Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers exploded, sources and witnesses say  —  At least eight people were killed and 2,750 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon …

Trump, without evidence, blames ‘rhetoric’ of Biden, Harris for possible assassination attempt  —  Former president Trump, who has a long history of inflammatory rhetoric, repeated the claim on his social media platform Truth Social.  —  Former president Donald Trump on Monday blamed the …

Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed …

JD Vance got a former professor to delete a blog post Vance wrote in 2012 attacking GOP over anti-immigrant rhetoric  —  A week after President Barack Obama won reelection in November 2012, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, wrote a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party's stance on migrants …

Harris soars to record 6-point lead over Trump in post-debate poll … - “A majority of likely voters — including 1 in 5 Republicans — believe Harris won the debate, and performance appears to be crystalizing her national lead over the former president,” said Eli Yokley, political analyst at Morning Consult, in an emailed statement.

Senate GOP abandons anti-Biden strategy after unexpected backfire … - Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told Axios they were “not actually getting anything done” with the votes, but it created a situation in which Democrats “can send a message that they're pretending to back home.”

Vance Blames Everyone But GOP for Political Violence  —  CUT IT OUT  —  The Republican VP candidate targeted Democrats and the media for a second attempt on Trump's life.  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  JD Vance blamed just about everybody except Republicans on Tuesday …

“Depressed, disgusted and horrified”: These lifelong Republicans say they're finally done with Trump  —  Former Republicans opposed to Donald Trump are working to give conservatives “permission” to vote for a Democrat  —  Robert Nix, a 62-year-old lawyer from Philadelphia, was a lifelong Republican before Donald Trump came to office.

Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business  —  In a livestream, Donald Trump formally introduced World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture led by two digital currency entrepreneurs with little experience running high-profile businesses.  —  A day after an apparent assassination attempt …

Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states  —  Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material.  —  Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries …

Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races  —  Arizona officials discovered they have no records showing if nearly 100,000 longtime residents provided proof of citizenship, which is required by law to vote in state and local races.

Mehdi Hasan sounds off  —  “The media is too timid, too cautious, too cowardly.”  —  ∙ Paid … Mehdi Hasan thinks elite media institutions are failing us, which is why he founded Zeteo, an “independent and unfiltered” news and commentary site that has grown exponentially since its debut earlier this year.

In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools  —  The state is giving millions in taxpayer dollars directly to private schools to help them renovate and expand their campuses.  It may be the next frontier in the push to increase the use of school vouchers, proponents say.

More than 30 bomb threats made in Springfield, Ohio, after false pets claims  —  Former President Donald Trump and his running mate have prompted the false claims that migrants are eating people's pets in the Ohio city, which officials have denied.  —  At least 33 bomb threats …

GOP Sen. John Kennedy To Arab American Witness: 'You Support Hamas, Don't You?'  —  “You should hide your head in a bag,” the Louisiana Republican sniped at Maya Berry of the Arab American Institute, after baselessly accusing her of backing terrorists.  —  LOADING

Georgia Ban Kills Young Mother  —  Click to skip ahead: A Death in Georgia looks at a horrific ProPublica story about a young mother who was killed by an abortion ban.  Criminalizing Pregnancy tells the story of a woman in South Carolina charged with murder for her miscarriage.