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Politics This Morning: What to expect from Night 2 of the DNC

By Daniel Bush, Amna Nawaz

The PBS NewsHour’s Daniel Bush and Amna Nawaz talk about the biggest moments from the first night of the Democratic National Convention and what to watch on Night 2.

Television viewership down for unconventional convention

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Preliminary estimates show 18.7 million people watched the first night of the virtual Democratic convention on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel. That's down from nearly 26 million who saw the first night of Hillary Clinton's nominating…

Ballot drop boxes seen as a way to bypass the post office

By Astrid Galvan, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

Such boxes have been used with success for several years in states like Oregon, Washington and Colorado that rely overwhelmingly or entirely on ballots that have to be sent in.

WATCH: Trump visits Yuma, Arizona for border wall construction update

By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press

President Donald Trump traveled to Yuma, Arizona, one of the top 2020 battleground states, on Aug. 18 to press his case against his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.

WATCH: Trump delivers remarks on immigration in Yuma, Arizona

By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press

Trump aimed to highlight his immigration agenda in Yuma, Arizona, and receive an update on construction of his southern border wall, making his second trip to the city in less than a month.

Mali's president and prime minister held by mutinous troops

By Baba Ahmed, Krista Larson, Associated Press

Mutinous soldiers detained Mali's president and prime minister Tuesday after several months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's ouster.

WATCH: Trump sits in on disaster briefing for Iowa derecho

By David Pitt, Associated Press

Trump claimed on his official presidential Twitter account Monday afternoon that he had “Just approved (and fast) the FULL Emergency Declaration for the Great State of Iowa. They got hit hard by record setting winds.”…

Republicans for Biden, a call for justice and other highlights from Night 1 of the DNC

By Candice Norwood

Democrats made history as they kicked off the first ever virtual convention Monday night.

WATCH: Trump to pardon Susan B. Anthony for women's suffrage anniversary

By Deb Reichmann, Kevin Freking, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said he would sign “a full and complete pardon” later Tuesday, the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women the right to vote.

Senate panel finds Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election

By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The report purposely does not come to a final conclusion, as the other reports did, about whether there is enough evidence that Trump’s campaign coordinated or colluded with Russia to sway the election, leaving its findings open to partisan interpretation.