'I'm a black NAZI!':  NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum  —  Editor's Note: The below story contains offensive language.  —  Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina …

Nuzzi's RFK Relationship  —  “Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign,” the spokesperson said. … “Recently our Washington Correspondent Olivia Nuzzi acknowledged to the magazine's editors that she had engaged …

New Court Filings Place Matt Gaetz at a Party at the Center of the Sex Trafficking Scandal  —  This is the first public filing that cites sworn testimony alleging that Gaetz attended one of the long-rumored parties with a teenage girl.  — Copy  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party …

Trump Electoral-Vote Heist Underway in Nebraska  —  With the major-party presidential candidates in close battles in a sparse landscape of battleground states, every electoral vote matters.  There are scenarios where either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins 269 or 270 electoral votes.

Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse  —  A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.  The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines …

The Deaths of Two Mothers in Georgia Show Ending Roe Was Never About “Life”  —  This week, ProPublica released two studies tracing the deaths of two women to Georgia's six-week abortion ban—the first to be reported since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.  Twenty-eight-year-old Amber Thurman took abortion pills …

Trump says Jews would deserve much of the blame if he loses  —  In a speech Thursday billed as former President Donald Trump's answer to rising antisemitism, he said Jews would bear much of the responsibility if he loses the presidential election.  —  And in a second speech later in the evening …

Postmaster general: ‘Wrong’ to say mail ballots might be misplaced  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressed frustration Thursday to reporters about the ongoing criticism from election officials about how the agency handles mail-in ballots, saying it is wrong to suggest they could be displaced.

Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI  —  The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces.  —  Pennsylvania's dormant Three Mile Island nuclear plant would be brought …

Kamala Harris Says Anyone Who Breaks Into Her House Is ‘Getting Shot’  —  The Democratic presidential nominee said she can support both the Second Amendment and commonsense gun reform.  —  LOADING  —  Vice President Kamala Harris defended her gun ownership and said she would use a firearm …

How they have failed us  —  It is as if the editorial department at The Washington Post woke up one morning asking, in headlines I will quote below, “What are we doing wrong?”  —  I will start by trying to answer the question for them, The New York Times, CNN, and the rest of incumbent journalism:

Which Mexico are you?  New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border  —  Texas' latest move is a ‘political stunt’ that will have 'will have no meaningful impact on our nation's broken immigration system,' New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said

House unanimously votes to boost Secret Service protection for presidential and VP candidates  —  Washington — The House unanimously approved a bill on Friday that would bolster Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates, following the second apparent attempt …

Mike Johnson bypassed a second time with rare maneuver … - In May, a discharge petition led by Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) attained the necessary 218 signatures to force a House vote on legislation providing tax relief to victims of natural disasters.  — The last time a discharge petition succeeded …

Jason Stanley on how authoritarians rewrite the past  —  “Authoritarian regimes must erase any history of social movements for democracy.”  —  ∙ Paid … “Fascist politics invokes a pure mythic past tragically destroyed,” Jason Stanley wrote at the very beginning of his 2018 book …

Trump Lawyers Cling To Supreme Court Immunity Ruling In Jan. 6 Case  —  They argued that Trump's alleged pressure campaign on Mike Pence would qualify as official conduct and is protected by “absolute” immunity.  —  LOADING  —  In a filing late Thursday night, lawyers …