Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump  —  Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.  —  In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, the richest man in the world has involved himself in the U.S. election in a manner unparalleled in modern history.

Trump requests military aircraft and vehicles amid Iran threat  —  There is no evidence tying Iran to either of the recent assassination attempts, but the FBI has not ruled out the possibility.  —  Donald Trump's campaign requested military aircraft for Trump to fly in during the final weeks …

Battle for Swing States Is Tied, Trump Has Edge on Top Issues, WSJ Poll Shows  —  Voters prefer the Republican on economy and border security, but Harris still has a path to Electoral College win  —  WASHINGTON—Voters in the nation's seven battleground states see Donald Trump as better equipped …

Trump's top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’ and ‘most dangerous person to this country,’ new book says  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls.  In a fight with such wafer-thin margins …

Damning Video Shows Roger Stone Is Plotting a Coup for November  —  A nine-minute, unedited, undercover interview with Roger Stone revealed some of the MAGA ally's more disturbing goals for a second Trump administration.  —  The covert recording of a discussion between Stone …

Trump ghostwriter ‘deeply unsettled’ by evidence of ex-president's ‘psychopathy’  —  Donald Trump's ghostwriter for his myth-making memoir “The Art of the Deal” explained how the new film “The Apprentice” reveals how the former president's childhood trauma warped him into a “psychopath” …

I'm Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is … The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.  As Hurricane Milton churned across the Gulf of Mexico last night, I saw an onslaught …

Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016  —  At least four cities and a county are still waiting to be reimbursed for costs associated with local law enforcement and first responders during Trump's visits.  —  Former President Donald Trump held …

Michigan newspaper issues correction after Trump claims he won man of year award  —  A Michigan newspaper issued a correction after former President Trump cited the paper at a speech in Detroit, claiming he was Michigan's “Man of the Year” in 2023.  —  The former president pulled out a printout …

Democrats to swing states: A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump  —  Democrats are arguing in a new pitch to swing-state voters that a vote for Green Party nominee Jill Stein would only help elect former President Trump.  —  An ad released Thursday says that Stein was “key” …

Kamala Harris Is Too Stupid To Be President  —  Democrats have fallen in line behind geriatric and mentally impaired candidates before.  They'll gladly fall in line behind a stupid one now.  —  Univision hosted a “Latinos Ask” town hall with Kamala Harris on Thursday night …

'It's mindblowing': US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge  —  Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans  —  Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge …

JPMorgan Calls It: The U.S. Economy Has Made a Soft Landing  —  Bank reports better-than-expected results and raises its guidance for full-year net interest income  —  JPMorgan Chase on Friday said the U.S. economy remains strong for both consumers and big companies, a sign that the Federal Reserve …

1. The Harris-Trump matchup  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  — Other findings: Views of the campaign, concerns over political violence, clearness of candidates' issues positions, an absence of shared facts  — Voting preferences among registered voters

In Texas' Third-Largest County, the Far Right's Vision for Local Governing Has Come to Life  —  From cutting social services to changing election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach.  His term offers a rare look at what happens …

Jon Tester pushes for ticket-splitters in a Montana Senate race that appears to be slipping away  —  Trump voters look set to decide the Senate majority.  The main fight in Montana is all about how many of them longtime Democratic Sen. Jon Tester can entice to split their tickets.

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Rumors on X Are Becoming the Right's New Reality  —  The site formerly known as Twitter has become the center of a fantastical political culture.  —  A curious set of claims has recently emerged from the right-wing corners of the social-media platform X: FEMA is systematically abandoning …