Trump directs federal government to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America  —  President Trump is escalating his ongoing dispute with Canada over tariffs with a new executive order renaming Lake Ontario, which sits between New York and Canada, to Lake America.  —  The order, which Trump signed Thursday …

RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate  —  Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’  —  Newly obtained documents indicate that the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr …

Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say  —  The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran, a U.S. defense official …

Trump is pulling every lever to reshape U.S. elections … - The effort leaves virtually no part of the election system untouched. … Even measures later blocked in court can create uncertainty and erode trust before Election Day. … - The plan requires states to redesign ballot envelopes …

ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted  —  A surge in immigration arrests this summer has swept up thousands of people who had not previously been the focus of President Trump's mass deportation campaign.  They included people married to U.S. citizens …

A former Mike Collins staffer posted KKK and Nazi images.  Some Republicans see a pattern.  —  Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) is challenging Sen. Jon Ossoff.  The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes.  —  Summary

ICE Agent Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight  —  The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.  —  An immigration officer facing state charges in connection …

Investigators Say White House Construction Was a Factor in Marine One Incident  —  Preliminary report says change in Marine One take-off location blocked radio communications  —  WASHINGTON—Federal investigators said the temporary relocation of Marine One's landing zone due to White House construction …

DeSantis Administration Misspent $10 Million, Grand Jury Says  —  A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis's wife received the money from a state Medicaid settlement and diverted it to political committees supporting a cause favored by the governor.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration …

Scoop: U.S. close to striking “massive” deal for Venezuelan oil fields  —  The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela's interim government about taking an ownership stake in the South American country's enormous oil resources, two U.S. officials tell Axios.

Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute  —  The deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse.  —  Brevard County deputy sheriff Michael Fultz resigned from the force …

‘Thin Air,’ Real Money: Donald Trump's Crypto Products Have Left Investors at Least $4.7 Billion Underwater  —  Introduction  —  “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air,” President Donald Trump tweeted in July 2019.

Trump Unravels as Leaks Reveal How Aides Feed Him Crackpot Poll Hopium  —  Donald Trump is reportedly instructing advisers to spend big on midterm ads ... about himself.  Sources leak to The Atlantic that Trump advisers are telling him the real reason the polls look so bad is that voters are unaware of his many stupendous successes.

Wyoming's Republican governor raises concerns over ‘aggressive’ DOJ election monitors  —  Gov. Mark Gordon said the behavior of Justice Department officials who observed the state's primary elections last week was “irregular.”  —  Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon expressed concern Wednesday …

Trump Family's New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh  —  The Emirati ‘spy sheikh’ backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank  —  The Abu Dhabi royal sometimes referred to as the “spy sheikh” is a major shareholder backing a new U.S. bank the Trump family's …

Greer Suggests US Needs to Consider Bans on Canadian Goods  —  Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade.  Sign up here.  —  The Trump administration's top trade negotiator suggested the US ought to consider banning some Canadian goods, injecting another threat into a trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa.

A Republican Attack Ad Used a Family's Tragedy.  Now They're Furious.  —  Relatives of a family killed by a semi truck say they were not consulted about the ad, which connected the crash to illegal immigration.  —  In the months after Jesse Mallen's sister died in a highway crash, looking at photos of her brought him comfort.

Clash Between Prediction Markets and States Sets Off a Furious Political Battle … In early March, Donald Trump Jr. made a pitch to a crowd of Republican state attorneys general who had gathered for a three-day retreat at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New Orleans.

Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83  —  A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe's deadliest massacre since World War II.  —  Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general whose actions during …

$900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor  —  Government settlement money is going to a Trump neighbor's private equity fund.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration's latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects and boost fossil fuel energy development instead …

Obama to Headline Fund-Raiser With Jeffries in New York  —  The top Democrats will gather party donors on Sept. 10, just as Republicans converge in Texas for their unusual midterm convention.  —  Former President Barack Obama will headline a fund-raiser for House Democrats on Sept. 10 …

Susan Collins agrees to four debates ahead of Senate election in Maine  —  Her Democratic rival has not yet accepted.  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has accepted invitations to four debates ahead of November's election in a state that has become crucial to each party's potential path to power in the Senate.

Edwards Mounts His Defense: ‘Poetry Is Not Sexual Misconduct’  —  Embattled North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards sent a 22-page letter to his colleagues defending himself against sexual harassment allegations that led to his decision to not run for reelection in November.