Judge Dismisses Trump Classified Documents Case

Timothy Mellon, a longtime GOP donor and heir to the Mellon banking fortune, “gave $50 million to a pro-Trump super PAC in July, following two other massive donations to boost the former president this cycle,” Politico reports. “He has now given $115 million to the group, Make America Great Again Inc., since the start of 2023.

Donald Trump’s onetime White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told delegates at the Democratic convention that Trump, when out of the public eye, would mock his supporters and refer to them as “basement dwellers,” the Los Angeles Times reports. She added: “On a hospital visit one time, when people were dying in the ICU, he was mad that cameras were not watching him.

“Arizonans will be able to vote in November on whether to put a right to abortion in the state constitution,” the Arizona Daily Star reports. “In an order late Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected arguments by Arizona Right to Life that a description of the key provisions in Proposition 139, which was attached to petitions, misled people into signing the initiative.” Associated Press: “Under the measure, abortions would be allowed until an embryo or fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks.

Mother Jones: “When Barack Obama takes the stage in Chicago tonight to support the candidacy of his old friend Kamala Harris, many Americans will see it as another torch-passing moment in a Democratic National Convention that’s already been replete with them. This one is extra emotional because of the sheer improbable nature of what the former president and current vice president have achieved.” “What many people won’t realize is that without Harris’s early and enthusiastic support, Obama’s career might have taken a different trajectory.

The Harris campaign and its affiliated groups have raised close to half a billion dollars just since President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris last month, NBC News reports. Democrats expect that number to grow to around $600 million by the end of August.

“Top Democrats scrambled Tuesday to trim the length of key speeches after widespread complaints about Monday night’s long lineup of programming pushing Joe Biden past prime time,” Politico reports.