France train shooting crew left passengers to take terrorist down  — Train staff on board train which was the scene of a foiled terrorist attack accused of abandoning passengers  — A man named in reports as Ayoub el-Qahzzani opened fire on train which had more than 550 passengers on board

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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?

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 …

Scott Walker: I don't have time for Black Lives Matter — let's talk about ‘things that matter’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Campaigning in New Hampshire, where he finds himself tied in the polls with also-rans Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …