memeorandum: Donald Trump and the expanding power of the presidency (Marc Fisher/Washington Post)

1:50 PM ET, July 31, 2016

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Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice. — Ghazala Khan's son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. — CHARLOTTESVILLE — Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me.

Discussion: alan.com, RedState, Media Matters for America, NBC News, Booman Tribune, New York Times, Independent Journal Review, The Week, Guardian, Daily Wire, Balloon Juice, Vox and MSNBC

Donald J Trump for President:

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT — Trump Campaign Releases Full Transcript of Khizr Khan Answer Ahead of Mr. Trump's ABC This Week Sunday Interview With George Stephanopoulos; — Trump Calls Captain Humayun Khan A “Hero,” Urges Vigilance In Defeating Radical Islamic Terrorism …

Discussion: Breitbart, The Atlantic, Jihad Watch and Mediaite

Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:

Khizr Khan responds to the latest from Trump: ‘Typical of a person without a soul’ — Two days after delivering one of the most memorable speeches of the 2016 campaign season — a moment one commentator described as the ‘fulcrum’ of the election — Khizr Khan was checking into a D.C. hotel …

Discussion: The Hill and The Week

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

Hillary Called Benghazi Mom a Liar, But Media Freak Out over Trump on Muslim Parents — Donald Trump is embroiled in another media controversy, this time over his reaction when asked about the emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention by the bereaved parents of Capt. Humayun Khan …

Discussion: ABC News

German Lopez / Vox:

Donald Trump proves he hasn't read the Constitution in statement claiming he has — In their searing speech against Donald Trump this week, the parents of deceased US Army Captain Humayun Khan suggested that Trump has not read the US Constitution — citing as exhibit one Trump's plan …

ABC News:

Muslim Family of Fallen Army Captain Responds to Trump: ‘Shame on Him’ — The grieving Khan family reacted tonight to Donald Trump's latest comments, telling ABC News in an emotional interview that “running for president is not an entitlement to disrespect Gold Star families and [a] Gold Star mother.”

Discussion: The Wrap, New York Daily News, AOL, Al Jazeera English, Deadline, Talking Points Memo, NBC News and Yahoo

Evelyn Rupert / The Hill: Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Khizr Khan: Trump has a ‘black soul’

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, Business Insider, The Hill, Independent Journal Review, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's slander of Captain Humayun Khan's family is horrifying, even for Trump

Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News Insider, Political Wire, Media Matters for America, USA Today, Mediaite, Lawyers, Guns & Money, BuzzFeed, Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, Guardian, New York Magazine, The Hill and MSNBC

Ashley Killough / CNN:
Trump to Khizr Khan: 'I've made a lot of sacrifices'

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America, Washington Free Beacon, The Resurgent, NBC News, Business Insider, RedState, Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and The Gateway Pundit

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Suggests Khizr Khan's Wife Wasn't ‘Allowed’ to Speak

ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump, Vice President Joe Biden, and Ret. Gen. John Allen — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON July 31, 2016 and it will be updated. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about the Democratic Convention. So you won the rating war in the last night.

Discussion: RedState, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Political Wire, Politicus USA, Guardian and Raw Story

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:

Ret. Gen. John Allen on Donald Trump: ‘He Has No Credibility’ — Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Allen excoriated Republican nominee Donald Trump after the businessman called him a ‘failed general’ and criticized Allen's endorsement of Hillary Clinton. — “He has no credibility to criticize …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Independent Journal Review and BizPac Review

ABC News:
VP Joe Biden Doesn't Close the Door on Running for Office Again

Discussion: Politico

Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:

Poll: Clinton Rides Convention Bump Past Trump — Hillary Clinton is once again leading Donald Trump in the presidential race after her party's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. — The former secretary of State leads the brash businessman, 43 percent to 40 percent …

Discussion: Political Wire, AOL and Hot Air

Isabel Vincent / New York Post:

Melania Trump like you've never seen her before — Donald Trump thinks his wife will be a model first lady — and here's the proof. — Decades before she was sporting designer dresses on the stage of the Republican National Convention as Mrs. Trump, Melania Knauss posed nude in a photo spread …

Discussion: The Daily Caller and BizPac Review

Katie Glueck / Politico:

How Ohio will be won — CLEVELAND— Donald Trump is at war with the state party, started organizing late and his support in traditional Republican enclaves here is shaky. — But the GOP nominee still has a good shot at winning Ohio, where five of the last eight public polls show him in a dead heat with Hillary Clinton.

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Clinton Image Improves Following Conventions; Leads Trump by 5 — PPP's new national poll, taken completely after both party's conventions, finds that Hillary Clinton emerged with a much more positive image than she had a month ago. Donald Trump meanwhile is just as unpopular as he was before the conventions.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and twitchy.com

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Thanks, Obama — PHILADELPHIA — IT wasn't easy for Barack Obama, a skinny newcomer to national politics with an exotic name and scant résumé, to overthrow the voracious Clinton machine. — The 45-year-old had to turn himself into a dream catcher.

Discussion: Althouse