Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in unusual town hall episode  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has called Trump, 78, unstable and questioned his mental acuity.  —  OAKS, Pa. — The town hall, moderated by South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R), began with questions from preselected attendees for the former president.

Trump Plots to Declare 2024 ‘Rigged’ — Using GOP Efforts to Slow the Vote Count  —  The former president and his allies have worked to make sure 2024 mail-in ballots are counted slowly, so he can again demand officials “stop the count”  —  WITH JUST WEEKS left in the 2024 presidential contest …

Harris Goes On Fox.  Trump Sticks to the Henhouse.  —  With Harris taking some real risks in the closing weeks, the ex-president is basically talking to fanboys.  —  Three weeks to go!  Happy Tuesday.  —  Playing to Win  —  Until now, Kamala Harris's campaign has executed a smooth …

Election certification in Georgia is mandatory, judge says  —  Republican election board member Julie Adams had argued she could refuse to sign off on elections  —  Certifying elections is a required duty of county election boards in Georgia, and they're not allowed to refuse finalizing results based …

Neil Gorsuch's New Book Is an Embarrassment  —  The conservative Supreme Court justice produced a tendentious account of the legal system in service of a political narrative — and he won't answer his critics.  —  The Supreme Court began its new term last week at a perilous moment for the institution.

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The Kavanaugh cover-up  —  Over the last few years, the Supreme Court majority has issued a series of rulings that have fundamentally reshaped America — ending federal protections for abortion rights, upending the ability of federal agencies to issue regulations, and granting the president near-total immunity from criminal prosecution.

Donald Trump's Fascist Romp  —  After the former president described American citizens as “the enemy within,” Glenn Youngkin reveals his own complicity.  —  Over the past week, Donald Trump has been on a fascist romp.  At rallies in Colorado and California, he amped up his usual rants …

The Glaring Truth About That Man With Guns Arrested at a Trump Rally  —  MAGA Republicans have begun touting the arrest of an armed man outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday as a “thwarted” third assassination attempt, but federal investigators said that there was no indication that the man …

North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site  —  North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced a lawsuit Tuesday against CNN over its recent report alleging he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website's message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory.

The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust  —  “On present policies and performance, the United States is condemned to slower growth than the other main industrial countries for the foreseeable future.”  So declared the Competitiveness Policy Council …

‘Donald Trump gives up on speaking’: Fox News correspondent blasts ‘strange’ MAGA town hall  —  Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas detailed his experience as a Donald Trump town hall attendee in Oaks, Pennsylvania Monday night, after the former president stopped speaking and “started playing music” instead.

Tradeoffs are real  —  Sorry, but it's true  —  The other day, I found myself clicking on a link to a report from the Roosevelt Institute and the Climate & Community Institute titled “Planning to Build Faster: A Solar Energy Case Study.”  This is a topic that I'm really interested in.

Trump's Campaign Manager Chris LaCivita's Multi-Million Payday Revealed  —  HOW MUCH?  —  Chris LaCivita, the Republican strategist entrusted with returning Trump to the White House, has eye-opening deals with the campaign, the Daily Beast has learned.

JD Vance Awfully Quiet After Report on How His Mom Got Health Care  —  JD Vance credited Donald Trump for his family being able to get off of Medicaid and onto private health insurance, at the vice presidential debate earlier this month.  But he isn't telling the whole story: that it was due to Obamacare.

Journalist says FBI visited after he published hacked Vance document  —  An independent journalist says he was visited by the FBI after he published materiel allegedly obtained through an Iranian hack of former President Trump's campaign.  —  “The Bureau told me that I had been the target …

Republican Operatives Function as Hidden Hand Behind Pro-Trump Efforts  —  A political nonprofit organization called Building America's Future has raised and spent more than $100 million over the past four years.  —  A group of Republican donors and operatives has been the hidden hand behind …