Leaders Of ‘We Build The Wall’ Online Fundraising Campaign Charged With Defrauding Hundreds Of Thousands Of Donors  —  Brian Kolfage, Stephen Bannon, and Two Others Alleged to Have Funneled Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From the Organization to Kolfage; All Four Defendants Allegedly Profited From Their Roles in the Scheme

USPS Headquarters Tells Managers Not to Reconnect Mail Sorting Machines, Emails Show  —  “We are not to reconnect any machines that have previously been disconnected.”  —  Aaron Gordon  —  Shortly after USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued a public statement saying he wanted to …

Judge throws out Trump's effort to block subpoena for financial records  —  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from President Trump that sought to block Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's subpoena for his financial records.  —  Why it matters: The Supreme Court ruled …

“Hannity Has Said to Me More Than Once, 'He's Crazy'”: Fox News Staffers Feel Trapped in the Trump Cult  —  Inside the network staffers are cringing, and even Trump's “shadow chief of staff” has his doubts.  “If you were hearing what I'm hearing, you'd be vaping too,” Sean Hannity told a colleague during Trump's early days.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Kennedy in race against Ed Markey  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is endorsing Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III in his primary challenge to incumbent Senator Edward J. Markey, a boost for the challenger in what polls suggest is a neck-and-neck race.

Hunter Biden to talk at Democratic convention  —  Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and a favorite punching bag of Republicans, plans to speak on Thursday during the last night of the Democratic National Convention.  —  Hunter Biden has been a common focal point …

Obama torches Trump like American democracy depends on it  —  Barack Obama went high.  —  On the third night of the Democratic convention — a word that seems increasingly absurd to describe what is really just two hours of nightly programming from the DNC — the former president delivered …

Kamala Harris Nod Tells Blue-Collar Workers Democrats Are Done With Them  —  Harris is now the voice of a new, aloof, wealthier liberalism that seeks only to manage the decline of America's economic might.  —  In the presidential election of 2016, voters in each of the major parties …

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump narrowly among Pennsylvania voters in new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll  —  As Democrat Joe Biden formally accepts his party's presidential nomination, a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows him with a narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump …

US Senate report says Russian investor in Braidy Industries' mill is a proxy for the Kremlin  —  A Russian company that has invested in Braidy Industries' planned aluminum rolling mill in Eastern Kentucky was identified as a proxy of the Kremlin in a new report the Senate Intelligence Committee released this week.

Putin Critic Alexey Navalny Allegedly Poisoned by Toxin in His Tea  —  The Russian anti-corruption activist was rushed to the hospital in an unconscious state on Thursday morning, according to his press secretary.  —  MOSCOW—Vladimir Putin's nemesis, corruption fighter Aleksey Navalny …

Rideshare operations are being suspended in California  —  At 11:59PM PT today our rideshare operations in California will be suspended.  This is not something we wanted to do, as we know millions of Californians depend on Lyft for daily, essential trips.  We're personally reaching out to riders …

A STATEMENT BY FORMER REPUBLICAN NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS  —  We are former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congress.

Prosecutors looking to reinstate indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for mortgage fraud  —  The case was initially dismissed due to its similarity to the federal charges  —  The Manhattan District Attorney's office fought Thursday to reinstate the indictment …

Trump Comes Up Empty When Pressed for Evidence of Election Fraud in Court  —  President Donald Trump's campaign, ordered by a federal court judge in Pennsylvania to back up its claims of fraud in the state's vote-by-mail system, has documented only a handful of cases of election fraud in recent years …

Troubled Covid-19 Data System Returning to CDC  —  Trump administration says hospitals will soon report new cases to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after rocky shift to Health and Human Services drew criticism  —  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reversing course …