How Mark Meadows Pursued a High-Wire Legal Strategy in Trump Inquiries  —  The former White House chief of staff, a key witness to Donald J. Trump's efforts to remain in power after his 2020 election loss, maneuvered to provide federal prosecutors only what he had to.

D.C. Attorney General is probing Leonard Leo's network  —  The Federalist Society co-chair and ex-Trump judicial adviser has utilized nonprofit groups to collect more than $1 billion for conservative causes.  —  Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating judicial activist Leonard Leo …

‘Cherry-picking’: Candidates lash out at RNC after not making debate stage  —  Perry Johnson said he planned to take legal action.  So did Larry Elder.  And Will Hurd said he thought the RNC cherry-picked polls.  —  The Republican National Committee announced late Monday night …

Scoop: Fox News restricts Trump team's access to debate “spin room”  —  Fox News hit back at former President Trump late Monday after he declined to appear at the GOP presidential debate the network will host Wednesday in Milwaukee. … - Trump senior aides who had indicated they'd be in the spin room …

Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war  —  Former president floats 10 percent tax on all foreign imports and calls for ‘ring around the collar’ of U.S. economy  —  Even in the face of growing personal legal peril, Donald Trump summoned his top economic advisers …

Audio: Vivek Ramaswamy Says He Wants ‘the Truth About 9/11’  —  The GOP presidential candidate claimed The Atlantic misquoted him.  Listen for yourself.  —  This summer, I set out to write about Vivek Ramaswamy because I thought that his public-speaking skills set him apart from his GOP presidential rivals.

Why do Republicans disproportionately believe health misinformation?  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had only one comment to add when sharing a wildly conspiratorial article alleging that the recent surge in covid cases could be a way to force compliance with vaccination efforts …

The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15  —  Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus.  Hackers have found a way into that data supply chain, and are advertising access in group chats used by violent criminals who rob, assault, and shoot targets.

A key witness in the Trump classified docs case changed his testimony after switching lawyers, special counsel says  —  The man identified as “Trump Employee 4” had been represented by Stanley Woodward, who was being paid by the former president's Save America PAC.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 21, 2023  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men's network  —  Revealed: Charles Haywood, creator of the Society for American Civic Renewal, has said he might serve as ‘warlord’ at the head of an ‘armed patronage network’  —  The founder and sponsor of a far-right network of secretive …

Inside the text-for-pay campaign that got Asa Hutchinson on the debate stage  —  Students were paid $20 a pop for every $1 donation they found for the former Arkansas governor.  —  Live from a Des Moines television studio, Asa Hutchinson, the longshot presidential candidate …

Rep. Van Orden says eldest daughter died after battle with cancer  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Tuesday that his oldest daughter, Sydney Marie (Van Orden) Martenis, died after a yearlong battle with an aggressive form of cancer.  —  Van Orden said she died “peacefully surrounded by her family” …

State of 2024 Utah GOP Presidential Primary  —  Trump has a Double-Digit Lead in a State that Once Rejected Him  —  Toplines and Crosstabs can be Found Here  —  The 2024 Republican presidential primary is in full swing, and Noble Predictive Insights (NPI) has new data on the state of the race.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy endorses Donald Trump  —  Most Republican governors have been hesitant to endorse in the presidential race.  —  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is endorsing Donald Trump, giving the former president the support of a governor whose state is expected to hold its nominating contest …

Crying Covenant School Parents Booted From Tennessee Special Session  —  Despite pleas from loved ones, Tennessee state legislators passed a bill that will allow more guns on school campuses.  —  The grieving parents of children who were massacred at The Covenant School in March or whose children …

Elon Musk plans to remove headlines from news articles shared on X  —  X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, is planning a major change in how news articles appear on the service, stripping out the headline and other text so that tweets with links display only an article's lead image …

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Fourth Major Offshore Wind Project  —  Interior Department continues to build momentum for clean energy future with major permitting progress  —  WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced its approval of the Revolution Wind project.