‘Crooked Coffee’: The alleged election office breach in the Trump indictment was part of a years-long pattern, some locals say  —  The breach of the Coffee County elections office can seem almost out of place in the 97-page Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump and associates.

Trump's Truth Social facing a key funding deadline  —  The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump's media start-up was once a stock-market star.  It's now days away from potential liquidation.  —  When former president Donald Trump's media start-up announced in October 2021 …

Bill Richardson, Former U.N. Ambassador and New Mexico Gov, dead at 75  —  Former U.N. Ambassador and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who helped negotiate release of detained Americans, has died.  —  He was 75.  —  The Richardson Center for Global Engagement, which he founded …

The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting to Unravel  —  Not long after the James Webb Space Telescope began beaming back from outer space its stunning images of planets and nebulae last year, astronomers, though dazzled, had to admit that something was amiss.

Trump Is Top Choice for Nearly 60% of GOP Voters, WSJ Poll Shows  —  Support for DeSantis collapses in postdebate survey  —  Donald Trump has expanded his dominating lead for the Republican presidential nomination, a new Wall Street Journal poll shows, as GOP primary voters overwhelmingly …

Nobel Foundation cancels Russia, Belarus, Iran invites to annual prize awards  —  The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it would not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm this year, reversing an earlier decision after widespread criticism.

Ex-Christie aide charged with child sex crimes  —  A former aide to Gov. Chris Christie has been arrested on charges he paid to engage in a sexual act with a six-year-old girl.  —  Kevin Tomafsky, 41, has been under investigation since October 2022 after Snapchat reported the uploading …

Atomic age is over in Germany, Chancellor Scholz insists  —  Germany will not leave the door open for a possible return to using nuclear power now or in the future, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday.  —  Responding to a suggestion from members of his own governing coalition …

Three Things for Your Labor Day Picnic  —  Pickles frowns on eating chicken, in any form, as part of your holiday celebration.  But she did want me to share three important things with you heading into the long weekend.  You never know when the opportunity for civil discourse will present itself—even at the family cookout.

It seems like everyone has Covid-19.  Here's why this wave is probably worse than official data suggests  —  Covid-19 certainly didn't take a vacation this summer.  Virus levels in the US have been on the rise for weeks, but it's hard to know exactly how widely it's spreading.

DeSantis will not meet with Biden in Florida on Saturday  —  “The security preparations alone that would go into setting up such a meeting would shut down ongoing recovery efforts,” said a spokesperson for the governor.  —  Ron DeSantis will not meet Joe Biden on Saturday when the president comes …

Angela Paxton's Ties to a Shell Company … MODE:  —  In July 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, took a mysterious multi-country trip to European destinations in Italy, Greece, Malta, and Albania with a protective detail from the Texas Department of Public Safety tagging along.

The sleeper legal fight that could define 2024: Is Trump even eligible to run?  —  Some scholars say Trump is disqualified under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.  Here's how the courts might wade in.  —  If Donald Trump wants to be on the ballot next year in all 50 states …