Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness  —  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately told President Joe Biden in a recent conversation that polling shows that the president cannot defeat Donald Trump and that Biden …

The VP is clearly the stronger candidate  —  The case for Kamala Harris, from a former hater  —  I did not support selecting Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate in 2020.  —  My reasons for this were pretty boring.  It's genuinely difficult to make it to the top of the political pyramid …

Biden Forgives $1.2 Billion in Student Loans in Latest Relief  — Debt assistance will help 35,000 public service workers  — Education Department has now forgiven $168.5 billion in debt  —  President Joe Biden canceled an additional $1.2 billion in student debt for public servants on Thursday …

Project 2025 *is* the GOP platform  —  Don't let them fool you. … Project 2025 — the right-wing template for a second Trump term — is so exhaustively evil, so vast in scope, that it feels impossible to fully comprehend it.  —  However, as the GOP faithful gather in Milwaukee …

Trump brags about ending Roe.  No one's talking about it in Milwaukee.  —  Heading into the final day of the Republican Party's first national gathering since the Supreme Court's landmark decision, the issue has barely received a passing mention.  —  MILWAUKEE — Overturning Roe …

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez tells allies he will resign after bribery conviction  —  The New Jersey lawmaker has faced calls to step down from fellow Democrats, including Gov. Phil Murphy, who will, appoint a senator to finish out Menendez's term.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez …

Fiery private chats reveal how deeply Biden has divided Dem delegates  —  Messages shared between Democratic delegates and activists in California, the biggest and one of the bluest states, lay bare the infighting over their nominee's fitness for a presidential run.

‘One screen, two movies’: Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from Trump shooting  —  A former president is shot, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera.  But for those who don't believe their eyes, that's just the start of the story.

3 takeaways from J.D. Vance's big speech … - If there's one thing Donald Trump really likes, it's people lining up to sing his praises. … - In his roughly 35-minute speech, Vance spent the first five minutes praising Trump for all sorts of things — his economic policies …

Biden tests positive for COVID, cancels speaking engagement on Strip  —  Video  —  Poll shows many Latino voters still on fence over Biden, Trump  —  ‘Something went wrong’: Parallels seen between Oct. 1 shooting, Trump assassination attempt  —  Washoe County reverses vote, certifies 2 recounts as legal action looms

Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt  —  Four days after a gunman's attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment …

First Term  —  Is a  —  Warning  —  This week, Republicans have tried to rewrite the four years of Trump's presidency as a time of unparalleled peace, prosperity and tranquility: “the strongest economy in history,” as Senator Katie Britt of Alabama put it.  The difference between Trump and Biden?

The GOP's big, mysterious enemy: “They” … - In Trump's MAGA world, exactly who “they” are usually isn't defined.  — But it's typically some combination of Democrats, the federal government, what the former president's supporters call media “elites,” and other shadowy forces.

J.D. Vance's radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists  —  Donald Trump's allies have laid out sweeping plans to reshape the executive branch of the federal government if he is returned to power, plans that involve firing perhaps tens of thousands of career civil servants and replacing them with handpicked MAGA allies.