Burgum says Russia agreed to prisoner swap because they think 'Trump's going to win'  —  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said he thinks that Russia agreed to the prisoner swap announced Thursday because they think former President Trump is “going to win” the upcoming election.

$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt  —  Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case.  —  This story is based partly on research that Davis and Leonnig conducted …

Kamala Harris Now Leads Donald Trump in Seven National Polls  —  Kamala Harris is now leading her opponent Donald Trump in seven national polls.  —  The new polls show the presumptive Democratic nominee is leading the former president by between 1 and 4 points.  —  The vice president has the biggest lead in a

Kamala Harris' veepstakes races toward the finish line  —  The vetting team has met with several contenders as Harris prepares to pick a running mate in the next few days.  —  Kamala Harris is preparing for the final stage of selecting a running mate: face-to-face interviews.

Trump's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident  —  Is it, perhaps, a sign that the Vice-President's swift rise in the polls has him panicked?  —  Spoiler alert: he meant it.  When Donald Trump claimed, on Wednesday afternoon, in a combative onstage interview at the National Association …

Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking … - “[Trump's team] said, 'Well, can you not fact check? … - At the time, President Trump blamed the delay on audio problems.  — Lemon told Axios, “There were audio problems, but they were resolved very quickly.”

What happened to JD Vance?  —  This free edition of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  —  🏔️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏔️  —  Americans have been waiting for decades …

Trump pushes back: 'I'm a lot of things, but weird I'm not'  —  Former President Trump pushes back on Democratic attacks that he and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) are “weird” during a podcast interview Thursday.  —  “Nobody's ever called me weird,” Trump said on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.”

Simone Biles jabs Trump: ‘I love my Black job’  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00  —  Loaded: 0%  —  Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions

US adds 114K jobs in July, jobless rate rises to 4.3 percent  —  The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.  —  Economists expected the U.S. to add 175,000 jobs and keep the jobless rate steady at 4.1 percent …

Harris events: Not your father's campaign rallies (or Biden's)  —  If there was ever any indication of the head-snapping transition that Democrats have gone through, it was the one that occurred on Tuesday night in Atlanta when 10,000 people danced and cheered to Megan Thee Stallion before Harris took the stage for a campaign rally.

The Country's Most Diverse Democratic Bench Is On the Cusp of Its Moment  —  Democratic lieutenant governors serving under governors on Kamala Harris' VP list are standing by for a possible promotion.  — Copy  —  There is a group of elected Democrats who are younger than most …

JD Vance Is An Investor In A Far Right Video Platform Filled With Neo-Nazi Content  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has been making headlines for his “rocky rollout” since being named former President Donald Trump's running mate last month.