Ex-WaPo Editor: This Is a Straight Bezos-Trump ‘Quid Pro Quo’  —  DIRTY DEAL  —  Robert Kagan tells the Daily Beast that Donald Trump's meeting with Blue Origin executives the day its founder Jeff Bezos killed his paper's Kamala Harris endorsement is proof of a backroom deal.  —  EXCLUSIVE

Republican battleground-state legal blitz falters ahead of election  —  Donald Trump's Republican allies have suffered a string of courtroom setbacks in battleground U.S. presidential election states as Election Day draws closer, losses which could boost voter turnout and speed certification of the eventual winner.

Kamala Harris says her first priority as president is to “stop this pain” resulting from abortion bans  —  The Beyoncé song “Freedom” has become Kamala Harris' anthem - and it was a message the vice president took to the campaign trail, as CBS News traveled with Harris over two days …

Harris regains slight lead nationally yet Electoral College holds the cards: POLL  —  Harris has regained a slight lead with likely voters nationally, the poll finds.  —  Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at James R. Hallford Stadium, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga.

Billionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really like  —  Do not obey in advance.  Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given.  In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked.

I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”  —  Listen to a voiceover of this post, subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.  —  When a major legacy news publication does something controversial, I sometimes hear my name.

October 26, 2024  —  Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II.  Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and women and therefore better soldiers.”

Donald Trump Will Never Be Done With New York  —  Sunday's rally at Madison Square Garden, the self-styled “world's most famous arena,” is a remarkable gambit, even by the former president's standards — and a show of force.  —  The seven-decade marriage between Donald J. Trump and New York City …

Appeals court rejects Virginia's request to continue its late voter-purge program  —  On Sunday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected Virginia's request to restart its late voter-purge program, with a three-judge panel unanimously concluding, “[Virginia] argue[s] …

Nebraska school voucher fight could have big political consequences  —  Voters will decide whether to scrap a state-funded program that provides scholarships for students to attend private schools.  —  A fight to overturn Nebraska's $10 million school voucher law has scrambled …

More than 1,000 faith leaders endorse Harris as vice president leans on her faith to turn out Black voters  —  More than a thousand religious leaders endorsed Kamala Harris on Sunday, bolstering the Democratic presidential nominee's push to emphasize how faith is informing her campaign ahead of next week's election.

Trust, Bewilderment and Billionairedom: Understanding the Backlash Against Bezos  —  It's part of the stock in trade of liberal American discourse: threatening or claiming to cancel a subscription to this or that once-revered journalistic institution in response to bad behavior, bad reporting …

Florida Democrat Blasts Republican Sen. Rick Scott Over State's Home Insurance Crisis  —  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is hoping voters make the connection between Scott's eight years as governor and the escalating cost of home insurance.  —  LOADING  —  Wetter, more destructive hurricanes …

America Is Having a Panic Attack Over the Election  —  Voters see permanent damage to the country if their candidate loses; ‘There are not enough gummies I can take to soothe the angst!’  —  CLARKSTON, Ga.—The sun was shining.  Bruce Springsteen was strumming an acoustic guitar.

A growing number of Americans are concerned with Trump's age, but still not as many who worried about Biden  —  Voters did not have the same concerns about age for Kamala Harris  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls.