by the BBC.

Mexico crime: Mexican police seize alleged oil theft crime boss The Sledgehammer

Mexican security forces have seized the head of a criminal gang specialising in stealing fuel from pipelines in the central state of Guanajuato. José Antonio Yépez, better-known as El Marro - or The Sledgehammer - was one of the most wanted men in the country. Mexican police had been closing in on him in recent months and had taken his mother and sister into custody.

An Arkansas Black Lives Matter group was confronted by an armed militia. One protester carried a flamethrower as a 'deterrent.'

Johannes Schmitt-Tegge/picture alliance via Getty Images An Arkansas Black Lives Matter group was confronted by an armed militia as they protested white supremacy on Sunday. According to the New York Post, the group congregated in Harrison, Arkansas, and landed near the compound of Ku Klux Klan leader, Thomas Robb. One protester, Quinn Foster, told Insider he carried a flamethrower as a "deterrent" during the demonstration after receiving over 100 deaths threats leading up to the protest.

Seattle Police Chief Urges City Council to Stop Protestors’ Intimidation Tactics after Group Visits Her Home

Seattle police chief Carmen Best is urging the city council to take a stand against protestors intimidating public officials and employees after “a large group of aggressive protestors” visited her home on Sunday night. “I urge both of you, and the entire council, to stand up for what is right,” Best wrote Monday in a letter addressed to the council's president Lorena González and public safety chair Lisa Herbold. “Before this devolves into the new way of doing business by mob rule here in Seattle, and across the nation, elected officials like you must forcefully call for the end of these tactics,” she added.

Massive Beirut Explosion Shows Mushroom Clouds Aren't Just for Nukes

An explosion in Beirut injured at least 2,500 people and killed 30 on Tuesday. The cause of the blast remains unknown, but some reports say it started with a fire at a warehouse that contained highly explosive materials. Despite the mushroom cloud shape that appeared after the blast, this was not the result of a nuclear weapon detonating.

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  Explosion rocks central Beirut

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  Beirut explosions: Many feared dead in 'national disaster' - latest news and video

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Miner who discovered the largest tanzanite gems ever has now found a third - and it's worth millions

A Tanzanian miner made another discovery of one of the rarest gemstones on Earth, possibly earning the small-scale miner millions of dollars — again. Saniniu Laizer, 52, recently discovered the rare, dark violet-blue tanzanite gem, weighing 14 pounds. Tanzanite is only found in northern Tanzania and is valued based on its rarity, color and clarity.

John Hume, who worked to end N. Ireland violence, dies at 83

John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died at 83, his family said Monday. The Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume was seen as the principal architect of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace agreement. He shared the prize later that year with the Protestant leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, David Trimble, for their efforts to end the sectarian violence that plagued the region for three decades and left more than 3,500 people dead.

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  John Hume: Principled politician who put peace in Northern Ireland above all else

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  Former SDLP leader John Hume hailed 'a true peacemaker' as he dies aged 83

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Poll gives Democrats bad news in key Senate race

Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines, running for reelection, holds a 6-point lead against Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock in a race that will help decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, according to a poll released Monday by Emerson College. Daines received 50 percent support in the poll, while 44 percent said they would vote for Bullock. Like other traditionally Republican strongholds, Montana is being looked at to see whether support for President Trump has softened, giving Democrats a better chance of retaking control of the Senate.

Tropical storm Isaias leaves four dead and sends tornadoes spinning into New England

Four people are dead after Tropical Storm Isaias made landfall and strengthened to a category one Hurricane on Tuesday. The deadly storm has spawned tornadoes and left communities without power as it surges up the US East Coast, killing individuals in New York, Maryland and North Carolina according to The Associated Press. Since making landfall, the storm has sustained top winds of 65 mph (105 kph) and has caused dangerous flooding around Philadelphia and along other parts of Interstate 95.

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  Tropical Storm Isaias brings strong winds and heavy rain to East Coast

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  Tropical Storm Isaias churns north amid COVID-19 concerns, affects testing capability

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Experts no longer expect seasonal coronavirus waves: The pandemic is like 'a forest fire looking for human wood to burn'

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images US experts scrambled in the spring to predict what the future of the pandemic might look like. Many predicted that the coronavirus — like the seasonal flu — would retreat in the summer before roaring back in a second, more severe wave come fall. But epidemiologists are now eschewing that idea.

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  What New COVID Consumer Trends Can You Expect This Fall?

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  The 'shecession': why economic crisis is affecting women more than men

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Letters to the Editor: My fellow evangelicals, we don't have to risk death by COVID-19 to follow God

"In California's 'Bible Belt,' churches find ways around state's coronavirus lockdown orders," Aug. 1) I also believe that "I am covered by the blood," but I don't believe that gives me the right or mandate to ignore COVID-19. I am social distancing, wearing a mask and have not yet been back to our church. And, our church is having services outside on the lawn, with a scaled-down worship team, no singing, mask wearing, distancing of six feet and screening as the people arrive.

Shoprite: Africa's biggest supermarket considers pulling out of Nigeria

Africa's biggest supermarket chain, South African-owned Shoprite, says it is considering pulling out of Nigeria. It said it was looking at selling all "or a majority stake" of its operations in Africa's most-populous country. Shoprite is the latest South African retailer to look at leaving Nigeria - clothing firm Mr Price announced its exit in June, and Woolworths in 2014.

Protesters Prevent Police from Investigating Stabbing Outside of Portland Courthouse

A “hostile crowd” prevented Portland police from investigating a stabbing at the site of nightly racial justice protests and rioting on Monday. A woman had walked into Lownsdale Square park in downtown Portland and was taking photos or recording video just before 6:30 p.m. when an argument began between the woman and other people in the park. Officers were met with a “hostile crowd” on the scene and were forced to bring in reinforcements to the area.

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  Inside The Portland Protests, Separating Fact From Fiction

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  Violence increases in Portland as protests continue

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Direct-to-Consumer Furniture Brand Burrow Expands Its Offerings

The company is welcoming benches and credenzas to its product line starting today Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

Australia: British-Australian woman in Iran prison 'is well'

Australia's ambassador to Iran has visited a British-Australian academic who was convicted of espionage before being moved recently to a notorious Iranian prison, and found that she “is well,” Australia's government said Tuesday. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was a Melbourne University lecturer on Middle Eastern studies when she was sent to Tehran's Evin Prison in September 2018 and sentenced to 10 years. Australia sought urgent consular access and its ambassador to Iran, Lyndall Sachs, visited Moore-Gilbert in Qarchak Prison on Sunday, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or DFAT, said in a statement.

CNN Anchor Drags Trump Campaign Adviser: ‘You’re Just Saying a Bunch of Crap!’

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar on Tuesday got fed up with Trump campaign senior advisor Mercedes Schlapp during a heated exchange on mail-in voting, eventually telling the longtime lobbyist that their conversation was “pointless” because she was “just saying a bunch of crap.” Keilar, who in recent weeks has held various pro-Trump figures' feet to the fire in combative interviews, brought on Schlapp to talk about President Donald Trump's sudden pivot to encouraging Floridians to vote by mail after baselessly warning for months that mail-in ballots are rife with fraud. “Whether you call it Vote by Mail or Absentee Voting, in Florida the election system is Safe and Secure, Tried and True,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday.

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  Trump says New York election should be redone as he rails against mail-in voting

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  Trump is cool with voting by mail, as long as it's in Florida

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Bower Studios and West Elm Reprise a Partnership With This New Collection

The release includes seven designs to bring harmony home Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

REVIEW: The Jeep Gladiator pickup truck is a monster off road, but might be too beastly for its own good on the highway

The Jeep Gladiator is a Wrangler-based pickup truck, which starts at $33,545 and has seven trim options. When the nice media fleet people kindly dropped the 2020 Jeep Gladiator off in front of my Brooklyn apartment, I had to laugh. Contrasted sharply against the gray concrete and the similarly gray cars typically parked here, the orange Jeep was garish, lurid, and rude.

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  2021 Jeep Gladiator gets Willys and 80th Anniversary packages

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  Jeep Gladiator 6x6 With Corvette Engine Looks Apocalyptic

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Two huge Beirut explosions kill 73, injure thousands

Two enormous explosions devastated Beirut's port on Tuesday, leaving at least 73 people dead and thousands injured, shaking distant buildings and spreading panic and chaos across the Lebanese capital. The second blast sent an enormous orange fireball into the sky, flattened the harbourside and drove a tornado-like shockwave through the city, shattering windows kilometres (miles) away. Bloodied and dazed wounded stumbled among the debris, glass shards and burning buildings in central Beirut as the health ministry reported 73 dead and 3,700 injured and the minister bemoaned "a disaster in every sense of the word".

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  Explosion rocks central Beirut

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California takes starring role in VP search as Karen Bass ascends and Kamala Harris comes under fire

With speculation over Joe Biden's choice of a running mate hitting peak breathlessness, the inclusion of two prominent California Democrats on his shortlist is stirring up the Golden State political scene. The guessing game over the vice-presidential pick — a quadrennial tradition — has centered its focus of late on Sen. Kamala Harris, long considered a front-runner for the job, and Rep. Karen Bass, a newly ascendant contender. The maneuvers, both overt and private, underscore the high stakes that come with simply being mentioned as a vice-presidential prospect.

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  9 Women Named Karen Talk About, Well, Being An Actual Karen

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  Joe Biden's VP contenders face harsh spotlight

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Kaepernick shirt was attack dogs' target at Navy Seal event

The US Navy Seals are investigating after footage emerged of military dogs attacking a "stand-in" wearing a Colin Kaepernick shirt at an event last year. The video was reportedly taken at the National Navy Seal Museum in Florida in 2019, but went viral this weekend. The Navy Seals said it was "completely inconsistent" with its values.