Playbook: The Republicans secretly rooting for a Trump loss  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT — “Ukraine foreign minister resigns amid war's biggest reshuffle,” by Reuters' Olena Harmash in Kyiv …

Harris to propose tenfold startup tax incentive increase she says will spur small business creation  —  Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose on Wednesday a tenfold increase in federal tax incentives for small business startup expenses, from $5,000 to $50,000, hoping to help spur …

SURPRISE!  —  Hello again, it's Brian Stelter — yes, really.  —  I am thrilled to share that I am returning as the lead author of CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter, the digest I founded in 2015.  —  But this is not going to be a “Back to the Future” remake.

US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel  —  The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort …

Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular.  He Denies It.  —  After he embraced Christianity in the late 1980s, the GOP candidate for governor says his behavior “did not immediately reform.”  Six men say Robinson frequented Greensboro video-porn shops in the '90s and early 2000s.

New poll shows where Michigan voters stand in Trump-Harris race  —  Survey shows tight race with 2 months before election  —  A new WDIV/Detroit News survey asked Michigan voters where they stand on the race for president between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”  —  In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute's Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas.  The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan …

The ugly truth we're missing on Trump, Arlington  —  There's an old saying: Never take any time off in 2024.  OK, I just made that up, but no sooner did I decide to skip a few column slots to recover from the joy, or whatever, of Chicago's Democratic National Convention, than all heck broke loose.

Conservatives expect Johnson will embrace proof-of-citizenship voting in anti-shutdown measure  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters

Trump Media stock falls to new low  —  Donald Trump and other major investors will be allowed to sell their shares in the Truth Social parent company later this month.  —  The share price of Trump Media, whose majority shareholder is former President Donald Trump, fell Tuesday …

Doctors grapple with how to save women's lives amid ‘confusion and angst’ over new Louisiana law  —  When a woman starts bleeding out after labor, every second matters.  But soon, under a new state law, Louisiana doctors might not be able to quickly access one of the most widely used life-saving medications for postpartum hemorrhage.

Hackers breach social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump  —  Fake posts on X touted a Trump family cryptocurrency venture.  —  Hackers apparently breached the social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump on Tuesday, distributing what the former president's son said were two fake posts touting a family cryptocurrency venture.

Judge Cannon Should Be Removed From Trump Case, Watchdog Group Argues in New Legal Filing  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias …

Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction  —  A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president's attempt at an end-run around the state court …

Israeli hostage deaths ‘changed everything’ about Gaza cease-fire talks  —  Recent optimism has deflated and worries mount that tensions between Israeli leadership and Hamas will only continue to increase.  —  U.S. and Israeli officials acknowledged that the killing of six hostages in Gaza …

Why thousands of Florida students are not being taught sex ed  —  In May 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed Florida House Bill 1069, a law that requires sex education classes in the state to conform to right-wing ideology.  Specifically, the law requires all sex education classes …

Josh Marshall on how the “liberal media” works against Dems  —  “Republicans in the national political conversation have trained the press to think, ‘We play hard.  We break the rules sometimes.’”  —  ∙ Paid … How is it possible that the elite press, comprised largely …

Goldman Sachs predicts stronger GDP and job growth if Democrats sweep White House and Congress … Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists gamed out the potential economic implications of a Republican or Democratic victory in the November elections, cautioning that US GDP faces a hit in the case of a win for Donald Trump.

RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says  —  A Michigan judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the November presidential ballot, dealing a blow to his crusade to strategically remove his ticket from the battleground state.  Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump in August.

Iowa Lt. Gov Adam Gregg resigns in surprise announcement  —  Iowa Lieutenant Gov. Adam Gregg resigned his position effective immediately Tuesday to take a job leading the Iowa Bankers Association, he said in a surprise announcement.  —  Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying Gregg …

CNN polls across six battlegrounds find Georgia and Pennsylvania are key toss-ups  —  The 2024 presidential campaign's home stretch kicks off with a mixed outlook across six key battlegrounds, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS in each state.  Vice President Kamala Harris holds …

The #Americans  —  Chinese State-Linked Influence Operation Spamouflage Masquerades as U.S. Voters to Push Divisive Online Narratives Ahead of 2024 Election  — Chinese state-linked influence operation (IO) Spamouflage has become more aggressive in its efforts to influence U.S. political …

Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl's Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It  —  Monday, Politico revealed that convicted fraudsters and right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been secretly operating a company that purports to do AI-powered lobbying called LobbyMatic.

Donald Trump's Incredible ‘Transgender Thing’  —  During a conversation onstage at a Moms for Liberty event last week, Donald Trump said something that made even me—a seasoned visitor to Trump's theme park of hyperbole—look around in confusion at the people around me in the audience.