How Trump's Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart  —  WASHINGTON — On the Friday before Labor Day, President Trump gathered top advisers in the Situation Room to consider what could be among the profound decisions of his presidency — a peace plan with the Taliban …

Democrats to Broaden Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump to Corruption Accusations  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats return to Washington this week poised to significantly broaden their nascent impeachment inquiry into President Trump beyond the findings of the Russia investigation, but they will confront a fast-dwindling political clock.

Air Force leaders order probe of Trump resort stays  —  The U.S. Air Force has ordered a world-wide review of how it chooses overnight accommodations on long flights following revelations that air crews had occasionally stayed at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort while refueling at a small commercial airport nearby.

Donald Trump To Attend GOP Retreat In Baltimore, City He Called ‘Disgusting’  —  The president is scheduled to speak at the House Republican Conference retreat this week despite his previous insults.  —  President Donald Trump will attend a Republican retreat in Baltimore …

'It's a deceptive lead': Why Biden's rivals are planning around his big collapse  —  Most rivals have some variation of ‘when Biden fails’ written into their campaign plans.  —  He continues to outdistance the rest of the Democratic primary field in most polls.

Trump heads to N.C. for House special election — and 2020 test run  —  Tuesday's congressional election features a stark suburban-rural divide, one of the hallmarks of the Trump era.  —  WEDDINGTON, N.C. — The last, lingering piece of the 2018 election is about to preview …

Internal Kamala Harris document acknowledges ‘Summer Slump’  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — A briefing memo accidentally left behind at a restaurant here showed Kamala Harris' staff expected her to be grilled on her lack of presence in the state as well as her campaign's “summer slump.”

He Who Must Not Be Tolerated  —  Joi Ito's fall from grace for his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was much deserved.  But his style of corner-cutting ethics is all too common in tech.  —  Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.  —  Voldemort?

Hong Kong tells US to stay out; students form protest chains  —  HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of students formed human chains outside schools across Hong Kong on Monday to show solidarity to push for democratic reforms after violent weekend clashes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.

No sign of Trump's hurricane here in Alabama  —  MOBILE, Ala. — The city stands.  —  The grocery stores are fully stocked, the Home Depot has no lack of generators, tarps and plywood, and it's business as usual at the Waffle Houses.  —  Boaters on the Mobile River have been urged to caution …

Trump Raids Funds Meant to Deter Russia to Pay for His Wall  —  National security experts believe it could be a gut punch to U.S. diplomatic and security interests in a part of the world that's been a sore spot for the president: Europe.  —  The Trump administration's move to divert billions …

Train wreck Britain still shows America a thing or 2 about political courage, cowardice  —  Who would ever want to live in this train wreck of a Western democracy?  The government is led by an utter buffoon — an oversize clown with yellow hair blowing every which way who can't utter …

'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence  —  More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world. … At Liberty University …

Inside the Democrats' massive trove of Trump 2020 opposition research  —  The DNC research team has mined thousands of lawsuits from nearly 50 states as part of a massive new trove on President Trump that will be weaponized through pols and reporters in key battlegrounds.

Trump Is Not Well  —  During the 2016 campaign, I received a phone call from an influential political journalist and author, who was soliciting my thoughts on Donald Trump.  Trump's rise in the Republican Party was still something of a shock, and he wanted to know the things I felt he should keep …

A Manufacturing Recession Could Cost Trump a Second Term  —  The moment usually comes during Greg Petras's commute through the rolling hills and cornfields of southern Wisconsin.  Somewhere between his home near Madison and the factory he runs on the edge of the small town of Brodhead …