Trump makes last-minute push for alternative stopgap with voting provisions  —  Former President Trump is making a last-minute push for House Republicans to adopt a short-term government funding package that includes language pertaining to voting, multiple sources told The Hill.

GOP lawmaker deletes racist social media post after swift backlash  —  Rep. Clay Higgins deleted a social media post Wednesday with racist tropes about Haitians after swift backlash from his congressional colleagues, including a call to censure him on the House floor.

Wausau mayor moves ballot box in controversial act  —  Wausau Mayor Doug Diny is facing scrutiny after video surveillance footage showed him carting the city's outdoor ballot drop box inside on Sunday while sporting a Department of Public Works jacket and hard hat.

Yet Another Mark Robinson Eye-Popper  —  Donald Trump's legal troubles have been out of the news lately, but they may be coming back in a major way.  Per CNN: … Remember back when it was going to be a tentpole of this race that Donald Trump is a felon?  Hey, you never know.  Happy Wednesday.

Harris heads to Pittsburgh (again) to make a manufacturing pitch to voters  —  Vice President Harris gave the lengthiest economic speech of her campaign on Wednesday, describing what she called a “pragmatic” vision that would work with the private sector to help grow opportunities for the middle class.

Biden insists he would have beaten “loser” Trump … - Polling after Biden's shaky June debate performance — before he suspended his campaign — also showed that the majority of voters believed that the Democratic Party would perform better with a different candidate atop the ticket.

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 …

“The evidence will be powerful”: Legal experts say Jack Smith about to drop a bomb in Trump case  —  Legal scholars expect a bitter fight over what evidence may be redacted from the public  —  Special counsel Jack Smith is expected to submit an “oversized” brief in former President Donald …

Trio of sex scandals create unwelcome September surprises for GOP  —  A trio of sex scandals are becoming September surprises for Republicans, creating unnecessary distractions as the party seeks to win control of the White House and Congress this fall.  —  It's unclear if any of the controversies …

Secret Service agent placed on leave after ‘misconduct allegation’ with Harris staffer  —  Harris' office issued a statement saying it takes the “safety of staff seriously” and has “zero tolerance for sexual misconduct.”  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service recently notified Vice …

Armed Man Claims He Came Within Feet of Obama Outside L.A. Restaurant  —  DODGED A BULLET  —  The security guard, who declined to be identified, told TMZ that it was a clear “security lapse” by the Secret Service.  —  An armed security guard claims he came within a few feet …

Ocasio-Cortez Says Adams Should Resign ‘for the Good of the City’  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the most prominent elected official to call for Mayor Eric Adams to no longer lead New York City.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Wednesday …

Nice Little Jewish Community You Have Here  —  Donald Trump's former longtime adviser Michael Cohen has said of the ex-president, whom he has likened to a Mob boss: “He speaks in code.”  Trump used the code last week to send a warning to American Jews.  “If I don't win this election,” …

Neo-Nazi Telegram Users Panic Amid Crackdown and Arrest of Alleged Leaders of Online Extremist Group  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE …

Trump's Hateful New Rants at Rally Are Harshly Debunked by Town Leader  —  They are taking from us.  At bottom, that's a key message that Donald Trump and his partner in slime, J.D. Vance, are running on when they falsely attack immigrants for eating pets, spreading diseases …

Republicans Seem To Be A Far Greater Threat To Pets Than Immigrants  —  Some of them have actually killed dogs!  —  LOADING  —  JD Vance, Donald Trump and other Republicans are clinging to a racist and thoroughly debunked lie that a group of legal immigrants in Ohio are abducting, killing and eating people's pets.

Alex Jones' Infowars Will Be Sold for Parts at Auction to Pay Sandy Hook Families  —  UNDER THE HAMMER  —  The sale is still only expected to raise a fraction of what he owes.  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars will be sold for parts to pay towards the more than $1 billion he owes …

Poll: Project 2025 is broadly known and severely unpopular with voters  —  Democrats have sought to tie Trump to the conservative policy roadmap linked to some of his top supporters, even as the Republican distances himself.  —  Nearly all voters who are familiar with Project 2025 …

Watchdog report on Justice Department's Jan. 6 response won't be done by election  —  The DOJ inspector general told a congressional panel that the review was paused while criminal cases went forward.  —  A sprawling review of the Justice Department's handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot …

Independent Challenger Overtakes Nebraska's Republican Senator in New Poll, Drops Scathing New Ad  —  Independent candidate Dan Osborn's run to oust Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) this November has grabbed national attention as polls have shown a surprisingly close race …

Russia's nuclear doctrine to include attacks on nonnuclear states  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin said non-nuclear states supported by nuclear ones could face Russia's nuclear deterrent in an expansion of its policy.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin made a fresh nuclear threat …

Trump's Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal  —  Donald Trump's proposal to impose tariffs as high as 60 percent on imports from China, and a global tariff of 10 to 20 percent, takes the right approach to addressing globalization's failures—but it has drawn resounding mockery from economists, and, in turn, from the mainstream media.

Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks AR glasses will replace your phone  —  Meta's CEO on his first pair of AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, why he's done with politics, and more. … We have a very special episode of Decoder today.  It's become a tradition every fall to have Verge deputy editor …