Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’  —  When President Donald Trump canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, he blamed rain for the last-minute decision, saying that “the helicopter couldn't fly” and that the Secret Service wouldn't drive him there.

Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Reported Killed as Officers Move In  —  Michael Forest Reinoehl, an antifa supporter, died when law enforcement went to arrest him.  He was being investigated in the fatal shooting of a member of the far-right group Patriot Prayer.

Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased.  Prosecutors say that's not what happened.  —  In his latest warning about the dangers of mass mail-in voting, Attorney General William P. Barr pointed to a case in Texas that he said highlighted the risk of fraud.

Trump Campaign Running Photo Ads Edited To Make Joe Biden Appear Older  —  Yet again, Trump officials are using deceptively altered imagery to attack the former vice president.  —  President Donald Trump's campaign launched a series of Facebook ads on Thursday featuring a manipulated photo …

Trump's rhetoric on protests seen as detrimental by majority of Americans: POLL  —  Even Republicans are divided on his approach, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.  —  A significant majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump's rhetoric on the unrest in parts of the country …

Biden must fix Obama's biggest foreign policy failure  —  If he wins, Joe Biden will inherit the responsibility for fixing a U.S. approach to Syria that has been an abject failure since the Obama administration.  The Biden campaign is promising to increase U.S. engagement in Syria …

Senate GOP struggles to unify behind coronavirus relief bill amid dispute over DeVos education policy  —  Party leaders had hoped for consensus on new relief measure as government shutdown deadline looms  —  A fight over Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's plan to subsidize private school tuition …

White GWU professor admits she falsely claimed Black identity  —  In a blog post attributed to Jessica A. Krug, the associate professor at George Washington University said she's claimed a Black identity throughout her career.  —  A blog post attributed to a history professor …

Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, intel bulletin warns  —  Bulletin: “Russian malign influence actors” targeted absentee voting process.  —  Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will lead …

Ann Romney will join Michelle Obama on TV to get out the vote  —  Ann Romney will team up with Michelle Obama on prime-time television to encourage people to vote this fall.  —  The former first lady and Romney — whose husband, Sen. Mitt Romney, lost the 2012 race to former President Barack Obama …

Trump ‘Swears on Whatever’ He Never Called Slain Soldiers ‘Losers’  —  PANTS ON FIRE  —  President Trump says he's ready to “swear on whatever” that he never called slain American service members “losers” or dissed Sen. John McCain.  In ate-night tweets on Thursday, the president claimed …

Judge bars Kanye West from appearing on Arizona's ballot  —  A judge has barred Kanye West from appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot in Arizona, concluding that a voter who challenged his candidacy had shown he would probably prevail and had established the possibility of an irreparable harm if the rapper's name were to appear on the ballot.

The 2020 Election, a Race in Which Everything Happens and Nothing Matters  —  If a pandemic that has killed nearly two hundred thousand Americans can't significantly hurt Trump's support, can anything?  —  Does anything matter anymore in American politics?

Anti-Trump Lincoln Project to unleash Facebook army to get out the vote for Biden  — The Lincoln Project, a group led by anti-Trump Republicans, will be launching a new initiative on Friday, The Lincoln Project Digital Coalition.  — The plan is to have thousands of Lincoln Project …

‘The United States is in crisis’: Report tracks thousands of summer protests, most nonviolent  —  About 93 percent of the racial-justice protests that swept the United States this summer remained peaceful and nondestructive, according to a report released Thursday, with the violence …

Postal Chiefs Warn: Workers' ‘Heroic’ Efforts Won't Save the Vote  —  “Despite the heroic efforts ...the reality is, that's going to be a difficult situation for that voter to have their vote counted,” one official said.  —  The embattled leadership of the U.S. Postal Service warned …

There Is No Route to the White House Without Latino Voters  —  Republicans and Democrats alike seem to rediscover us every four years, then forget about us.  It is called the Christopher Columbus syndrome.  —  Mr. Ramos is a contributing opinion writer and an anchor for the Univision network.

Trump team plots how to bust Biden in the debates  —  During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump blew off his first round of debate prep.  —  He refused to do a mock debate with a fake lectern, didn't want any single person to play Hillary Clinton and wouldn't simulate …

North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike  —  RALEIGH (AP) — Mail balloting in the presidential election is set to begin Friday as North Carolina starts sending out more than 600,000 ballots to voters — responding to a massive spike in requests that has played out across …

Biden Refuses to Criticize Blake's Father Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts  —  The Biden campaign has remained silent on revelations that the father of Jacob Blake, a black man shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., posted numerous anti-Semitic messages on his social media accounts.

Trump Went to Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, and Fred's Widow Is None Too Happy  —  “This man is pathologically ill. Mentally ill.”  —  The Trump campaign did not likely pick Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for Thursday night's rally because it is the hometown of Fred Rogers, beloved icon of children's television.

Biden lags among Florida Hispanic voters  —  MIAMI — Joe Biden is underperforming among Florida Hispanic voters while Donald Trump has marginally increased his numbers from 2016, according to a new poll in the must-win battleground state for the president.  —  Biden leads Trump among Hispanics …