The Afterlife of Donald Trump … Pink.  An ovular rose.  Big and smooth.  A complex commonplace instrument.  And, as far as these things go, a rather nice one.  Isolated from the head and all that roils therein, and to which it is, famously and miraculously, still attached, you have to admit, if you can: It is beautiful.

The right-wing bubble says Trump will save your cat from immigrants  —  False claims and baseless ones are politically useful, so they rocket to the social media accounts of prominent right-wing people.  —  Seemingly out of the blue Monday morning, supporters of former president Donald Trump …

Scoop: Generals come to Harris' defense on Afghanistan … - The push to defend Harris comes from retired military brass, including three with four-stars: Admiral Steve Abbot, who served as deputy homeland security advisor to George W. Bush, Gen. Lloyd W. Newton and Gen. Larry R. Ellis …

As Debate Looms, Trump Is Now the One Facing Questions About Age and Capacity  —  With President Biden no longer in the race, former President Donald J. Trump would be the oldest person ever to serve in the Oval Office.  But his rambling, sometimes incoherent public statements have stirred concern among voters.

Tracking the 2024 Election: State by State  —  Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Morning Consult is conducting thousands of surveys every day, asking U.S. voters if they plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump in November.

Leaders of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove …

James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93  —  James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died.

A new poll finding voters think Donald Trump is a centrist should be a wake-up call for the news media  —  The news media isn't doing its job  —  There's a new New York Times/Siena College poll out and I'm not going to write about it because I generally don't write about polls …

KFile: Harris told ACLU in 2019 she supports cuts to ICE funding and providing gender transition surgery to detained migrants  —  As Kamala Harris pivots to the political center in her campaign for president, a 2019 questionnaire from a leading civil rights organization spotlights her past support …

Is the press ‘sanewashing’ Trump?  —  There's a hot new term doing the rounds among media critics: “sanewashing.”  The term itself actually isn't new, and it wasn't born in media-criticism circles, per se; according to Urban Dictionary, it was coined in 2020 on a Reddit page for neoliberals …

Major outlets change standards for hacked emails, protect Trump  —  For weeks, major American media organizations — including The Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Times — have possessed internal Trump campaign documents.  What do these documents say?

DeSantis' Government Is Doing Everything It Can to Defeat an Abortion Rights Measure  —  Critics say the latest attacks break the law.  —  The Florida government seems to be doing everything it can—including potentially breaking the law—to prevent voters from approving an abortion rights ballot measure in November.

To the World, He Is an Anti-Trafficking Hero.  Women Tell a Different Story.  —  Tim Ballard's work on sex trafficking became the basis of the hit movie “Sound of Freedom.”  But a series of women, in lawsuits and interviews, have accused him of being a sex predator.

How Joe Biden Engineered Apple's New AirPods  —  Today, Apple unveiled new AirPods that can function as hearing aids, made possible by Joe Biden's choice to have the Food and Drug Administration breaking the incumbent hearing aid cartel.  —  Today, Apple announced a set of new products …

Conservative activist launches $1bn crusade to ‘crush’ liberal America  —  Leonard Leo was architect of effort to secure conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court  —  The conservative activist who led the crusade to overhaul the US legal system is making a $1bn push to “crush liberal dominance” …

Maine Republican Austin Theriault Called Cops On Lawful Gun Owner  —  Theriault, who is running to unseat Rep. Jared Golden (D), says he is a better champion for the Second Amendment.  —  Maine state Rep. Austin Theriault, a Republican running for a critical U.S. House seat as a champion …

NYPD commissioner expected to step down amid federal probe  —  Edward Caban and his twin brother are ensnared in a widening investigation.  —  NEW YORK — NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban is expected to resign his post in the coming days, following news of a federal investigation involving …