The Fight To Redefine the 2024 Race for President  —  A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump in all but one of the seven battleground states.

Biden harbors lingering frustration at Pelosi, Obama, Schumer  —  Ahead of the convention that's meant to unify the party, tensions still remain.  —  President Joe Biden is frustrated that Barack Obama wouldn't tell him to his face that he should leave the race.

Trump loses third bid for judge to step aside in hush money case  —  A New York judge declined for a third time to step aside from the case in which Donald Trump was convicted of charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, dismissing the former U.S. president's claim of conflict …

Trump Campaign Forced to Pay North Carolina City $82k in Advance for Rally  —  's campaign was forced to pay more than $82,000 in advance for this week's rally in Asheville, North Carolina.  —  Trump is set to take the stage at Asheville's Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Wednesday after paying $82,247.60 …

Harris campaign's Google ads rewrite news headlines … - According to Google's ad transparency center, the Trump campaign isn't running these types of ads, but this technique has been used by campaigns before.  — The ads say that they are sponsored, but it's not immediately clear …

Ukraine keeps pounding Kursk in incursion Biden calls ‘real dilemma’ for Putin  —  Ukraine said on Wednesday its forces had advanced further into Russia's Kursk region in the biggest foreign incursion into Russia since World War Two, posing a dilemma for President Vladimir Putin according to U.S. President Joe Biden.

Live Updates: Inflation Falls Below 3% for First Time Since 2021  —  Consumer prices rose 2.9 percent in the year through July, a downtick from the prior month.  The report keeps the Federal Reserve firmly on track to cut interest rates next month.  —  What to know about the inflation report.

Ex-Twitter staffer wins $600K over Musk's click-yes-or-resign ultimatum  —  Elon Musk's 24-hour email ultimatum unfairly dismissed Twitter staff, court says.  —  Elon Musk had no business sending Twitter employees an email giving them 24 hours to click “yes” to keep their jobs …

Ilhan Omar fends off challengers to win primary after AIPAC stays out of the race  —  Omar defeated a challenger who had come just 2 points shy of ousting her in 2022.  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar, the final member of the progressive “Squad” to face a primary this cycle, fended off her primary opponents …

How Trump's infatuation with a racist conspiracy theorist is impacting the campaign  —  Laura Loomer is a far-right internet personality and former Republican congressional candidate.  She has said the United States should be a “white Judeo-Christian ethnostate,” called for the creation …

The big question touching a nerve this election: “Can my husband find out who I am voting for?”  —  November may come down to a battle between controlling men and women who just want their freedom  —  “Can my husband find out who I am voting for in the Presidential Election?”

Project 2025 promises billions of tonnes more carbon pollution - study  —  Experts say climate policies contained within rightwing manifesto would wreck US climate targets and cost jobs  —  The impact of Donald Trump enacting the climate policies of the rightwing Project 2025 would result …

Why newsrooms haven't published leaked Trump campaign documents  —  The Trump campaign said the documents from a mysterious source came from an Iranian hack.  The FBI is now investigating.  —  An alleged Iranian hacking operation that the Donald Trump campaign says leaked internal documents …

Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Ukrainian Company  —  After President Biden dropped his re-election bid, his administration released records showing that while he was vice president, his son solicited U.S. government assistance.  —  Hunter Biden sought assistance …

Russia Detained US Citizen on Assault Charges, Interfax Said  —  A US citizen was detained in Moscow on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, the Interfax news service reported Wednesday, citing Russian investigators.  —  The American refused to provide identity documents when he was stopped late …

Behind the Curtain: The Harris plan to redefine herself … First up: rising prices.  This is part of a highly choreographed effort to define herself — in some cases, redefine herself — as a different kind of Democrat.  — On Friday in Raleigh, she'll outline plans to lower costs of health care …

Here's What Scares Republicans Most About a Harris Win … The day after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris's choice for vice president, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a crowd of lawmakers in Louisville, Kentucky, that a Harris administration would spell certain doom for the Republican Party.