Defiant Biden tells donors: 'We're done talking about the debate'  —  A defiant President Joe Biden insisted to his donors on Monday that he is “done talking about the debate” and implored the party to ignore any further distractions and direct its attention back to Donald Trump.  “We need to move forward.

Trump proposes scaled back platform that softens language on abortion, same sex marriage  —  The draft was circulated Monday among members of the 2024 Republican convention platform committee.  It will be discussed and voted on later this week.  —  The 2024 Republican convention platform aides …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Jets Off to Asia as Hurricane Beryl Lashes His State  —  SOUND FAMILIAR?  —  Abbott departed for South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan on Friday as forecasts showed that Beryl was likely to hit Texas on Monday.  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott boasted of having …

Official Kristi Noem social media accounts appear to have been deleted  —  Error messages shown on Facebook and Twitter pages for South Dakota governor plagued by dog-killing admission  —  Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota who has been dogged by controversy since recounting …

Ivanka Trump Resurfaces as Dad's Re-Election Fortunes Change  —  OH HEY THERE  —  The former White House adviser is inching her way back to the spotlight after exiting stage right following the Capitol riot.  —  Ivanka Trump's political intermission appears to be over.

Joe Biden, in the Goodest Bunker Ever  —  When I saw the Michael Shear story in The Times on July 4, recounting how President Biden had stumbled talking to Black radio hosts days after his debate debacle, telling one he was proud to have been “the first Black woman to serve with a Black president,” I knew it spelled trouble.

“Some folks need killing!”:  It's time to take MAGA threats of violence literally and seriously  —  A leader of Project 2025 declares the authoritarian “revolution” will be “bloodless” only “if the left allows it”  —  Attempts by Donald Trump and his MAGA minions to create plausible deniability …

What Trump doesn't want you to know about Project 2025  —  Project 2025 is a radical blueprint for a potential second Trump administration, spearheaded by the right-wing Heritage Foundation.  The plan calls for withdrawing approval for the abortion pill, banning pornography, slashing corporate taxes …

The Supreme Incompetents  —  All of the United States' most important governing institutions are failing at once.  —  Congress, of course, has long been barely able to function.  Every year, it struggles merely to fund the rest of the government, and the risk that it will trigger …

Trump's campaign still owes El Paso over $500K for 2019 rally, other cities also unpaid  —  Donald Trump still owes several cities money from past campaign rallies, including El Paso.  —  Information compiled in 2019 from the Centers for Public Integrity shows that at least 12 cities were owed money, showing El Paso was owed the most.