Trump: Nobody Could Have Predicted a Hurricane Would Hit Mid-Hurricane Season  —  OUT OF THE BLUE  —  The former president opined that nobody could have predicted Hurricane Helene making landfall “so late” in the hurricane season, which is set to last another two months.

Rudy Giuliani's Daughter: Trump Took My Dad From Me.  Please Don't Let Him Take Our Country Too  —  “Nothing I have experienced prepared me for the very public and relentless implosion of my father's life,” writes Caroline Giuliani, announcing her support for Kamala Harris.

Facts Need To Be Checked  —  So what's going on with CBS News?  —  Dan Rather and Team Steady  —  With our democracy being tested in unimagined ways, we are just over a month away from one of the most important presidential elections in U.S. history.  The only chance for voters …

Judge again strikes down Georgia abortion law, allowing abortions to resume … About the Author  —  Maya T. Prabhu is a government reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Born in Queens, New York, and raised in northern Virginia, Maya attended Spelman College and then the University of Maryland for a master's degree.

The three phases of normalizing Trump's attack on Harris in Wisconsin  — The use of neutral language.  If you merely read about Donald Trump's deeply offensive rally this weekend in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, you probably thought it was about immigration.  And about Trump up to his usual tricks of disparaging his rivals.

Giant naked Trump effigy is ‘deplorable’, say Republicans  —  Sculpture of former US president has been erected near Las Vegas purely for ‘shock value’, say local politicians  —  Republicans have condemned as “deplorable” a 43-foot effigy of a naked Donald Trump that has been erected near Las Vegas.

An Ohio Businessman Faces Death Threats for Praising His Haitian Workers  —  The lifelong Republican employs fewer Haitians than others in Springfield, but his life has been upended since Donald J. Trump spread falsehoods about immigrants in his hometown.  —  For Jamie McGregor …

UNRWA confirms Hamas leader in Lebanon was its employee  —  The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees confirms that Fateh Sherif, named by Hamas as its leader in Lebanon, was employed by UNRWA, but notes that he was being probed over his political activities.

The US is sending a few thousand more troops to the Middle East to boost security  —  The U.S. is sending a “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday.  The announcement follows word that Israel …

Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board Over Ballot Hand Counting Rule  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Georgia Democratic Party sued the State Election Board on Monday after three of its MAGA members approved a rule requiring poll workers to hand count all ballots, even after being tabulated by machines.

Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi  —  A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges.

California bans legacy admissions at all colleges  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a prohibition on the practice.  —  SACRAMENTO, California — It will soon be illegal for public and private universities in California to consider an applicant's relationship to alumni or donors when deciding whether to admit them.

Arkansas Judge Mandates Early Voting in Majority Black City  —  Early voting will be held at Seventh Street Church of Christ in West Memphis, Arkansas after a judge granted part of a request from two voters.  The voters in the majority-Black city initially requested at least two early voting locations.

Polls show big increase in Republicans planning to vote for abortion rights  —  In some states, that GOP number could even approach a majority.  —  The politics of abortion rights have shifted massively toward Democrats since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

The Coming Trump Revenge Tour  —  Trump has campaigned on a wave of retaliatory criminal prosecutions.  It's not the first time he's promised to lock up his rivals — but a second term would be different.  —  In the most volatile presidential campaign of the last 50 years …

Haley's endorsement of Trump doesn't mean her supporters will follow her  —  She drew voters from the former president during the primary even after she dropped out.  —  Nikki Haley has made clear she's on Team Trump.  Her supporters don't all feel the same.

No, A Former Republican Congressman Now Backing Harris Did Not Author Project 2025  —  A right-wing conspiracy theory that the transition plan written by Trump alumni was actually a super secret sabotage effort has been disputed by those at the center of it.  —  LOADING