The Grand Old Meltdown  —  Earlier this month, while speaking via Zoom to a promising group of politically inclined high school students, I was met with an abrupt line of inquiry.  “I'm sorry, but I still don't understand,” said one young man, his pitch a blend of curiosity and exasperation.

Kellyanne Conway to leave the White House at the end of the month, citing the need to focus on her family  —  Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to President Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month.  —  Conway, whose title is counselor …

Exclusive: Falwell says ‘Fatal Attraction’ threat led to depression  —  Jerry Falwell Jr., suspended as president of Virginia's Christian-focused Liberty University after a string of embarrassing acts, today said that he has suffered depression caused by a former family friend who had an affair …

Revealed: Jared Kushner's Private Channel With Putin's Money Man  —  DIRECT LINE  —  More than a dozen Trump administration officials, current and former, described a clandestine relationship between Jared Kushner and the CEO of a Kremlin sovereign wealth fund.

So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’  —  Mr. Seinfeld is a comedian.  —  When I got my first apartment in Manhattan in the hot summer of 1976, there was no pooper-scooper law, and the streets were covered in dog crap.  —  I signed the rental agreement, walked outside, and my car had been towed.

Kenosha emergency curfew in place after police shoot man; video appears to show officer firing several shots into man's back  —  Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man's back.

Jeff Flake joins over two-dozen former GOP members of Congress to launch ‘Republicans for Biden’  —  Announcement comes on the first day of the Republican National Convention  —  EXCLUSIVE: More than two-dozen former Republican members of Congress threw their support behind a “Republicans for Biden” …

How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right  —  Ms. Tufekci, a computer programmer who became a sociologist, sounded an early alarm on the need for protective masks.  It wasn't the first time she was right about something big.  —  When the Centers for Disease Control …

The Supporters Buoying Trump's Spirits: Boat Owners  —  Parades of seagoing Trump fans have been touted by the president and his campaign in the absence of his signature campaign rallies  —  Trish Willis hasn't returned to her nursing job in Atlanta since the outbreak of Covid-19, and still won't get on an airplane.

Trump to announce emergency authorization of convalescent plasma as covid-19 treatment  —  The FDA action will be highlighted at a news conference later Sunday afternoon.  —  On the eve of the Republican National Convention where President Trump hopes to revive his flagging political fortunes …

Trump Campaign Announces President Trump's 2nd Term Agenda: Fighting for You!  —  Building on the incredible achievements of President Donald J. Trump's first term in office, the President's re-election campaign today released a set of core priorities for a second term under the banner of “Fighting for You!”

EXCLUSIVE: Biden aides apologise privately over attack on Linda Sarsour  —  In a private call with community activists, a recording of which was obtained by MEE, Biden campaign officials said statements against Sarsour were an ‘egregious misstep’  —  Top aides to presidential candidate Joe Biden …

Biden to ABC's David Muir on raising taxes: ‘No new taxes’ for anyone making less than $400,000  —  Everybody should pay “their fair share,” Biden said.  —  In the first joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris …

Donald Trump Jr. Is Ready.  But for What, Exactly?  —  Of all the president's children, he has the strongest connection to the politics, voters and online disinformation ecosystem that put his father in the White House.  What will he do with it?  —  To hear more audio stories from publishers …

Jemele Hill Says America Is Nazi Germany  —  Jemele Hill, ESPN's favorite Colin Kaepernick documentary producer, is at it again Tweeting this evening that America was nearly as bad as Nazi Germany.  Interestingly, this statement, that the United States was just as bad as Nazi Germany …

Mark Meadows dodges questions about Trump's QAnon embrace: 'We don't even know what it is'  —  White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Sunday dodged questions about President Donald Trump's embrace of QAnon days after the president said followers of the conspiracy theory “love our country.”

Why a Third of Latinos Still Plan to Vote for Trump  —  Entrepreneurial and evangelical, Republican Latinos are a force to be reckoned with this November.  —  The political evolution of Mindy Garcia occurred very slowly, then all at once.  Growing up up a Democrat in California in the 1980s and 1990s …

Clinesmith's Guilty Plea: The Perfect Snapshot of Crossfire Hurricane Duplicity  —  Carter Page was a CIA asset, not a Russian spy, and the FBI knew it early on but plowed ahead with its fantasy anyway.  —  Author's Note: This is the first of a three-part series.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington's Fears About TikTok  —  Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook  —  When Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg delivered a speech about freedom of expression …

College students are motivated to vote, but many don't trust US elections  —  A new study finds college students may be inclined to distrust the election results.  —  College students are highly motivated to vote, but they say they're less confident in the legitimacy of the election — and many are likely to doubt the results.

‘We are a swing tribe’: Lumbee wield political clout in North Carolina  —  As they push for tribal status, the Lumbee fight COVID-19 and voter apathy.  —  PEMBROKE, N.C. — As Republicans gather in Charlotte to formally nominate President Donald Trump for a second term …

In Ohio, a Father and Stepdaughter Show the Political Shifts in the Trump Era  —  He's a union worker and former Democrat now solidly behind President Trump.  She's a onetime Republican now worried about her sons growing up in the Trump era.  Family get-togethers can be difficult.