Biden's V.P. Pick Is Said to Be Imminent  —  Joe Biden's advisers are planning an announcement for the middle of the week as his search concludes, people briefed on the selection process said.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has told allies that he has interviewed every finalist …

Analysis: Trump has a go-to solution, and it's more Trump  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a ready solution for almost any crisis: more Donald Trump.  —  In a template forged in his 2016 convention speech when he declared that “I alone can fix it,” the president …

I (still) believe the president, and in the president  —  I believe the president Made America Great Again.  I believe we need him reelected to Make America Great Again Again.  —  I believe Joe Biden is “Sleepy” and “weak.”  I believe Biden could “hurt God” and the Bible.

An economic crisis in Kentucky has workers, businesses furious with McConnell  —  Joblessness is high, benefits are running out and local leaders say they need the kind of aid that the Senate's most powerful figure has yet to endorse  —  The parade of cars honked incessantly as they crawled past …

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announces resignation  —  Best's resignation comes after the Seattle City Council voted to cut spending for the Seattle Police Department on Monday.  —  SEATTLE — Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best has announced that she will be resigning next month.

How to Foil Trump's Election Night Strategy  —  To keep the president from claiming victory on Nov. 3, Biden supporters who can vote in person may well have to.  —  There's no mystery about what President Trump intends to do if he holds a lead on election night in November.  He's practically broadcasting it.

Swarm of Salton Sea earthquakes sparks worry about the San Andreas fault  —  A swarm of small earthquakes in California, close to the Mexican border, is being closely monitored as to whether it might raise the chance of a much larger event on the San Andreas fault.

Trump: Executive order on pre-existing conditions is ‘a signal’  —  President Donald Trump on Monday acknowledged a prospective executive order he's considering to make insurers cover pre-existing conditions amounted to political messaging — and that Obamacare already offered such protections.

Ilhan Omar's career on the line in tough Tuesday primary  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez survived her primary.  Rashida Tlaib did, too.  Now it's Ilhan Omar's turn on Tuesday — and the Minnesota congresswoman faces the stiffest challenge of any member of the Squad.

QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show  —  An internal investigation by Facebook has uncovered thousands of groups and pages, with millions of members and followers, that support the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to internal company documents reviewed by NBC News.

New York's true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility.

Employers Cast Wary Eye on Trump Payroll-Tax Deferral  —  Details from the IRS will shape employers' willingness to stop withholding Social Security taxes from paychecks  —  WASHINGTON—Employers considering President Trump's plan to allow deferred payment of payroll taxes face a series of costs, uncertainties and headaches.

Coronavirus testing in Texas plummets as schools prepare to reopen  —  Texas' low number of tests and large percentage of positive results suggest inadequacies in the state's public health surveillance effort at a time when school reopenings are certain to increase viral spread, health experts said.

The Revolt of the Republican Strategists  —  What the Trump era has revealed about the people who used to run Republican campaigns.  —  Last week I found myself reading “It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump,” the new book by Stuart Stevens, the longtime Republican operative …

Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Could Temporarily Block Americans Who Might Be Infected From Returning to the U.S.  —  Nearly 100,000 children tested positive in the last two weeks of July, according to a new report.  During a visit to Taiwan, the U.S. health secretary praised the island's response to the pandemic.

My Statement on Elections in Belarus  —  Democracies are built on the simple concept that citizens have a right to elect their leaders and have a say in their country's future.  After suffering systematic repression for the past 26 years under the authoritarian regime of President Alexander Lukashenka …

Is Lindsey Graham Actually in Trouble in South Carolina?  —  Michael Quattlebaum was just 10 years old when he attended a high-dollar Republican fundraising dinner in South Carolina's state Capitol.  His father was active in his local chapter of the GOP and eager to pass on the tradition.

Philly and the suburbs want to set up extra election offices for a new kind of early voting  —  Voters in the Philadelphia region will soon have a new way to cast their ballots.  —  Some of Pennsylvania's largest counties are planning to create satellite election offices …

Trump claims he would have not called for Obama to resign over 160,000 virus deaths  —  President Trump claimed at a press briefing Monday that he would not have called for President Obama to resign if 160,000 Americans had died on his watch, despite tweeting in 2014 that Obama should resign …

Present at the Disruption  —  How Trump Unmade U.S. Foreign Policy  —  Present at the Creation is an 800-page memoir written by Dean Acheson, U.S. President Harry Truman's secretary of state.  The title, with its biblical echo, was immodest, but in Acheson's defense, it was deserved.

Untangling the Media Myths of Covid-19  —  They're countless.  States that reporters shamed have done the best, and the U.S. is average among its peers.  —  Has there been in recent history a more tendentious, hysterical, data-denying and frankly disreputable exercise in misdirection …

Kanye West's campaign says he belongs on the ballot even if nomination papers were 14 seconds late  —  Kanye West's presidential campaign in Wisconsin may be coming down to a matter of crucial seconds.  —  West's campaign is arguing he belongs on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin …

The Woeful Inadequacy of School-Reopening Plans  —  We wasted the summer, while President Trump sowed distrust and promoted heedlessness.  What's left now is to see what can be salvaged.  —  School isn't due to start in New York City until after Labor Day, but in Georgia some districts began opening …

Cori Bush and the Future of the Democratic Party  —  For over 50 years, a member of the Clay family has held the seat for Missouri's 1st Congressional District, which encompasses the entire city of St. Louis.  Last Tuesday's Democratic primary marked the beginning of the end of that streak …

No, Now Is Not the Time for Another Russia Reset  —  Until Moscow is willing to do its part, Washington should avoid pointless dialogue and instead push back firmly against Vladimir Putin's aggression.  —  The authors and signers of the open letter calling for a “rethink” …

My Dark Journey Into the Soul of a Model Young Republican Candidate  —  Graphic: Graphic: Jezebel (Photos: Screenshot via Foxnews.com)  —  Madison Cawthorn is a handsome guy, if your tastes run towards toothy, muscled blondes.  In interviews, the 25-year-old Republican practically gleams …