Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova disappears  —  Activist reportedly seized by masked men and bundled into a van in Minsk  —  Maria Kolesnikova, one of Belarus's main opposition leaders, vanished in Minsk on Monday morning, as the regime of autocratic leader Alexander Lukashenko battles …

Why Biden could still lose the suburbs to Trump  —  A raft of recent polls suggest Donald Trump's law-and-order rhetoric, amplified by the Republican National Convention and turmoil in Kenosha, Wis., is doing little to cut into Joe Biden's lead.  —  But in swing state suburbs …

Exclusive: Zach Fuentes, Top Aide to John Kelly, Denies Atlantic Story About Trump  —  Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Zach Fuentes denied to Breitbart News The Atlantic's account of President Donald Trump's comments about troops in Europe.  —  Fuentes unequivocally denied …

Everyone Knows It's True  —  Donald Trump generates a lot of noise.  He talks.  He tweets.  He is echoed and amplified by a vast claque, on TV and online, made up of Americans and foreigners, humans and bots.  —  Never has he shouted louder than in the days since my colleague Jeffrey Goldberg reported …

Trump said it was a lot easier to pay off Stormy Daniels than Melania: Michael Cohen  —  Additional excerpts from Michael Cohen's tell-all book are being leaked ahead of the release on Wednesday.  One key excerpt from Cohen was when he had President Donald Trump sign hush-money checks …

Trump faces surprising cash crunch  —  Money concerns are very real for President Trump's campaign — an unusual predicament for a sitting president, and one that worries veteran Republican operatives, with Trump so far behind in swing states as the race climaxes.

A racist conspiracy theory called the ‘great replacement’ has made its way from far-right media to the GOP  — The “great replacement” is a conspiracy theory that states that people of color are trying to replace white populations.  — The conspiracy has been popular on the far right for some time …

White House has talked to VA secretary about taking Pentagon job if Trump fires Esper … WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has long been unhappy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and White House officials have talked to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie about taking the top Pentagon job …

The legal lines Louis DeJoy's alleged campaign contribution reimbursements may have crossed  —  Campaign finance laws are set up to prevent precisely what former employees of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy allege he did in a new Washington Post report: lean on employees to donate money …

Donald Trump Is the Trojan Horse  —  Joe Biden isn't the one being controlled by crazy extremists.  —  Recently, Donald Trump was asked about his party's embrace of QAnon, whose followers believe that Tom Hanks, Ellen DeGeneres, the Dalai Lama, Hillary Clinton, and George Soros are all involved …

San Francisco gym owners livid after discovering gyms in government buildings have been opened for months  —  Gyms within government buildings in San Francisco have been open for months, despite privately owned establishments being ordered to close due to the coronavirus.

Journalists Aren't the Enemy of the People.  But We're Not Your Friends.  —  President Trump will try to put the media on the ballot, and reporters face the increasing temptation to posture for those most eager to oust him.  —  The worst thing about being a reporter in the age of Donald Trump is …

Trump Emerges as Inspiration for Germany's Far Right  —  Among German conspiracy theorists, ultranationalists and neo-Nazis, the American president is surfacing as a rallying cry, or even as a potential “liberator.”  —  BERLIN — Just before hundreds of far-right activists recently tried …

Trump Boat Parade On St. Croix River Causes Capsizing  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A boat parade in support of President Donald Trump Saturday on the St. Croix River left more than one homeowner contending with property damage.  —  Keith Smith lives on the river in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Hospital: Russia's Alexei Navalny out of coma, is responsive  —  BERLIN (AP) — Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said Monday.  —  Navalny, a fierce …

What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19  —  A new philosophy of COVID-19 is circulating through the Republican Party and conservative media.  If you look closely, you might notice that it resembles an early philosophy of COVID-19 that circulated through the Republican Party …

Regulation To Restrict H-1B Visas Moves Toward Final Step  —  In the Trump administration's potentially most consequential action to restrict high-skilled immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a new H-1B visa regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final review.

More Than Ever, Trump Casts Himself as the Defender of White America  —  Presenting himself as a warrior against identity politics, the president has increasingly made appeals to the grievances of white supporters a centerpiece of his re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — After a summer …

Trump, under fire for alleged comments about veterans, has a long history of disparaging military service  —  As Donald Trump laid the groundwork in 1999 to run for president as the Reform Party candidate, he made a little-remembered attack on the person he saw as a rival in a possible general election campaign: Republican John McCain.

Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think?  —  The spectre of foreign manipulation looms over the coming election.  But in focussing on the ­tactics of the aggressors we overlook our weaknesses as victims.  —  In the summer of 2017, Nina Jankowicz, a twenty-eight-year-old American …

Harris speaks with Jacob Blake, meets with his family  —  Sen. Kamala Harris spoke with Jacob Blake by phone during a private meeting with his family and legal team in Milwaukee, per a campaign official, four days after Joe Biden met with them in the wake of Blake's shooting by Kenosha police.

Colleges Send Students Home as Outbreaks Worsen.  Are They Creating a New Coronavirus Threat?  —  Some experts say asymptomatic students could infect their families and communities, but schools fear devastating outbreaks  —  Administrators at California State University, Chico …

‘A tale of 2 recessions’: As rich Americans get richer, the bottom half struggles  —  The path toward economic recovery in the U.S. has become sharply divided, with wealthier Americans earning and saving at record levels while the poorest struggle to pay their bills and put food on the table.

Purity test: Democrats clash over Biden diversity goals  —  Black Democrats are urging Joe Biden to resist growing pressure from the left to impose an anti-Wall Street purity test on his hiring decisions if elected, warning that it threatens the party's desire to boost diversity in powerful executive branch posts.