PM's brother quits as Tory MP and minister  —  Jo Johnson, younger brother of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is quitting as a Conservative MP and minister, saying he is “torn between family loyalty and the national interest”.  —  The business minister and MP for Orpington, tweeted that there was an “unresolvable tension” in his role.

Tensions mount between Trump, Pence camps heading into 2020 election  —  WASHINGTON — When Vice President Mike Pence flew to Europe as the stand-in for President Trump at the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, it appeared to be another sign that the famously fickle president trusted his vice president.

Trump Somehow Replaces Unqualified Mideast Envoy With Even Less Qualified One  —  One of President Trump's most absurd personnel moves was appointing his real-estate lawyer Jason Greenblatt as special envoy to the Middle East.  Greenblatt had no serious foreign policy experience …

Trumpworld Anxiety Grows Over a Rising Elizabeth Warren  —  They once thought they'd delivered the political kill shot.  But now GOP operatives are complaining that nothing sticks to Warren.  —  Over the summer, Trumpworld operatives, Republican Party oppo researchers …

Donald Trump's Alabama obsession reveals a very deep flaw  —  (CNN)As Hurricane Dorian strengthened over the Atlantic and spun toward the Carolinas on Thursday, the President of the United States took to Twitter with a message for Americans.  —  “In the early days of the hurricane …

Donald Trump Has Never Explained a Mysterious $50 Million Loan.  Is It Evidence of Tax Fraud?  —  Donald Trump's massive debts—he owes hundreds of millions of dollars—are the subject of continuous congressional and journalistic scrutiny.  But for years, one Trump loan has been particularly mystifying …

Not just Sharpie-gate: 7 other times officials tried to fabricate Trump's ‘truth’  —  As you've heard, President Trump displayed a chart that appeared to be doctored with a Sharpie to retroactively demonstrate that he had been right when he falsely warned that Alabama was threatened by Hurricane Dorian.

GOP Senators Who Backed Trump's Emergency Declaration Lose Military Funding  —  Who could have seen this coming when the president chose to divert defense money to build his border wall?  —  Republicans who supported an emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border are discovering the cost …

Biden Caught Off Guard by Question on Fund-Raiser's Fossil Fuel Ties  —  The former vice president, at a climate change forum, seemed surprised by a question about the host of one of his fund-raisers.  His campaign denied the man was an industry executive.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. seemed …

Sen. Ernst says lawmakers should discuss fixing Social Security ‘behind closed doors’  —  Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said at a recent town hall that lawmakers should discuss fixing Social Security “behind closed doors,” prompting a wave of criticism from liberal and advocacy groups.

Beto O'Rourke: Meghan McCain Is Almost Giving People ‘Permission to Be Violent’  —  The ex-congressman has championed a mandatory gun buyback proposal.  He says those warning it could spark violence are creating a permission structure for that violence to occur.

REVENGE OF THE NEVER TRUMPERS: HOW A “KAMIKAZE” PRIMARY COULD PIERCE THE FOX NEWS BUBBLE, PUT NEW HAMPSHIRE IN PLAY, AND HIT TRUMP WHERE IT HURTS  —  It's not just a pipe dream for frustrated Weekly Standard fanboys.  If the president's mental fitness becomes a viable conversation on the center right …

Jim Mattis and the surrender of America's adults  —  The thing about grown-ups is they are supposed to say when enough is enough.  Jim Mattis had obviously had enough when he resigned as Donald Trump's secretary of defence in December.  Now the retired general — and the former leading …

Congress Promised Student Borrowers A Break.  Education Dept. Rejected 99% Of Them  —  Toggle more options  —  A new report from a government watchdog, first obtained obtained by NPR, says an expanded effort by Congress to forgive the student loans of public servants is remarkably unforgiving.

How Trump's post-presidential Twitter feed could shape the future of the Republican Party  —  President Trump has remade the Republican Party in his own image, but whether the party will survive in its current form, or get remade again once he leaves office, is the source of great debate.

Republicans fear drubbing in next round of redistricting  —  Democrats were caught napping in the 2010 election ahead of the last round of redistricting — and it cost them control of Congress for nearly a decade.  —  Now Republicans are warning the same thing could happen to them.

Devin Nunes' campaign drops lawsuit against constituents who claimed he was a fake farmer  —  The campaign for Devin Nunes on Tuesday dropped its lawsuit against the people who accused the Republican congressman of being a “fake farmer” and tried to get his ballot designation removed.

District to raze RFK Stadium by 2021 — but not necessarily so Redskins can build a new one.  —  The District plans to tear down the dilapidated RFK stadium by 2021, a move officials say is driven by a need to save money and not to advance any plans for the Redskins to build a new football stadium there.

Why Was the FBI Incurious About a Hot Collusion Tip Involving This Man?  —  Even after the 2016 presidential election, Trump-Russia dossier author Christopher Steele and company kept coming up with allegations that Donald Trump and his campaign had conspired with the Kremlin.

DOJ Staffer Accused of Using Social Media to Find Those Who Agree With Trump Agenda in Grants Process  —  A Trump-appointed Justice Department official is accused of using social media to weed out Trump critics from the process for awarding grants to organizations that assist victims of crime, Reuters reports.

Two Kentucky miners shown in Amy McGrath ad want it taken down.  Here's why.  —  Two miners shown in a campaign ad for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath have sent a cease and desist letter demanding the campaign stop using their images.  —  The ad, which McGrath launched August 23 …

Here's what the Democratic National Committee doesn't understand about the Iowa caucuses  —  Caucuses are not elections and they're not built for convenience  —  Some Americans see the Iowa caucuses as the cockroaches of the presidential nominating season: Hardly anyone likes them but they are extremely hard to kill.

Trump congratulates Poland on the anniversary of Nazi invasion  —  Trump has a history of historical ignorance.  Sometimes, that ignorance results in an international embarrassment.  —  CONNECT  —  To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland, President Donald Trump did what any world leader would do.

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump violates Constitution - Spends unappropriated funds, raises taxes on own  —  Does the president of the United States have too much power?  —  That question has been asked lately with respect to President Trump's planned use of federal funds to construct 175 miles …

CNN's climate change town hall was what politics in 2020 should be: Serious and substantive  —  Climate change is an existential crisis about which voters care; “likability” is not.  So now let's start talking about implementation, too.  —  The seven hours of thoughtful conversation between voters …

Policy papers are a delusion, Democrats.  This is a Trump referendum and you're blowing it.  —  Tough love for my Democratic friends: All their 2020 nominee needs is a short, pithy slogan and the ability to cure the infection Trump has given us.  —  CONNECT