Act Two of the Trump Epic  —  We've gone far enough now with the Trump political phenomenon to know that it is no mere or momentary matter of name recognition which has placed him as the top contender for the Republican nomination, as bizarre an eventuality as that might appear.

Family Values Activist Josh Duggar Had a Paid Ashley Madison Account  —  In 2013, conservative reality TV star Josh Duggar—of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting fame—was named the executive director of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group in D.C. which seeks …

Did Black Lives Matter Organizer Shaun King Mislead Oprah Winfrey By Pretending To Be Biracial?  —  An investigative blogger has accused Shaun King, a key figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, of misleading media icon Oprah Winfrey by pretending to be biracial in order to qualify for an …

AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site  —  1 photo  —  VIENNA (AP) — Iran, in an unusual arrangement, will be allowed to use its own experts to inspect a site it allegedly used to develop nuclear arms under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work …

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 …

15,000 government emails revealed in Ashley Madison leak  —  Thousands of clients using the affair-oriented Ashley Madison website listed email addresses registered to the White House, top federal agencies and military branches, a data dump by hackers revealed.

Classified emails from Clinton aides kick-started FBI probe, candidate downplays controversy  —  EXCLUSIVE: An email from a top Clinton adviser containing classified military intelligence information, and one from a top aide containing classified information about the Benghazi terror attack …

Hillary Clinton Aide Palmieri on E-Mail: 'She Didn't Really Think It Through'  —  “I've encountered this a lot in politics where people think that the answer is a lot more complicated than it really is,” the Democratic front-runner's spokeswoman says.  —  Hillary Clinton's communications director …

Donald Trump upstages, attacks Jeb Bush in New Hampshire  —  For Donald Trump, it wasn't enough to upstage Jeb Bush by booking a town hall meeting at the same time as the former Florida governor.  Trump had to attack him, too.  —  In a 30-minute press conference in Derry, New Hampshire …

Mike Huckabee blunders his way through Israel press conference  —  Republican presidential candidate calls Russia ‘the Soviet Union’ and implies that the West Bank borders a hostile state rather than Jordan  —  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee delivered a confused …

Sorority Video Generates Charges of Discrimination  —  A video promoting the University of Alabama's chapter of a largely white sorority has been taken down after being widely criticized online for its portrayal of women and for its lack of diversity.  —  The highly produced video …

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 …

7th Shocking Video Catches Planned Parenthood Harvesting Brain of Aborted Baby Who Was Still Alive  —  The organization that has released six videos exposing the scandal of Planned Parenthood selling aborted babies and their body parts has released a new undercover video today with another shocking discovery.

Donald Trump Has Republican ‘Reformicons’ Worried  —  A group of conservative policy wonks does not like the way the GOP primary is shaping up.  —  As the curtain rose on this presidential election cycle, Republicans promised a deep bench of candidates and a new generation of policy proposals.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Split: Couple Has Separated After 11 Years Together  —  Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are going forward as solo acts.  After 11 years together, five of them as a married couple, “Megan has separated from Brian,” an insider reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.

Fed up owner closes iconic ‘Goonies’ house to visitors  —  Owner closes ‘The Goonies’ house to tourists  —  ASTORIA, Ore. — For a group known to never say die, a few blue tarps and homemade signs are quick to stop them dead in their tracks.  —  They are the latest fixtures donning the front …