THE COCONUT TREE: Vice President Hamala Harris over the weekend vetted candidates to be her running mate while enduring pressure from donors, interest groups, and political rivals for her to pick their favorite. She is expected to announce her pick tomorrow.    Harris met …

THE COCONUT TREE: Former President Donald Trump said late yesterday that he would debate Vice President Kamala Harris on September 4th in an event to be moderated by Fox News.  The debate would take place in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state.   The …

THE BIG SWAP: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, only recently convicted of espionage in Russia, has been returned to the United States as part of a complex prisoner swap involving seven countries and 16 prisoners traded for eight Russians, including …

ORANGE ALERT!!:  Donald Trump appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago yesterday and proceeded to insult Black people and journalists.    Facing a panel of three reporters, Trump said at the outset to ABC’s Rachel Scott that she was …

ISRAEL STRIKES BACK: Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas leader involved in cease-fire negotiations with Israel, was killed in what is assumed to be an Israeli airstrike while in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president.   Both Hamas and Iran blame …

COURTING CHANGE: With the Supreme Court appearing to be increasingly politicized … and corrupt … President Biden yesterday proposed legislation that would impose an 18-year term limit on the justices and an enforceable code of ethics.   He also called for a constitutional …

THE WAR ROOM: Israel faces the prospect of war on a new front after a rocket attack launched out of Lebanon killed 12 children and young adults in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The rocket hit an AstroTurf soccer field in a …

DEGREES OF SEPARATION: New polling shows that after only five days of campaigning for president, Vice President Kamala Harris is trailing Donald Trump within the margin for error in five crucial states and is tied in one of them.   In polling by …

OFF TRACK: Three vital lines of the French train system were crippled in the middle of the night by a series of arson attacks that left travelers stranded hours before the grand opening ceremonies for the Paris Olympics. Train service is …

THE LONG GOODBYE:  Without addressing doubts about his health and acuity that forced his withdrawal from seeking a second term, Biden said, “I revere this office. But I love my country more.”   Bracketed by family photos sitting at the …