Alana Goodman is a senior investigative reporter for the Washington Free Beacon. She was previously investigative political reporter at the Washington Examiner and a senior reporter at the Daily Mail. Goodman has written for Commentary, the Weekly Standard, and the New York Post. She lives in Washington, D.C. Her Twitter handle is @alanagoodman. Her email address is goodman@freebeacon.com.
Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly is skirting questions on ending the Senate filibuster, as he seeks to appeal to both moderates and a party base that supports the contentious proposal. 
Joe Biden lied about meeting his wife Jill on a blind date, and their 43-year marriage actually grew out of an extramarital affair, Jill Biden’s ex-husband claimed in an interview with Inside Edition on Monday. 
Arizona Republican senator Martha McSally is highlighting her biography as a trail-blazing female Air Force pilot who overcame family tragedy and sexual assault in a new ad out Monday, as she seeks to close a polling deficit against her Democratic opponent Mark Kelly. 
Hunter Biden touted his family’s political clout to solicit $5 million investment from China for his U.S.-based financial advisory firm, according to a court filing by a white collar convict who claims he had an inside view into Biden’s murky foreign business dealings. U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a supporter of Democratic Senate candidate and gun-control advocate Mark Kelly for allegedly threatening to shoot Republican representative Paul Gosar (Ariz.).
Joe Biden’s former White House stenographer said the vice president’s public speaking ability has deteriorated significantly since leaving office to the point where he’s “not the same Joe Biden.” Hunter Biden holds a stake in a Chinese surveillance company that is under U.S. sanctions for human-rights violations, complicating his father Joe Biden’s campaign promise to crack down on American businesses with financial ties to China’s humanitarian abuses.
Up to 12 percent of registered voters in Virginia could be on the rolls illegally, according to a new white paper circulating among officials at the Department of Justice’s front office and members of Congress. 
The Brookings Institution, a prominent Washington, D.C., think tank, partnered with a Shanghai policy center that the FBI has described as a front for China’s intelligence and spy recruitment operations, according to public records and federal court documents. 
Hunter Biden was hit with a $450,000 lien for delinquent state income taxes in July and settled the debt in six days despite having no discernible income. Last year, he told the court judge in his paternity case that he was broke and unemployed. 