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 …

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 …

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 …

Barron Trump arrives at NYU for first day at college  —  Former President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron Trump, was spotted arriving at New York University Wednesday to kick off his first day of college life.  —  The towering 18-year-old was flanked by Secret Service agents …

At least 4 killed, approximately 30 injured in school shooting, sources say  —  At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, according to law enforcement sources in the state.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 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.

Biden's Asylum Restrictions Were Meant to Be Temporary.  Now That Could Change.  —  The changes under consideration would build on the executive order that President Biden issued in June, which blocked a vast majority of asylum claims at the southern border.

How the Media Sanitizes Trump's Insanity … Four years ago, in an article for Media Matters for America, I warned that journalists were sanitizing Donald Trump's incoherent ramblings to make them more palatable for the average voter.  The general practice went like this …

Neither Trump nor Harris has released comprehensive recent medical records as Election Day nears  —  Washington — With two months to go until Election Day, neither former President Donald Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris has released comprehensive recent medical records …

‘A ton of Covid out there’: US summer wave not taken seriously enough - experts  —  Epidemiologists push newly approved booster vaccines as current virus strain threatens at-risk groups  —  Infectious disease experts say many people are not taking the latest Covid-19 wave in the US seriously enough …

The saga of Trump's hush money case isn't over yet: Sentencing date nears  —  Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump was hoping to delay his New York sentencing on 34 felony counts until after the Nov. 5 election, but a federal judge said Tuesday that he wouldn't block the case from moving forward.

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.

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 …

JD Vance's Catholicism helped shape his views.  So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers  —  By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance's 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn't find in his Yale education or career success.  —  It also amounted to a political conversion.

Christian group recruits ‘Trojan horse’ election skeptics as US poll workers  —  Lion of Judah enrolls poll workers in Trump-aligned swing state tour, which experts say could be ‘hazard to democracy’  —  A Christian political operative has teamed up with charismatic preachers …

The Triumphant Return of Brian Stelter  —  Our long national nightmare is over.  —  Brian Stelter, after two years, is returning to CNN.  Stelter, whom we all know and love as the man who helmed CNN's venerable “Reliable Sources,” will make his triumphant return to the airwaves next week.

US service member detained in Venezuela, officials say  —  A US service member has been detained in Venezuela, according to four US officials familiar with the matter.  —  The service member, a US Navy sailor, is a US citizen and was detained on August 30 in Caracas, according to the officials.