The Trump Campaign's ‘Please Shut Up’ Phase  —  That was a crazy public service provided by Elon Musk and X.  —  The X Spaces interview delivered Donald Trump without makeup or dress-up, talking unselfconsciously: manic, boastful, untruthful, aggrieved, abusive, obsessive, random, ignorant …

Former aide: Trump ‘feels this election slipping away’  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions  — descriptions off, selected

Trump Email Hack Is A Moment Of Reckoning For Him—Or The News Media  —  Outlets like the New York Times owe their readers frenzied coverage of his campaign's emails, or a mea culpa for their history-altering emails fixation in 2016  —  You might say Politico won the weekend with a metascoop.

UAW hits Musk, Trump with federal labor charges over union-busting comments … The United Auto Workers union on Tuesday filed federal labor charges with the National Labor Relations Board against former President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk for publicly applauding the practice of firing employees who threaten to strike.

With over 577,000 signatures verified, Arizona will put abortion rights on the ballot  —  Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution.  —  The Arizona secretary of state's office said Monday that it had certified 577,971 signatures …

Donald Trump Says He Will Go to Venezuela if He Loses Election  —  During his interview with billionaire donor  —  said they could “meet next time in Venezuela” if he loses November's election.  —  “If something happens with this election, which would be a horror show …

Workers allege ‘nightmare’ conditions at Kentucky startup JD Vance helped fund  —  As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities.

Nate Silver on Kamala Harris's Chances and the Mistakes of the ‘Indigo Blob’  —  Nate Silver came to fame in American politics for election forecasting.  But before Silver was in politics, he was a poker player.  And after getting into politics, he went back to being a poker player.

Starbucks gets new CEO following boycott sparked by Gaza conflict  —  Starbucks announced a new CEO seeking to caffeinate the coffee chain's sales, which fell slightly in the previous quarter due to lighter customer traffic.  —  New CEO Brian Niccol, the current CEO of Chipotle, will replace outgoing CEO Laxman Narasimhan.

Does Donald Trump understand how the ocean works?  —  Once again Monday night, he claimed that rising sea levels would create “more oceanfront property.”  —  There was no shortage of false claims and exaggerations offered by former president Donald Trump during his conversation with Elon Musk on Monday night.

Latest Harris-Trump poll highlights danger for former president in Florida  —  The red wave that washed over Florida in recent years might not be as large as it once seemed, if a new presidential survey is any indication.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is within “striking distance” …

Historic Gun Suit Survives Serious Legal Threat Engineered by Indiana Republicans  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.

This oil tycoon brings in millions for Trump, and may set his agenda  —  Harold Hamm has become Trump's point person in raising funds from oil industry donors and relaying to the ex-president what the industry wants.  —  After Donald Trump asked the oil industry to contribute $1 billion …

Recent Voter Registration Data Offers Hint of Enthusiasm for Democrats  —  Two swing states have seen a boost in Democratic sign-ups since Kamala Harris entered the race.  —  Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential campaign three weeks ago, polls and campaign finance data have shown how the race has changed.

Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk  —  Internal market commissioner's warning to owner of social media site X was not approved  —  Brussels has accused its internal market commissioner of going rogue by sending a letter to Elon Musk threatening punishment …

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss  —  Donald Trump is behind.  He trails in the pivotal postindustrial swing states and is treading water in the Southern and Sun Belt states — Arizona, Georgia and Nevada — that could help him find an alternative path to 270 electoral votes.

Putin pulls units out of Ukraine to defend Russia, Kyiv says  —  KYIV — Russia pulled some troops out of southern Ukraine and back into its own territory to try to fend off an escalating incursion by Kyiv's forces, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.  —  Ukraine's ongoing surprise attack …

Hoyer experienced ‘mild’ stroke, has ‘no lingering symptoms,’ office says  —  Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) experienced a “mild” stroke Sunday night and, after treatment, is not experiencing lingering symptoms, the congressman's office announced Tuesday.  —  A spokesperson for Hoyer …

Judge rules against RFK Jr. in fight to be on New York's ballot, says he is not a state resident  —  A judge ruled Monday that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name should not appear on New York's ballot, saying that he falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions despite living in California.

Watergate convinced us that the system works — until Trump showed otherwise  —  Fifty years ago last week, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency.  His resignation was compelled by the impending release of the infamous White House tape recordings, which the Supreme Court, in a case that I argued, had just ordered disclosed.

Progressives jostle for nat sec jobs under Harris  —  The liberal activists plan to offer Harris lists of names to consider, but their last such effort with Biden yielded little success.  —  Progressive national security professionals already are angling for positions in a possible Kamala …

Exclusive: DNC to stream on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube … - Roughly one-third of Americans ages 18 to 29 say they get news regularly on TikTok, which only streams vertical video, per Pew Research Center. … - The event, taking place in Chicago from August 19-22, will be available …