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 …

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.

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 …

New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials' Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement  —  In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.

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.

Trump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states, after denying aid to blue states  —  Ahead of the midterm elections, the president isn't even being subtle about his scandalous politicization of disaster aid.  —  Donald Trump's politicization of federal disaster relief funds has become …

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 …

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.

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 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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Trump Says Iran Strikes to Be Short, Asserts Hormuz Control  —  President Donald Trump said renewed attacks on Iran would likely be short-lived, reiterating his claim that the US controls the crucial Strait of Hormuz after fresh fighting spiked energy prices and rekindled fears of an open-ended war.

Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbots  —  The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker's argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology …

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.

JD Vance talks end times, Antichrist and AI on faith podcast  —  The vice president, who's been an advocate of building data centers to support artificial intelligence, told podcaster Bryce Crawford that some uses of AI are “satanic.”  —  Vice President JD Vance warned about the dangers …

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.

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 …

Rubio Downplays CIA Director's Surprise Trip to Russia  —  The secretary of state denied a spate of reports that emerged after CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare trip to the country last week.  — Copy  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio brushed off various reports …

Trump Says He's ‘Happy’ Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Leaving US  —  President Donald Trump celebrated Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle's plans to leave the US, taking a dig at the royal couple as they return to live in the UK.  —  “I'm happy about it.

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.

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”.