AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races  —  The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election.

Video appears to undercut Trump elector's account of alleged voting-data breach in Georgia  —  On Jan. 7, 2021, a group of forensics experts working for lawyers allied with President Donald Trump spent eight hours at a county elections office in southern Georgia, copying sensitive software and data from its voting machines.

The Cruelty and Dishonesty of the DeSantis Immigration Stunt  —  Especially galling: The men and women he used as props are in the U.S. legally.  —  Of all the excuses he could muster, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's explanation that he flew some fifty asylum seekers to Martha's Vineyard last week because …

Trump Was Warned Late Last Year of Potential Legal Peril Over Documents  —  A former White House lawyer sought to impress on him the need to return material he had taken with him upon leaving office.  —  A onetime White House lawyer under President Donald J. Trump warned him late last year …

Conspiracy Theorists Want to Run America's Elections.  These Are the Candidates Standing in Their Way  —  Nobody recognizes Adrian Fontes when he walks into a Phoenix lunch spot near his office.  The former recorder of Maricopa County looks like any other Arizona dad: a neat beard …

Bret Baier wanted to rescind Fox News' decision to call Arizona for Biden in 2020 and wrote in an email, ‘The Trump campaign was really pissed,’ book says  — Fox News anchor Bret Baier “was ready to give into” pressure from Trump after the network said he lost Arizona, new book says.

The Trump/DeSantis War May Start Sooner Than You Think  —  The best defense is a good offense.  —  Donald Trump is not a patient man.  Patience is a virtue, after all, and Trump has never had much regard for virtue.  But he's been surprisingly patient with his one serious rival …

What the numbers really say about abortion and Democrats in the midterms  —  Democrats have been on a voter registration tear since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.  There's just one problem for them — they are digging out from under major Republican gains in the previous 18 months.

Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden over seating position at Queen's funeral  —  Former president claims if he was still in the White House he would have been sat nearer the front  —  Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden over his seating position at the late Queen's state funeral.

With Economy in Crisis, Biden to Host Elton John for White House Concert  —  The U.S. economy is in a recession, inflation remains near 40-year highs, food prices are spiking faster than they have since 1979, the Pentagon is sending billions of dollars to Ukraine while Biden muddies the waters …

Russian-occupied Donbas region to hold referenda on annexation  —  Russian-occupied territories in eastern Ukraine announced referenda on whether to join the Russian Federation.  —  Russian separatists have fought in the Donbas region, which consists of the self-identified Luhansk People's Republic …

‘Crime Is a Construct’: My Morning With the Park Slope Panthers  —  In the last couple of months in Park Slope—the baby bjorn-wearing capital of bourgeois-bohemian New York—a thief absconded with $200,000 worth of jewelry in a smash and grab, three boys stole a bunch of iPhones off of subway riders …

Trump's ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers  —  Accounts that rose to prominence spreading disinformation about the 2020 election now drive other polarizing debates, a Washington Post data analysis found  —  Three days after the 2020 election, Kyle Becker …

Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth.  The number is so big it's ‘unimaginable.’  —  A new estimate for the sheer number of ants on Earth comes to an “unimaginable” sum, one researcher said  —  It's the ants' world, and we're just visiting.

These male politicians are pushing for women who receive abortions to be punished with prison time  —  A businessman turned state representative from rural Oil City, Louisiana, and a Baptist pastor banded together earlier this year on a radical mission.  They were adamant that a woman …

Space Force reveals official song: “Semper Supra”  —  ARLINGTON, Va — ARLINGTON, Va. - Every branch of the armed forces has an official song, from “The Army Goes Rolling Along” to “The Marines' Hymn.”  Each song is part of the services' foundation and represents its values, traditions and culture.

Manchin decries ‘revenge politics’ amid GOP resistance to permitting effort  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) condemned what he described as “revenge politics” as many Republicans have resisted his efforts to speed up the approval process for energy projects.  —  “It's like the revenge politics, basically revenge towards one person: me.

The Cheney 2024 conundrum  —  Liberals who lavish praise on Liz Cheney for her defiance of Donald Trump are making one thing crystal clear: Don't expect us to support her for president, or any other political office, for that matter.  —  The Wyoming Republican's anti-Trump maneuvers …

Romney Rips Schumer for Delaying Vote to Reform the Electoral Count Act  —  On July 20, a bipartisan group of 16 senators introduced a bill to clarify the Electoral Count Act, the 1887 law that governs how Congress counts the results of the Electoral College.

Feds accuse 47 people of stealing cash meant to help feed needy kids in ‘staggering’ Covid scheme  —  Feds charge 47 people for fraud over exploiting $250M out of pandemic program for feeding children  —  Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against 47 people accused of carrying …