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 …

Did Clinton get a post-convention bump?  —  Hillary Clinton has received a bump in support after the Democratic convention and has now pulled ahead of Donald Trump.  —  Forty-six percent of voters nationwide say they'll vote for Clinton in November, while 39 percent say they'll back Trump.

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.

Gov. Scott: Florida Calls on CDC to Activate Emergency Response Team Following Confirmed Mosquito-Borne Transmissions  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has identified 10 additional people in Florida with the Zika virus …

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 …

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 …

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.

Gawker founder Nick Denton files for bankruptcy  —  Gawker Media founder Nick Denton filed for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection on Monday, in order to prevent former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan from moving to seize his assets.  A.J. Daulerio, a former editor of Gawker.com, is also expected to file for bankruptcy.

Obama Rebukes Trump: 'I'm Pretty Tired Of Some Folks Trash-Talking' Troops  —  As Donald Trump continued to hurl attacks on the family of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, President Barack Obama praised the sacrifice of American armed services members and their families Monday at the Disabled American Veterans convention.