Democrats show unity on first night of virtual conventionMichelle Obama picks Trump apart in DNC speechUS recorded 542 coronavirus deaths and 40,022 new cases yesterdayCuomo to publish book on Covid-19 leadershipFlorida, Alaska, Wyoming holding primary electionsSign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.56pm BST Donald Trump just responded to the scathing speech Michelle Obama delivered last night at the virtual Democratic National Convention, where Obama said that Trump is “clearly over his head” and “simply cannot be who we need him to be for us”. “It is what it is,” she said, using the same phrase Trump used earlier this month when asked about the country’s staggering Covid-19 death toll. President Trump responds to Michelle Obama’s speech saying he’s in over his head. He says she’s the one “in over her head” and criticizes her for taping the speech several days in advance and not mentioning the VP pick. 2.39pm BST Donald Trump just pardoned Susan B. Anthony, an icon of the US women’s suffrage movement, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for voting when laws prohibited women from voting. Anthony died at 86 in 1906, 14 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified. President Trump will pardon Susan B. Anthony, found guilty by an all-male jury of illegal voting in 1872 presidential election. Continue reading…
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