Q poll: Trump numbers soar, Hillary continues slide  —  A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Donald Trump widening his lead over other Republican presidential challengers and Vice President Joseph Biden running slightly better than Hillary Clinton against leading GOP contenders

Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds  —  WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” …

SEE IT: Video shows Virginia gunman Vester Lee Flanagan in July road rage incident  —  A former reporter-turned killer who considered himself a “human powder keg” ignited behind the wheel as well.  —  A recently emerged YouTube video shows Vester Lee Flanagan II, who also went by the name Bryce Williams …

Driver Breaks Into Dance Following Downtown L.A. Pursuit  —  Cameras captured a driver breaking into dance following a pursuit in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night.  —  Police attempted to stop the woman for driving erratically near Seventh Street and Towne Avenue around 10:10 p.m …

Lessons From the Murders of TV Journalists in the Virginia Shooting  —  The slaying of two journalists Wednesday as they broadcast live to a television audience in Virginia is still seared on our screens and our minds, but it's a moment not only to mourn but also to learn lessons.

John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz A ‘Jackass’ At Fundraiser  —  Speaker of the House John Boehner stunned audience members Wednesday evening at a Colorado fundraiser by referring to Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a “jackass,” two people in attendance tell The Daily Caller.

Pollsters dumbfounded by Trump  —  Polling experts agree on one thing when it comes to Donald Trump's presidential run: They've never seen anything like it.  —  The businessman's dominance of the Republican presidential race is forcing experienced political hands to question whether everything …

Stop blaming me for Hurricane Katrina  —  Ten years later, the name ‘Brownie’ is still identified with the government's failures.  Here's what really happened.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  Had I left the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the spring of 2005, my life would be very different today.

White House pushes for Iran filibuster  —  The administration seeks to tamp down expectations, but the numbers of supportive Senate Democrats are adding up.  —  President Barack Obama's almost certain to get the Iran nuclear deal through Congress — but whether he gets there by filibuster …

It's time for Latinos to unite against Donald Trump  —  The fact that a person like Donald Trump, a candidate for the U.S. presidency for the Republican Party, has the gall to continue to freely harass the Latino community day after day makes my blood boil.  —  Why would he assume …

Donna Brazile praises Bush's Katrina response on flight with Obama  —  Donna Brazile, a prominent Democratic political operative, praised President George W. Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, just hours before President Obama's speech in New Orleans marking the storm's 10th anniversary.

Inside the Trump-Bush melodrama: Decades of tension and discomfort  —  Donald Trump spent a day in January 2014 hobnobbing with politicians at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla. The billionaire mogul touted legalizing gambling with state House Speaker Steve Crisafulli …

Joe Biden Isn't Sure Family Is Ready for Run  —  In a conference call on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. told Democratic National Committee members that he was uncertain if his family had the “emotional fuel” for another presidential campaign.  —  The call was intended as a pitch …

Gay couple turned away 3rd time by Rowan clerk  —  MOREHEAD, Ky. James Yates and William Smith Jr. left the Rowan County Courthouse on Thursday, frustrated that clerks have now refused them a marriage license for third time.  —  The couple said they felt that Rowan Clerk Kim Davis was obligated …

Disabled man told subsidized housing is for Muslims only  —  City subsidizes 10 affordable housing buildings that only take residents from a certain ethnic, religious or cultural group.  —  Austin Lewis, 21, on Merton Street where he currently lives.  Lewis has been rejected for subsidized housing at a unit because he is not Muslim.

Usain Bolt wiped out by cameraman on Segway when celebrating 200m gold  —  Justin Gatlin could not get close to Usain Bolt in the 200m final in Beijing - but it appears he might have had better luck if he had been on a Segway and armed with a camera.  —  Bolt streaked clear of his sprint rival …

New Boss on Construction Sites Is a Drone  —  Drones are being used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings' new stadium in California.  —  For some construction workers, any thoughts of slacking off could soon seem rather quaint.  The drones will almost certainly notice.

MSNBC moves Al Sharpton to Sunday mornings  —  Al Sharpton is leaving MSNBC's weekday dayside lineup, and moving to Sunday mornings.  —  Sharpton's last weekday “PoliticsNation” will be Sept. 4.  He moves to Sundays a month later on Oct. 4, according to a memo sent to MSNBC staff …