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Convicted fraudsters launch AI lobbying firm using fake names  —  Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are operating under the pseudonyms Jay Klein and Bill Sanders.  —  A Washington startup pitched as a service to integrate AI into lobbying is covertly run by a pair of well-known …

Where the race between Trump and Harris stands on Labor Day, according to our polling expert  —  A race that Kamala Harris leads nationally is the equivalent of a knife fight in a phone booth, and it's set to be decided in a smaller-than-usual number of states.

The Soft Bigotry of No Expectations on Trump  —  WaPo has an editorial out, purporting to compare the policy platforms of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.  Its punchline is that Kamala can lift up politics by going deep on policy, something it admits Trump has not done.

Anthony Scaramucci Drops Bombshell Melania Claims  —  HATERS GONNA HATE  —  “I judge the hatred of Donald Trump by the Melania standard,” the former White House communications director said during a podcast appearance Saturday.  —  Journalist  —  Anthony Scaramucci has claimed …

Trump eyes plan that may give Elon Musk role in auditing U.S. agencies  —  The GOP presidential nominee has discussed asking executives to comb through federal books.  For Musk, the task could bring conflicts of interest.  —  Behind closed doors, former president Donald Trump and his advisers …

A Catholic's case for Kamala Harris  —  In the Gospel of Matthew, an exhausted Jesus was traveling from Galilee to Judea when a group of little children were brought to him for a blessing.  When his disciples tried to shoo them away, Jesus rebuked them, saying: “Let the little children come …

Republicans' misogynistic attacks on Kamala Harris aren't even the worst part  —  Increasingly gross remarks are part of a pattern of misogynistic Republicans' attacks against Harris and other women who displease them.  —  Fox News host Jesse Watters' gross commentary about Kamala Harris highlighted …

I'm a College President and I Hope My Campus Is Even More Political This Year  —  Last year was a tough one on college campuses, so over the summer a lot of people asked me if I was hoping things would be less political this fall.  Actually, I'm hoping they will be more political.

With his 1776 Commission on patriotism, Trump helped spark a culture war  —  Trump attempted to use federal power to define how America's history is taught — and promises to try again.  —  On a weekend day in the summer of 2020, President Donald Trump phoned his education secretary, Betsy DeVos, out of the blue.

Trump says he had ‘every right’ to interfere in election  —  Former President Trump in an interview broadcast late Sunday argued he had “every right” to interfere with the 2020 election while repeating his claim the criminal election interference cases against him are politically motivated.

Harris and Biden Will Make a Labor Day Pitch to Union Voters  —  The vice president will appear with the president in Pittsburgh at their first joint campaign event since she took over the top of the ticket.  —  President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will appear together on Monday …

U.S. plans to present ‘take it or leave it’ Israel-Gaza cease-fire deal soon  —  Officials hope grim discovery of bodies of six hostages in Gaza will renew urgency for a deal — but say they may walk away if it does not.  —  U.S. officials said President Joe Biden's months-long push …

Democrat Woos Dairy Farmers to Keep Crucial Senate Seat  —  Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin hits country roads and agricultural fairs, seeking to win over rural Trump supporters once more

Musk's Twitter investors have lost billions in value  —  Elon Musk bought Twitter with a combination of his own money, bank loans and capital raised from friends and associates.  Here's how far his investors are underwater.  —  When Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X, he didn't do it alone.

White House official says Biden and Harris weren't invited to Arlington cemetery by families of service members killed during Afghanistan withdrawal  —  Biden and Harris' teams pushed back on claims from GOP Sen. Tom Cotton and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that the president and vice president had been invited alongside Trump.