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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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

Poking the Bear: How Kamala Harris Is Preparing for Trump Debate  —  PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT  —  Donald Trump, however, “does not need traditional debate prep,” his national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.  —  Journalist  —  Kamala Harris is reportedly focusing on ways …

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 …

Linda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies at 80  —  Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history for many of the nation's most significant criminal and civil trials …

Tim Walz makes first Minnesota State Fair since becoming the Democratic VP nominee  —  FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz made a short stop at the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday, his first as the Democratic nominee for vice president.  —  The visit stands in stark contrast to what he's used to at the …

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hitting the road to promote her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’  —  Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, “Lovely One.”  Jackson, 53, is using the book, publisher Random House says …