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Yet Another Mark Robinson Eye-Popper  —  Newly unearthed online comments from the North Carolina Republican have him casually musing about shooting a prominent civil rights leader.  —  Donald Trump's legal troubles have been out of the news lately, but they may be coming back in a major way.

‘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 …

A new poll of young voters shows Harris with a commanding 31 point lead over Trump  —  President Biden had a young people problem.  Vice President Harris may not.  —  In a new poll from the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, Harris holds a 31-point lead over former President …

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.

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.

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) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

Why Jews Should Reject Trump  —  The left's antisemitism problem doesn't compare to his Nazi-adjacent new right.  —  PEOPLE HAVE ALL SORTS OF REASONS for casting ballots, but to the degree that your decision in this election rests on specifically Jewish concerns, I beg you to consider the consequences of a Trump victory.

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.

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.