This wasn't the way Joe Biden wanted the first debate to go  —  His exchange with Kamala Harris was the standout moment of the entire first debate.  —  The biggest single question going into the first Democratic debate was whether any candidate would manage to lay a glove on the frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden.

Trump jokes to Putin they should ‘get rid’ of journalists  —  US president voices disdain for ‘fake news’ at G20 and makes light of election meddling  —  Play Video  —  Donald Trump joked with Vladimir Putin about getting rid of journalists and Russian meddling in US elections when the two leaders met at the G20 summit in Japan.

Revitalizing Diplomacy: A 21st Century Foreign Service  —  American security and prosperity depend on robust diplomacy.  Our diplomats are the front line of our engagement with the world.  They serve in over 270 posts worldwide, many in difficult or dangerous locations.

Supreme Court to review DACA program protecting young undocumented immigrants  —  The Supreme Court announced Friday it will take up next term whether the Trump administration illegally tried to end the program that shields from deportation young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.

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House Passes Senate Border Bill in Striking Defeat for Pelosi  —  WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a Senate humanitarian aid package without any of the House's strict protections for migrant children in overcrowded border shelters after Speaker Nancy Pelosi capitulated to Republicans …

Marianne Williamson's “girlfriend” call to New Zealand and her other best moments in the debates  —  And by best, we mean all of them.  —  Marianne Williamson did not speak for the first 27 minutes of the Democratic debate on Thursday.  But when she finally did, everything she said was awesome.

Trump Allies' Radical Indifference to a Sexual-Assault Allegation  —  “What was she, like, the 28th or something?” one former White House official pondered to me.  In a separate conversation, another offered a different guess: “Twenty-two?  Twenty-three?”  —  They were talking …

Ken Cuccinelli, head of citizenship service, blames migrant father for drowning deaths captured in photo  —  Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said on CNN on Thursday night that a widely circulated photograph of a migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter …

AOC's chief of staff deletes tweet calling centrist Democrats racist  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's chief of staff deleted a tweet that compared Democrats belonging to the Blue Dog Caucus to the white, southern Democrats of a bygone era.  —  “Instead of 'fiscally conservative but socially liberal …

Fact-checking the first Democratic debate (night 2)  —  The second round of the first Democratic debate again featured 10 candidates armed with talking points that only occasionally went awry.  Here's a roundup of 14 statements that caught our attention.  As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios during live events.

Trolls target online polls following first Democratic presidential debate  —  Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio.  —  Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan …

Pete Buttigieg gets put on the hot seat for his handling of South Bend shooting in the debate  —  “You should fire the chief,” Rep. Eric Swalwell challenged Buttigieg on stage.  —  Mayor Pete Buttigieg was put in the hot seat during the second Democratic presidential debate Thursday when …