Why Trump's Arlington Debacle Is So Serious  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The section of Arlington National Cemetery that Donald Trump visited on Monday is both the liveliest and the most achingly sad part of the grand military graveyard …

Trump in damage-control mode over abortion backlash from the right  —  The GOP nominee has landed in hot water on abortion agin after criticizing Florida's six-week ban and declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is in damage control …

Cheney, on the Sidelines as Harris Courts Her Endorsement, Plans to Weigh In Soon  —  The former Wyoming congresswoman, the most prominent Republican critic of Donald J. Trump, did not speak at Democrats' convention, calculating that she could have more impact later in the race.

Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders  —  The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.  —  Brazil blocked the social network X on Friday after its owner …

Miss Teen USA Runner-Up Shames JD Vance for Cruel Video Post  —  ANOTHER HAPPY VOTER  —  Vance used a 17-year-old video of a stumbling Caitlin Upton to jibe at Kamala Harris before her CNN interview.  The video had led to years of mockery for Upton.  —  A one-time Miss Teen USA contestant mocked …

So long, and thanks for all the fish  —  Before we go any further, I should note that this is my last newsletter for CJR, as I am moving on from my job as the magazine's chief digital writer.  (In case the headline doesn't make any sense, it comes from a Douglas Adams book …

Playbook: What we learned from the Harris interview  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TALK OF THIS TOWN — “Trump's Latest Move to Avoid Abortion Is His Strangest One Yet,” by Michael Schaffer: “Though Republican lawmakers spent years targeting abortion …

At 2 Elite Colleges, Shifts in Racial Enrollment After Affirmative Action Ban  —  Amherst College and Tufts University saw shifts in the racial makeup of students after a Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action.  At other schools, the picture is murkier.

Elon Musk says voting by mail is ‘insane’ — but he has done it himself, records show  —  The tech billionaire voted by mail twice in California, years before he began attacking the option for others.  —  Elon Musk has attacked voting by mail as an “insane” idea that encourages election fraud …

Tim Walz's political origin story does not add up  —  Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has long described the moment in 2004 that inspired him to run for public office.  In Walz's telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience.

Georgia election workers launch bid to seize Giuliani's assets as they try to collect $148 million defamation verdict  —  Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss want to seize real estate, cash and jewelry.  —  NEW YORK — The two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation verdict …