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.

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,” …

Harris hires Obama campaign veterans to join 2024 effort, replacing Biden loyalists  —  David Plouffe, Stephanie Cutter and Mitch Stewart are joining the effort.  —  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris hired a battery of new senior advisers to her campaign this week …

$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 …

Giuliani's bankruptcy formally dismissed, freeing Georgia election workers to seek $148M  —  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

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.”

Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Thursday he believes former President Trump is “bewildered” by Vice President Harris and the excitement she has generated among Democrats.  —  “Kamala Harris is the perfect person at this moment …

Trump's stalled election-subversion prosecution revs back to life  —  Former president's opponents seek “mini-trial” to call attention to his role in Jan. 6 unrest  —  The stalled criminal case against Donald Trump for seeking to subvert the 2020 election is starting to move.

Convicted Assassin Is a Russian Security Agent, Kremlin Acknowledges  —  Vadim Krasikov, who was returned to Russia in the big prisoner swap, received a hero's welcome from President Putin, along with others who were freed.  —  The convicted assassin who was the linchpin of the biggest prisoner swap …

Harris blames Trump for latest dreadful jobs report nearly a full term after he left office  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is blaming former President Trump for the latest negative jobs report — nearly a full term after he left office.  —  “Donald Trump failed Americans as president …

Arizona AG Kris Mayes says defendant in ‘fake electors’ case has agreed to flip  —  Mayes says announcement coming next week, but wouldn't provide more information.  —  PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants in her investigation …

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits  —  Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a ban on reading any copyrighted work that is encumbered by access restrictions.  It makes it illegal for you to read and understand the code …

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 …

North Carolina GOP candidate Mark Robinson, a harsh abortion critic, reveals his wife once had the procedure  —  The state's lieutenant governor, who is running for governor, made the revelation in a new TV ad with his wife.  —  The Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina …

GOP governor blames ‘Democrat machine’ after bank forecloses on his luxury hotel  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is blaming Democrats for his financial troubles that have led to a luxury resort he owns facing foreclosure and auction.  —  According to the nonprofit outlet Real WV, Justice …

Group of senators introduces bill to end military draft  —  A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to end the military draft, calling it an “outdated” government program that no longer serves a purpose.  —  The bill, introduced Thursday by Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron Wyden …

JD Vance says he was asked in front of his wife if he had ‘any secret family’ during vice presidential vetting  — Sen. JD Vance of Ohio recounted how intrusive his vice presidential vetting could be.  — Vance said a lawyer asked him if he had any “secret family.”

8/2/24 ☀️ AM:  —  NEW: McConnell pushes back on Dems and Trump  —  Choose your adventure: Schumer, McConnell talk Senate map  —  What to expect from the assassination task force  —  One HFC member survives, but its leader goes down  —  NEW: McConnell pushes back on Dems and Trump