Florida Pair Pleads Guilty in Theft of Biden's Daughter's Diary  —  Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander admitted to participating in a conspiracy that saw Ashley Biden's diary end up in the hands of the conservative group Project Veritas near the end of the 2020 campaign.

Inside Trump's public bravado and private resistance over Mar-a-Lago documents  —  Not long after the National Archives acknowledged in February that it had retrieved 15 boxes of presidential records from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump began fielding calls …

Democrats in tough races distance themselves from Biden's student loans decision  —  CLEVELAND — When President Joe Biden announced student loan debt relief this week, his allies celebrated.  —  But a string of Democrats in tight races across the country want little to do with it.

Ex-Texas anti-abortion group official charged with solicitation of a minor  —  Former Texas Right to Life Political Director Luke Bowen has been charged with online solicitation of a minor after an Aug. 3 sting operation by Montgomery County Internet Crimes Against Children.  —  Bowen is out on a $50,000 bond.

In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion, scrubs campaign website  —  Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters softened his tone and scrubbed his website's policy page of tough abortion restrictions Thursday, as his party reels from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Judge orders a redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit be made public Friday  —  The document lays out the justification for DOJ's search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.  It's unclear how much will be redacted.  —  Parts of redacted Mar …

How Fracking Billionaires, Ben Shapiro, and PragerU Built a Climate Crisis-Denial Empire  —  PragerU and the Daily Wire, two of the internet's biggest spreaders of climate crisis denial, got seed money from two ultra-religious fracking brothers from Texas.  —  GD

Trump's social media app facing financial fallout  —  Truth Social's finances may be in significant disarray, sources say  —  Rove says Trump's demand for special review not ‘likely’ to happen  —  Former President Donald Trump's social media outfit, Truth Social, is locked in a bitter battle …

‘I Was in Kenosha Two Years Ago, Kyle Rittenhouse Is Not a Hero’  —  Before the shooting started, at 11:36 p.m. on August 25, 2020, I ran into Kyle Rittenhouse in front of a gas station and interviewed him for several minutes.  He was a 17-year-old kid with a semi-automatic rifle …

J.D. Vance Appeared With Podcaster Who Once Said “Feminists Need Rape”  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, is typically described as the bestselling author …

US Corporate Profits Soar, Taking Margins to Widest Since 1950  —  A measure of US profit margins has reached its widest since 1950, suggesting that the prices charged by businesses are outpacing their increased costs for production and labor.  —  After-tax profits as a share of gross value added …

BACK INTO THE MATRIX  —  There is a moment in the 1999 film The Matrix when Joe Pantoliano's character Cypher Reagan asks to be reinserted into the simulation that consumed almost all human life on Earth.  “Ignorance is bliss...re-insert me into the Matrix.  I'll get you what you want.”

A high school student pranked Doug Mastriano with a fake poll showing him beating Josh Shapiro  —  Clout understands why State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, touted on social media the results of a new “poll” that for the first time showed …

Tesla demands removal of video of cars hitting child-size mannequins  —  The move comes amid heightened sensitivity to criticism of the software that is under public and regulatory scrutiny  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is demanding an advocacy group take down videos of its vehicles striking …

Biden's Job Rating Rises to 44%, Highest in a Year  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — After hitting a record low in July, President Joe Biden's job approval rating is up six percentage points to 44%, his highest in a year.  While this uptick represents a significant improvement on the heels …

DC Mayor Says No Virtual Learning, Giving Unvaccinated Black Teens Zero Alternative Options  —  The District of Columbia does not appear to have a contingency plan for unvaccinated students, who are banned from attending schools in person this fall after the first 20 days …

Castro shops won't pay taxes unless San Francisco addresses crime and homelessness  —  Castro merchants say they won't pay taxes unless SF addresses crime and homelessness  —  Castro merchants say they won't pay taxes unless SF addresses crime and homelessness.

Sean Hannity and Other Fox Stars Face Depositions in Defamation Suit  —  The depositions are one of the clearest indications yet of how aggressively Dominion Voting Systems is moving forward with its suit against the media company.  —  Some of the biggest names at Fox News have been questioned …

Person detained after jumping fence of Chicago FBI office and throwing rocks  —  A person accused of jumping the fence and throwing rocks at the FBI field office in Chicago has been taken to a hospital for evaluation, a spokesperson for the Homeland Security agency that protects federal buildings told CNN Thursday.

Polling Shows Portlanders Are Scared of Downtown—and of Their Own Neighborhoods  —  On the bright side: 57% are still willing to visit the central business district.  —  Expand  —  It's no secret downtown Portland is a shadow of its former self.  —  Cellphone data tells the tale.

‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi's 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law  —  The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold a Jim Crow law that Mississippi's white-supremacist leaders adopted in 1890 in an attempt to disenfranchise Black residents for life.

An expert on the right urgently warns: Beware of another Oklahoma City  —  Consider the events of this month alone: Members of a militia in Michigan were convicted of a plot to kidnap the state's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer.  We've seen numerous threats and attempts at violent attacks against the FBI.

Trump's secret papers and the ‘myth’ of presidential security clearance  —  Unlike U.S. intelligence officials, presidents are not ‘read in’ or ‘read out’ of classified matters, complicating any potential prosecution, experts say  —  Prosecutors scrutinizing Donald Trump for possible mishandling …

Intelligencer and New York Magazine Announce New Staff and Contributors  —  Intelligencer editor Jebediah Reed and New York editor-in-chief David Haskell today announced that Simon van Zuylen-Wood has joined as a features writer.  Ankush Khardori and John Herrman were also announced as contributing editors.

Michigan Chipotle outlet the chain's first to unionize  —  The 11-3 vote to organize is a landmark victory for labor unions at fast food restaurants.  —  Workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing, Mich., voted to unionize on Thursday, establishing the first union at the fast food chain nationwide.

N.Y. House race may not be settled as Niou weighs run against Goldman  —  On Tuesday, former federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman was projected to be the winner of the Democratic nomination in New York's newly redrawn 10th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press …