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 …

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.

DNC to nominate Biden and Harris to bypass Ohio ballot issues  —  The move came before the Ohio Senate addressed Biden appearing on the ballot.  —  This is a breaking news story please check back for updates.  —  The Democratic National Committee will move to conduct virtual party proceedings …

Trump stuns donors with behind-closed-doors rant about bombing Russia and China: report  —  Former President Donald Trump told a recent group of donors at a fundraising event that he would have bombed Russia and China in response to their aggression against U.S. allies, reportedThe Washington Post on Tuesday.

Republican member of Fulton elections board won't certify primary results  —  Her lawsuit seeks detailed voting data and a ruling that her duties are discretionary  —  A Republican member of the Fulton County elections board refuses to certify primary election results unless given access …

‘You are gangsters’: Robert De Niro clashes with pro-Trump protesters  —  After a press conference outside the Manhattan courtroom where Trump is on trial, De Niro mixed it up with a crowd of protesters who called him a “little punk” whose “movies suck.”  —  NEW YORK — President Joe Biden's …

FBI arrests ‘dreaded’ Jan. 6 defendant they say rammed ‘Trump’ sign into police line  —  William George Knight shoved an officer during the Capitol attack, the FBI said, after “ramming” a giant metal-framed “TRUMP” sign into police officers at the Capitol.  —  WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 participant …

DC's liberal bent does not amount to inherent bias against Jan. 6 defendants, appeals court rules  —  The three-judge panel included two of Donald Trump's appointees.  —  Washington, D.C.'s left-leaning politics has no bearing on its residents' ability to be fair jurors in trials …

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 …

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.

The Texas GOP takes the party's hostility to democracy to a new level  —  Who says people should matter more than land area?  —  One of the more remarkable responses to Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election has been the vilification not of voter fraud but, instead, of voting.

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 …

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.

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.

Baby Mama Drama: How Hunter Biden's Mistress Could Spoil the Democratic Convention for Sleepy Joe … The American people may finally learn the truth about President Joe Biden's heartless campaign to deny the existence of his seventh grandchild this summer when Hunter Biden's former mistress publishes a …