Democrats are facing an uphill battle to keep control of the Senate. The fight took center stage during the DNC’s final night — without any of the candidates having to say it out loud. NOTUS notus.org/2024-election/…

As Democrats face a difficult path to maintain control of the Senate, lawmakers from competitive races were given key speaking slots Thursday night. Claire Heddles reports: notus.org/2024-election/…

Scores of people have gathered to remember Angela Carr, Jerrald Gallion and A.J. Laguerre Jr. on the one-year anniversary of a white domestic terrorist shooting and killing them inside a Dollar General in Jacksonville's Grand Park community. They were killed on Aug. 26, 2023.

🚨: The uncommitted mvmt is fracturing into offshoots as leaders dispute how to react to Kamala Harris, as the death toll in Gaza mounts. Dearborn mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud likened this moment to the ideological splits between MLK and Malcolm X. notus.org/harris-2024/ka…

NEW: 10 days before the assassination attempt on Trump, Rep. Mike Kelly warned the Trump campaign that the site they chose would be “very dangerous.” Now as chair of the task force, he said he’s planning to interview campaign staff. notus.org/trump-2024/tru…

The GOP made it difficult for voters to register in Florida but ⁦Miami Herald⁩ analysis shows that when accounting for both active and inactive voters, Republicans still lead Democrats by 732,735 registered voters — 4.5 percentage point difference. miamiherald.com/news/politics-…

Exclusive: Democrats’ Big North Carolina Push Will Soon Include the Secretary of State Scared of a repeat of 2020 fake electors, the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State plans on spending seven figures to keep incumbent Elaine Marshall’s seat. notus.org/north-carolina…

On today’s front page: The quiet attempt by Florida’s top officials to swap state forest land to a luxury golf course company With Emily L. Mahoney: tampabay.com/news/environme…

Aaaaand today, Harris-Walz campaign announces its first ad buy in Florida, also in Palm Beach area (where Mar a Lago is)

Just 23% of registered Dems in Miami-Dade county voted last week, an even smaller percentage than in the 2022 primary. Two years ago, it foreshadowed massive Dem losses in November. Florida Dems insist this year will be different. NOTUS notus.org/florida/florid…

NEW: In an election where nothing can be taken for granted, Dems hope Tim Walz — a Nebraskan and Midwesterner — will help lock up an electoral vote that’s up for grabs in NE Even GOP Rep. Don Bacon said Walz “may help a little” for Dems in the state notus.org/harris-2024/ne…

This Friday on NOTUS, 🧵: 👉 Dems branch out of Atlanta in their quest for Georgia notus.org/georgia/the-no… 👉 Trump's lawyers are trying to reframe his Jan. 6 rally as "official" presidential business notus.org/courts/trump-l…

NEW: The Not-So-Secret Campaign for ‘Secret’ Democrats NOTUS One rural GA Dem described "real fear" of vandalism to a Harris yard sign. “I’m not willing to take that risk, no matter how strong my politics and my political beliefs are.” notus.org/georgia/the-no…

Public records activist Curtis Lee faces a potential $130K bill after losing a lawsuit against the Jacksonville State Attorney's Office. This case could redefine Florida's open-records litigation by allowing agencies to go after requestors who sue. jaxtrib.org/2024/08/30/jac…

Alexandria, Virginia. Greenwich, Connecticut. Cape Cod, Massachusetts. These places are earning $$$ intended for towns gutted by the fall of coal + mining. Why are healthy, rich communities are getting the benefits meant for those left behind? notus.org/policy/ira-ene…

Harris' capital gains policy break from Biden: "If you earn a million dollars a year or more, the tax rate on your long term capital gains will be 28% under my plan." Biden had called for 39.6%.

Former UF president Ben Sasse said a completed audit found no wrongdoing when it came to his spending. But according to public records, the audit never existed.  Read more from Annie Wang and Sophia Bailly. alligator.org/article/2024/0…

Emails obtained by NOTUS show Dem Senate candidate Lucas Kunce once fed talking points to a Hill adviser who worked for Josh Hawley. Hawley echoed them during a hearing. notus.org/senate/emails-…

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has used the recent SCOTUS Chevron ruling to knock down a 2021 Department of Labor rule limiting when employers can pay workers less than minimum wage. Labor unions say it a sign of more to come. notus.org/courts/biden-l…

The 5th Circuit used SCOTUS' recent Loper Bright ruling to knock down a Biden-era protection for tipped workers paid below the minimum wage. “I think this case represents a very clean pattern for other conservative courts to follow" notus.org/courts/biden-l… NOTUS