Donald Trump talked politics with Bill Clinton weeks before launching 2016 bid  —  Former president Bill Clinton had a private telephone conversation in late spring with Donald Trump at the same time that the billionaire investor and reality-television star was nearing a decision to run for the White House …

Obama Puts Fear Before Facts on Iran  —  President Barack Obama took to the airwaves today, aiming to sell Congress and the American people on the wisdom of his nuclear deal with Iran.  He had a case to make but chose not to make it.  He decided instead to cast legitimate criticism of his pact as ignorant warmongering.

How Jeb and the GOP got trumped  —  The establishment wanted a sweet '16, not a 17-candidate pileup.  Here's what happened.  —  SHARES  —  Jeb Bush, the man who would be frontrunner, was as surprised as anybody when Donald Trump jumped into the 2016 presidential race in June.

Donald Trump's Biggest Debate Challenge Is Donald Trump  —  The actual ideology of Donald Trump remains a topic of considerable debate—he was pro-choice and for an assault weapon ban, he's now pro-life and against all gun control, just for starters—but one thing remains clear: As a politician, he is a nihilist.

Fact Check: How Does Planned Parenthood Spend That Government Money?  —  Jeb Bush is again in damage-control mode, this time over an off-hand remark he made about Planned Parenthood.  He said at an event hosted by the Southern Baptist Convention that Planned Parenthood should be defunded …

Set of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ To Be Donated to the Newseum  —  Jon Stewart at his desk on the set of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”  (Courtesy “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart")  —  The Newseum will acquire the set of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” following Stewart's final appearance …

I—A NOISELESS FLASH  —  At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place …

America Deserves a Servant Leader  —  FROM the earliest days of Starbucks, I've been captivated by the art of leadership.  I was mentored over three decades by Warren G. Bennis, the eminent professor and scholar on leadership.  I've gathered insights from peers, and I've drawn inspiration from our 300,000 employees.

College Codes Make ‘Color Blindness’ a Microaggression  —  The worst thing about college speech codes is how they incite hyper racial consciousness.  —  There are many mad and worrying things about the speech codes spreading across campuses like a contagious brain funk.

Breaking and Analysis: 5th Circuit Affirms Texas Voter ID Violates Section 2, Remands on Question of Discriminatory Purpose  —  A unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued an opinion which is a great (but not complete) victory for those challenging Texas's strict voter id law.

Election model predicts Dem will win  —  A Democrat will win the White House next year by the narrowest of margins, according to a well-known election forecaster.  —  Moody's Analytics is predicting that the Democratic presidential nominee will capture 270 electoral votes in 2016, edging out the Republican nominee's total of 268.

Cybersecurity Bill Is Latest to Be Delayed in Senate  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate headed into its August recess on Wednesday without voting on a cybersecurity bill, adding it to a contentious to-do list for September that includes a push to disapprove the Iran nuclear deal and a spending fight mired in abortion politics.