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.

The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down for no good reason  —  Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump's disdain for journalists, his administration's latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper.

Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Reported Killed as Officers Move In  —  Michael Forest Reinoehl, an antifa supporter, died when law enforcement went to arrest him.  He was being investigated in the fatal shooting of a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.

With Two Months To Go, a Steady Presidential Race  —  These last two weeks provided Pres. Trump the best opportunity to change the trajectory of this race.  His GOP convention offered a rosy (and inaccurate) portrayal of a president who effectively tackled the coronavirus pandemic.

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.

Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older  —  Yet again, Trump officials are using deceptively altered imagery to attack the former vice president.  —  President Donald Trump's campaign launched a series of Facebook ads on Thursday featuring a manipulated photo …

Video: Pro-Trump Counterprotesters Received NYPD Escort Before Driving Through Black Lives Matter March  —  The vehicle used by a driver to plow through a crowd of Black Lives Matter marchers in Times Square on Thursday was carrying a group of Trump-supporting counterprotesters who had just received …

Trump's rhetoric on protests seen as detrimental by majority of Americans: POLL  —  Even Republicans are divided on his approach, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.  —  A significant majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump's rhetoric on the unrest in parts of the country …

'Who's Putting These Ideas in His Head?'  —  Fate offered Peter Strzok a place in history that he never sought.  The son of an Army officer, Strzok also served in the United States military before joining the FBI's counterintelligence operation in 1996.  He excelled at his job: In 2001 …

A majority of young adults in the U.S. live with their parents for the first time since the Great Depression  —  The coronavirus outbreak has pushed millions of Americans, especially young adults, to move in with family members.  The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents …

Political group tied to Kanye West campaign law firm sent misinformation on Biden with mail-in ballot applications to battleground state voters  —  This mailer was sent by a dark money group to Pennsylvania voters last month.  —  (CNN)An Ohio-based political advocacy group that shares …

A Self-Proclaimed GOP ‘Bad Guy’ Says He's Trying to Turn Christians Against Trump  —  Steve Goldberg created push polls for Dole and wrote racist “hate speech” for Netanyahu.  Now he says he's asking voters to “trust your faith in Jesus... and vote for Joe Biden.”

‘The United States is in crisis’: Report tracks thousands of summer protests, most nonviolent  —  About 93 percent of the racial-justice protests that swept the United States this summer remained peaceful and nondestructive, according to a report released Thursday, with the violence …

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?

Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona's ballot  —  A judge has barred Kanye West from appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot in Arizona, concluding that a voter who challenged his candidacy had shown he would probably prevail and had established the possibility of an irreparable harm if the rapper's name were to appear on the ballot.

Portsmouth police chief ousted amid Confederate monument case  —  PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene was removed from her position Friday morning, weeks after she announced felony charges against state Sen. Louise Lucas and more than a dozen others stemming from a protest …

Trump team plots how to bust Biden in the debates  —  During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump blew off his first round of debate prep.  —  He refused to do a mock debate with a fake lectern, didn't want any single person to play Hillary Clinton and wouldn't simulate …

Presidents are expected to set the national tone.  What we got with Trump has been catastrophic.  —  President of the United States is a special office.  Unlike the constitutional monarchs or prime ministers of European and other systems, the president is neither head of state exclusively nor head …

Are African Americans Truly Warming up to Trump?  —  I get the sense that rightward movement is occurring in the African American community.  This is more than anecdotal.  It's not random.  It is for good reason.  —  At least since the '60s, the Democrats have had a lock on the black vote …

Pelosi, Mnuchin move to defuse potential for government shutdown  —  The Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are planning to work together to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, making an informal agreement to support continuing funding for existing programs without making any controversial changes.

Biden lags among Florida Hispanic voters  —  MIAMI — Joe Biden is underperforming among Florida Hispanic voters while Donald Trump has marginally increased his numbers from 2016, according to a new poll in the must-win battleground state for the president.  —  Biden leads Trump among Hispanics …