In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — In open defiance of state regulations and his own administration's pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, telling a packed, nearly mask-less Nevada crowd that the nation was …

Two L.A. County sheriff's deputies expected to survive attack amid intense manhunt for shooter  —  Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot in what authorities described as an ambush attack are expected to survive amid an intense manhunt for the gunman captured on video firing inside …

The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything.  Then Its Own Scandal Hit.  —  Internal documents show how a source ended up in jail — and the fallout in the newsroom.  —  Where were you when you first heard about the Snowden leak?  —  The huge breach of the National Security Agency's …

Woodward: ‘The president of the U.S. possessed specific knowledge that could have saved lives’  —  WASHINGTON — Journalist Bob Woodward said Monday that he was shocked when he learned that President Donald Trump “possessed the specific knowledge that could have saved lives” in January.

If Biden Wins, Democrats Must Lean In to Partisanship  —  The truth is that if you have power, being partisan is precisely how you get things done.  —  Biden and McConnell at Obama's 2016 State of the Union address  —  Joe Biden sometimes talks about the 2020 election like the end of a natural disaster …

Lock Him Up?  For the Republic to survive Trump's presidency, he must be tried for his crimes.  Even if that sparks a constitutional crisis of its own.  —  In the end, the most salient fact about Donald Trump may simply be that he is a crook.  He has been defying the law since at least the early 1970s …

‘This is f—ing crazy’: Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories  —  MIAMI — George Soros directs a “Deep State” global conspiracy network.  A Joe Biden win would put America in control of “Jews and Blacks.”  The Democratic nominee has a pedophilia problem.

Goodbye, readers, and good luck — you'll need it  —  It's time to quit.  Since coming to Washington in 1969 as a young reporter, I have written, by my crude calculation, about 2 million words, most of them columns for The Post, Newsweek and the National Journal.

The majority backs Whitmer's pandemic actions.  But it could only take 3% to stop her.  —  If I were governor, most things would still be shut down in Michigan, including outdoor dining, malls and gyms that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has allowed to open with restrictions.

Is the Mail Getting Slower?  We're Tracking It  —  In July and August, when a public outcry rose over late mail, there was indeed slower delivery from the United States Postal Service.  —  Since then, on-time delivery of the mail has improved slightly.  But for first-class mail …

Biden Creates Legal War Room, Preparing for a Big Fight Over Voting  —  With two former solicitors general and hundreds of lawyers, the Biden campaign is bracing for an extended legal battle and hoping to maintain trust in the electoral process.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s campaign is establishing …

Trump Says He Will ‘Negotiate’ Third Term Because He's ‘Entitled’ To It  —  President Trump said Saturday that he plans to “negotiate” to run again in 2024 if he wins reelection in November, his latest in a series of comments that have alarmed critics who say he has little regard for constitutional boundaries.

Alexander Vindman: Trump Is Putin's ‘Useful Idiot’  —  Shortly after midnight on June 17, 1972, an unusually attentive security guard named Frank Wills discovered an unlocked door in the garage of the Watergate office complex.  A piece of tape had been placed over the latch.

Officials: Iran weighing plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa  —  The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.

Russia's regional elections bring rare win for Navalny  —  MOSCOW — Kremlin critics have been craving some good news since the star of Russia's opposition, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned.  —  Late on Sunday, they got it: For the first time ever, in regional elections this weekend …

Inside Joe's bubble: How Biden's campaign is trying to avoid the virus  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden's chartered airplanes and SUVs are meticulously sprayed with disinfectant and scrubbed.  The microphones, lecterns and folders he uses are wiped down in the moments before his arrival.

The whiny core of Trumpism  —  Few Trump White House members have survived the administration's tumult as well as Peter Navarro.  The economics professor and failed California political candidate is officially the director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy; unofficially …

Noem: Attorney General involved in fatal crash Saturday night  —  Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was involved in a fatal crash Saturday night, Gov. Kristi Noem said in an unscheduled press conference Sunday evening.  —  The crash occurred at around 10:30 p.m. on Highway 14 in Hyde County just west of Highmore, Noem said.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Florida, But Were Afraid To Ask - The 2020 Version  —  Pull up a chair friends, and it is time for a little chat about your favorite state - the place, as Congressman Charlie Crist often remarks, with prettiest state with the prettiest name.  That of course is La Florida.

The ways Democrats could retake the Senate majority, explained  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a press conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon on June 30 in Washington, DC.  Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images  —  The battle for control of the Senate …

Fauci Spills The Beans: A Vaccine Won't End COVID-19 Restrictions  —  Anthony Fauci is always the harbinger of additional suffering to be inflicted by state and local governments.  Count on governors parroting the new expectation.  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci just spilled the beans …

CDC: Kids can spread coronavirus to their households  —  Children can and do transmit the coronavirus to members of their household, a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms.  —  Why it matters: As the coronavirus spreads through schools across the country …

'Biden didn't stop the black plague': GOP chair Ronna Romney humiliated trying to blame Biden for Trump's COVID failure  —  COVID-19 is so-named because it first surfaced on the planet in 2019.  It's something that Republicans seem to be struggling to understand.

How The 1960s Riots Foreshadow Today's Communist Weaponization Of Black Pain  —  Many would have us believe that the riots and violence sweeping across America's cities this year are spontaneous.  But history and current evidence tell us otherwise.  —  Leaving the White House grounds recently, I knew I would encounter protestors.