Republicans aren't exactly flocking to Trump's midterm convention  —  President Donald Trump has a vision for next week's GOP convention in Dallas: a televised spectacle putting Republican candidates in front of midterm voters and top party donors just two months before the Election Day — with Trump himself headlining the show.

Tillis renews calls for Hegseth's ouster  —  Sen. Thom Tillis renewed his call for President Donald Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, following the resignation earlier this week of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.  “I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men …

New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials' Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement  —  Top U.S. Postal Service officials tasked with issuing new regulations on mail voting expressed concerns in internal meetings about how the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots …

Good Riddance, Seth Moulton: You Got What You Deserved  —  The biggest reason that Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election is probably the post-Covid-19 inflation and anti-incumbent sentiment that resulted in parties in power across the world being defeated.  It didn't help that she refused …

Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”  —  He is the richest man on earth.  An explosive new film from the Oscar-winning director suggests he may also be the most dangerous.  —  Late one August afternoon in a Manhattan editing suite …

Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread  —  Substantial majorities of Republicans, Democrats and independents agree  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89% of U.S. adults saying it is widespread.

Rogue House Democrats face growing push for “consequences”  —  Two centrist House Democrats who voted to help Republicans get a procedural motion across the finish line are now facing down possible punishment from party leaders who say they were blindsided by the move.

Trump Administration Launches Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms  —  Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but President Trump has fixated on rooting it out this year, claiming without evidence that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote.

The Court's Ballroom Decision Is a Sign of Deeper Problems  —  The conservative justices have separation of powers exactly backwards.  —  In deciding to allow President Trump to proceed with constructing a new ballroom, which Congress has not authorized, at the White House, which Trump does not own …

Trump $1 coins in circulation, US Mint says  —  The coins have entered circulation and can be purchased online.  —  The U.S. Mint announced today that $1 coins featuring President Donald Trump's likeness have entered circulation and are for sale starting, Sept. 2, 2026.

Trump's Canada antagonism vexes Americans … - With the midterm elections creeping closer, polling suggests Americans aren't sold on the fight. … - Even among Republicans, more opposed (43%) than supported (33%) the order.  — A vast majority of Democrats (84%) and independents and other parties (65%) opposed the name change.

NYC Public Schools Ban AI for Students, Restrict Screen Time  —  The largest school district in the US is banning artificial intelligence tools and restricting screen time for elementary and middle school students in the upcoming school year.  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani …

What JD Vance's Eruption of Rage Over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals  —  JD Vance is pretending to be very, very angry at Abdul El-Sayed for drawing his wife, Usha Vance, into our political debates.  “Abdul, keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth,” Vance seethed while campaigning …

DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites  —  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could enter polling places to make arrests this November …

ICE hasn't paid for detainee medical care since October.  Advocates call it the ‘death policy’  —  Over the 10 months Rodrigo spent in an ICE detention center east of Bakersfield, he asked repeatedly to see an oncologist about the tumor that was growing to the size of a lemon in his neck …

Pentagon cuts access to classified information amid Iran war concerns  —  Documents associated with the Secretary of Defense Orders Book were removed from an internal Pentagon web portal after The Washington Post's reporting, three people familiar with the matter said.  —  Summary

Can Susan Collins Survive the Craziest Race in the Country? … Yet nowhere has been as idyllic as Perry's Lobster Shack.  —  Set on a harbor, where — in local parlance — Midcoast meets Downeast, the view from Perry's over the water is of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.

Israel 'seeking Trump's support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza'  —  Defence minister says he believes US backing could tip regional balance in favour of forced resettlement  —  Israel's defence minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump's support to approve plans …

Astonishing moment NY GOP congressional staffer is hit by lightning in Staten Island — and survives  —  A New York GOP congressional staffer miraculously survived a freak lightning strike while he was walking to his dentist appointment on Staten Island, chilling footage showed.

Hospitals say coming Trump administration rules are worse than GOP's Medicaid cuts  —  Hospitals thought losing hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding through GOP-led cuts last year was bad.  But coming regulations from the Trump administration could slash their funding even deeper than Congress did.

Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’  —  DNB prefers London over the US city, pointing to better ‘tradeability’ of bullion  —  The Dutch central bank has shifted more than 78 tonnes of gold from New York to London in a politically sensitive move, citing “increasing geopolitical unrest”.

The Air Marshals Keeping Watch On Eric Swalwell  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  On August 8, former Representative Eric Swalwell boarded a United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C. He didn't know it …

House Democrats block constitutional amendment to lock Supreme Court size at 9 justices  —  The Republican-led resolution, which requires two-thirds support in the House and Senate, comes in response to increasing openness among Democrats to expand the court.

The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”  —  Top military officers from a secretive command watched a speedboat cut through the waters of the Caribbean Sea, early last September.  A plane above provided live video of the vessel and the 11 men on board.

ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database  —  As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.  —  In a bid to tackle alleged voter fraud …