Friday politics: Seattle mayor and council battle over police budget Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin came out swinging at the Seattle City Council this week, laying out plans to reduce the police budget by about 20 percent and calling the council's plan for considerably larger cuts irresponsible. Kim Shepard
Twitter Attack Underscores Broad Cyber Risks Still Facing U.S. Elections Adversaries have exploited Twitter from the bottom up and the outside in. Now the case has been proven that it also can be seized from the inside out with implications for the fall election. Philip Ewing
Exclusive: CDC Won't Release School Guidance This Week As Anticipated Instead, a full set of documents will be published before the end of the month, a CDC spokesperson says. Franco Ordoñez
Pompeo's Vision Of Human Rights May Hurt LGBTQ, Women's Rights, Critics Say Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unveiled his vision of how the U.S. should redefine its advocacy of human rights — stressing religion. Critics say it could endanger abortion rights and LGBTQ equality. Jackie Northam
GOP To Scale Down Republican National Convention Party leaders said the Republican National Convention in Florida will have a much smaller crowd than President Trump had been planning on and will include temperature checks and coronavirus testing. Tamara Keith
Mayor Durkan: "We are not about making tweaks, we are really about reimagining" Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on reimagining the Seattle Police Department and what to do about the West Seattle bridge. Marcie Sillman
RNC Plans For Scaled-Back GOP Convention In August 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.
GOP Scales Back Convention Plans, Relenting On Virus Restrictions 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. Brian Naylor
News Brief: CDC And COVID-19 Data, Twitter Hack, Mary Trump Memoir 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. Tamara Keith
Trump Campaign Manager Out In Last-Minute Shakeup 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. Alana Wise