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.

Giuliani Is Told He Is a Target of Trump Election Investigation in Georgia  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, as former President Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer, spearheaded efforts to keep Mr. Trump in power.  —  ATLANTA — Lawyers for Rudolph W. Giuliani have been told that he is a target …

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 …

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 …

Federal judge rejects Sen. Lindsey Graham's bid to quash grand jury subpoena in Georgia case  —  A federal judge in Georgia denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's bid to avoid testifying before a Atlanta-area grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election, rejecting the Trump ally's claim …

Longtime GOP insider Cheri Jacobus: America is “not going to recover from Donald Trump”  —  Former Republican strategist says her party can't be salvaged — and if Trump isn't punished, America is “done for”  —  The numerous catastrophes of the Age of Trump could all have been averted, or greatly mitigated.

The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars  —  Everyone trusted the two guys at Three Arrows Capital.  They knew what they were doing — right?  —  The boat was a beauty of a thing: some 500 tons across 171 feet of glass and steel as white as Santorini.

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 …

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

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tests positive for COVID-19 for second time  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time, making him one of the highest-ranking Biden administration officials to be diagnosed with the disease in recent weeks.

Public money supports conservative Colorado lobbying group through membership dues  —  University executives join Colorado Concern at a cost of $10K a year  —  A group of Colorado business elites has made its name known in state politics.  But membership in the conservative group that lobbies …