Republican Assault on Trump May Only Make Him Stronger  —  Party insiders ganged up on Trump in the first GOP debate, but the tactic may backfire  —  Last night's debate was the funniest political program in our nation's history.  Nothing really comes close.  —  There have been moments, obviously.

Trump the Disrupter  —  Washington — I'VE been hesitant to start writing about Donald Trump.  —  I was worried that if I wrote something that made him mad, he would send out one of his midnight mordant tweets about me, something like “She started as a 3.  Now she's a 1.”  —  I'd be upset, of course.

Trump's history of flippant misogyny  —  For decades, Donald Trump has made flippant misogyny as much a part of his trademark as his ostentatious lifestyle.  —  Now, the former reality-television host and current front-runner in the polls for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination may be paying …

Sources: Roger Stone quit, wasn't fired by Donald Trump in campaign shakeup  —  Donald Trump made the surprising announcement Saturday afternoon that he was firing his top adviser, Roger Stone, but hours before the political consultant's friends told POLITICO that he was actually quitting.

Protesters drove Bernie Sanders from one Seattle stage.  At his next stop, 15,000 people showed.  —  Bernie Sanders came to Seattle on Saturday with plans to give two speeches.  —  The first didn't happen.  An appearance by the senator from Vermont at an event celebrating the anniversary …

Bernie Sanders' Campaign Adds Young Black Woman As New Public Face  —  SEATTLE — Hours after Black Lives Matter protesters shut down a Bernie Sanders rally here, the Vermont senator's populist Democratic presidential campaign once again attempted to cast Sanders as the candidate of a modern civil rights movement.