The Actual Electoral Map Is Three States  —  If the former president wins the East Coast trio of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, he will go back to the White House.  —  Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 21.

The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians  —  Investing in Rust Belt communities would not fix what they see as the actual problem.  —  Six days into terrorizing the city of Springfield, Ohio, with baseless nonsense about Haitian immigrants kidnapping and eating people's pets …

Harris Had Stronger Debate, Polls Find, but the Race Remains Deadlocked  —  Kamala Harris holds an edge over Donald J. Trump in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.  But new surveys found that the race remains a tossup nationally.  —  Kamala Harris overwhelmingly impressed voters …

‘Israel Is Going to War’: Attacks on Hezbollah Devices Signal Jewish State Ready for Escalation  —  TEL AVIV—As Hezbollah terrorists across Lebanon spontaneously combusted for a second straight day on Wednesday, war-weary Israelis were enjoying the show.  —  But they were also asking what comes next.

Local Teamsters unions in key battleground states endorse Harris  —  Local unions within the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are putting their support behind Vice President Harris in November, despite the wider union's decision to withhold a presidential endorsement this year.

Trump's Laziest Campaign  —  The 78-year-old Republican nominee is holding fewer campaign events than in his two previous runs for the presidency.  Can he pick up the pace?  —  Election Day is 47 days away.  Early voting has begun in some states.  Polls indicate that the presidential race …

White Dudes for Harris unveils eight-figure swing-state campaign  —  The group White Dudes for Harris rolled out a new $10 million ad campaign on Thursday, with the first ad of the effort targeting white men in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  —  The over one-minute-long spot addresses …

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Donald Trump's financial failures are stunning.  ‘Lucky Loser’ has the receipts.  —  Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner's book, which builds on their Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, is much more than an excavation of the former president's tax returns.  —  If you tell someone who is not a fan …

Legal Watchdog Group Warns Pro-Trump Lawyers Against Subverting Democracy in November  —  New ads running in legal journals are warning lawyers: “Don't lose your law license because of Trump.”  —  After the 2020 election, legal watchdogs, outraged at some of their colleagues …

Georgia's abortion ban killed a young mother.  The Christian right now blames the victim  —  Anti-choice activists argue that if Amber Nicole Thurman had submitted to forced childbirth, she'd still be alive  —  Pro-choice activists warned in the immediate aftermath of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health …

Anti-Immigrant Election Deniers Have Turned Their Online Following Into an Army of Activists  —  A coordinated effort called “National Only Citizens Vote” has been rolled out this week by a coalition of people pushing conspiracy theories about immigrants voting in the November election.

Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement:

MAGA Fans at Vance Rally Boo Rate Cut That Will ‘Alleviate Inflation’  —  BEARISH  —  The rally crowd was reacting to a reporter asking the Republican vice presidential nominee for his reaction to the Fed's half-point interest rate cut.  —  A crowd assembled to hear Republican vice …