Donald Trump transcript: The Republican nominee in his own words  —  Republican nominee Donald Trump sat down with The Post's Philip Rucker for an interview at Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 2 following a rally at a nearby high school.  This is a lightly edited transcript of the 50-minute interview.

U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed  —  Obama administration insists there was no quid pro quo, but critics charge payment amounted to ransom  —  WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release …

‘Boy Bye!’  CNN Panel Goes Off the Rails After Lewandowski Goes Birther on Obama  —  CNN contributor and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went full birther tonight in a panel segment that really went off the rails.  —  Lewandowski and Angela Rye were fighting …

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: Trump Asked “Three Times In An Hour Briefing, 'Why Can't We Use Nuclear Weapons?'”  —  JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): What concerns you most about Donald Trump?  —  GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: How erratic he is, Joe.  I can argue about this position or that position.

George W. Bush Delivers Critique of Donald Trump's Policies  —  Former president stops short of putting his remarks in the context of the 2016 presidential campaign  —  Without naming Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, former President George W. Bush delivered an incisive critique …

Senior GOP Officials Exploring Options if Trump Drops Out  —  Republican officials are exploring how to handle a scenario that would be unthinkable in a normal election year: What would happen if the party's presidential nominee dropped out?  —  ABC News has learned that senior party officials …

Tim Huelskamp, Anti-Establishment House Republican, Loses Primary in Kansas  —  Representative Tim Huelskamp, a member of the hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus, lost to a political newcomer on Tuesday in the Republican primary for his Kansas district.  —  Mr. Huelskamp, who was elected …

DC Metro Cop Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Assist ISIS  —  A veteran police officer with one of the nation's most prominent transit systems has been arrested for allegedly trying to help ISIS, ABC News has learned exclusively.  —  Authorities believe that while working …

A Trump Victory Is a Scary Thought.  A Disputed Loss Might Be Scarier.  —  Why his “rigged” comments are so corrosive and dangerous.  —  We have a tradition in the United States.  When you lose an election, you take the L, and you move on.  It's what John Adams did after he lost …

Trump spokeswoman blames Obama for 2004 death of Captain Khan  —  Donald Trump's spokeswoman blamed the policies of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the death of Army Capt. Humayun Khan, despite the fact that Khan died in 2004.  —  “It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton …

Trump changed views on Ukraine after hiring Manafort  —  Donald Trump sounded like a supporter of Ukraine's territorial integrity last September, when he spoke by video feed to a gathering of political and business elites in Kiev.  —  “Our president is not strong and he is not doing …

Trump: Americans should avoid stock market  —  suggested Tuesday that Americans should not place their retirement funds into the stock market, warning of “some very scary scenarios.”  —  In a phone interview with Fox Business, the GOP presidential nominee said that he isn't a big investor …

Nearly 1 in 100 worldwide are now displaced from their homes  —  More than 60 million people are displaced from their homes as of the end of 2015, the highest number of displaced people since World War II, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).