CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump now competitive in general election  —  Washington (CNN)Since announcing his campaign in late June, Donald Trump has quickly leapt to the top of the Republican field, leading recent polls nationally, in Iowa and in New Hampshire.  And now, for the first time in CNN/ORC polling …

Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data  —  Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online.  —  A data dump 9.7 gigabytes in size was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using …

The Donald Trump Conversation: Murdoch, Ailes, NBC and the Rush of Being TV's “Ratings Machine”  —  In his first magazine cover interview and photo shoot as the leading Republican, the reality TV presidential candidate lets loose on Hillary's email scandal ("Watergate on steroids"), Bill Cosby …

Trump to O'Reilly: The 14th Amendment is unconstitutional  —  Donald Trump clashed with Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday night over the part of his immigration plan that would take away citizenship from the children who were born in the United States but whose parents came to the country illegally.

Walker shakes up GOP field with plan to replace ObamaCare  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is jump-starting a debate on ObamaCare with the hope of getting out in front of his GOP rivals on one of the party's toughest topics.  —  Walker on Tuesday became the first leading presidential candidate …

LAUSD Students Head Back to School, Prompting Both Excitement and Tears … Summer vacation is officially over for hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students who headed back to the classroom for the first day of school Tuesday, and the occasion brought mixed emotions in some students.

Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle to plead guilty to child pornography charges  —  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Aug. 18, 2015)— FOX59 has confirmed Jared Fogle, the former Subway spokesman, is expected to plead guilty to possession of child pornography charges.  —  Sources say Fogle will accept a plea deal Wednesday.

Navy SEALs set to open to women, top admiral says  —  Daniel Woolfolk and Lars Schwetje/Staff  —  The Navy is planning to open its elite SEAL teams to women who can pass the grueling training regimen, the service's top officer said Tuesday in an exclusive interview.

FBI Evidence Proves Innocence of Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev  —  I have been contacted by attorney John Remington Graham, a member in good standing of the bar of the Minnesota Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court.  He informs me that acting in behalf of Maret Tsanaeva …

YVONNE CRAIG'S OFFICIAL OBITUARY  —  Yvonne Craig passed away at her home in Pacific Palisades, surrounded by her immediate family and comforted by Hospice yesterday night.  She died from complications brought about from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver.

EMILY's List takes in record haul — Florida inches toward new congressional maps  —  The following newsletter is an abridged version of Campaign Pro's Morning Score.  For an earlier morning read on exponentially more races — and for a more comprehensive aggregation of the day's …

What Donald Trump gets about the electorate  —  As the punditry attempts to make sense of the continued popularity of Donald Trump, the prevailing establishment narrative has been simple: He's an anti-establishment buffoon; he's channeling an angry mood; his moment will pass.

Ann Coulter: I Despise Carly Fiorina with the ‘Hot, Hot Hate of 1,000 Suns’  —  The headline to this article should sufficiently answer any questions about how much Ann Coulter hates Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

Undercover Police Have Regularly Spied On Black Lives Matter Activists in New York  —  Documents obtained by The Intercept confirm that undercover police officers attended numerous Black Lives Matter protests in New York City between December 2014 and February 2015.

Heidi Klum On Trump Comment: ‘In My Book, Every Woman Is A 10’  —  Heidi Klum isn't clear about why Presidential candidate Donald Trump chose to mention her in a recent interview.  —  “Personally, I have no idea what I have to do with the election,” Heidi told Access Hollywood guest …

Donald Trump Paints Republicans Into Corner With Hispanics  —  Republicans thought they had learned a lesson after 2012: Turning off Latino voters ensures defeat in the general election.  —  But as the disruptive presidential candidacy of Donald J. Trump continues to gain support …

My proposal for a better Iran deal  —  President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have repeatedly said that the choice is between this Iran nuclear agreement and war.  I reject that proposition.  —  If the P5+1 had not achieved an agreement, would we be at war with Iran?  I don't believe that.