Trump Seriously: On the Trail With the GOP's Tough Guy  —  “I'm owned by the people.  I'm no angel, but I'm going to do right by them.”  —  Hey, ya made it, great to see ya!" says Donald Trump, having just stepped aboard his throne room of a plane and stopping by my seat to extend his hand. "

Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked  —  It's being called a “revolt” by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk.  —  More than 50 intelligence analysts working …

EXCLUSIVE: James Blake, former tennis star, slammed to ground and handcuffed outside midtown hotel by white NYPD cops who mistook him for ID theft suspect  —  Former tennis great James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained by five plainclothes city cops Wednesday outside …

Poll: Donald Trump surges to 32% support  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, which finds the businessman pulling well away from the rest of the GOP field.

House GOP to postpone vote on Iran after member revolt  —  House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on the Iran nuclear deal scheduled for Wednesday because of a rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives.  —  The House was to hold a procedural vote to begin 11 hours of debate …

Stop Comparing Donald Trump And Bernie Sanders  —  A lot of people are linking the candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump under headings like “populist” and “anti-establishment.”  Most of these comparisons are too cute for their own good — not only because it's too early to come …

Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa  —  University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States; Texas A&M University, United States; Duke University, United States; University of Zurich, Switzerland …

The Huma Files: Feds formally investigated top Hillary aide for embezzlement  —  Blames husband Weiner for failing to notice extra $30K payment

Congress returns to yet another spending crisis, fears of government shutdown  —  Bloomberg's Toluse Olorinnipa discusses Washington's looming budget deadline.  He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”  Bloomberg  —  WASHINGTON — Members of Congress return from summer recess facing …

Big truths about Hillary  —  In olden days, great columnists such as Walter Lippmann and James “Scotty” Reston would periodically step back and put great events into perspective.  —  As America's summer of political discontent and distemper ends, and as Americans shift from the fun of enjoying …

Fed, Don't Raise Rates Yet!  —  China, the strong dollar and lingering labor scars are all strong arguments against any change this year.  —  The recent wild swings on Wall Street have further fueled the debate on when the Federal Reserve should “lift off,” or raise rates.

Bob Woodward's next book coming Oct. 13  —  Bob Woodward's 18th book, “The Last of the President's Men,” will be out Oct. 13 — spilling the secrets of Alexander Butterfield, a West Wing aide who oversaw the installation of President Richard Nixon's fateful taping system, Simon & Schuster announced Thursday.

The U.S. News and World Report college rankings: A public vs. private dilemma  —  There was a time in the 1980s when the University of California at Berkeley was deemed a top-five national university on the most prominent annual ranking in higher education, up there with Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Yale.

Man shares photos with gorilla on smart phone and the gorilla's reaction is priceless  —  He was visiting the zoo's gorilla sanctuary for the first time with his daughter when he noticed another visitor showing his iPhone to a gorilla named Jelani.  —  Jelani looked very intrigued …

Justice Department Sets Sights on Wall Street Executives  —  WASHINGTON — Stung by years of criticism that it has coddled Wall Street criminals, the Justice Department issued new policies on Wednesday that prioritize the prosecution of individual employees — not just their companies …

Clinton ‘eager’ to defend State record  —  Hillary Clinton's Iran speech on Wednesday isn't a one-time event timed for votes this week on Capitol Hill, the Democratic presidential candidate's senior aides say.  —  The speech, in which she outlined a five-point plan on Iran …

Trump storms Washington  —  <p>With the outline of the Capitol behind him and the expansive Mall spread before him, Donald Trump — the anti-Washington, anti-establishment hero of the right — brought his bombast to the nation's capital on Wednesday.</p><p> He didn't hold back.</p><p>" We …

Iran's Supreme Leader Says Israel Won't Exist in 25 Years  —  TEHRAN — Iran's supreme leader predicts that Israel will not exist in 25 years, and rules out any new negotiations with the “Satan,” the United States.  —  In remarks published Wednesday on his personal website and in posts on Twitter …