Influential Donors Criticize Ted Cruz for His G.O.P. Convention Speech  —  In an extraordinary public rebuke, two influential donors who were among the biggest supporters of Senator Ted Cruz's presidential campaign excoriated Mr. Cruz on Saturday for his decision not to endorse Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention.

Leaked Emails Show DNC Officials Planned Anti-Trump Protests  —  The release of Democratic National Committee emails by Wikileaks Friday reveals that DNC officials planned anti-Donald Trump protests.  —  In multiple emails DNC officials sign off and acknowledge the existence …

Holy Crap, Tim Kaine Just Killed It In His First Speech With Clinton  —  He spoke Spanish to the cheering crowds and delivered a healthy dose of humility in a diseased election year.  In other words, Tim Kaine just took America by storm.  —  Holy crap.  He killed it.  —  I'm not trying to spin you.

BIG MOTHER: Hillary Clinton Demanded Passwords to Every Social Media Account of Veep Candidates' Family Members  —  Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who used a secret unsecured private email server to conduct government business during her entire tenure …

How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment  —  <span>Ailes is finished at Fox, but sexual-harassment claims are following him out the door.</span>  —  The Murdochs may have ousted Fox News chief Roger Ailes, but he is still working to cover up claims of sexual harassment at the network.

Trump capitalizing on fears over crime  —  Americans are more afraid of violent crime today than they have been at any time since before the September 11 terror attacks — even as long-term trends suggest the United States is a safer place to live.  —  is capitalizing on the fears …

Why Obama's half-brother says he'll be voting for Donald Trump  —  President Obama's Kenyan half-brother wants to make America great again — so he's voting for Donald Trump.  —  “I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart,” Malik Obama told The Post from his home in the rural village of Kogelo.

Email controversy dogs Clinton to convention  —  The biggest impediment to Hillary Clinton  —  's run for the White House is the controversy that has dogged her presidential campaign from the start: her use of a private email server as secretary of State.  —  Republicans have hammered Clinton …

Why Can't Hillary Stop Fudging the Truth?  —  What is it with Hillary Clinton?  What is it about this brilliant and accomplished woman-described by Barack Obama as possibly “more qualified” to be president than anyone in history-that makes so many people certain she is an incurable liar?

BBC Scrubs ‘Ali’ From Munich Killer's Name On TV, In Articles, AND On Social Media  —  The BBC has unilaterally chosen not to report the Munich attacker's full name, in what appears to be an attempt to scrub any Muslim or Islamic heritage link to its coverage of the incident.

Trump & Putin.  Yes, It's Really a Thing  —  Over the last year there has been a recurrent refrain about the seeming bromance between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.  More seriously, but relatedly, many believe Trump is an admirer and would-be emulator of Putin's increasingly autocratic and illiberal rule.