NEW: McCarthy allies circulating memo showing Gaetz polling 3rd in potential FL GOV primary They expect Gaetz to win big Tues but hope they hurt his GOV chances… Gaetz told ABC News News voters will teach McCarthy a lesson "again in 2026 if he likes” 👀 abcnews.go.com/US/mccarthy-al…

Loud “lock him up” chants for Trump during Hillary Clinton’s DNC speech After years of “lock her up” chants at Trump rallies, Clinton nods along:

DHS internal watchdog says it has uncovered an "urgent issue" with how immigration officials handle cases involving unaccompanied migrant children, warning in a new report that ICE has been unable to keep track of all unaccompanied minors released from government custody.

BREAKING - DHS watchdog says in the past five years more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear for their immigration court hearings, and ICE was "not able to account" for all of their locations via Mike Levine Lucien Bruggeman Laura Romero

Gaetz easily wins House primary after McCarthy-allied group spends millions boosting challenger: abcnews.go.com/Politics/gaetz…

Four veterans who investigate claims of fraudulent military service said they do not believe Tim Walz is guilty of “stolen valor,” but that he did misrepresent his record at times. Via The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/08/21/us/…

JUST IN: Robert Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop out of the presidential race by the end of this week, sources familiar with the decision told ABC News. trib.al/8NTlNsm

NEWS: RFK Jr. plans to drop out of presidential race by end of week: Sources sources cautioned the decision is not yet finalized and could still change Story W/ Katherine Faulders Jonathan Karl Will McDuffie Aaron Katersky John Santucci abcnews.go.com/US/rfk-jr-plan…

Per Will McDuffie - RFK Jr. has officially withdrawn his petition to be on the Arizona ballot.

In here: Details about Trump’s push for a Kennedy endorsement, including an increased urgency as polls showed RFK taking more from Trump, and a phone call from Trump that interrupted a Zoom meeting with top Kennedy supporters. W/ John Santucci for ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/rfk-jr-with…

New - RFK is officially set to appear with Trump at his rally in Arizona tonight, per a Trump advisor, after campaign teased a “special guest” RFK today suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump after the DNC- a move one source said they hope will blunt some of that momentum

Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to headline a fundraiser for former Pres. Trump's reelection campaign in Atlanta on Thursday alongside first lady Marty Kemp and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, multiple sources told ABC News. trib.al/lSXdybI

New: Harris was confronted at a 2003 debate for inflating her record w. campaign materials claiming she'd "tried hundreds" of serious cases during DA run Harris said number was closer to "about 50" per audio ABC News obtained More on her first campaign: abcnews.go.com/US/harris-face…

Harris doesn't get convention bounce, but widens gap with women: POLL - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Politics/harri…

DOJ today alleged that the Russia government funneled nearly $10 million to a U.S. company to create hundreds of videos that would influence U.S. politics. Sources tell ABC News that the company is Tenet Media, whose website features videos from popular rightwing commentators such

ABC News releases the rules for the ‘Kamala Harris and Donald Trump – ABC News Presidential Debate’ to Air and Stream on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 9:00 p.m. EDT h/t Rick Klein and John Santucci - Debate will be 90 minutes with two commercial breaks. - The moderators, David Muir and

DOJ task force, formed 2021 to fight election threats - more than 2,000 threats referred to FBI, DOJ opened 100 investigations - the task force has charged 20 people - 15 convictions. More via ⁦Laura Romero⁩ ⁦Peter Charalambous⁩ abcnews.go.com/US/doj-task-fo…

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Trump lawyer John Lauro as Jack Smith sits in the courtroom: We haven’t talked about the illegitimacy of Mr. Smith which we will. Judge Chutkan: Oh we will. *Smith laughs*

Trump says he’s “disappointed with my legal talent” as he’s flanked by them, nearly 25 minutes into detailing the accusations made against him of sexual misconduct.