Finally, the Democrats Have Found Trump's Achilles' Heel: Ridicule Him  —  Donald Trump is in free fall.  Read this description from Sunday's Washington Post of how the GOP nominee spent last week: “[A]ides did not want a situation where he was watching the convention every night, getting angry …

Kamala Harris Has Left the Building  —  Gail Collins: Bret, I can't wait to hear your impression of Kamala Harris's big Chicago speech.  Tell, tell.  —  Bret Stephens: As rhetoric?  I thought it was strong.  She told Americans who she was, where she came from, what her values and dreams are made of …

Latino Civil Rights Group Demands Inquiry Into Texas Voter Fraud Raids … Lidia Martinez's house was raided on Tuesday morning.  “I felt harassed,” she said.  Christopher Lee for The New York Times  —  A Latino civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to open an investigation …

Are Trump's campaign rallies energizing his base - or sowing doubt?  —  Given rambling speeches and personal attacks over policy talk, supporters wonder if events do more harm than good  —  As Donald Trump emerged to a thunderous roar of approval in the heart of Pennsylvania's Rust belt …

Michelle Obama's secret feud with Biden... what Nancy Pelosi thinks of Kamala Harris... and why the president was left physically shaking: EMILY GOODIN's dispatch reveals what REALLY went down at the DNC  —  As Joe Biden disembarked Air Force One in the early hours of Tuesday morning in California last week, he was visibly shaking.

Police officers are starting to use AI chatbots to write crime reports.  Will they hold up in court?  —  A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour.

The Proud Boys' Reliance on Telegram Didn't Save Them, But It Thwarted Preventing the Attack  —  At 8:06PM on January 4, 2021, shortly after the arrest of Enrique Tarrio, a Proud Boy named Travis instructed everyone on the Proud Boys' Ministry of Self Defense Telegram list to “nuke everything.”

The Unequal Effects of School Closings  —  As more families opt for charter and private schools or homeschooling in the wake of the pandemic, cities around the country are shuttering schools.  The effects fall hardest on majority-Black schools and special-needs students.  —  Co-published with The New Yorker

Biden mourns US service members killed in Kabul airport attack 3 years ago  —  President Biden mourned the three-year anniversary of the terrorist attack at the Kabul airport, when 13 U.S. service members were killed.  —  He named the 13 service members in a statement on Monday …

Japan says it scrambled fighter jets after Chinese spy plane violated its airspace  —  Japan said it scrambled fighter jets on Monday after a Chinese military aircraft violated its airspace in a further escalation of regional tensions.  The incident comes just weeks after the U.S. military …

Meet the megadonors pumping millions into the 2024 election  —  The 50 biggest donors this cycle have collectively pumped $1.5 billion into political committees and other groups competing in the election, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Election Commission data.

They Served With Trump and Saw the Crazy.  They Should Endorse Harris.  —  THE MOMENT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION I kept coming back to this weekend wasn't from Oprah or the Obamas, Steph or Steve, Kamala or Doug—not even Gus Walz, America's proudest son.

Cornel West Courts Anti-Vax Voters After RFK Jr. Drops Out  —  A BIT OBVIOUS  —  Independent presidential candidate Cornel West seems to see an opening in the field after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his bid for the office this past week.  In what appeared to be a blatant play for RFK Jr.'s supporters …