Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• Democrats think that if a formidable challenger to Joe Biden is going to emerge, it’s going to happen in Iowa. So, with the state fair in full swing, the Democratic field has descended on the Hawkeye state.

• After months of putting the state on the back-burner, Senator Kamala Harris has stepped up her presence in Iowa, spending more days there in recent weeks than she did through June.

• Beto O’Rourke’s response to the massacre in El Paso, his hometown, has been impassioned, with flashes of raw anger that match the mood of many Democrats. And while many still urge him to drop out and run for Senate, his advisers hope this will prompt voters nationally to give him another look in the presidential race.