Why Harris isn't taking questions  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  There is a line in the movie “Bull Durham” where CRASH DAVIS, the sage journeyman catcher played by KEVIN COSTNER, tells “NUKE” LaLOOSH …

BREAKING: The New York Times helps JD Vance Swiftboat Tim Walz  —  Tim Walz “enlisted Army National Guard in Nebraska in 1981 and retired honorably in 2005,” according to his military records.  Months after Tim Walz retired from the Army National Guard in 2005, his unit received orders to deploy to Iraq.

JD Vance's TikTok flop  —  BALANCE OF POWER — When Kamala Harris opened her own personal TikTok account in late July, separate from her existing campaign account, within days she received millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of supportive comments welcoming her to the app.

New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Harris leading Trump and outperforming Biden against Trump; enthusiasm to vote among Democrats having risen substantially  —  MILWAUKEE - A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Vice President Kamala Harris is the choice …

Tim Walz's normal dad energy is causing MAGA to come unglued  —  Walz is the opposite of weird: Kamala Harris' running mate shows masculinity can be about love and not hate  —  In their first go-round in attacking Gov. Tim Walz, the Donald Trump campaign bet that maximum hyperbole …

Nancy Pelosi's Art of Power  —  The former Speaker discusses how she hastened Joe Biden's decision to drop out, her new memoir, and not getting “doggy doo-doo on your shoe.”  —  Nancy Pelosi likes to say that she went from “housewife to House member to House Speaker.”

Elon Musk shares fake news claiming UK rioters will be sent to ‘detainment camps’  —  LONDON — Elon Musk is at it again.  —  Amid an ongoing feud with the British government about unrest on the country's streets, the billionaire X owner boosted, and then deleted, an entirely-manufactured …

Presidential Campaign Reset: Arizona, Georgia and Nevada Move From Lean Republican to Toss Up  —  Three weeks ago, Donald Trump was leading President Joe Biden in the Cook Political Report national vote tracker by about 2.5%.  Today, Kamala Harris leads Trump by less than one point …

CNN's Media Chronicler Strikes Out on His Own  —  Oliver Darcy is starting a subscription-based news site dedicated to covering the media industry, joining a crowded field.  —  Just how big is the market for news about the news?  —  That's a question that Oliver Darcy, a veteran media reporter, is poised to answer.

Taylor Swift terrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials  —  The suspect accused of plotting a terrorist attack at Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna confessed that he intended to kill himself and a crowd on Thursday or Friday, according to officials.

‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy  —  UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies  —  Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and disinformation campaign” so that countries will slow …

Tim Walz's Sudden Rise in the Democratic Party Was No Accident  —  More than a year ago, Tim Walz and his aides decided to be ready in case an irresistible opportunity arose.  Their tightly held strategy helped them catch political lightning in a bottle.  —  Shortly after the 2022 midterms …