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.

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.

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 …

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 …

How to Prevent the Worst From Happening … Many republicans would say that it is one thing, and quite an awful thing, to withhold a vote from Donald Trump—but that voting for Kamala Harris, a “San Francisco Democrat,” is nothing short of a betrayal, an act of apostasy, impossible for any true conservative to justify.

Burning Ballots  —  It's not what we normally expect in American elections, but it was all too predictable in this election cycle.  —  This morning in Portland, Oregon, an incendiary device attached to the outside of a ballot drop box started a fire inside of it.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content—Whether They Want It or Not  —  A WSJ experiment finds that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts  —  New X users with interests in topics such as crafts, sports and cooking are being blanketed …

Trump Media shares halted repeatedly as DJT whipsaws in volatile trading … Trading of Trump Media shares was halted for volatility multiple times Tuesday morning as the company majority-owned by Donald Trump ricocheted in early trading.  —  The company, which trades as DJT on the Nasdaq …

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Biden administration awards $3bn to US ports for climate-friendly upgrades  —  Grants to be used to improve port infrastructure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at 55 sites across the country  —  Joe Biden's administration is awarding nearly $3bn to boost climate-friendly equipment …