President Biden has declared in an interview this week that his mental acuity is “pretty damn good” — despite numerous recent polls showing majorities of Americans thinking otherwise and raising concerns about his age.  “I’ve been doing this a long time. The idea I’m the old guy, I am. I’m old. But I’m only three years older than Trump, number one,” Biden told NBC News. “And number two,...

One guest at the Republican National Convention’s night two festivities quickly managed to steal the show, despite not even giving a speech.  Babydog, the canine companion of Gov. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., stole the spotlight from her owner as onlookers fawned over the pooch, who was given her own chair on stage while the governor spoke.  Chants of “Babydog!” followed the governor’s entrance to the stage on Tuesday night....

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend. In a brief notice posted to the inspector general’s website, the agency said the objective of the probe is to “Evaluate the United States Secret Service’s (Secret Service) process for securing former President Trump’s July 13, 2024 campaign event,” during...