Trump on Fiorina's face: I made those comments as an entertainer  —  Donald Trump didn't mean any harm when he criticized fellow GOP 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina's face.  He says he was just being the showman he is.  —  “Many of those comments are made as an entertainer …

Joe Biden's Late Show Appearance With Stephen Colbert Turns Emotional  —  Stephen Colbert's new comedy show was effectively preempted Thursday, its third day on the air, in favor of a wrenching, intimate conversation about love, loss and running for president between the comedian and Vice President Joe Biden …

GOP aims to make Democrats pay politically for Iran vote  —  Democrats counter that Republicans are overplaying their hand.  —  It may be years before the political fallout of the Senate's mostly party-line vote Thursday to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement becomes clear.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to announce she won't seek re-election  —  Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, beleaguered by the death of Freddie Gray and the protests and rioting that followed, will announce at 10 a.m. Friday that she won't seek re-election, her spokesman confirmed.

Cameron, Hollande and Merkel: Why we support the Iran deal  —  FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron.  (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: EPA/YOAN VALAT; REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch; ablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Clinton: Scott Walker is a tool of the Koch brothers  —  MILWAUKEE — Making her 2015 debut in Scott Walker's home state of Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton on Thursday unleashed her harshest and most extended diatribe yet against a Republican rival not named Donald Trump, accusing the governor …

Clinton's lead over Sanders shrinks as her edge over GOP vanishes  —  Poll: Sanders closes the gap with Clinton  — Clinton trails Ben Carson in a hypothetical general election match-up and runs about even with Jeb Bush and Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's lead in the race …

Huckabee says Dred Scott still ‘law of land’  —  Mike Huckabee on Thursday said the Dred Scott decision denying U.S. citizenship to African-Americans is the law of the land.  —  Huckabee mentioned the Supreme Court decision as he defended Kentucky clerk Kim Davis's decision to defy …

Rep. Todd Courser resigns; Gamrat expelled by House  —  State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, resigned from the House if Representatives early Friday morning  —  LANSING — It took 14 hours, two failed votes and a day full of drama, but at 3:12 a.m. Friday, state Rep. Todd Courser resigned …

Watchdog opened ‘criminal’ Abedin probe, but DOJ passed  —  Sources close to Hillary Clinton's former deputy chief of staff and current vice chairwoman for the campaign say the news actually exonerates her.  —  The State Department inspector general opened a “criminal investigation” …

ISIL haunts 9/11 anniversary: Our view  —  14 years ago, Americans learned they can't ignore the terror of extremists.  —  Fourteen years ago, the United States suffered a shockingly successful surprise attack by a little known Islamic extremist group based 7,000 miles away in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

AT&T, JPMorgan Executives Look to Oust Garrett for Democrat  —  It could be a tough fall for Representative Scott Garrett.  —  Corporate and Wall Street donors have already been shying away from the New Jersey Republican since he reportedly made anti-gay remarks at a private gathering in July.

Hillary Clinton Tweets: ‘Stand With Hillary & Overturn Planned Parenthood’  —  In a tweet calling for a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, Hillary Clinton inadvertently invited supporters to “Stand with Hillary and overturn Planned Parenthood.”

Will We Always Remember 9/11?  —  Soon after the horrific destruction of the World Trade Center towers 14 years ago, bumper stickers abounded in parallel with the nation's grief.  “Never Forget,” one proclaimed with great resolve.  “We Will Always Remember,” promised another.

Obama Increases Number of Syrian Refugees for U.S. Resettlement to 10,000  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama, under increasing pressure to demonstrate that the United States is joining European nations in the effort to resettle Syrian refugees, has told his administration to take in at least 10,000 displaced Syrians over the next year.