How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election … If a voter in Michigan performs a search on Google, a somewhat shocking ad might pop up.  —  The ad shows a young man lying in bed late at night when someone else texts him, “Hey you need to vote,” …

$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 …

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.”

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

How Biden Persuaded Scholz to Release a Top Kremlin Assassin  — Close relationship between German, US leaders was key to deal  — Biden cites German concessions, Scholz sees solidarity with US  —  The historic prisoner swap that brought about the release of US journalist Evan Gershkovich …

What does “weird” even mean?  Why the vagueness works — and why it's driving MAGA nuts  —  The “weird” discourse is turning MAGA-style doublespeak against itself — and it's totally working  —  Almost as soon as Democrats started circulating the word “weird” as a primary attack on Donald Trump …

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

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 …

They Begged Dems for Money—Then Spent Lavishly on Hotels and Entertainment  —  ON NOVEMBER 13, 2023, the political action committee Democratic Victory emailed out a fundraising solicitation expressing concerns about its financial wellbeing.  —  “We're falling short of last week's goal by 18%,” the group's note read.

Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump's haul  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign said it raked in a whopping $310 million in its July fundraising efforts - more than double the amount raised by her Republican rival last month …

Trump's Angry New Attack on “Dumb” Kamala Gets Wrecked by Leaked Data  —  At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Donald Trump rolled out a new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris that showcased his well-known fondness for high-toned discourse: Her handling of immigration reveals her as not just weak, but also dumb.

Dear Media, You Are Allowed to Call Trump a Racist  —  Dear readers, I am not a doctor.  I'm just a simple writer.  I share this because I don't know if there are indeed “racist bones” in the human body.  I also don't know what's in “people's hearts.”  Thankfully, I'm married to a doctor who has assured me such a bone doesn't exist.

GOP senators fear ugly campaign after ‘uncomfortable’ Trump outburst on race  —  Many Republican senators are feeling “uncomfortable” and “embarrassed” by former President Trump's suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris isn't really Black and only “happened” to adopt that identity out of political convenience.

Biden warns Netanyahu against escalation as risk of regional war grows  —  President Biden privately demanded in a “tough” call Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stop escalating tensions in the region and move immediately toward a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, two U.S. officials told Axios.

Few are very confident the Secret Service can protect presidential candidates from political violence  —  A majority believe political division and the Secret Service are to blame for the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. … In the wake of the attempted assassination …