President Joe Biden hasn’t yet announced a reelection campaign, but he sounded like someone already running while firing up a national meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Friday. Biden says: “No matter who is president, things are going to change radically in the next 15 years. And the question is, Are we going to be leading the pack? Or are we going to be the end of it?” Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris came to the party gathering in Philadelphia to tout what they called their administration’s successes — including growing the economy and overseeing major public works, health care and green technology spending packages approved by Congress.

A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. But even as they acknowledged defeat, they pivoted to allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked — repeatedly — by elections officials and the courts. The audio from Nov. 5, 2020, two days after the election, is surfacing as Trump again seeks the White House while continuing to lie about the legitimacy of the outcome and Democrat Joe Biden’s win.

The Chinese balloon drifting high above the U.S. and first revealed over Montana has created a buzz down below among residents — and raised a chorus of alarm from elected officials. The high altitude balloon roiled diplomatic tensions as it continued to move over the central U.S. Friday and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken abruptly canceled an upcoming trip to China. Montana is home to Malmstrom Air Force Base and dozens of nuclear missile silos, causing doubt over Beijing’s claim that it was a weather balloon gone off course. The governor and members of Congress pressed the Biden administration over why the military didn’t immediately bring it down from the sky.