[349] Heat (01-31 August 2020)

03 Aug
* US firearms purchases skyrocket during pandemic
* Fauci: Schools and colleges can reopen, but safety should come first
* Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in the Carolinas

04 Aug
* Mail-in voting is picking up steam
* Trump on Covid death toll: 'It is what it is'
* Trumps chief target right now is USPS
* Dozens dead and thousands injured in Beirut blast

05 Aug
* France records two-month high in cases
* Biden to accept nomination remotely over virus fears

07 Aug
* NYschool districts authorized to reopen
* Congress' last-ditch talks on virus stimulus fail

08 Aug
* WH reached out about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore
* world surpasses 19 million virus cases

09 Aug
* Worrying rise in child virus cases

10 Aug
* G7 meeting postponed until after US election

11 Aug
* Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

12 Aug
* Trump continues to attack postal service

13 Aug
* Trump promotes a birther lie about Kamala Harris

14 Aug
* Israel and UAE strike historic deal

15 Aug
* Postal crisis ripples across nation as election looms

17 Aug
* DNC holds virtual convention

18 Aug
* US stocks hit new high after coronavirus crash
* Biden is crowned as Democratic nominee

19 Aug
* DNC 2020: Kamala Harris savages Trump 'failure of leadership'

20 Aug
* Russian opposition leader ‘poisoned'
* Steve Bannon arrested - border wall “fraud”
* Trump must turn over tax returns to D.A., judge rules again

21 Aug
* Biden vows to end Trump's 'season of darkness’
* Pandemic could be over within two years - WHO head

22 Aug
* Massive California wildfires

23 Aug
* Kellyanne Conway resigns as senior White House advisor
* FDA allows expanded use of plasma treatment

24 Aug
* Trump uses dark message to kick off RNC

25 Aug
* US cases are on the decline

26 Aug
* Two shot dead in third night of Wisconsin unrest
* RNC speakers emphasise law enforcement & military
* Trump challenges Biden to drug test before debate

27 Aug
* Republicans cast election as crusade against violent disorder

28 Aug
* Paralysed Jacob Blake handcuffed to hospital bed

29 Aug
* Clashes at rival Portland protests

30 Aug
* Trump and Biden trade blame over Portland unrest