Biden to Give Legal Protections to Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens  —  Undocumented spouses of American citizens will be shielded from deportation, provided work permits and given a pathway to citizenship, according to officials briefed on the plan.  —  President Biden on Tuesday …

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Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz over alleged drug use and sexual misconduct  —  The House panel is continuing its review of Gaetz's conduct, including possible obstruction.  The Florida Republican has denied any wrongdoing.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee …

Why the Biden campaign finally decided to whack Trump on his New York verdict  —  The ad hitting Trump followed weeks of polling and focus groups by Biden's campaign and its allies.  —  President Joe Biden's campaign had been restrained in its attacks on Donald Trump's New York criminal conviction …

Why so many Americans have misconceptions about crime trends  —  According to the latest FBI data, violent crime and property crime are down sharply in 2024.  The new data shows substantial drops in every category, including murder (-26.4%), rape (-25.7%), robbery (-17.8%), and property crime (-15.1%).

Giuliani Faces Pressure in Bankruptcy Court Hearing  —  Creditors, the judge and a Justice Department official signaled that they were running out of patience with the former New York mayor's accounts of his financial condition.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani's creditors and the judge overseeing …

Misleading GOP videos of Biden are going viral.  The fact-checks have trouble keeping up.  —  “The lie is sprinting the 100-meter dash and the fact-check is taking a stroll on the beach.  So it's never going to catch up,” said one Democratic strategist.  —  More Americans may think Joe Biden tried …

But his emails: Trump's increasingly unhinged calls for violence  —  Trump claims he may face death sentence, threatens Joe Biden with “DAY OF RECKONING.”  This really isn't normal  —  Donald Trump is on the warpath.  Following his historic felony conviction on hush-money …

How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes  —  In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission joined regulators in four states to sue four men behind a notorious telemarketing company called Outreach Calling.

Fauci sees ‘degree of schizophrenia’ in US  —  Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Monday night that he sees a “degree of schizophrenia” in the U.S.  —  Fauci joined CBS's “The Late Show,” where host Stephen Colbert asked the doctor if he was going to “diagnose America as a patient right now” what would it be?

Steve Bannon won't be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped, sources say  —  When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won't be serving time at what's known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted …

Top Republican demands answers after WH protests yield 0 arrests; questions ‘political sympathy’ with vandals  —  Sen John Barrasso calls on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to respond ‘immediately’  —  The top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee demanded answers …

California dreamin'  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  As any native Californian living in D.C. will attest, getting home can be an expensive, tiring process; not for the faint of heart or those with sleeping issues or sore necks.

What Donald Trump Learned From Don King  —  The decades-long friendship of two men who never especially changed.  —  For more than three decades, the boxing promoter Don King and Donald J. Trump have shared an enduring friendship and some defining surface similarities …

Tim Scott Leverages Billionaires to Boost Vice-Presidential Bid  — Griffin, Rowan, Ackman to attend his summit Wednesday in DC  — Trump has praised Scott, calling him ‘unbelievable’ surrogate  —  Few politicians know how to win over a billionaire like Tim Scott does.

Bob Bauer: I Played Donald Trump to Get Joe Biden Ready for Debate  —  I AM THE DON  —  Biden adviser Bob Bauer tells in a new book how he insulted Biden to his face after watching hours of tapes of Trump.  The two candidates debate again next week.  —  A close Joe Biden ally has revealed …

Trump-heavy courts block Biden LGBTQ school protections in many states  —  The effect of the Trump judicial appointees on the federal courts has been clear in recent years.  The stark reality of how sex discrimination protections are viewed by many of those judges — and some of their fellow …

Donald Trump Airport?  Trump on the $500 bill?  Republicans can't stop honoring ex-president  —  Donald Trump on the $500 bill.  A Congressional gold medal.  An international airport.  —  It's the Summer of Trump in the House of Representatives, where Republican lawmakers have flooded …