If Republicans Want to Win, They Need Trump to Lose — Big  —  To dominate the country once more, Republicans need to hasten the move to a post-Trump party.  —  Accepting his party's nomination in 1984, Democrat Walter Mondale vowed to cut the deficit with a memorable line about the tough medicine either …

Trump appears to have misled Gold Star families on troop deaths in Afghanistan  —  Trump frequently suggests, as he did in a TikTok filmed at Arlington Cemetery, that an 18-month period without hostile-fire deaths took place entirely in his presidency.

Silver Bulletin 2024 presidential election forecast  —  All the numbers for Trump vs. Harris.  —  ∙ Paid … Let's cut to the chase: So, who's gonna win the election?  —  Well, honestly, we don't know — but we can give you our best probabilistic guess.

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 …

House GOP leaders weigh options as Trump pushes for a government shutdown fight  —  House Republican leaders are considering tying federal funding to a GOP election bill that Democrats say is a poison pill.  The deadline to avoid a shutdown is Sept. 30.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump …

Poll: Half of Gen Z voters support Harris, one-third back Trump  —  The NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z Poll powered by SurveyMonkey shows Harris with a significant lead over Trump, but not quite the deficit Trump suffered in 2020.  —  Half of Gen Z voters say they'll vote for Vice President Kamala Harris …

Republicans fret over Trump's freefall among women  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00  —  Loaded: 0%  —  Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE  —  Playback Rate  —  Chapters  — Chapters  —  Descriptions

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 …

Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast  —  Trump repeats false claims about voter fraud as he concedes 2020 loss in podcast interview  —  Support truly  —  independent journalism  —  Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.

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.

Exclusive: Biden administration to accuse Russia of sustained effort to influence 2024 election  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday plans to accuse Russia of a sustained effort to influence the 2024 US presidential election by using Kremlin-run media and other online platforms …

Meghan McCain says she won't support Harris or Trump  —  Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), said she will not support Vice President Harris or former President Trump in November.  —  Her comment comes just hours after her brother, Jimmy McCain, threw his support behind Harris.

Former Trump Aide Peter Navarro Implores MAGA Fans To Avoid Kamala Harris Mistake  —  The election-overthrow plotter used a soccer analogy to make his point.  —  LOADING  —  Peter Navarro, Donald Trump's former adviser who helped plot the attempted election overthrow in 2020, had a message for MAGA world.

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 …

Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states  —  New policies in places like Florida, Louisiana and Oklahoma are rekindling the debate over the separation of church and state.  —  Florida now allows chaplains in public schools.

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.

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 …

To fight wokeness, vote Harris  —  The left's worst ideas flourish under Trump … Subscribe to I Might Be Wrong  —  Trump wants the election to be about wokeness.  He rails about wokeness constantly — it's in his speeches even more than Hannibal Lecter, feckless whinging about the Biden-Harris switch …

Central NY House fight plays out on air  —  The ad war in the Syracuse-area House district represented by one of the country's most vulnerable Republicans has been lopsided for weeks.  —  Democratic groups that see Rep. Brandon Williams' seat as ripe for the flipping have been pummeling …

Classic Gold: Doocy Grills WH About Kamala's Fake Accent and KJP Implodes  —  Kamala Harris seems to have learned something from Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton: how to make things up to appeal to your audience.  —  Hillary Clinton pulled out the hot sauce story and a fake Southern accent.