Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find  —  New polls from The New York Times and Siena College showed Donald J. Trump ahead in Arizona and leading in tight races in Georgia and North Carolina.  —  Voters across the Sun Belt say that Donald J. Trump improved …

State Sen. Mike McDonnell deflates GOP hopes for Nebraska winner-take-all in 2024  —  State Sen. Mike McDonnell announces leaving the Democratic Party after he was censured by the state and Douglas County Democrats.  LINCOLN — The Republican push to change how Nebraska awards …

These companies are bankrolling a multi-million dollar effort to elect Mark Robinson governor of North Carolina  —  Even before securing the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina in March, Mark Robinson had a long and well-documented record of promoting conspiracy theories …

Attorney General Bonta Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving the Public on Recyclability of Plastic Products  — Attorney General Bonta Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving the Pub...  Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov  —  The first-of-its-kind lawsuit seeks to hold …

Trump gunman said to have left note: ‘This was an assassination attempt’  —  New evidence was filed in court ahead of a detention hearing for Ryan Routh, who is charged with weapons violations.  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The gunman arrested near where Donald Trump was playing golf …

Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows  —  Murder dropped 11.6% from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline in the last 20 years.  Property crime was also down overall, while motor vehicle theft and shoplifting rose.

MAGA Sheriff's Post About Harris Yard Signs Gets Department Booted From Election Duties  —  BLEW IT  —  Bruce Zuchowski, a Trump-supporting Republican, likened migrants to “human locusts” and called the vice president a “Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena.”  —  The sheriff's department in Portage County …

Melania Trump was paid for a rare appearance at a political event.  It's not clear who cut the unusual six-figure check  —  Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year.  One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she's received a six-figure paycheck …

J.D. Vance Caught Lying About Egg Prices in Painfully Bad Video  —  J.D. Vance attempted to point out high prices in a recent campaign stunt at a grocery store, only to be caught with egg on his face.  —  On Saturday, the Trump War Room account on X posted a video of Vance visiting a grocery story …

She was accused of murder after losing her pregnancy.  SC woman now tells her story  —  Orangeburg, South Carolina , KFF Health News —  Amari Marsh had just finished her junior year at South Carolina State University in May 2023 when she received a text message from a law enforcement officer.

Trump Media stock hits lowest point since 2021 after DJT lockup lifts … Shares of Trump Media sank Monday to their lowest price since 2021, days after majority owner Donald Trump and other company insiders got the green light to start selling their stakes in the Truth Social operator.

How the Congressional Hackathon helped the House work better for the People  —  Good afternoon from cloudy Washington, where fall arrived on Sunday, along with a continuing resolution that will, if enacted, avert a government shutdown in October.  (Thanks to Politico for linking to the bill, for folks who like to read then.)

Resurfaced video shows Kamala Harris protesting against deporting migrants with disgraced celebrity  —  Vice President Kamala Harris in now promising to secure the border, but when she was a senator of California, she was a staunch opponent of deporting illegal immigrants.

Matt Gaetz Hit With a Bar Complaint Following Allegations That He Attended a Sex Party With a Teenager  —  A Florida activist accused Gaetz of violating rules enforced by the Florida Bar.  — Copy  —  Just hours after court filings were released claiming that witnesses saw Rep. Matt Gaetz attend …

Why No One Went to Prison for Rudy Giuliani's Hunter Biden Corruption  —  Like many people, I've watched From Russia with Lev since it was released the other day.  —  The documentary tells a story I've covered here in real time: of how, with Lev Parnas' help, Rudy Giuliani solicited dirt on Hunter …

Trump is at 48 percent.  How could this be possible but for widespread racism?  —  At this point, the racism is obvious.  How else does it make sense that 48 percent of registered voters in last week's Fox News poll say they have no problem putting Donald Trump back in the White House?

The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates  —  A decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.  —  It was mid-August, roughly a month and a half before his new book, The Message, was set to be published, and Ta-Nehisi Coates was in my face …

Trump Promises Immigrants He Wants to Deport Will Get Serial Numbers  —  Immigrants are no longer welcome in Donald Trump's America.  Instead, the Republican presidential nominee posited that under his potential second administration, he would round up and mass-deport noncitizens based on their “serial numbers.”

Zelensky: Trump doesn't know how to end war and Vance is too radical  —  The president of Ukraine criticises the Republican nominees as he visits the US to share his plan for victory over Russia  —  Donald Trump doesn't know how to stop the war in Ukraine, despite claiming he could end …

US is sending more troops to the Middle East as violence rises between Israel and Hezbollah  —  The U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East during a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday.