Michelle Obama Absolutely Takes Apart Donald Trump  —  In 2007, a young biracial senator from Illinois named Barack Obama was trying to convince Black voters that he was one of them.  I traveled to South Carolina to see a set of speeches that would become a historic inflection point …

RFK Jr. plans to drop out of presidential race by end of week: Sources  —  Sources say Kennedy is leaning toward endorsing former President Trump.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, July 26, 2024.  —  Robert Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop …

Threatening Revenge Against Nancy Pelosi Is a Bad Idea … The precise allocation of responsibility for persuading President Biden to step down as Democratic nominee remains somewhat contested, but Nancy Pelosi has come to be seen as the mastermind of the plot.

Trump has far less campaign money and infrastructure than Harris  —  The former president's campaign infrastructure is smaller than Harris' — and his own from 2020.  —  Former President Donald Trump's campaign spending more than doubled last month as he dropped big money on ads attacking his new opponent …

FBI probes insect attack on Democratic breakfast in Chicago  —  CHICAGO − Chicago Police and the FBI are investigating if saboteurs placed bugs in a breakfast buffet prepared for delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.  —  “Multiple unknown female offenders …

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Harris builds 13-point lead over Trump with women: Poll  —  Vice President Harris boasts a 13-point lead over former President Trump among women voters in a new poll, a notable edge with a major voting bloc that could be critical for her ticket in November.  —  An Economist/YouGov poll taken …

Donald Trump Accused of Committing ‘Massive Crime’ With Reported Phone Call  —  Donald Trump has been accused of violating federal law by allegedly calling Israeli Prime Minister  —  to discuss the ceasefire deal the U.S. is helping negotiate between Israel and  —  .

Trump Isn't Finished  —  The damage inflicted on the nation during Donald Trump's first term in office pales in comparison with what he will do if he is elected to a second term.  How can we know this?  The best evidence is Trump himself.  He has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to tear the country apart.

U.S. Investigating Americans Who Worked With Russian State Television  —  The F.B.I. raided the homes of two prominent commentators on Russian state television channels as part of an effort to blunt attempts to influence November's election.  —  The Department of Justice has begun …

Vladimir Putin manipulated Donald Trump's ‘ego and insecurities’, book says  —  Former US national security adviser HR McMaster claims Russian president had a hold over Trump in new memoir  —  Vladimir Putin exploited Donald Trump's “ego and insecurities” to exert an almost mesmeric hold …

Florida quietly removes LGBTQ+ travel info from state website  —  Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and St. Petersburg are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for LGBTQ+ tourists.  So it came as a surprise this week when travelers learned …

Vance and Walz are still relatively unknown, but the governor is better liked, an AP-NORC poll finds  —  Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than the Minnesota governor.

MAGA Activist Sneaked Onto the Convention Floor in a Disguise  —  Where's Weirdo?  —  National political conventions can attract a lot of strange people, a lot of famous people, and a lot of people who are both.  I saw a few of each last night at the Democratic convention …

Judge orders Trump to update him on unanswered Secret Service subpoena tied to Jan. 6 civil case  —  A federal judge overseeing civil litigation brought against Donald Trump by lawmakers and police who endured the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has agreed to give the former president …

Nonfarm payroll growth revised down by 818,000, Labor Department says  — As part of its preliminary annual benchmark revisions to the nonfarm payroll numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the actual job growth was nearly 30% less than the initially reported … WATCH NOW

How Kamala intends to bring prices down  —  I don't want to alarm you, but the Labor Department today revised downward its monthly payroll numbers over the past year by about 818,000 jobs: Employers added roughly 174,000 jobs per month instead of the previously reported 242,000 — or about 28 percent fewer than thought.

‘Hotties for Harris’ Is Where the DNC Gets Horny … There are affinity groups of every kind at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.  There are events for Black Democrats, Hispanic Democrats, Asian American Democrats and LGBT Democrats.  Pro-union and business-friendly events.

Why Can't Fact Checkers Handle Donald Trump?  —  Fact checkers' reviews of DNC speeches about Trump have routinely botched the facts — earning one correction so far and a community note on X  —  FACT CHECKING COLUMNS have been around for some time but gained new popularity with the rise …

Harris campaign chair: America doesn't know Kamala Harris — yet  —  Kamala Harris' campaign knows the nation doesn't really know the vice president.  They're hoping that changes by Thursday night.  When Harris speaks Thursday, she will speak about how her “values and her life's work have led to this point …