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.

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 …

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.

Glenn Beck: Trump is not conservative  —  Conservative media personality Glenn Beck on Saturday said GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is a false conservative.  —  Beck added that Trump's rhetoric shows that the outspoken billionaire often deviates from conservativism's traditional principles.

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.

Packing heat in Detroit: Motown residents answer police chief's call to arms  —  Rick Ector, an NRA-certified firearms instructor and the blogger behind “LegallyArmedinDetroit.com,” says business is booming.  (Courtesy of Rick Ector)  —  Detroit resident Darrell Standberry doesn't navigate streets …

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.

California judge orders immigrant families released from detention  —  A federal judge in California on Friday ordered the government to release immigrant children from family detention centers “without unnecessary delay,” and with their mothers when possible, according to court papers.