Brexit: Queen consents to suspension of parliament for five weeks - live news

Source: The Guardian

Here is the document with the orders approved at the privy council at Balmoral today. And this is the key text:

It is this day ordered by Her Majesty in Council that the Parliament be prorogued on a day no earlier than Monday the 9th day of September and no later than Thursday the 12th day of September 2019 to Monday the 14th day of October 2019, to be then holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs, and that the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain do cause a Commission to be prepared and issued in the usual manner for proroguing the Parliament accordingly.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/aug/28/spending-review-set-for-next-week-fuels-election-speculation-live

Monmouth Polling Institute: "Oops..."

Ex-Defense Secretary Mattis says US at "Breaking Point"

Source: Boston Globe

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the ‘‘breaking point’’ in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration.

Mattis also goes into some reasons he left the Trump administration in an excerpt from his book published Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal.

The retired Marine general writes he quit in 2018 when he realized his advice to President Donald Trump ‘‘no longer resonated’’ particularly with regard to ‘‘keeping faith’’ with allies.


Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/08/28/defense-secretary-jim-mattis-says-breaking-point/uhFkCU0I4FUxhqd4KmktpO/story.html

Trump gives up on Fox News

Quinnipiac Poll: All Top Dems Beat Trump

If the 2020 presidential election were held today, 54 percent of registered voters say that they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden, while only 38 percent would vote for President Trump. Matchups against other top Democrats show:

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders topping Trump 53 - 39 percent;

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren ahead of Trump 52 - 40 percent;

California Sen. Kamala Harris beating Trump 51 - 40 percent;

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg leading with 49 percent to Trump's 40 percent.

https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3638

Quinnipiac Poll: Dem Primary Stays Stable With Biden Holding The Lead

TS Dorian has shifted track north

Looks like it'll miss Hispanola, now targeting central Florida on Monday as a Cat-2 Hurricane

Quinnipiac Poll drops in 25 minutes

I think we can safely say that the Monmouth Poll was an outlier

Monmouth: Sanders 20 Warren 20 Biden 19

Echelon: Biden 30 Sanders 19% Warren 11
Harris: Biden 37 Warren 13 Sanders 13
Emerson: Biden 31 Sanders 24 Warren 15
Morning Consult: Biden 33 Sanders 20 Warren 15
Suffolk: Biden 32 Warren 14 Sanders 12

Sorry, Bernie

Beto O'Rourke responds to a Trump supporter at a Town Hall