More about the story about the cats in Ohio... Is this a policy story? Ostensibly, no. But in reality, we believe, yes.

We don't know who in or around the Trump-Vance campaign is a follower of French politics, but President Trump's new proposal to exempt overtime from tax was Nicolas Sarkozy's signature issue in the 2007 campaign.

If you're like us, you just watched Steve Rattner on Morning Joe do a frankly surreal bit as a post-debate fact-checker, focusing of course exclusively on Trump “lies.” Why does a private equity baron want to do stints as a contributor on a small cable news channel? It's bizarre.

Today we remember those who died on 9-11-2001 and their families. Never forget. SpaceX cannot fly its groundbreaking Starship rocket until November at least, according to a blog post by the company.

Cointelegraph, a news outlet covering cryptocurrency, reports that transactions on Monero, a cryptocurrency designed to guarantee anonymity, can be traceable after all.

Hello from Dupont Circle! Your correspondent has finished his tour of the Bay Area (more to come) and is now in the Swamp for a series of meetings.