Mar-a-Lago classified papers held U.S. secrets about Iran and China  —  Iran's missile program, U.S. intelligence work aimed at China were among the most sensitive material seized by the FBI, people familiar with the matter say  —  Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI …

Exclusive: Emails reveal warning to Trump team about fraud claims  —  A senior White House lawyer expressed concerns to President Trump's advisers and attorneys about the president signing a sworn court statement verifying inaccurate evidence of voter fraud, according to emails from December 2020 obtained by Axios.

Biden's ‘worst performing message’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  It's an article of faith among Democrats that their party is deeply hampered by its inability or unwillingness to tout its own accomplishments.

U.S. appeals court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student debt, one day after a judge dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit by six states challenging the loan-forgiveness program.

Sen. Lindsey Graham asks the Supreme Court to block a subpoena from an Atlanta grand jury investigating 2020 election interference  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block a subpoena from the Atlanta-area special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

Unmitigated gall of Joe Biden claiming that he ‘lowered’ debt  —  How should a president respond to running a $1.4 trillion budget deficit — 40% higher than before the pandemic — and adding trillions more to 10-year deficits?  —  If you are President Biden, you take a victory lap touting your “historic deficit reduction.”

Video shows GOP gov. nominee Dan Cox accepting gift from Md. Proud Boys  —  Footage posted online from Cox's July victory party shows the exchange, but it was removed after The Post contacted the Cox campaign.  He said in a statement he has no affiliation with people who stormed the capitol on Jan. 6.

Florida voter has election fraud charges touted by DeSantis dismissed  —  The accused was facing up to five years in prison and $5,000 in fines and fees.  —  A Florida man had his election fraud charges dismissed on Friday, making him the first of 20 people who Gov. Ron DeSantis announced …

The Mainstream Media Lied to Me About Conservatives  —  How political media propaganda prevented me from understanding conservatives  —  Looking back, when I was a Democrat, I never personally knew any Republicans or conservatives yet my entire perception of what they stood for was based on left-leaning media filtering.

How Liz Cheney can kill the MAGA threat  —  Killing the MAGA movement is beyond the capacity and imagination of the national Democratic Party's sclerotic and inept leadership.  It has failed utterly.  Even more atrociously, Chuck Schumer has failed to adequately support and fund …

Why I'm Telling My Friends That The Senate Is A Toss-Up  —  The Senate started out as a toss-up when we launched our forecast in June — and after a summer in which political developments mostly played to Democrats' favor, there is now clear movement back toward Republicans.

DeSantis cracked down on migrant labor.  Then one helped coordinate his migrant flights  —  A Venezuelan migrant unable to legally work in the United States was paid to help coordinate Gov. Ron DeSantis' migrant flight program, putting the Republican governor's high-profile political gambit …

Jan. 6 rioter who brought two guns to Capitol sentenced to five years in prison  —  WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who brought two guns to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and dropped one of them on Capitol grounds, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Friday.

In Nevada, election deniers prepare to sabotage the midterms  —  PAHRUMP, Nev. — If the midterm elections degenerate into chaos in a couple of weeks — a very real possibility — then Nevada is poised to lead the way.  Indeed, the chaos here has already begun.

Tim Ryan may help save Senate Dems' majority.  Even if he loses.  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — Tim Ryan is arguably running the country's most valuable Senate campaign.  Even if he doesn't win.  —  The self-described Democratic “underdog” is neck-and-neck with J.D. Vance in the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).

Lee Zeldin inches past Kathy Hochul in dead-heat governor's race, stunning new poll reveals  —  Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin has edged past Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul by decimal points and the race for governor is now a dead heat, a stunning new poll released Friday reveals.

S.F.'s Toiletgate: Newsom calls $1.7 million bathroom a waste, halts state money until costs come down  —  Noe Valley's simple wish to get a public bathroom installed in its treasured Town Square appears to be circling the drain — with even Gov. Gavin Newsom wading into the spat over its projected $1.7 million cost.

Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada  —  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is placing a nationwide freeze on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns, effective immediately.  —  The handgun freeze is the latest in an ongoing battle among Canadian lawmakers over gun control measures.

Sandy Hook Families Ask Judge to Max Out Alex Jones Penalty  —  Sandy Hook families said a Connecticut judge should impose “the highest possible punitive damages” for Alex Jones, suggesting by one calculation that could be as high as $2.75 trillion.  —  The families said that additional damages …

Before resigning, Charlie Crist's campaign manager was arrested in domestic violence case  —  The manager for Charlie Crist's Florida gubernatorial campaign was arrested in a domestic violence case a day before he resigned his political position, NBC News has learned.

Saudis plot energy cooperation with China amid tensions with Biden  —  Saudi Arabia's energy minister held on Friday a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart to discuss cooperation in the global oil market and on nuclear energy, the Saudi state news agency said.