First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close  —  Jeb Bush adviser Sally Bradshaw, who is leaving the GOP  —  (CNN)Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close …

Khizr Khan was tricked into smearing Donald Trump  —  Khizr Khan is a fine American and the father of a true American patriot.  But now he is also everything that is wrong with American politics today.  —  It is not entirely his fault, though he has only himself to blame for allowing …

Trump: 'I'm Afraid' The General Election's ‘Gonna Be Rigged’  —  At a Monday campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Donald Trump teed up for a potential challenge to the integrity of the fall general election, an escalation of his rhetoric about the “rigged” primary system.

Melania Trump's girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed  —  Here's the nation's would-be first lady — and right beside her, a second lady.  —  Three years before she met husband Donald Trump, Melania Trump was snapped in a nude frolic with another female model, bombshell photos obtained exclusively by The Post show.

Humayun Khan's grave becomes a shrine in the wake of his father's speech  —  Across the Potomac River from Washington's great monuments, Jake Dowell and his family came to Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to visit his grandfather's grave.  But he also wanted to pay his respects to a soldier …

Trump Surrogate on CNN: ‘Russia Did Not Seize Crimea’  —  A Donald Trump campaign surrogate argued on CNN Sunday night that Russia did not seize Crimea from Ukraine, despite the fact that Russia recently seized Crimea from Ukraine.  —  “Again, Russia did not seize Crimea,” GOP consultant Boris Epshteyn argued.

Breaking: DePaul University Bans Shapiro  —  There comes a time in every society where even its most basic values come under attack.  In the United States, since the beginning of our country's founding, we have had certain God-given unalienable rights: freedom of religion, freedom of the press …

Shocking moment Hillary Clinton supporter, 23, ATTACKS pro-Trump protester, 67, for trying to stop him burning an American flag at a Pittsburgh rally  — Joshua Sturman, 23, tackled Richard Dillon, 67, to the ground outside a rally being held by the Democratic nominee

Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood  —  The contrarian venture capitalist believes transfusions may hold the key to his dream of living forever.  —  San Francisco bureau chief, Inc. @jeffbercovici  —  More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor …

Trump and feminists should quit blaming Roger Ailes' victims: Kirsten Powers  —  No, the short-skirted, ‘leggy’ women of Fox News aren't to blame for sexual harassment and they shouldn't have to quit their jobs.  —  Donald Trump thinks it's “very sad” that women at Fox News are “complaining” …

Skip Bayless Joins Fox Sports from ESPN: 'I'm Taking Off the Handcuffs"  —  EMAIL ME  —  “Too many people in charge at ESPN, for my taste, were a little too fearful,” says the outspoken host, who leaves the Disney-owned network after 12 years for a new show that will launch Sept. 6.

How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Donald Trump  —  It's hard to know exactly when the Republican Party assumed the mantle of the “stupid party.”  —  Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such prominent early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.

Is Donald Trump OK?  Erratic behaviour raises mental health questions  —  As his behaviour grows more bizarre, more and more analysts are asking if there's something off with the Republican candidate.  —  WASHINGTON—There is an elephant in the election.  —  It was tiptoed around …