Swing-state stunner: Trump has edge in key states  —  Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election's most important battlegrounds?  —  New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania …

Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling.  —  Three times in the past week, Justice Ginsburg has publicly discussed her view of the presidential race, in the sharpest terms.

Donald Trump Wants an Attack Dog as His Running Mate  —  The candidate calls Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie his top picks  —  Donald Trump is looking for a running mate who can be a “fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat” to help him parry criticism on the campaign trail …

For The Record  —  Let me start by saying that addressing gossip is something I have never done.  I don't like to give energy to the business of lies, but I wanted to participate in a larger conversation that has already begun and needs to continue.  Since I'm not on social media, I decided to put my thoughts here in writing.

Bernie's Uninspiring Endorsement  —  Bernie Sanders went off for a month to contemplate life after the revolution, and this was the best he could come up with?  “Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that.”  —  So said Sanders at a rally …

CNN's Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump  —  Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is still being paid by the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's campaign while simultaneously drawing a salary as a CNN contributor to discuss the candidate on-air, according to the network.

For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance  —  The chant erupts in a college auditorium in Washington, as admirers of a conservative internet personality shout down a black protester.  It echoes around the gym of a central Iowa high school, as white students taunt …

Obamacare's sinking safety net  —  If you're looking to find a smashing Obamacare success story—a place where the nation's biggest and most controversial new law in a generation has truly lived up to its promise—you might stick a pin directly in North Carolina.

Three hospitalized after Norfolk shooting caught on Facebook Live  —  NORFOLK, Va. - According to police, three men were shot in the 900 block of Bainbridge Blvd. Tuesday evening.  —  Neighbors said they heard anywhere from 10-20 gunshots and it appears that one of the passengers inside …

Scholars Steeped in Dead Politicians Take On a Live One: Donald Trump  —  No one could mistake the voice of David McCullough, either in the books that have made him one of the most influential United States historians of his era, or in the documentaries he has narrated for the “American Experience” television series.

Gretchen Carlson, Former Fox Anchor, Speaks Publicly About Sexual Harassment Lawsuit  —  MONTCLAIR, N.J. — When Gretchen Carlson was asked how her last week had been, she looked down at her wrist.  —  “These are the bracelets I wear on my arm,” Ms. Carlson, the former Fox News anchor, said in an interview on Tuesday.

Remarks by the President at Memorial Service for Fallen Dallas Police Officers  —  THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President and Mrs. Bush; my friend, the Vice President, and Dr. Biden; Mayor Rawlings; Chief Spiller; clergy; members of Congress; Chief Brown — I'm so glad I met Michelle first …

Many Voters Think They've Seen Trump Ads On TV — But He Hasn't Run Any  —  Nearly half of voters in a recent survey said they had seen TV ads supporting Donald Trump in the last week.  —  There's just one problem: His campaign hasn't aired any, and his friendly super PACs have run very few.

Emerging Republican Platform Goes Far to the Right  —  CLEVELAND — Republicans moved on Tuesday toward adopting a staunchly conservative platform that takes a strict, traditionalist view of the family and child rearing, bars military women from combat, describes coal as a “clean” …

Who Thought That Politicizing Obama's Speech Was a Good Idea?  —  President Obama was giving a pretty good speech this afternoon.  And then, suddenly, he wasn't: … For now, I shall ignore this flatly preposterous claim, and ask a question instead: Why did the president say this?

An Open Letter on Identity Politics, to and from the Left  —  We, the undersigned, are in the uncomfortable position of reporting on a problem that we are told does not exist.  —  We ask you to consider a few incidents.  —  In 1968, the leftist Shulamith Firestone gives a speech at a conference.

Republican Senator Jeff Flake Explains Why Trump Can't Win  —  In an exclusive interview, Arizona's other Republican senator takes on his own party's nominee.  —  Donald Trump's peacekeeping mission to the Senate last week did not go well, particularly when Arizona senator Jeff Flake greeted …