Trump refuses to support Paul Ryan, John McCain in upcoming Republican primaries  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is refusing to back House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in his upcoming primary election, saying in an interview Tuesday that he is “not quite there yet” in endorsing his party's top-ranking elected official.

First on CNN: Ex-top Christie aide backs Clinton over Trump  —  (CNN)Longtime Chris Christie aide Maria Comella says she plans to vote for Hillary Clinton — saying that after Donald Trump's nomination, Republicans are “at a moment where silence isn't an option.”

Trump boots baby from Virginia rally  —  Donald Trump asked a woman with a crying baby to leave his rally in Ashburn, Virginia, on Tuesday.  —  The GOP nominee initially suggested that he did not mind the disruption.  —  “Don't worry about that baby.  I love babies,” Trump said after hearing …

Heads roll at the DNC  —  With just three months until Election Day and the Democrats' official party apparatus struggling to right itself from months of dysfunction and the scandal caused by the WikiLeaks email hack, interim Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile cleaned house Tuesday with the ouster of three top officials.

Rep. Richard Hanna letter: We should all be done with Donald Trump (commentary)  —  U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a three-term Republican from Oneida County, represents the 22nd Congressional District.  Hanna is shown speaking last month to firefighters in Binghamton.  (Provided photo)

Utah could vote Democrat for president for first time in 5 decades  —  (KUTV) The Republican and Democrat national conventions are over and as the dust starts to settle, it looks like Hillary Clinton has a chance to carry Utah in the U.S. presidential election.

How Jeff Zucker Made CNN Great Again … It's the second day of the Democratic National Convention, and Jeff Zucker is huddled with his CNN staff on the ground in Philadelphia.  Unlike most cable news network chiefs, he is painstakingly involved with the minutiae of hourly coverage …

Trump memo calls for ‘urgent pivot’ from Khan controversy  —  's campaign sent out an email to surrogates this week titled “URGENT PIVOT” as the campaign seeks to control the damage from Trump's war of words with the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq.

Paul Ryan: We're in fight to ‘retake the soul’ of the Republican Party  —  (R-Wis.) told a donor audience convened by the billionaire Koch brothers that conservatives are in a fight to “retake the soul” of the Republican Party.  —  “We have to do a better job of taking the moral high ground …

Trump: ‘I always wanted to get the Purple Heart.  This was much easier’  —  Without setting foot on a battlefield, Donald Trump said he received a Purple Heart medal on Tuesday at his rally in Ashburn, Virginia, from a retired lieutenant colonel and supporter.

Medical benefits of dental floss unproven  —  HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) — It's one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities.  —  Except there's little proof that flossing works.  —  Still, the federal government …

DONALD TRUMP'S MANY BUSINESS FAILURES, EXPLAINED  —  And while Trump is quick to boast that his purported billions prove his business acumen, his net worth is almost unknowable given the loose standards and numerous outright misrepresentations he has made over the years.

Trump: There's something ‘phony’ about these polls  —  cast doubt on general election polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton  —  , calling those polls “phony.”  —  “I see some great polls — I see one from the Los Angeles Times, just came out, where were ahead by 4 or 5 points.

Clinton, Allies Have Reserved $98 Million in Ads  —  Hillary Clinton and her allies are poised for a TV ad blitz of nearly $100 million dollars, compared to less than $1 million currently reserved on the airwaves by backers of Donald Trump.  —  According to ad-tracking data provided to NBC News …

Child yells profanity directed at Hillary Clinton during Donald Trump rally  —  A school-age child at a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday stood up and yelled “Take the bitch down” after the candidate mentioned Hillary Clinton.  His mother later defended the child's right to speak and blamed his language on “Democratic schools.”

The Religious Right's Dangerous Bet On Trump  —  On July 17, 2015, Donald Trump received a caps lock-heavy campaign memo from one of his advisers containing instructions on how to communicate with a voter species that was especially exotic to the candidate at the time.