Trump tells Michelle Obama 'sit back and watch' after DNC speech - live updates

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 3.50pm BST Here’s something to add to the pile of news that would be bigger if all of *gestures wildly* this wasn’t happening. The Senate Intelligence Committee released this morning a bipartisan report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the final volume in the committee’s five-part investigation. 3.26pm BST The Republican National Committee has invited to speak at its convention next week the gun-toting couple from St. Louis, Missouri and the teenager from Kentucky whose confrontation with a Native American elder went viral last year. Nick Sandmann was in the center of the now-infamous picture of him in a red “Make American Great Again” cap smiling down at Nathan Phillips, a Native American elder, at a anti-abortion march in early 2019. Sandmann was criticized for appearing to disrespect a Native American elder. I can’t tell you all enough about how excited I am to be apart of this years RNC! https://t.co/lur4zw1YS8 Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/aug/18/us-politics-michelle-obama-joe-biden-kamala-harris-democratic-national-convention-dnc-donald-trump-coronavirus-live-updates #us_news #world_news #donald_trump #joe_biden #michelle_obama