Trump's Defenders: He Doesn't Hate the Troops, He Just ‘Sounds Like an Asshole’  —  Yes, his allies admit, Trump routinely makes callous comments about U.S. military personnel.  But it's because he hates the wars they're forced to fight, not the troops themselves.

White House directs federal agencies to cancel race-related training sessions it calls ‘un-American propaganda’  —  Administration seeks list of contracts for those that refer to ‘white privilege,’ according to memo  —  President Trump is moving to revamp federal agencies' racial sensitivity trainings …

John Kelly, at Center of Report on Trump Disparaging U.S. Soldiers, Keeps Silent  —  The former chief of staff's public reticence has frustrated groups that are hoping that he will publicly endorse Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee.  —  WASHINGTON — John F. Kelly left …

Journalism's New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite … One of the most humiliating journalism debacles of the Trump era played out on December 8, 2017, first on CNN and then on MSNBC.  The spectacle kicked off on that Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. when CNN …

Captain ‘Sully’ Sullenberger Urges ‘Vote Him Out’ in Blistering Anti-Trump Tweetstorm: ‘President Has Repeatedly Shown Utter and Vulgar Contempt’ for Military  —  Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III unleashed a blistering tweetstorm on President Donald Trump on Friday night, condemning him …

Pharma Companies Plan Joint Pledge on Vaccine Safety  —  The statement is meant to reassure the public that the companies will not seek a premature approval of vaccines under pressure from the Trump administration.  —  A group of drug companies competing with one another to be among …

Review Of Federal Charges In Portland Unrest Show Most Are Misdemeanors  —  In President Trump's telling of it, Portland, Ore., is a city under siege by violent radical leftists, and he's suggested that only the strong hand of federal law enforcement can save it.

Ignoring warnings from election officials, Trump again suggests supporters should try to vote twice  —  Trump appears to encourage people to vote twice  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump suggested to his supporters on Friday night that if they vote by mail they should also attempt …

Michael Cohen says Trump will ‘do anything’ to stay in office, even start a war  —  Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen said Friday he believes his former boss will “do anything and everything” to win re-election and “even go so far as to start a war” to remain in office.

Two Self-Described “Boogaloo Bois” Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to Hamas  —  The Justice Department today announced a federal criminal complaint charging Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, with conspiring and attempting to provide material support …

FDA rejects oleandrin, an unproven coronavirus therapeutic pushed by MyPillow CEO, as a dietary supplement ingredient  —  (CNN)The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a submission from Phoenix Biotechnology Inc. to market oleandrin as a dietary supplement ingredient, citing …

Trump campaign going dark in Arizona, cancels planned TV blitz  —  Donald Trump's re-election campaign is going off Arizona airwaves after the Labor Day holiday, and may not resume television advertising in the Grand Canyon State until early voting begins in early October.

Charges against Curtis Flowers are dropped  —  The Mississippi man who was tried six times for the same crime and whose case was the subject of Season 2 of the APM Reports podcast In the Dark sees his two-decade saga come to an end.  —  At long last, Curtis Flowers is free.

DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat  —  White supremacists present the gravest terror threat to the United States, according to a draft report from the Department of Homeland Security.  —  Two later draft versions of the same document — all of which were reviewed …

Serbia-Kosovo agreement results from Trump's different brand of diplomacy  —  President Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia and Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti of Kosovo took an enormous step toward a long-term resolution of their historic conflict on Friday morning.

Facebook's Political Ad Ban Also Threatens Ability to Spread Accurate Information on How to Vote  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Facebook this week said it would bar political ads …

Exclusive: Nearly 700 U.S. Veterans Issue Open Letter in Support of Trump  —  Nearly 700 American veterans have issued an open letter affirming their support of President Trump against establishment media attacks weeks before the 2020 presidential election.  —  This week, The Atlantic …

In Texas, Republicans fight voting by mail expansion while encouraging their voters to use it  —  What was once a lightly used and largely uncontroversial voting option in Texas, one even Republicans relied on, is now the crux of the latest fight over who gets to vote and, equally as crucial in a pandemic, who has access to safe voting.

NFL asked Snyder to ‘back off’ use of private investigators, lawyer says, as PI visits rattle ex-employees  —  While Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder pledged to “fully cooperate” with the probe into allegations of widespread sexual harassment at his organization …

Non-negotiable: all military members will be subject to Trump's payroll tax deferral  —  All active-duty military members as well as federal civilian employees will be subject to the president's upcoming payroll tax deferral, a senior administration official told Federal News Network Friday evening.

Iran Caught Stockpiling Enriched Uranium Needed for Bomb  —  Nuclear watchdog: Tehran 3.5 months away from weapon  —  The United States has evidence that Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium, the key component in a nuclear weapon, in direct violation of international restrictions on Tehran's use of the fissile material.

Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat  —  Peter Strzok, who was fired for sending anti-Trump texts, played a central role in both the Hillary Clinton email and Trump-Russia investigations.  —  WASHINGTON — A former senior F.B.I. agent at the center …

The Coming Coup?  —  Democrats are laying the groundwork for revolution right in front of our eyes.  —  As if 2020 were not insane enough already, we now have Democrats and their ruling class masters openly talking about staging a coup.  You might have missed it, what with the riots …

UPDATES: Breonna Taylor protesters say ‘No justice, no Derby’ ahead of race  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As Kentucky Derby weekend swiftly approaches, protesters are gathering in Louisville for the 100th-straight day to demand justice for Breonna Taylor.  —  Taylor, an unarmed 26-year-old Black woman …

'You're Not Allowed To Film': The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland  —  Both sides are getting their information through purposely bottlenecked media reports, and the results are predictably distorted and dangerous.  —  “YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM!” is a cry you hear incessantly …

How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills  —  As he has done with other aspects of the presidency, Donald J. Trump has redefined the practice in ways that have unsettled even some Republicans.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was proudly litigious before his victory in 2016 and has remained so in the White House.