Kamala Harris's joyful realism  —  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 🌴  —  The prevailing “take” …

Playbook: Where Biden's head is at  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  REGRETS, HE MIGHT HAVE A FEW — International Brotherhood of Teamsters President SEAN O'BRIEN made a splash last month speaking at the Republican National Convention …

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 …

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 …

US inflation dipped in July as Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates  —  Prices rose at an annual rate of 2.9% in July, as inflation dipped below 3% for the first time since 2021  —  US annual inflation rate dipped below 3% in July for the first time since 2021 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

New poll shows Sheehy holds slim lead over Tester in U.S. Senate race  —  MONTANA - A new statewide Montana poll is showing that Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Tim Sheehy is leading over incumbent Democratic senator Jon Tester.  —  According to the poll of 538 registered voters …

UAW files labor charges against Trump and Musk after X interview, claiming worker intimidation  —  The United Auto Workers on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, accusing the duo of trying to “intimate and threaten” …

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.

Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American.  How to protect yourself  —  About four months after a notorious hacking group claimed to have stolen an extraordinary amount of sensitive personal information from a major data broker, a member of the group has reportedly released …

Missouri voters could face choice between continued abortion ban and new constitutional amendment  —  Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state's near-total ban on the procedure.