Donald Trump, for a change, is polling consistently below 50% in Iowa. At the same time, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is falling in the polls. This provides us with a good lesson.

One doesn’t know whether to pity Trump employees Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira or to scorn them. Probably both pity and scorn are appropriate.

WHAT HUNTER BIDEN MADE. The government still has not released the original plea agreement between the Justice Department and Hunter Biden, even though it was the subject of three hours of discussion and debate in open court this week. Fortunately, Politico has published a bootleg copy — cellphone photos of a printout of the document — or otherwise, we would not know the lengths to which the DOJ went to accommodate the president's son.

A slate of research papers published Thursday suggest that the algorithms that drive Facebook and Instagram are not entirely to blame for those platform’s political polarization, as some previously believed. When results are taken together, the studies suggest that Facebook users seek out content that aligns with their views and "echo-chambers" allow different political groups...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story SEC to require companies to report cyber incidents The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a rule this week that will require publicly traded companies to disclose cyber incidents that are “material” to investors. © AP/Andrew Harnik Companies will have four business days...

{beacon} Evening Report Friday, July 28 © The Hill/Greg Nash GOP hopefuls try to stand out at Lincoln Dinner THIRTEEN Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak at the Lincoln Dinner in Iowa on Friday night. The annual dinner "is an important fundraising event for the Iowa GOP and regularly draws candidates vying...

Former President Trump on Friday appealed a judge’s ruling that mandated his hush money criminal case be tried in state court in New York. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a Clinton appointee, last week ruled that the 34-count indictment was not connected to Trump’s role as president, rejecting his request to move the case to...

Taylor Swift’s pair of concerts in Seattle last weekend may have caused more than just an emotional ground-shaking in the Emerald City. Fans at Swift’s “The Eras Tour” may have been screaming, crying and jumping so loud during the American singer's Saturday and Sunday shows that they caused an earth-shaking equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude...

President Biden will host the leaders of South Korea and Japan at Camp David next month, in a summit aimed at showing solidarity among Indo-Pacific countries in the face of threats from North Korea, the People’s Republic of China and fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and...

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office is “actively working” with local police to investigate an alleged attack on a gay couple in a city along the state’s eastern border with Maine. “Our Civil Rights Unit is certainly aware of this incident and is actively working with the Somersworth Police Department and our law enforcement partners...