A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market  —  Four Polymarket accounts have systematically placed frequent wagers on a Trump election victory  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck in the polls.

Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini  —  To support The Atlantic's journalism, please consider subscribing today.  —  Rhetoric has a history.  The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers became important in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Trump overcharged Secret Service agents to stay at his D.C. hotel, new Democratic report says  —  Then-President Donald Trump also benefited from U.S. officials and others seeking jobs and pardons who paid for stays at his downtown Washington hotel, House Democrats allege.

Trump judge releases 1,889 pages of election interference evidence against the former president  — A federal judge has released additional evidence against Donald Trump in his election interference case.  — The release follows a previously unsealed motion with new evidence against Trump by special counsel Jack Smith.

Julian Zelizer on Trump's increasingly dire rhetoric  —  “He doesn't even really use code words or anything.  He's just all in.”  —  ∙ Paid … In the closing days of the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump is talking a lot about “the enemy within.”  He's threatened to deploy the US military against his domestic political foes.

JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say  —  Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can't legally intervene in political campaigns.  —  Co-published with Documented

When the Top General in the U.S. Says You're ‘Fascist to the Core’  —  Toward the end of his tenure, Gen. Mark Milley, who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023, told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post that Donald Trump was a fundamental threat to the safety and integrity of the United States.

Majority of Americans Feel Worse Off Than Four Years Ago  —  Economic Confidence Index remains negative at -26  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than half of Americans (52%) say they and their family are worse off today than they were four years ago, while 39% say they are better off and 8% volunteer that they are about the same.

How Silicon Valley Billionaires Became Trump's Biggest Donors … Last February, the billionaire financier Nelson Peltz summoned a group of about 20 wealthy, predominantly Republican donors and a handful of G.O.P. strategists to dinner at his $334 million waterfront estate in Palm Beach …

Trump's age finally catches up with him  —  The man who would (once again) be the oldest president in history has reportedly scaled back his campaign due to fatigue.  So who would run his White House?  —  When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question …

Judge orders state to end threats against TV stations: 'It's the First Amendment, stupid'  —  In a sharply worded order, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order after a lawsuit was filed against the state by a group campaigning for the abortion-rights amendment proposal.

Montana ranger comes forward with account of Sheehy gun incident  —  Candidate says he was shot in Afghanistan; ranger witness to gun incident questions that account  —  Over 35 seasons working as a ranger in Glacier National Park, Kim Peach, 67, recalls only two incidents in which he responded …

Even Fox News's Bret Baier Admits Harris Outsmarted Him in Interview  —  Fox News's Brett Baier went on the offensive during an interview with Kamala Harris Wednesday night, but even he had to admit she got the best of him.  —  In a segment reacting to his own contentious interview …