Trump's Midnight In America  —  Three weeks and a day until election day, and this thing is tied, tied, tied.  Nate Silver's polling average has Kamala Harris up a tick under three points nationally—which might give Donald Trump the barest of edges at this moment in the Electoral College.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Michigan GOP candidate's ad aimed at Black voters has wrong election date  —  The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus accused Republican Tom Barrett's campaign of misleading Black voters with an ad carrying the wrong election date.  —  Tom Barrett, a Republican vying for a Michigan congressional seat …

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 …

Scoop: Karine Jean-Pierre blocks John Kirby at White House podium … - Kirby, President Biden's top spokesperson for foreign affairs, joined Jean-Pierre for most briefings after Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, 2023.  — But for the past two-plus months Kirby has been mostly absent in the briefing room …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …