Playbook: Look who's pushing for a Trump reset  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  QUOTE OF THE DAY — A senior administration official to WSJ's Alex Ward and Nancy Youssef on the possibility of an Iranian attack on Israel …

August 2024 National Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46%  —  Home Polls August 2024 National Poll: Harris 50%, Trump 46%  —  Independents, Younger Voters Swing Toward Harris  —  The first Emerson College Polling national survey following President Biden's decision not to seek re-election finds …

White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a victory lap after federal officials inked deals with drug companies to lower the price for 10 of Medicare's most popular and costliest drugs …

Why Facebook blocked Popular Information's reporting on Laura Loomer  —  Yesterday, Popular Information published a detailed report on the close relationship between former President Donald Trump and Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist who says America should be a “white Judeo-Christian ethnostate.”

The case for Harris embracing nationwide free school meals  —  It's good policy and good politics. … Last weekend at a rally in Las Vegas, Kamala Harris announced one of her first explicit new policy positions: a plan to “eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.”

JD Vance in 2020 agreed grandmothers raising children is ‘whole purpose of the postmenopausal female’  —  While appearing on “The Portal” podcast in April 2020, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) agreed with host Eric Weinstein's claim that “postmenopausal females” exist just to help take care of children.

Nevada Senate Race Now Favors Democrat, Report Says  —  The nonpartisan Cook Political Report moved the race from “tossup” to “lean Democrat” after polling shows Senator Jacky Rosen with a large edge.  —  Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada, a Democrat seeking re-election to her seat for the first time …

The Saudi Payments to Trump Are More Important than the Suspected Egyptian One  —  As you know, I was calling on the press to focus on the suspected $10 million payment Egypt made to Trump since before it was cool — since even before the WaPo significantly advanced the story over a month later.

New Jersey Gov. Murphy to appoint former chief of staff, George Helmy, to vacated Menendez Senate seat: report  —  Democrat Sen Bob Menendez to resign following a federal corruption and bribery conviction  —  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to appoint his former chief of staff …

JD Vance: Amazon funded Black Lives Matter so riots would destroy rival retailers  —  Loading...  WASHINGTON  —  In 2021, J.D. Vance gave a speech to a conservative think tank on “woke capital” - and accused Amazon of funding Black Lives Matter in order to burn down the competition.

When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable?  When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.  —  Companies whose futures depend on plastic production are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on plastic shopping bags …

Disorganized NY Dem rally to endorse Harris infiltrated by anti-Israel protesters who clashed with cops at afterparty  —  A hastily organized rally supporting Vice President Kamala Harris descended into chaos after anti-Israel protesters infiltrated the Big Apple event …

Russians fleeing Ukraine's incursion say Putin has abandoned them  —  ‘Lies are causing civilians to die’, says resident of town captured by Kyiv's forces  —  On the day Ukrainian forces started rolling into Russia's Kursk region, a group of about 40 people, mostly women, filmed a video about what was happening in their town.

Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1  —  Washington — Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City.  —  Former President Donald Trump's campaign has not yet agreed to the date …