Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’  —  When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn't fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn't drive him there.

Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased.  Prosecutors say that's not what happened.  —  In his latest warning about the dangers of mass mail-in voting, Attorney General William P. Barr pointed to a case in Texas that he said highlighted the risk of fraud.

Former Michigan governor Rick Snyder: I am a Republican vote for Biden  —  Forty-four years ago, I celebrated my 18th birthday at the 1976 Republican National Convention as part of Gerald Ford's national youth group.  At that convention, I had the honor to watch two great leaders in action — Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.

What's the worst that could happen? … We wanted to know: What's the worst thing that could happen to our country during the presidential election?  President Trump has broken countless norms and ignored countless laws during his time in office, and while my colleagues and I at the Transition …

The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies  —  For the better part of my adult life, every move I've made, every relationship I've formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies.  —  Not just any lies.  —  To an escalating degree over my adult life, I have eschewed …

Cooper Leads for Guv, Tight Senate Race, Prez in Play  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden and Donald Trump are separated by a negligible 2-point margin among all registered voters in North Carolina according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll, while the U.S. Senate race is even tighter.

7 Officers Suspended as a Black Man's Suffocation Roils Rochester  —  The man, Daniel Prude, who was having a psychotic episode, died in March after police officers placed a mesh hood over his head.  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Seven Rochester police officers were suspended on Thursday …

Ann Romney will join Michelle Obama on TV to get out the vote  —  Ann Romney will team up with Michelle Obama on prime-time television to encourage people to vote this fall.  —  The former first lady and Romney — whose husband, Sen. Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 race to former President Barack Obama …

Pelosi and Mnuchin agree on plan to avoid government shutdown  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have tentatively agreed to use a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, according to Capitol Hill aides.

Gardner ‘Flatly Outnumbered’ by Independents as He Seeks Re-Election in Colorado Senate Race  —  Hickenlooper holds 29-point lead over GOP incumbent with unaffiliated voters, who make up more than 40% of the state's electorate … Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner has a math problem.

Ex-NRA insider speaks out: Gun owners should be ‘horrified’ by what I saw  —  In an exclusive interview, Joshua Powell breaks ranks with the NRA.  —  A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book …

Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Administration Vaccine Chief Casts Doubt on Vaccine by Election Day  —  The New York Times surveyed more than 1,500 colleges and found that over two-thirds have reported at least one case.  Madrid's leader said it was “probable that all children would get infected, one way or another.”

Postal Chiefs Warn: Workers' ‘Heroic’ Efforts Won't Save the Vote  —  “Despite the heroic efforts ...the reality is, that's going to be a difficult situation for that voter to have their vote counted,” one official said.  —  The embattled leadership of the U.S. Postal Service warned …

White House: Trump to release list of potential Supreme Court nominees after Labor Day  —  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday that President Trump in the coming weeks will issue an updated list of conservative justices he would consider for future Supreme Court nominations.

Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks  —  The attorney general is said to have set a deadline over the objections of career lawyers who say they need more time to build the case.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case …

Nate Silver's Latest Shows Biden Is Headed for a Very Bad November  —  Nate Silver, the popular statistician and data geek who publishes his predictions for political outcomes throughout the country has released some new findings for the November Presidential Election and the news for Team Biden isn't great.

Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say  —  The package being pushed by the Trump White House — which could shift the military balance in the Middle East — includes an electronic warfare plane, the EA-18G Growler.  —  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

Stock market bloodbath: Dow and Nasdaq plummet in the worst day since June  —  New York (CNN Business)It was a wild day on Wall Street.  The Nasdaq Composite (COMP) tumbled nearly 5% and the Dow fell more than 800 points, as investors made a dash for the exits following a streak of record-setting days over the past several weeks.

Biden Refuses to Criticize Blake's Father Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts  —  The Biden campaign has remained silent on revelations that the father of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., posted numerous anti-Semitic messages on his social media accounts.

Going Postal  —  A psychoanalytic reading of social media and the death drive  —  THE TWITTERING MACHINE BY RICHARD SEYMOUR.  BROOKLYN, NY: VERSO.  256 PAGES.  $26.  —  I QUIT TWITTER and Instagram in May, in the same manner I leave parties: abruptly, silently, and much later than would have been healthy.

The 2020 Election, a Race in Which Everything Happens and Nothing Matters  —  If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can't significantly hurt Trump's support, can anything?  —  Does anything matter anymore in American politics?

Seven in 10 new coronavirus cases are emerging in red states  —  For the first time, red counties are seeing as many new cases as blue ones.  —  It's hard to overstate the extent to which the coronavirus pandemic has been saturated with partisan politics.  Simple recommendations like wearing …

Trump's Tactic: Sowing Distrust in Whatever Gets in His Way  —  From business competition in New York to President Barack Obama's birthplace to mail-in voting, President Trump's goal has been to undermine the opposition and leave people uncertain about what to believe.

Biden jokes that Kenosha audience would ‘shoot me’ if he didn't wrap up his remarks  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to joke on Thursday that if he spoke any longer about his plan to increase taxes on the wealthy “he'll shoot me,” as he addressed a group of Kenosha, Wis., residents after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Cancel the cancel culture and start listening  —  This should never happen.  Unfortunately, the tragedy that ensued took the lives of two people and inflicted additional heartache and pain on many others.  —  What Kyle Rittenhouse did was wrong.  No one should ever take the law into his or her own hands.

Trump ‘Swears on Whatever’ He Never Called Slain Soldiers ‘Losers’  —  PANTS ON FIRE  —  President Trump says he's ready to “swear on whatever” that he never called slain American service members “losers” or dissed Sen. John McCain.  In ate-night tweets on Thursday, the president claimed …

I'm Doomsday Prepping for the End of Democracy  —  Even if Trump loses, there's no guarantee we'll make it to the other side.  —  To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.  —  My wife, Helen, and I got into a quarrel …