FBI investigation of Hillary's emails is ‘criminal probe’  —  The FBI investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's unsecured e-mail account is not just a fact-finding venture — it's a criminal probe, sources told The Post on Wednesday.

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.

The Note: GOP Debate Expectations  —  NOTABLES  —  EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEBATE NIGHT.  The anticipation is high and the stakes are even higher.  That's the buzz surrounding the first presidential primary debate of the 2016 election cycle today, where the current top 10 …

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 …

Why the Voting Rights Act Is Once Again Under Threat  —  IN his opinion for the majority in the Supreme Court's 2013 Shelby County decision, which struck down a major section of the Voting Rights Act, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that “history did not end in 1965.”

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 …

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 …

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.

Fox News Moderators Look for Ways to Keep 10 Candidates on Their Toes  —  CLEVELAND — Just over 24 hours before the first Republican primary debate here, more than a dozen Fox News executives and producers gathered Wednesday with their debate moderators — Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace …

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.

Shreveport police officer fatally shot  —  A Shreveport police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty Wednesday night.  —  Early a.m. Thursday update:  —  A Shreveport police officer answering a Wednesday night call was gunned down.  —  Agents from across the region descended …

Chicago police detained thousands of black Americans at interrogation facility  —  Special report: Guardian lawsuit reveals overwhelming racial disparity at Homan Square, where detainees are still held for minor crimes with little access to the outside word, despite police denials that site is an anomaly

Bernie Sanders to Visit Liberty University, a Rare Venue for a Democratic Campaign  —  Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a campaign event in Exeter, N.H., over the weekend.  —  Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will address a convocation next month at Liberty University …