Why the Democrats Are Funding My Far-Right Opponent  —  They said Trump was a threat to democracy.  Now they are they propping up my MAGA challenger.  —  Tomorrow I'm facing off against John Gibbs in the Republican primary for Michigan's Third Congressional District.  The race is close.

Trump's Lawyers Are Preparing Legal Defenses Against Criminal Charges  —  According to internal communications reviewed by Rolling Stone, Trump's team is “quietly” planning for criminal charges as they wait for the Justice Department to make its move  —  Donald Trump's lawyers …

Nancy Pelosi arrives in Singapore as she begins tour of Asia  —  Pelosi's Asian tour itinerary includes Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan — but makes no mention of Taiwan  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for July 31  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, landed in Singapore early Monday morning …

A former Kremlin adviser is hospitalized in Europe.  —  Anatoly Chubais, who resigned as a top Kremlin adviser shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was hospitalized on Sunday in a western European country in critical condition with the symptoms of a rare neurological disorder.

Michigan secretary of state: Attempts to block election certification will be ‘futile’  —  Lansing — Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her office will not tolerate any effort to obstruct the certification of Tuesday's primary election based on “partisan games” or “baseless lies.”

Arizona 2022: Dead Heat in Republican Gubernatorial Nomination; Masters With 18-Point Lead in for US Senate Nomination  —  Home Polls Arizona 2022: Dead Heat in Republican Gubernatorial Nomination; Masters With 18-Point Lead in for US Senate Nomination  —  The final Emerson College Polling survey …

Trans cheerleader, 25, is given assault citation after ‘choking out’ teammate, 17, who called her a ‘man with a penis’ at cheer camp as video taken afterwards shows attacker saying ‘I barely touched her’  — Averie Chanel Medlock, 25, was booted from the Ranger College cheerleading camp …

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88  —  BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday.

The Kamala Conundrum  —  Political news rarely gets much grimmer than it did for Joe Biden on July 26, when he was greeted by a surprise poll showing that, were he to run again in a contested primary in New Hampshire, he might command less than one-fifth of the vote.

Threat of protests, violent escalation stirs panic in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces erected concrete barriers on Monday ahead of counter-protests planned by Shiite political rivals against an influential cleric whose followers have staged a parliament sit-in for a third day.

Lessons From Joe Manchin's March to Victory  —  Progressives miscalculated, thinking that big proposals would change the debate, and closing their minds to the possibility of persuading their political opponents.  Biden and Schumer saw the bigger picture.  —  About 16 months passed between …

Trump Sides with Russia Over Brittney Griner  —  The former president blasted the U.S. government's attempt to free the WNBA star imprisoned in Russia for cannabis possession  —  Former President Donald Trump sounds like he wants WNBA player Brittney Griner to stay in a Russian prison.

Trump-backed conspiracy theorist makes charge for chief election position in Arizona  —  Mark Finchem — a poster child for election deniers following the 2020 election — is inching closer to becoming the chief election official in one of the most tightly divided battleground states in the country.

D.C. schools expand covid vaccine mandate, unlike most other districts  —  D.C. students who are 12 and older must be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend school this upcoming academic year.  —  The youth vaccine mandate in D.C. is among the strictest in the nation …

How Some Parents Changed Their Politics in the Pandemic  —  They were once Democrats and Republicans.  But fears for their children in the pandemic transformed their thinking, turning them into single-issue voters for November's midterms.  —  ORINDA, Calif. — They waved signs that read “Defeat the mandates” and “No vaccines.”

The Schumer-Manchin Tax Increase on Everyone  —  Their Senate bill hits U.S. manufacturing especially hard, and it raises taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year.  —  Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants a Senate vote on his partisan tax deal with Joe Manchin as early as this week, and no wonder he wants to rush it through.

Florida Republicans tether themselves to DeSantis — even without his support  —  TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't endorsed a single Republican running for Congress in Florida this year.  But that hasn't stopped GOP candidates from tying themselves to him.