Joe Biden insiders see a campaign taking shape  —  Donor meetings, adviser sessions, staff lists — everyday looks more like a campaign.  —  NEW YORK — People around Joe Biden are increasingly convinced he'll run for president — and Thursday, he took the next step forward …

Carly Fiorina will appear in top-tier CNN Reagan Library debate  — Thursday marked the close of the two-month window for determining eligibility based on averages of national polls  — 11 candidates will appear in the 8 p.m. debate, and five candidates will appear at the 6 p.m. event

Navy chief rejects report showing female Marines less capable  —  Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Friday criticized a Marine Corps study that showed that female Marines in a mixed unit did not perform as well as men in several key areas.  —  “They started out with a fairly largely component …

Trump's ‘haters and losers’ Sept. 11 tweet vanishes  —  A 2-year-old tweet from Donald Trump's Twitter account vanished Friday morning, one in which the current Republican presidential candidate commemorated the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by offering “best wishes to all, even the haters and losers.”

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce she won't seek re-election  —  Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, beleaguered by the death of Freddie Gray and the protests and rioting that followed, will announce at 10 a.m. Friday that she won't seek re-election, her spokesman confirmed.

The world just changed forever, but you'd hardly know it from the media  —  It is now official.  On Thursday the Senate let the Iran deal go through - a deal that will forever change the landscape of the world in terrifying and unthinkable ways.  I need not enumerate how this collaboration with Iran …

A new 9/11 memorial to Flight 93: ‘Our loved ones left a legacy for all of us’ … SHANKSVILLE, Pa.—Debby Borza stood before a wall of photos of 40 people who died here Sept. 11, 2001, and gently tapped her daughter's face on a computer touch screen, not knowing exactly what to expect.

New mission for Team Romney: Stop Trump  —  Some of them go back to 2002, the win.  Others slogged through Iowa, twice, and rode aboard the Mitt Mobile.  In 2012, they were so close to the White House they could taste it.  —  Now, the Mitt Romney diaspora — an army of former aides …

California Senate OKs automatic voter registration plan  —  In response to the record-low turnout in the last election, the state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would automatically register to vote any eligible Californian who gets a driver's license unless they opt out.

Charlotte Proudman in LinkedIn sexism storm and the men SHE ogled online  —  The barrister who accused a male solicitor of sexism after he described her photograph on a business website as ‘stunning’ has previously told men online they were ‘hot stuff’.  —  Charlotte Proudman, 27 …

Will We Always Remember 9/11?  —  Soon after the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center towers 14 years ago, bumper stickers abounded in parallel with the nation's grief.  “Never Forget,” one proclaimed with great resolve.  “We Will Always Remember,” promised another.

Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations  —  External Link: Peter Dutton overheard quipping about Pacific Islands facing climate change  —  Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been overheard quipping about the plight of Pacific Island nations facing rising seas from climate change.

Donald Trump Says He ‘Now Owns 100%’ Of The Miss Universe Pageant  —  Donald Trump said Friday that he'd bought out NBC Universal's share of their joint venture, the Miss Universe Organization, and settled lawsuits he'd threatened the company with after it severed their business ties …

Watchdog opened ‘criminal’ Abedin probe, but DOJ passed  —  Sources close to Hillary Clinton's former deputy chief of staff and current vice chairwoman for the campaign say the news actually exonerates her.  —  The State Department inspector general opened a “criminal investigation” …

Pro-Clinton group: Maybe private server was actually safer  —  Days after Hillary Clinton finally acknowledged that using a private email server while secretary of State was “a mistake,” a super-PAC supporting her says it was actually the responsible, safe approach to data security.

ISIL haunts 9/11 anniversary: Our view  —  14 years ago, Americans learned they can't ignore the terror of extremists.  —  Fourteen years ago, the United States suffered a shockingly successful surprise attack by a little known Islamic extremist group based 7,000 miles away in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.