I never considered voting for Trump in 2016.  I may be forced to vote for him this year.  —  Danielle Pletka is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.  —  In 2016, I never considered voting for Donald Trump.  The Johnny-come-lately Republican and his nasty schoolyard jibes seemed …

Trump Health Aide Falsely Alleges Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt  —  Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection, and he accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”

Trump Defends Indoor Rally, but Aides Express Concern  —  “I'm on a stage, and it's very far away,” Mr. Trump said of the gathering on Sunday.  His own campaign aides privately called the move a game of political Russian roulette.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and his campaign are defending …

Trump ad asks people to support the troops.  But it uses a picture of Russian jets.  —  A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and weapons.

‘Like an Experimental Concentration Camp’: Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center  —  Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center documenting …

Judge rules Chad Wolf likely unlawfully serving as Homeland Security secretary and temporarily blocks some asylum restrictions  —  (CNN)A Maryland federal judge on Friday ruled that Chad Wolf is likely unlawfully serving as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and temporarily barred …

Bob Woodward Reveals New Tape of Trump's Shocking COVID Comments  —  “It's so easily transmissible, you wouldn't even believe it,” the president can be heard telling Bob Woodward on the new recording.  —  The hits keep coming from Rage author Bob Woodward, who premiered a new exclusive audio recording …

Jacob Wohl Staged Fake FBI Raid on Business Partner, Actor Hired for Production Says  —  A Virginia man who responded to a Craigslist ad seeking actors to play FBI agents quickly discovered he'd been roped into yet another Wohl/Burkman hoax  —  A supposed FBI raid of a home …

Poll: U.S. Jews ‘Locked’ Behind Biden, but There's Also Good News for Trump  —  It also shows that Israel is a low priority issue for most of these voters  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has a significant lead over President Donald Trump among Jewish American voters …

Biden spending alarms Trump allies  —  Joe Biden's mammoth $364 million August fundraising haul is leading to tens of millions worth of ads in battleground states.  —  The big picture: “It should be an alarm to every Republican donor that they've got to dig deep and give more,” Club for Growth head David McIntosh told AP.

Justice Department internal watchdog is investigating Roger Stone's sentencing, say sources  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has begun investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime friend …

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible for state ballot  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Green Party presidential ticket is ineligible to appear on the state ballot, a relief for state and local election officials who feared an addition …

“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation  —  Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent …

White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears  —  To whom can I speak and give warning?  Who will listen to me?  Their ears are closed so they cannot hear.  —  Jeremiah was as good as it gets in the prophet business, but he could be a bit of a downer.

After an Inlander article about her links to conspiracy theory websites, Rep. Jenny Graham responds with profanity, threats and another conspiracy website  —  State Rep. Jenny Graham (R-Spokane) called me on my cellphone the day the Inlander published my story about her unwittingly linking to conspiracy theory posts on Facebook.

Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs to Be Deposed in Seth Rich Case  —  A new court filing says the Fox stars have agreed to answer questions on their role in spreading conspiracy theories about the murdered DNC staffer.  —  Fox News star Sean Hannity was once his network's most prominent booster …

DPS: Attorney General reported hitting a deer, but man's body discovered the next morning  —  South Dakota's attorney general reported hitting a deer Saturday night but actually hit and killed a man whose body wasn't discovered until the next morning, the Department of Public Safety said Monday morning.

How Dark Horse Oracle Became TikTok's Leading Suitor  —  The emergence of the oddball alliance between a business-software giant and social-media sensation is the latest twist in six weeks of negotiations  —  Oracle Corp. is one of the most lucrative but unflashy companies in Silicon Valley …

Racism Is Real.  But Is “Systemic Racism”?  That Time I Was Published by Newsweek—For Two Hours  —  The opinion editor of Newsweek should be commended for striving to publish a diversity of views at the site, but its editor-in-chief committed journalistic malpractice by taking …

Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say  —  Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers already contribute 5 percent of sea-level rise  —  Two Antarctic glaciers that have long kept scientists awake at night are breaking free from the restraints that have hemmed them in …

Billionaire Steven Cohen Reaches Deal to Buy New York Mets  —  Agreement values the team at between $2.4 billion and $2.5 billion, a record for a North American professional sports franchise  —  Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen has reached an agreement to purchase the New York Mets …

Trump alma mater says Biden plan would lead to more economic growth  —  Joe Biden's economic proposals would create a faster growing economy, higher wages for American workers and reduce the debt compared to where the U.S. is headed under President Donald Trump, according to new analysis …

Exclusive: Zach Fuentes, Top Aide to John Kelly, Denies Atlantic Story About Trump  —  Former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Zach Fuentes denied to Breitbart News The Atlantic's account of President Donald Trump's comments about troops in Europe.  —  Fuentes unequivocally denied …

Hate Speech on Facebook Is Pushing Ethiopia Dangerously Close to a Genocide  —  Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox?  Sign up here.  —  Throughout his life, Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa sang about love, unity, and raising the marginalized voices of his Oromo ethnic group.