October 13, 2024  —  “He is the most dangerous person ever.  I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he's a total fascist.  He is now the most dangerous person to this country...a fascist to the core.”

Hurricane recovery officials in N.C. relocated amid report of ‘armed militia,’ email shows  —  Safety fears are growing as misinformation collides with a large-scale federal recovery effort.  —  LAKE LURE, N.C. — Federal emergency response personnel on Saturday had employees operating …

Internal polling memo has warning signs for Senate Republicans  —  Some races are tightening but other key pickup opportunities are moving in the wrong direction, according to a new round of polling from the Senate Leadership Fund.  —  The top GOP super PAC charged with flipping the Senate …

Exclusive: Suspect in Coachella Valley Trump assassination attempt denies accusation, supports ex-president  —  Suspect a registered Republican from Las Vegas and member of a right-leaning anti-government group, sheriff says  —  A third assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump …

The Atlantic Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg warns newsroom decay is how ‘democracy decomposes’  —  “We're sleepwalking into an absolute disaster,” Goldberg said.  —  In an industry beset by challenges, The Atlantic is a rare bright spot.  —  The 167-year-old magazine announced this week …

America's choice: Do voters want to live in reality, or a dangerous dream world?  —  Donald Trump stopped Friday at a plush mountain hotel called Gaylord Rockies Resort just outside Aurora, Colo., to launch a Western weekend getaway — from basic reality.  His rally at the resort's convention center …

Harris campaign targets Republicans in Arizona with new ad  —  The ad features GOP Mesa Mayor John Giles, who also spoke at the DNC.  —  Kamala Harris' campaign is out with a new ad targeting Republican voters in the battleground state of Arizona that features the GOP mayor of Mesa saying that he is a …

Behind the Curtain — Election scenario 1: War-gaming a Trump sweep … This period, lasting at least two years, until the next congressional races, would allow Republicans to move ambitiously — with few brakes beyond the Senate filibuster.  — The vast majority of congressional leaders are now Trump loyalists.

Orbán threatens to mess with Ukraine aid to help Trump  —  Hungary's latest attempt to disrupt Ukraine aid isn't about money — it would penalize the EU.  It's about making friends with Donald Trump.  —  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is preparing to serve …

A Political Misdiagnosis  —  Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse.  It's not working out that way.  —  The Democratic Party has spent years hoping that demography would equal destiny.  As the country became more racially diverse …

This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump.  Judges had other ideas  —  The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests …

Josh Hawley's Local Newspaper Declares Him the ‘Worst Sitting Senator’  —  NO CONFIDENCE  —  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch objected to Hawley's actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.  —  A local newspaper in Missouri wrote a scathing rebuke of the state's Sen. Josh Hawley …

Trump's protests aside, his agenda has plenty of overlap with Project 2025  —  Donald Trump insists that Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page blueprint for a hard-right turn in American government and society, does not reflect his priorities for a White House encore.  “I haven't read it.

The Trump Voters Who Don't Believe Trump  —  When the former president endorses violence and proposes using the government to attack his enemies, many of his supporters assume it's just an act.  —  One of the more peculiar aspects of Donald J. Trump's political appeal is this …

Michigan Republican Blames ‘Proofing Error’ for Misleading Ad in Black-Owned Newspaper  —  The state's legislative Black caucus have asked the attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett's congressional campaign for potential voter disenfranchisement.