How a Record Cash Haul Vanished for Senate Republicans  —  The campaign arm of Senate Republicans had collected $181.5 million by the end of July — but spent 95 percent of it.  A big investment in digital, and hyperaggressive tactics, have not paid off.  —  It was early 2021, and Senator Rick Scott wanted to go big.

How Many Of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified?  Actually, Zero  —  Nearly every day fresh revelations emerge in the federal investigation of the national security and presidential records that Donald Trump purloined from the White House.  So far, his alibis have been exposed one after another as empty …

What the F.B.I. Seized From Mar-a-Lago, Illustrated  —  A court filing unsealed on Friday included a detailed inventory of the material that the F.B.I. removed in its Aug. 8 search of former President Donald J. Trump's office and storage area at Mar-a-Lago, his residence and private club in Florida.

‘Is there a purge?’:  John Harwood's CNN exit viewed as strategy shift  —  The veteran White House correspondent's parting words were a defense of an outspoken kind of journalism that CNN insiders think has fallen out of favor under a new boss.  —  CNN parted ways with veteran White House …

Biden's stark warning: The U.S. is threatened by its own citizens  —  Other presidents have warned of external menaces like Russia or Islamic terrorism.  Biden's speech was striking in identifying a danger within.  —  When American presidents reserve the prime-time hour to address the nation …

Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has history of employing convicts  —  Powerful Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has welcomed at least three hard-core criminals on to his campaign and office staffs in recent years, shelling out over $100,000 in compensation to them, courtesy of taxpayers and campaign donors, records show.

Support for Legalized Abortion Grows Since Dobbs Ruling, WSJ Poll Shows  —  More than half of voters said the issue made them more likely to cast ballots in the midterm elections; majorities oppose 6-week and 15-week abortion bans  —  WASHINGTON—Voters have grown more supportive …

Biden Brings the War on Terror Home  —  President Biden in his primetime speech Thursday sure sounded like a man preparing to criminalize Trumpism.  Is the White House expanding the great policy error of our time?  —  He looked shaky as he hobbled onstage Thursday night …

Trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in GOP as double-edged sword  —  Republican campaigns hope rallies, robo-calls and virtual appearances by the former president can boost excitement in the party base without turning off moderates and independents  —  Donald Trump's political advisers …

How Trump's promised perks for Jan. 6 rioters could help form the next mob  —  Former President Donald Trump is all but certain to run for president again.  And he's sending increasingly clear signals that he'd like to form another Jan. 6-style mob to help him secure the White House.

THE FBI SEIZED NO BOXES WITH PRESS CLIPPINGS THAT POSTDATE NOVEMBER 2020 THE FBI SEIZED NO BOXES WITH PRESS CLIPPINGS THAT POSTDATE NOVEMBER 2020  —  As I noted in this post, the government wrote their May 11 subpoena to cover all government records in Trump's possession …

Israeli rules say West Bank visitors must declare love interest  —  Foreigners must tell the Israeli defence ministry if they fall in love with a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to new rules.  —  If they marry, they will be required to leave after 27 months for a cooling-off period of at least half a year.