Dems in full-blown ‘freakout’ over Biden  —  One adviser to major Democratic donors keeps a running list of reasons Biden could lose.  —  A pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden's reelection prospects …

DNC prepares to nominate Biden via ‘virtual roll call’ before convention  —  The move is designed to ensure the Democratic nominee will meet a certification deadline to appear on the ballot in Ohio.  —  The Democratic National Committee is preparing to nominate President Biden …

Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case  —  Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith's request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors' efforts to confer …

Live Updates: Defense Urges Jurors Not to Believe ‘Lies’ in Trump's Criminal Trial  —  Closing arguments have begun in the trial of Donald J. Trump, who faces 34 felony counts in connection with a hush-money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election.  The jury could have the case by Wednesday.

EXCLUSIVE: Florida educators trained to teach students Christian nationalism  —  Training materials produced by the Florida Department of Education direct middle and high school teachers to indoctrinate students in the tenets of Christian nationalism, a right-wing effort to merge Christian and American identities.

Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry  —  Mossad director Yossi Cohen personally involved in secret plot to pressure Fatou Bensouda to drop Palestine investigation, sources say  —  The former head of the Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency …

Robert De Niro claims Trump ‘could destroy the world’ outside Manhattan court  —  ‘Vote for Joe Biden for president,’ says De Niro  —  Actor Robert De Niro slammed former President Trump as a “danger” to Americans in comments during a press conference in New York City on Tuesday outside …

At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare  —  At the three-day convention, delegates moved the needle further to the right, preaching Christian nationalism and approving rules that would give them unprecedented control of elections.  —  SAN ANTONIO — From his booth …

Republicans irked that Herschel Walker is sitting on millions in unspent campaign funds  —  They say his money could go a long way to help the GOP.  —  Few are clamoring for Herschel Walker's return to politics since he flamed out in his Georgia Senate bid nearly two years ago.

Biden campaign dispatching two ex-Capitol police officers to Arizona to warn about Trump  —  Two former police officers who came under attack from a pro-Trump mob in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot are coming to Arizona to warn about the possible political violence that might follow former …

Theatre Apologizes for Actor Richard Dreyfuss Exercising His First Amendment Rights  —  A theatre in Massachusetts apologized for doing an event with actor Richard Dreyfuss on Saturday night.  The nattering nabobs on social media are trying to cancel Dreyfuss so The Cabot Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts issued an apology.

Trump Leans Into an Outlaw Image as His Criminal Trial Concludes  —  Preparing for a potential verdict in Manhattan, the former president has increasingly aligned himself with fellow defendants and people convicted of crimes.  —  Over the past week, Donald J. Trump rallied alongside …

Powerful Words from Texans Trapped in Solitary Confinement … MODE: … I have friends in hell.  They send me pain-soaked letters every month that feel like a punch to the gut when they land in the mailbox.  They are some of the rawest and truest letters because they come from a place so devoid of hope as to bare any veneer.

Melinda French Gates's Philanthropy Will Include Abortion Rights  —  Many years ago, I received this piece of advice: “Set your own agenda, or someone else will set it for you.”  I've carried those words with me ever since.  —  That's why, next week, I will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation …