Trump's audacious Southern spectacle is part of his strategy  —  MOBILE, Ala. — It was the most audacious Donald Trump spectacle yet in a summer full of them, as the Republican presidential front-runner, in his Boeing 757, thundered over a football stadium here Friday night and gave …

3 American friends tackle and hogtie gunman aboard European train  —  BRUSSELS - A gunman opened fire on a packed high-speed train running from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday before being tackled and tied up by three Americans, according to family members and French officials, who said their quick work had foiled a major tragedy.

The War That Congress Won't Declare  —  “To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle,” George Orwell wrote in 1946.  Here's a corollary: The real scandal in any given system is usually the thing there's no argument about.  —  We hear a lot of discussion about executive power and the military these days.

Why Conservatives Should Care About Ferguson  —  Last Saturday I made a first-ever visit to the down town Dallas Police Department to fill out a report.  I had never been to a police department before.  My only image of one was the police station I had seen on the television series Hill Street Blues.

Jeb Bush Super PAC Sends Mailer To 86,000 Iowans With Jeb's Head On A Black Body  —  Jeb Bush has been lagging in the polls, trailing Donald Trump by a wide margin nationally and in early states.  —  Nevertheless, he's still considered one of the most likely eventual nominees by pundits and political experts.

Hillary Clinton's Woes Pushing Joe Biden to Reach Out to Those Who Could Back a Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — As Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign struggles with sliding poll numbers, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s exploration of a presidential candidacy is taking on a new seriousness.

With the FBI Investigating Clinton's Emails, Bernie Sanders Should Be Considered the Democratic Frontrunner  —  Last year, if someone told you that by August of 2015, a poll would show Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, what would you say?

Sign Supporting Terrorism Discovered At Local War Memorial  —  MARMET, W.Va — People who live in a small town in Kanawha County are stunned at what was done at their local war memorial.  —  Johnny Walker, the town's public works director, discovered the signs supporting terrorism at the memorial on Thursday.

Inspector Clouseau was unavailable (4)  —  Omri Ceren emails an update on the IAEA side deal with Iran on Parchin.  I think that readers who have followed this important story so far will find this of interest as well.  Omri writes:  —  As was more or less inevitable …

Ellen Page confronts Ted Cruz on LGBT issues  —  DES MOINES — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and actress Ellen Page, of “Juno” fame, got into a testy and free-wheeling discussion Friday over gay rights here at the Iowa State Fair.  —  “I'm happy to answer your question but not to have a back-and-forth debate …

Ornstein's Warning  —  Us old folks remember a time when AEI's Norman Ornstein was the very voice of The Conventional Wisdom.  So his new column at The Atlantic ought to come as a particularly significant warning about this election cycle and the particular level of conservative freakout we are dealing with: