Leaving with nuclear secrets would be Trump's dumbest, scariest stunt yet  —  A defeated former president who was at the center of a failed coup allegedly walks out the door with nuclear secrets, refuses to give them back and then leaves a creepy, semi-threatening message for the attorney general — that's apparently where we are.

Trump ‘will do whatever’ he can to ‘help the country’ after FBI raid: ‘Temperature has to be brought down’  —  Trump said his representatives reached out to DOJ to offer to help amid outrage over the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15

Election deniers march toward power in key 2024 battlegrounds  —  GOP nominees who dispute the 2020 results could be positioned to play a critical role in the next presidential election  —  First came Kristina Karamo, a community college instructor from Detroit who claimed without evidence …

Liz Cheney's political life is likely ending — and just beginning  —  JACKSON, Wyo. — The 2-minute video, meant ostensibly as the closing appeal to voters here, likely served much more as the launching point of a campaign that will last for years to come.  —  “No matter how long we must fight …

Trump-allied lawyers pursued voting machine data in multiple states, records reveal  —  A team of computer experts directed by lawyers allied with President Donald Trump copied sensitive data from election systems in Georgia as part of a secretive, multistate effort to access voting equipment …

The U.S. could see a new ‘extreme heat belt’ by 2053  —  Climate change effects are forcing more Americans to move  —  An “extreme heat belt” reaching as far north as Chicago is taking shape, a corridor that cuts through the middle of the country and would affect more than 107 million people …

Washington's Top Labor Prosecutor Battles Whole Foods Over Black Lives Matter Masks  —  In June 2020, the week after a police officer murdered George Floyd, Jeff Bezos endorsed Black Lives Matter.  “I support this movement,” Bezos replied via email to a customer who'd complained about seeing a BLM banner on Amazon.com.

The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score  —  Across industries and incomes, more employees are being tracked, recorded and ranked.  What is gained, companies say, is efficiency and accountability.  What is lost?  —  Produced by Aliza Aufrichtig and Rumsey Taylor

U.S. Rules Out Releasing Billions in Afghan Funds After Strike  —  Presence of al Qaeda's leader in Kabul raised concerns in West about resurgence of global terrorism from Taliban-ruled country  —  The Biden administration has decided it won't release any of the roughly $7 billion …

Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself  —  Iran denied any involvement Monday in last week's attack that left author Salman Rushdie with severe injuries after he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen onstage at an event in western New York.

President Biden to rally Democrats in Maryland next week  —  The Democratic National Committee event will look ahead to midterms.  —  President Biden will speak at a Democratic National Committee event in Maryland next week, rallying voters ahead of November's midterm elections.

Trump's Investigation Miscalculation  —  If he thinks that announcing a 2024 campaign will bring an end to his legal woes, he is mistaken.  —  Donald Trump is making a serious mistake.  The FBI's execution of a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago is, he apparently thinks, of great political benefit to him.

Larry Summers emerges as the unlikeliest Democratic hero  —  Summers' deep involvement in White House economic planning is remarkable since he has been among the sharpest critics of Biden's spending policies.  —  When the White House sought help crafting crucial tax-raising portions of the health care …

Too little, too late: Disband the CDC now  —  Dissolve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  Last week, the CDC released updated COVID-19 guidance.  The agency now believes we should be taking an individual approach to mitigating our COVID risk.  In layman's terms, we are all Florida 2020 now.