The special counsel investigating Donald Trump’s “efforts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election has subpoenaed staff members from the Trump White House who may have been involved in firing the government cybersecurity official whose agency judged the election ‘the most secure in American history,'” the New York Times reports.
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Bob Inglis Endorses Harris
Former six-term Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) is adding his name to the growing list of Reagan- and Bush-era conservatives who say they plan to vote in November for Kamala Harris,…
Trump Taps Senate GOP with Flip-Flop on Taxes
Axios: “Trump’s surprise post on SALT deductions Tuesday has forced Senate Republicans into a pickle: contradict their party’s leader or their old positions.” “For Republican leaders, it’s a taste of…
Freedom Caucus Taps Andy Harris as Next Chair
“The House Freedom Caucus selected Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) as their next chairman Tuesday, opting for fresh leadership ahead of the Nov. 5 election,” Axios reports. “Harris was up against…
Harris Is Just Trying to Not Make News
“Kamala Harris largely stuck to her script during an interview Tuesday with a panel of National Association of Black Journalists members, carefully parrying questions about hot-button issues like the war…
GOP Lawmaker Was Accused of Abusing His Family
Minnesota state Rep. Jeff Dotseth (R) “was arrested in 2008 after his then-wife called police to report he’d assaulted her, one episode in what she and her son would describe…
GOP Senator Accuses Muslim Advocate of Extremism
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) accused a leading Muslim civil rights advocate of supporting extremism during a Senate hearing on hate incidents in the U.S., Reuters reports. Asked Kennedy: “You support…
Russia Takes Aim at Harris Campaign
“Russia is now throwing all of its disinformation resources behind operations designed to undermine the Harris-Walz campaign,” Axios reports. “Starting in late August, a well-known Russian influence group, called Storm-1516,…
Harris Spoke with Trump After Assassination Attempt
Kamala Harris spoke with Donald Trump on Tuesday to check in after a second apparent assassination attempt against him, Axios reports. Said Harris: “I told him what I have said…
Trump Media Breached Agreement with Early Investor
A judge ruled Trump Media breached an agreement with one of the investors that helped the company go public and must grant the sponsor a larger share of stock, CNBC…
Very Few Undecided Voters
Harry Enten: “It’s kind of hard to believe, but the bottom line is that 4% — 4% in the average of polls — 4% of voters say that they are…
Trump Pledges to Restore SALT Write-Off
“Donald Trump said that he would revive the state and local tax deduction, a popular tax break for New Yorkers that the former president limited during his time in the…
Vance Deleted Post That Slammed GOP on Immigration
“A week after President Barack Obama won reelection in November 2012, JD Vance, then a law student at Yale, wrote a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party’s stance on migrants…
Trump Told He Needs More Security to Play Golf
“The acting director of the Secret Service told former President Donald Trump that significant additional security arrangements and planning would be needed if he wanted to continue safely playing golf,”…
Trump Is No Gerald Ford
Tom Nichols: “Two assassination attempts in about two months is indeed horrifying, but it is not unprecedented: In 1975, President Gerald Ford survived two such attempts in fewer than three…
New Details Emerge from Trump Family Crypto Launch
“More than two hours into Republican former President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial launch event on X Monday night, the team behind the Trump family’s new crypto project finally unveiled…
Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose Right-Wing Junket
“Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023…
Harris Will Meet the Press (on Her Terms)
New York Times: “During her 2020 campaign and early in her vice presidency, some of Ms. Harris’s biggest missteps came during unscripted encounters with journalists. To avoid taking chances, she…
$500 Million in TV and Radio Ads Is Coming
“The presidential candidates and their allies plan to spend more than half a billion dollars on television and radio advertising over the final seven weeks of the campaign,” the New…
Big Majority Supports Abortion Rights in Missouri
A new Emerson College poll in Missouri finds 58% of voters plan to vote in favor of the ballot measure to amend the Missouri Constitution to provide the right to…
Trump, Outrage and Political Violence
Peter Baker reminds us: “Trump has long favored the language of violence in his political discourse, encouraging supporters to beat up hecklers, threatening to shoot looters and undocumented migrants, mocking…