Trump's illuminating defense of Kyle Rittenhouse  —  At the start of and throughout his news conference Monday evening, President Trump attacked Joe Biden for condemning violence but not specifically the left-wing perpetrators of it.  —  By the end of the news conference …

Trump urges keeping tax returns away from Manhattan's top prosecutor  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged a federal appeals court on Monday not to let Manhattan's top prosecutor get eight years of his tax returns, saying the handover would cause him irreparable harm.

Biden: Trump is “rooting for chaos”  —  Joe Biden on Monday gave his most forceful counterargument to President Trump on the issue of law and order, arguing in Pittsburgh there would be more violence in America if the president is re-elected.  —  What he's saying: “You know me.  You know my heart.

Journalist Quits Kenosha Paper in Protest of Its Jacob Blake Rally Coverage  —  Daniel Thompson, an editor at The Kenosha News, resigned over a headline that highlighted a speaker who made a threat during a peaceful protest.  —  A journalist resigned on Saturday from his job at The Kenosha News …

How Has Donald Trump Survived?  —  DONALD TRUMP V. THE UNITED STATES  —  Inside the Struggle to Stop a President  —  When a Republican-led Senate committee issued a nearly 1,000-page report in mid-August that detailed the prodigious extent of the contacts between Russian officials and members …

Barr's removal of career national security official, weeks before election, raises concerns  —  A little-known office in the Justice Department has lost its long-time chief.  —  Current and former national security officials are raising concerns over Attorney General William Barr's recent decision …

HHS bids $250 million contract meant to ‘defeat despair and inspire hope’ on coronavirus  —  As the presidential election fast approaches, the Department of Health and Human Services is bidding out a more than $250 million contract to a communications firm as it seeks to “defeat despair and inspire hope” …

U.S. Faces A ‘Perfect Storm’ Of Political Violence Heading Into November Election  —  There have been nearly 11,000 demonstrations in the U.S. this summer — as well as a rising tide of state repression and vigilante violence.  —  Law enforcement and other authorities used force while intervening …

As Trump's popularity slips in latest Military Times poll, more troops say they'll vote for Biden  —  The latest Military Times poll shows a continued decline in active-duty service members' views of President Donald Trump and a slight but significant preference for former Vice President Joe Biden …

Twitter deletes claim minimizing coronavirus death toll, which Trump retweeted  —  After President Trump retweeted a claim that discounted the coronavirus death toll in the United States over the weekend, Twitter took down the post that spread false information.

From students to our coach, one last huge hug for Big John Thompson  —  From the front row of the Seattle Kingdome on April 2, 1984, Georgetown students felt like we too were being hugged by John Thompson Jr.  —  First, the huge coach hugged Fred Brown, the hug that brought a great story full circle.

White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show  —  Senior Trump administration officials in June privately warned seven states about dangerous coronavirus outbreaks that put them in the highest risk “red zone” while publicly dismissing concerns about a second wave of Covid-19 …

A 26-year-old film editor's descent into coronavirus vaccine conspiracy theories  —  It began as a freelance job.  Micah Conrad would wake up midmorning, check his email and begin downloading videos that had arrived while he slept.  He would brew coffee, drinking it on the narrow patio …

Mark Mothersbaugh nearly died from COVID-19.  FaceTiming with his family kept him alive  —  As Mark Mothersbaugh lay in a Cedars-Sinai hospital bed in early June after contracting the novel coronavirus, a ventilator tube snaking into his throat to help him breathe, the Devo cofounder …

How Trump Brought Nazis Into Republican Politics  —  Yesterday, President Trump retweeted a video of a man on a New York subway platform shoving and injuring a white woman.  In normal times, it would have been unfathomable to determine why the president of the United States would take an interest in this case.

DHS Chief Tells Tucker the Feds Are ‘Working On’ Corruption Charges Against BLM Leaders  —  “Well, this is something that I have talked to [Attorney General William Barr] personally about,” Wolf said.  “I know that they are working on it.”  —  For months now, Fox News host Tucker Carlson …

In Steve Bannon Case, Prosecutors Have ‘Voluminous’ Emails  —  Documents found in email accounts will be used to help link the president's former aide to a fraudulent scheme to build a border wall, the government said.  —  Federal prosecutors have seized “voluminous” emails and other communications …

Melania's ex-friend: Trump family tainted by ‘deceit, deception’  —  “It was amateur hour then, and it's amateur hour now,” said Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, formerly a close friend of Melania Trump.

Trump Books Keep Coming, and Readers Can't Stop Buying  —  White House memoirs, journalistic exposés, full-throated defenses of the president: Publishers are producing books for every partisan and wondering if the gravy train ends on Election Day.  —  Since it was released in May …

No, Wisconsin won't make Democrats lose  —  Stuart Stevens is a senior adviser to the Lincoln Project and author of “It Was All A Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump.”  —  Open your window and you can hear the nervous chatter of Democrats across the country worried that the images …

EXCLUSIVE: Man Arrested For Stalking, Threatening Devin Nunes' Wife, An Elementary School Teacher  —  A California man was arrested earlier this month for sending threatening messages to Elizabeth Nunes, wife of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), who is the ranking member on the powerful House Intelligence committee …

Inside Dupe: Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is pushing Russian disinformation just months before the 2020 election  —  Senator Ron Johnson, the Wisconsin Republican who has called the FBI a “secret society” that is corrupt “at the highest levels,” is not letting go of his campaign to discredit …

Texas Democrats announce massive voter registration drive aimed at flipping the state  —  The party intends to contact 1 million unregistered Texans this week, which would make it the party's largest ever.  —  WASHINGTON — With the national convention season over, the Texas Democratic Party …

E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants  —  The agency weakened Obama-era rules meant to keep metals and other pollution out of rivers and streams, saving industry tens of millions of dollars.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday relaxed strict Obama-era standards …