The hard truth: Americans don't trust the news media  —  A note from our owner.  —  Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post.  —  In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress.

Trump's Puerto Rico fallout is ‘spreading like wildfire’ in Pennsylvania  —  Evidence of the backlash was immediate on Monday.  —  Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem — in Pennsylvania.  —  Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally.

Steve Bannon Is Getting Out Of Prison — And Heading Right Back To Court  —  The longtime Trump ally went to prison after refusing to comply with the Jan. 6 congressional committee.  Now he's facing conspiracy, fraud and money laundering charges.  —  Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon …

George W. Bush's Daughter Barbara Breaks Silence on Election to Campaign for Kamala Harris (Exclusive)  —  Barbara Pierce Bush tells PEOPLE she's “hopeful” that voters will back Harris on Nov. 5 to “move our country forward and protect women's rights”  —  Barbara Pierce Bush …

The most misogynistic ad in the history of politics  —  Elon Musk created America PAC to help Donald Trump win the presidential election.  Through the end of September, Musk spent $75 million to fund the PAC's activities.  More recently, Musk began giving away $1 million per day to registered voters …

USPS: Voters Should Mail Ballots By Tuesday For Delivery By Election Day  —  The U.S. Postal Service told voters in a release Monday that if their mail-in ballots must be delivered by Election Day, they should mail them by Tuesday, Oct. 29.  —  “We continue to recommend …

PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident  —  A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.  —  Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

Trump says he is ‘opposite of a Nazi’  —  Former President Trump at a Monday rally rejected the label used by Vice President Harris and some of his former aides that he is a fascist, describing himself as “the opposite of a Nazi.”  —  “You know, years ago, my father — I had a great father …

Arab American voters make their choice — Harris, Trump or neither — in the election's final days  —  Bowls of labneh and platters of za'atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite.  On one side were Kamala Harris ' top emissaries to the Arab American community.

A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles  —  An endorsement of democracy, solving problems, and Kamala Harris. … Donald Trump is a dangerous maniac who can barely complete a sentence, and it is lunacy to believe he can even recognize the existentially threatening …

She Supports Trump's Anti-Immigration Policies.  Texas Incorrectly Flagged Her as a “Noncitizen” on Its Voting Rolls.  —  Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned.

Elon Musk's “illegal” past doesn't feel like hypocrisy to MAGA — Trump's hate rally in NYC shows why  —  Attacks on Puerto Ricans and other native-born citizens made it clear: this is about race, not immigration  —  Last week, the Washington Post reported that Tesla CEO …

Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon  —  Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying hundreds of ballots in what one official called a …

USA Today the Latest to Offer Up Excuse for Lack of Presidential Endorsement  —  PLAYING IT SAFE  —  The national newspaper, which endorsed Joe Biden four years ago, says it'd rather have its editors focussed on local elections.  —  USA Today, the nation's fourth largest newspaper …

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Secret Documents!  The Ten Month Privilege Fight Whingers Claim Didn't Happen  —  As always happens when people who don't bother to check the public record get afraid, folks are complaining about Merrick Garland again, both that they didn't notice the number of times Garland explained publicly …