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 …

France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman  —  Forensics experts check the crime scene  —  Three people have been hurt after a heavily armed man opened fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by two American passengers.  —  The incident happened …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ellen Page Confronts Ted Cruz on Gay Rights at Iowa State Fair  —  While Sen. Ted Cruz was grilling pork chops at the Iowa State Fair today, actress Ellen Page, wearing a hat and sunglasses, snuck her way up to the grill and asked the GOP presidential candidate about “the persecution of gays in the workplace and LGBT rights.”

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 …

Mr. Trump's immigrant-bashing rhetoric breeds violence  —  DONALD TRUMP'S rapidly expanding catalogue of bombast is already a weighty tome, and it's a fool's errand to take each of his utterances seriously.  Still, his loathsome comment on Wednesday, in which he excused violence …

Maybe This Time Really Is Different  —  Historical context is a great asset.  But is history always an accurate guide?  Does past performance always give us the best predictor of future outcomes?  —  This election season provides a fascinating frame to see if the polarization in politics …

Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship  —  Walker: ‘no position’ on birthright citizenship  —  Gov. Scott Walker ducks on Trump's call for ending birthright citizenship  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.—Days after seeming to echo Donald Trump's call for ending birthright citizenship …