Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes  —  Plans include proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code  —  President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks …

Donald Trump calls for Taiwan to ‘pay’ for its own defence  —  TSMC shares slide after Republican candidate's comments rattle island nation reliant on security guarantee  —  Former US president Donald Trump has said Taiwan should pay the US for its defence guarantees, a statement …

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 …

GOP Platform Author Admits There's a National Ban  —  Click to skip ahead: In WTF NYT, the paper of record deceptively edited a quote.  In the States, news out of Ohio, Michigan, Montana and more.  I Told Ya So on the GOP's abortion plank.  Ballot Measure Updates has more on the financial impact statement fight in Florida.

Trump on Taxes, Tariffs, Jerome Powell and More … It's late June, and Donald Trump is plotting his next presidency in the gilded offseason isolation of the Mar-a-Lago Club.  The adoring club members may have decamped to cooler climates, but Trump is still in a good mood.

The phony populism of JD Vance  —  It's a cynical branding exercise. … Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate this week, and a certain segment of the news media immediately rushed to declare the start of a new kind of working-class Republicanism.  —  “JD Vance pick unnerves GOP's business elite …

Trump calls widow of firefighter who died protecting his family: ‘He was very kind’  —  Helen Comperatore says Trump phoned her on Tuesday after husband Corey was killed in Butler, Pennsylvania  —  The widow of the volunteer firefighter who was shot and killed over the weekend at the Trump rally …

Cop Fatally Shoots ‘Armed’ Suspect Just Outside RNC  —  CHILLING  —  The officer who opened fire was from Columbus, Ohio, and was attending the RNC.  —  An Ohio cop dispatched to help secure the RNC fatally shot an “armed” man just outside the convention's perimeter in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon …

Boiled Frog Journalism: Is Trump an Agent of Saudi Arabia, and Other Pressing Questions Buried under Biden's Age  —  A jury found Robert Menendez guilty on all charges yesterday, including those alleging he accepted payments from Egypt and Qatar (I didn't follow the trial closely enough …

The extraordinary duplicity of Musk's $180 million donation to support Trump  —  Billionaire Elon Musk will reportedly spend $180 million to encourage former President Donald Trump supporters in swing states to vote absentee, a practice Musk has publicly described as “insane,” “too risky,” and a recipe for “large-scale fraud.”

Biden, in 1st major speech after Trump shooting, accuses him of ‘lying like hell’  —  He hit back his rival's claims and policies but avoided personal attacks.  —  President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, on July 16, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump  —  Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life.  He says he has endorsed and voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

‘They’ didn't shoot Donald Trump  —  Despite the lack of any clear motive, the actions of Thomas Crooks have been attributed to the Democratic Party at large.  —  On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Crooks, 20, climbed onto the roof of a building in Butler, Pa., carrying an AR-style rifle purchased …

Armed man in ski mask arrested while approaching Republican National Convention perimeter in Milwaukee  —  Man had AK-47 pistol, ski mask, tactical bag and full magazine  —  A man armed with an AK-47 pistol and wearing a ski mask was arrested on Monday just blocks from Fiserv Forum …

Georgian National Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes and a Mass Casualty Attack in New York City  —  For Immediate Release … A federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a four-count indictment today charging Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, also known as Mishka …

Rupert Murdoch Shows Up at Republican Convention  —  The media titan's attendance in Milwaukee was another extraordinary turn in his contorted relationship with Donald J. Trump.  —  He confided to friends in the fall of 2020 that he thought Donald J. Trump was going “increasingly mad” …

Chinese Billionaire and Bannon Ally Is Convicted of Fraud  —  A federal jury found that Guo Wengui defrauded investors, many his own fervent supporters, of hundreds of millions of dollars.  He could face decades in prison.  —  Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire who transformed himself …

Trump Media Made a Deal That Could Secure a Major Financial Windfall for the GOP Candidate  —  The company behind Trump's Truth Social platform has the option to sell up to $2.5 billion worth of shares, easing the way for the former president to convert his paper stake into something more tangible.

Organizers expect enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters to repeal private school funding law  —  Public school advocates believe they have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition, marking the latest twist …

Editor at ‘major news outlet’ tells media to bury iconic photo of Trump after assassination attempt: report  —  The unnamed editor said the photo is ‘free PR’ for the Trump campaign  —  An unnamed photo editor at a major news outlet believes it is “dangerous” for the media to highlight …

Thai Court to Rule on Top Opposition Party's Fate Next Month  — Move Forward Party has been accused of breaking election rules  — Any decision to disband party, ban its leaders may stir unrest  —  Thailand's top constitutional judges will rule next month on whether to disband …