Biden speaks from a place Trump doesn't know — the heart  —  President Trump has tried every dirty trick in the book — and a few new ones — to cast doubts about the workings of Joe Biden's brain.  But Trump has been focusing on entirely the wrong organ.  Biden's appeal is from the heart.

Inside Steve Bannon's Alleged Scheme To Fleece Trump Voters Who Wanted A Border Wall  —  The president's family denies knowing anything about the scheme, but a HuffPost investigation reveals close ties.  —  Brian Kolfage had a problem.  It was late 2018, and the triple-amputee and Air Force veteran …

Joe Biden Accepts Democratic Nomination: ‘I Will Draw on the Best of Us’  —  Mr. Biden urged Americans to have faith that they could “overcome this season of darkness,” and he pledged to bridge the country's divisions in ways President Trump had not.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. accepted …

‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks  —  Six weeks ago, U.S. Postal Service workers in the high desert town of Tehachapi, Calif., began to notice crates of mail sitting in the post office in the early morning that should have been shipped out for delivery the night before.

The Republican Embrace of QAnon Goes Far Beyond Trump  —  As the president all but endorses the internet-driven conspiracy theory, it is shifting from the fringes of the internet to become an offline political movement.  —  Late last month, as the Texas Republican Party was shifting into campaign mode …

Trump's reelection effort has officially spent more than $1 billion, a record sum at this point in the campaign  —  President Trump's campaign, the Republican Party and two affiliated committees, have spent more than $1 billion since 2017, a record-breaking sum spent toward a reelection effort …

Tulsi Gabbard Says the DNC Didn't Even Ask Her To Speak  —  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) won two pledged delegates during the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries and stayed in the race longer than Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).

Citing threats, Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure’  —  Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department's ban on protesters being able to demonstrate on the block where she lives, telling reporters Thursday …

Joe Biden Finally Got the Timing Right  —  More than three decades after his first presidential run, in the midst of a deadly pandemic and without his son Beau at his side, the former vice president has met his moment.  —  Joe Biden tells funny stories at funerals and sad ones at campaign stops.

Hillary Clinton rips GOP senators: They seem like they've had a “lobotomy”  —  Hillary Clinton criticized her former Republican colleagues for their responses to the explosive findings in the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on 2016 Russian interference, accusing them of giving up …

Trump pledges to send ‘sheriffs’ and ‘law enforcement’ to polling places on Election Day, but it's not clear he can  —  Trump slams mail-in voting while signing his mail-in ballot  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would send law enforcement officials to polling locations …

McConnell to give taped remarks as part of GOP convention  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will give taped remarks as part of the Republican National Convention next week, his campaign confirmed.  —  The announcement comes after his campaign initially indicated on Thursday …

Trump cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officials  —  WASHINGTON — In early May 2018, after weeks of phone calls and private meetings, 11 of the president's most senior advisers were called to the White House Situation Room where they were asked …

A Russian dissident is fighting for his life.  Where is the U.S.?  —  Michael McFaul is director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Hoover fellow at Stanford University and a contributing columnist to The Post.  He is the author of “From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia.”