The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary's Emails  —  These weren't just ordinary secrets found in Clinton's private server, but some of the most classified material the U.S. government has.  —  After months of denials and delaying actions, Hillary Clinton has decided to turn over her private email server to the Department of Justice.

Hillary elites are freaking out.  This memo tells them to STOP.  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign circulated a memo to top allies in Washington this week with an unmistakably Obama-esque theme: Don't worry, we've got this.  —  It comes at a time when Clinton's elite Acela-corridor allies …

Roger Ailes to Donald Trump: ‘We resolve this now...or go to war’  —  Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding.  —  After a weekend's worth of stressful phone calls, the tacit agreement …

Outsiders take over GOP  —  Outsiders who have never before held political office are dominating the race for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Donald Trump is the GOP front-runner, while businesswoman Carly Fiorina is surging after a strong performance in last week's debate.

Sorry Donald Trump, Mexico Says It Will Not Pay for Border Wall  —  Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration said there's no truth to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's assertion that the nation would pay for a wall along the border between the countries.

Navy shuffles up aircraft carrier fleet  —  The Navy is playing musical chairs and moving around three aircraft carriers in a complicated maneuver that will leave the Asia-Pacific region without a forward-deployed carrier for several months.  —  The Navy announced Tuesday …

CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump takes the top slot in Iowa - CNNPolitics.com  —  Read the full topline results from the CNN/ORC poll released at 4 p.m. on August 12, 2015.

China explosions: Dozens killed in Tianjin port blasts  —  The massive explosions in China's northern city of Tianjin are now known to have killed at least 50 people.  —  More than 700 have been injured and hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of casualties.

Carson: Planned Parenthood clinics in black neighborhoods to ‘control’ population  —  GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson late Wednesday tied Planned Parenthood to eugenics and then eugenics to Hillary Clinton, saying the organization puts clinics in black neighborhoods to “control that population.”

Police Abuse Is a Form of Terror  —  Writing about the wave of deadly encounters — many caught on video — between unarmed black people and police officers often draws a particular criticism from a particular subset of readers.  —  It is some variation of this:

Casting the first stone at China's currency devaluation  —  Yesterday's surprise 2 percent Chinese currency devaluation is bound to raise charges in Congress that China is a serial currency manipulator.  Never mind the context in which that devaluation occurred and the sharp appreciation of the Chinese currency that preceded it.

Donald Trump mocks Rand Paul, calls on him to quit presidential race  —  UPDATE: At 6:50 p.m., Donald Trump sent The Washington Post a lengthy response to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's ad.  Here it is, in full. … At 7:32 p.m., Paul campaign strategist Doug Stafford sent this response.

The myth of Trump's angry legions  —  Voters of America: Get ahold of yourselves, please.  —  I know you're irrational and seething with anger.  I know this because I keep reading about it, in every somber piece of punditry about Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders or what's going to drive the 2016 campaign.

Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery  —  2 photos  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.  —  “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body …