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Special counsel can present ‘substantial’ new evidence against Trump in January 6 case, judge rules  —  Special counsel Jack Smith this week will be allowed to file hundreds of pages of legal arguments and evidence gathered in the 2020 election subversion and January 6 US Capitol attack criminal case …

‘He should be doing better’: Even some Trump allies see him veering off course  —  While polls show an incredibly close race, some of Trump's allies are concerned about his lack of focus.  —  Donald Trump was meeting privately in mid-September with one of his oldest friends, Steve Wynn …

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors and the victim's family asking that he be spared  —  Marcellus Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay.

CNN Poll: Harris leads Trump among young voters but falls short of Biden's 2020 winning margin  —  Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 12-point lead over former President Donald Trump among voters younger than 35 - a group that's largely dissatisfied with the influence it holds in American politics …

Pelosi says CNN shouldn't air Trump remarks on Harris's ‘cognitive problems’: ‘Why would you even cover that?’  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) fired back at Former President Trump, condemning media coverage of his shots at the Vice President during a CNN appearance on Tuesday after he said Harris had …

Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of Pregnant Women Were Prosecuted the Year After Dobbs  —  One night in March of 2023, Amari Marsh went to the bathroom and suffered a miscarriage.  “I screamed because I was scared, because I didn't know what was going on,” she recently recalled.

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump at Florida golf course as case is assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside …

Johnson spikes top Democrats' anxiety about a Jan. 6 redux … - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has been conferring with deputies to prepare for next January's joint session, sources familiar with the discussions told Axios.  — “I've talked to him just generally about preparations …

Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims …

Kushner's Fund Has Reaped Millions in Fees, but So Far Returned No Profits  —  The son-in-law of former President Donald J. Trump has said he has intentionally moved slowly to invest investors' money, which came primarily from foreign entities.  —  The private equity firm run by Jared Kushner …

Donald Trump's Sexual Assault Accusers Tell Their Stories in Chilling New Ads (Exclusive)  —  Ads launching on Wednesday, Sept. 25, feature two of the presidential nominee's accusers, including former PEOPLE reporter Natasha Stoynoff  —  George Conway, the ex-husband of former Donald Trump …

GOP asks court to change voting rules in one state, with impact for all  —  The case in Mississippi is one example of a nationwide effort by Republicans to invalidate mail ballots over issues unrelated to whether they were cast by a legitimate voter.  —  A panel of federal judges heard arguments Tuesday …

It is so much nicer being a woman in Trump's world  —  Donald Trump is protecting you. … — Donald Trump, at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Monday  —  It is so much nicer being a woman, now that Donald Trump is in charge!  —  You barely remember the Biden times at all, except in nightmares.

Scoop: Senate Democrats prepare Florida and Texas offensives … - But Democrats are signaling they want to expand the playing field and be in a position to steal Republican seats in states like Florida. … - They are also eyeing Texas, where a recent poll has Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) …

Nancy Pelosi's husband sold more than $500K worth of Visa stock — just weeks before DOJ's antitrust lawsuit  —  Nancy Pelosi's husband unloaded more than $500,000 worth of Visa stock — less than three months before the credit card giant was slapped with federal antitrust charges, public documents show.

Docket Watch: Trump Prosecuted in DC  —  United States of America v. Donald J. Trump  —  On Aug. 1, 2023, a federal grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Republicans' Electoral College Edge, Once Seen as Ironclad, Looks to Be Fading  —  A review of the evidence that Donald Trump's advantage relative to the national popular vote has declined significantly.  —  Ever since Donald J. Trump's stunning victory in 2016 — when he lost the popular vote …

How News Outlets Like Fox and CNN Are Preparing for Election Day  —  Here's how they're preparing to make calls in a very tight race — and ensure that viewers and readers believe them.  —  The data nerd of NBC News, Steve Kornacki, is preparing to sleep at his desk in 30 Rockefeller Plaza — for days on end, if need be.

Florida bans instruction on contraception and consent in sex ed classes  —  The Florida Department of Education is prohibiting school districts from including core topics in their sex education courses, including contraception, consent, domestic violence, abuse, and LGBTQ issues.

Noticias Univision Announces 2024 Townhalls with Former President Donald Trump & Vice President Kamala Harris  —  Presidential Candidates Will Engage with Undecided Hispanic Voters to Discuss Important Issues Facing the Community and Nation  —  Enrique Acevedo to Moderate Townhalls …

Florida, Georgia Teamsters break with national leadership by endorsing Harris-Walz ticket  —  Since the non-endorsement by the national governing board, Harris-Walz have received endorsements from local councils in important battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

House Democrats Are Going All In on Tying Project 2025 to Trump  —  Congressional Democrats spent Tuesday pressing Republicans on a slew of policies outlined by Project 2025—a 922-page proposal for a future GOP presidency, written in part by allies of former President Donald Trump …