Schiff Warned of Wipeout for Democrats if Biden Remains in Race  —  Representative Adam B. Schiff of California told attendees at a Democratic fund-raiser that the party would lose the Senate and miss a chance to take the House if the president did not drop out.

JD Vance is Trump's gift to Putin  —  The GOP nominee may have picked the one American his second-biggest donor prefers over him.  —  1×  —  The pick of JD Vance, who underperformed Ohio's last Republican Senator by 15% and the entire Ohio GOP ticket by 11%, has made clear …

Federal jury returns for third day of deliberations at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A jury in New York City is expected to resume deliberations Tuesday in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat accused of accepting gold and cash to use …

Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after receiving intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting  —  US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led …

Stop Pretending You Know How This Will End  —  In the immediate aftermath of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life, pundits and politicians rushed to proclaim that they knew exactly how the awful event would affect American politics.  Commentators on the left and right predicted on social media that …

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In Leaked Phone Call, Trump Tries to Coax Kennedy Into His Camp  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apologized for a leaked video of the phone call, in which Donald Trump offers anti-vaccine messaging and says the wound to his ear “felt like the world's largest mosquito.”

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller  —  Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network.  The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business and culture.

Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors  —  Libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos.  Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties.

‘Blindsided’ Jack Black Ends Tenacious D Tour After Trump Assassination Joke  —  SHOW'S OVER  —  The actor and musician also said he was “putting all creative plans on hold” amid an angry online backlash to his bandmate Kyle Gass' quip about the assassination attempt.

Donald Trump Does Not Get Post-Shooting Poll Boost  —  Donald Trump has not received a poll boost in the first presidential election survey conducted since the  —  on Saturday.  —  The poll, conducted by Morning Consult of 2,045 registered voters on Monday, reveals that Trump is leading

Thomas Matthew Crooks Had Donald Trump Signs in His Yard—Neighbor  —  A neighbor of the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate former President  —  said there have been pro-Trump signs on display in the yard of his family's home.  —  Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman …

It's Time to Prepare for the Worst  —  If you're going to suffer through tonight's Republican convention, you might as well do it with us.  We'll be livestreaming here.  —  1. Sandbags  —  Yesterday Bill and Tim talked about not giving up hope vs. being resigned to a Trump presidency.

Exclusive: Trump Jr. wants “veto” over Trump presidential transition hiring … - “I don't want to pick a single person for a position of power, all I want to do is block the guys that would be a disaster,” he said during an Axios House event at the Republican National Convention.

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money.  Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona's Budget.  —  Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.