New: Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter to Elon Musk, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to X’s AI chatbot Grok, after it shared with millions of users false information suggesting that Kamala Harris was not eligible to appear on the 2024 ballot

NEW: Bloomberg says it has taken disciplinary action against a number of people involved in breaking the prisoner swap embargo last week, email here from EIC John Micklethwait

In Arizona's most populous county, 37% of polling locations in 2016 were schools. So far this year, it’s 14%, as school leaders are less willing to assume the risks associated with holding elections, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Ence Morse Hannah Natanson report. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Bret Baier says 'conversations' about a debate between Harris and Trump are happening and now says he hopes Sept. 4 works...

NEWS—> Arizona grand jurors discussed indicting Trump, but prosecutors urged them not to. via Yvonne Wingett Sanchez wapo.st/46ENywM

SCOOP: Trump says he doesn't know who's in charge of Project 2025. He took a private flight with Heritage's president in 2022. Here's a photo. w/ Josh Dawsey Hannah Knowles washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

The eating roadkill turn in the 2024 presidential campaign you totally saw coming.

Trump’s focus on Georgia election board raises fears for November vote Via @amyegardner wapo.st/4dBDNla

Iran uses fake news sites to interfere in U.S. election, Microsoft says, via Joseph Menn wapo.st/3Yx5GGK

'Stolen valor'? Abandonment of troops? A fact check of claims Republicans are making about Tim Walz's military service washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/… via Glenn Kessler

NEW: The Young Thug trial will continue after a Georgia judge denied a motion for a mistrial, Holly Bailey reports. While this is a victory for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the judge criticized prosecutors for their conduct. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08…

I covered Jan 6 as an investigative reporter back in 2021. Ever since, I’d wondered: After the Capitol riot, where does the militia movement go from here? So I spent the last few months getting inside the turbulent, secretive world of one of the largest militias in the US...

Donald Trump is not exactly Nostradamus. Aaron Blake reports on the former president's predictions of a hellscape under Kamala Harris. Trump did the same with Biden — saying many of the same things, in fact — and his forecasts were consistently wrong. wapo.st/472NQgY

One of the nation's largest Latino civil rights groups is asking DOJ to probe a recent spate of raids by investigators for Texas AG Ken Paxton on the homes of Latino elected leaders, candidates and political operatives in South Texas. Via Arelis Hernández washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08…

Trump’s ad attacks Harris for a tax program that doesn’t exist Via the Fact Checker, Glenn Kessler wapo.st/4dJrwvy

Decision on Georgia election board threatens Kemp’s détente with Trump Newsy piece with implications for the presidential race, via Amy Gardner + Josh Dawsey washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

The parents of dual Israeli and American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin were public faces of those whose loved ones were taken hostage by Hamas. Other families know time isn’t on their side, via Joanna Slater & Greg Jaffe : washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09…

Another awful day in America: a 14-year-old accused of killing two fellow students and two teachers at a Georgia high school. @Hollybdc Emily Wax Laura Meckler @reisthebault washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/09…