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 …

J.D. Vance's Weak Excuse for “Pet Eating” Lie Just Blew Up In His Face … Prepare to be shocked: At around the time J.D. Vance started dissembling about Haitians eating people's house pets, a Vance campaign staffer privately spoke with the city manager of Springfield, Ohio, where thousands of Haitians have settled.

“Delusional and unsettling”: Trump forgets there was no debate audience, claims crowd “went crazy”  —  Appearing on Fox News, the 78-year-old Republican claimed that he won over an audience that did not exist  —  Former President Donald Trump appeared on a taped segment of Fox News' “Gutfeld!”

Lindsey Graham visits Nebraska on behalf of Trump campaign to push for electoral vote change  —  The South Carolina senator wants the governor to call a special session to put forward legislation that would make Nebraska a winner-take-all state in the Electoral College.

‘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.

Ex-Trump advisers help to grow pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation  —  George Papadopoulos and others involved in Intelligencer, increasingly popular source of news in rightwing circles  —  Amid the recent crackdown on Russian influence in American media, a group of former Trump advisers …

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 …

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Fact check: 12 completely fictional stories Trump has told in the last month  —  Former President Donald Trump is littering his public remarks with fictional stories.  —  This isn't run-of-the-mill political spin, the kind of statistic-twisting and accomplishment-exaggerating that political candidates of all stripes engage in.

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 …

The Right is Where the Money Is … Earlier this month, the Department of Justice charged two employees of the Russian state TV channel RT with illegally pouring nearly $10 million into a Tennessee company, Tenet Media.  The company, founded by now-former Blaze TV personality Lauren Chen and her husband …

Pete Buttigieg Plays Vance in Walz's Debate Prep  —  The transportation secretary, who acted as Mike Pence during Kamala Harris's preparations for the 2020 vice-presidential debate, is again helping out as Tim Walz gets ready for his Oct. 1 clash.  —  Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is intensifying …

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 …

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.

The stark reality of mass deportation  —  Former President Donald Trump has promised that he will start mass deportations if he wins in November.  The promise has become a central selling point of his 2024 campaign.  At a campaign rally in Michigan this summer, Trump vowed …

‘Uncommitted’ leaders say they won't endorse Harris  —  The Uncommitted National Movement won't endorse Vice President Harris for the White House, the pro-Palestinian group said on Thursday, even as it opposes former President Trump and cautions against supporting third-party presidential candidates.