Justice Department zeroing in on longtime GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  Federal prosecutors are preparing to charge longtime GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy in connection with efforts to influence the U.S. government on behalf of foreign interests, according to people familiar with the matter …

Pelosi used shuttered San Francisco hair salon for blow-out, owner calls it ‘slap in the face’  —  ‘We have been shut down for so long,’ owner says  —  EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited a San Francisco hair salon on Monday afternoon for a wash and blow-out …

Facebook takes down Russian operation that recruited U.S. journalists, amid rising concerns about election misinformation  —  The social media giant acted against a small network of pages and accounts that directed users to a fake left-leaning news site called Peace Data

Biden Expected to Surpass $300 Million Raised in August, Shattering Record  —  The fund-raising total would exceed previous monthly hauls and is more than double what the former vice president raised in July.  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to report a record-breaking haul of donations for August …

The Trump Administration Is Backing Out of a $647 Million Ventilator Deal After ProPublica Investigated the Price  —  The government overpaid by hundreds of millions for Philips ventilators, says a House investigation spurred by ProPublica reporting.  Now that deal is off and Congress …

Trump's ‘plane loaded with thugs’ rumor matches months-old conspiracy theory  —  The conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump pushed on Monday that a plane “almost completely loaded with thugs” was set to disrupt protests was almost identical to a rumor that went viral on Facebook three months ago.

Biden campaign launches official Animal Crossing: New Horizons yard signs  —  It's the campaign's latest foray into online organizing  —  Starting today, September 1st, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will be able to deck out their island homes with official Joe Biden yard signs as part …

Trump campaign aide was paid $20,000 a month by Bannon nonprofit linked to alleged fraud  —  Trump campaign's shell game: No reported payments to campaign manager Bill Stepien or drama-prone aide Jason Miller  —  Senior Trump campaign official Jason Miller appears to have been paid about $20,000 …

Arizona Stands Out From a Mostly Static Presidential Race in Battleground States  —  State-level polling trends reveal little recent change in 2020 contest, but Biden now leads by 10 in Arizona  — Amid unrest in Kenosha, Wis., Biden leads Trump by 9 points, 52% to 43%.

Trump is trying to grab some of Biden's most valuable supporters.  Here's why.  —  It's too soon to say whether last week's Republican convention made any dent in the polls.  But it did make clear President Donald Trump's chief line of attack going forward: after months …

Trump has slipped among key groups that backed him in 2016  —  President Trump's support has eroded among key groups of voters who backed him in 2016 — a major reason why he continues to trail former Vice President Joe Biden and a prime motivator for the president's reelection strategy …

California lawmaker brings newborn to Assembly floor after being denied proxy vote  —  SACRAMENTO — While remote voting was allowed in the California State Senate on Monday, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, who gave birth in late July, said Assembly leadership denied her request to vote by proxy despite Covid-19 concerns.

Trump Needs His Own Sister Souljah Moment  —  The president must condemn those responsible for violence and disavow those who act in his name.  Easy, right?  —  I want to make a prediction about the election in November.  —  Here it is: If Joe Biden wins, it will be, in part …

2020 Election Live Updates: As Trump Visits Kenosha, Hundreds Gather Where Jacob Blake Was Shot  —  The president offered a conspiracy theory about his Democratic challenger and made forgiving comments about the teenager charged in the killings of two protesters.

Senate GOP poised to offer slimmed down COVID-19 relief bill as Mnuchin takes the hot seat in the House  —  The bill is expected to be dismissed by Democrats as inadequate.  —  Capitol Hill — With the collapse of bipartisan coronavirus relief talks, Senate Republicans are looking to introduce …

My Final Farewell to the Falwells  —  The Hustler publisher, who won a landmark First Amendment legal battle against Jerry Falwell Sr., writes about Jerry Falwell Jr.'s fall from grace—and the Trump of it all.  —  When I heard that Jerry Falwell Jr. had resigned the presidency of Liberty University …

Trump White House Warns Colleges: Don't Send Your COVID-Infected Students Home!  —  In a call on Monday, top officials on the coronavirus task force made it clear that they realize sending students back to school has created a risk of cascading outbreaks.  —  Top White House officials rang …

D.C. committee recommends stripping the names of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Scott Key and others from city government buildings  —  A committee reporting to D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser recommends renaming dozens of public schools, parks and government buildings in the nation's capital …

U.S. says it won't join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine  —  The Trump administration said it will not join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine, in part because the World Health Organization is involved …

Exclusive: Bloomberg group warns Trump will appear to win big on election night  —  A top Democratic data and analytics firm told “Axios on HBO” it's highly likely that President Trump will appear to have won — potentially in a landslide — on election night, even if he ultimately loses when all the votes are counted.

Jesmyn Ward on Her Husband's Death and Grief During COVID-19  —  The acclaimed novelist lost her beloved husband—the father of her children—as COVID-19 swept across the country.  She writes through their story, and her grief.  —  My Beloved died in January.

Totally Real Source Reveals How Trump Discovered the Planeload of Looters  —  Last night, in an interview with Laura Ingraham, President Trump made an astonishing charge.  “We had people get on a plane from a certain city this weekend,” he said.  “And in the plane, it was almost completely loaded …

Trump Creates His Own ‘Deep State’  —  The director of national intelligence is ending oral briefings with Congress — a significant step toward eroding oversight and expanding executive overreach.  —  Mr. Sipher, a former chief of station for the C.I.A., worked for more than 27 years in Russia and other parts of Europe and Asia.

The lesson Susan Collins taught Donald Trump … After the completion of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, Susan Collins opined that surely Trump learned something from the ordeal.  Speaking to Norah O'Donnell of CBS News, Collins said, “I believe that the president has learned from this case.”

Trump: I did not have ‘mini-strokes’  —  President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that he had a “series of mini-strokes” several months ago that resulted in him seeking treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.  —  “It never ends!  Now they are trying to say that your favorite President …

An unlikely state tightens up  —  Minnesota, which once looked like a vanity project for Donald Trump, is suddenly emerging as a critical test of his effort to turn his campaign around.  —  Interviews with more than a dozen officials and strategists from both parties in recent days depict …

Joe Rogan debuts on Spotify with his most controversial episodes missing  —  Joe Rogan made his debut on Spotify on Tuesday, but apparently not all of his podcast episodes made the cut.  —  Dozens of past episodes with controversial guests are notably absent from the new Joe Rogan Experience channel …

Russian Darkweb shares personal data of nearly every voter in Michigan, plus a million more voters in four other states  —  Russian Internet users have shared the personal data of nearly every voter in Michigan (7.6 million of the state's 7.8 million voters), as well as the information …

Axios-Ipsos poll: A harsh verdict for government's coronavirus response  —  Most Americans think the federal government is making the coronavirus pandemic worse, according to the latest installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.  —  Why it matters: This is a pretty searing indictment …

Oregon sheriffs reject feckless governor's call for assistance in Portland  —  Oregon sheriffs have rejected a request by Gov. Kate Brown to send personnel and resources to help “keep the peace and protect free speech” in Portland.  It's not that the sheriffs don't want to help keep the peace.