Multiple boats in distress, sinking at Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis  —  Multiple 911 calls have been made regarding boats being in distress, some sinking at the ‘Trump Boat Parade’ scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Lake Travis, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office.

Jennifer Griffin defended by Fox News colleagues after Trump Twitter attack over confirmation of Atlantic reporting  —  Jennifer Griffin caused an unexpected media firestorm Friday when she did something fairly routine for a reporter: A competitor had broken a story on her beat, so she set out to see whether she could match it.

Biden expands transition team, adding key campaign allies and top Obama-Biden policy hands  —  Biden fires back at Trump: My son wasn't a sucker  —  (CNN)Democratic nominee Joe Biden is expanding his transition team, adding a former presidential rival, vice presidential contenders …

Democrats Hold Secret Edge If Election Is Too Close to Call  — Majority of top swing state election posts held by Democrats  — Record mail-in voting expected despite Trump attacks  —  Twenty years ago, as Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush battled for weeks …

Anita Hill vows to vote for Joe Biden and work with him on gender issues  —  Anita Hill says she would work with Joe Biden  —  (CNN)Anita Hill never pictured herself voting for Joe Biden.  —  But given the political reality the nation is facing, she's not only going to vote for Biden …

Exclusive: Leaked meeting notes show Boris Johnson said Trump was ‘making American great again’  —  The Prime Minister is quoted telling the US ambassador in August 2017, when foreign secretary, that Mr Trump was doing ‘fantastic stuff’  —  Boris Johnson privately told US diplomats that Donald Trump was …

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 …

The Ugly Numbers Are Finally In on the 2017 Trump Tax Rewrite  —  Radical Republicans Ramrodded that Law through Congress, and, You Guessed It, the Rich Made Out Like Bandits While the Rest of Us Got Bupkis  —  The first data showing how all Americans are faring under Donald Trump reveal …

The deafening, devastating sound of John Kelly's silence  —  The sound of John F. Kelly's silence is deafening.  —  For President Trump, it is devastating.  —  The former White House chief of staff has remained quiet in the face of Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg's report …

Osama bin Laden's niece says only Trump can prevent another 9/11  —  Another 9/11-style attack may be just around the corner if Joe Biden is elected president, warns Noor bin Ladin, the niece of Sept. 11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.  —  “ISIS proliferated under the Obama/Biden administration, leading to them coming to Europe.

‘I will not take his word for it’: Kamala Harris says she would not trust Trump alone on a coronavirus vaccine  —  Harris says she won't trust Trump's word alone on a vaccine  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said that President Donald Trump's word alone …

Trump came to Dover after my wife was killed fighting ISIS.  He absolutely respects our service. … “Hey, Joe,” a quiet but familiar voice said to me from the doorway of a small room with plush furniture.  The room was meant to provide as much comfort as possible for the families …

North Korea may be prepping submarine-launched ballistic missile test, U.S. weapons experts warn  —  U.S. weapons experts say they believe North Korea may be preparing to test a new strategic weapon system that would vastly expand Kim Jong Un's arsenal and defy President Donald Trump's threshold requirements …

These maps show how 2020 could come down to 1 electoral vote  —  (CNN)Long election nights are what make junkies go wild and partisans go crazy.  It's been 144 years since the Electoral College (how we decide our presidents) was last decided by a mere 1 electoral vote.

New York attorney general to organize grand jury on Daniel Prude death  —  New York Attorney General Letitia James said Saturday she will empanel a grand jury as part of the state's investigation into the March 30 death of Daniel Prude, a Black man, who died seven days after being hooded and held down by Rochester police.

Parents Got More Time Off.  Then the Backlash Started.  —  Pandemic policies at tech companies have created a rift between parents offered more benefits and resentful workers who don't have children.  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — When the coronavirus closed schools and child care centers …

Cory Gardner and the Toxic Republican Party  —  This is what “Party Over Country” looks like.  —  1. Cory Gardner  —  Very quickly: If you haven't, you should read Charlie's excellent piece on Trump and Jeffrey Goldberg's story in the Atlantic.  —  I don't have anything to add except …

Peter Strzok would like to clear a few things up  —  The former FBI agent at the center of the Russia probe is finally having his say.  —  Peter Strzok's new book recaps the full arc of Crossfire Hurricane from the perspective of an enterprising counterintelligence expert who perceived Donald Trump …

Court Approves Warrantless Surveillance Rules While Scolding F.B.I.  —  The release of a newly declassified ruling follows a separate decision by an appeals court that a defunct National Security Agency program was illegal.  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's surveillance court found that the F.B …

Kyle Rittenhouse's Attorney Resigns From Legal Fundraiser After Dodgy Financial Past Revealed  —  ROLLING IN DEBT  —  John Pierce, the lead attorney for accused Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse, has resigned from the #FightBack Foundation, a day after The Daily Beast reported that some of the funds …

POLITICO Playbook: Where's the Republican defense of Trump?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  AMID ALL THE FURIOUS responses to the Atlantic article alleging that President DONALD TRUMP had called American troops “suckers” and “losers,” one thing leaps out: You didn't see Republican members …

Black Lives Matter protesters riot in Manhattan, cause $100,000 damage: NYPD  —  Eight people were arrested Friday night when a group of 150 Black Lives Matter protesters smashed windows and graffitied the storefronts of Lower Manhattan chain stores and banks, police sources said.