GOP Rep. Richard Hanna: I'll vote for Clinton; first House member to cross party line  —  U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, says he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president.  Hanna said the GOP nominee, Donald Trump, is unfit to serve.  The three-term congressman is shown speaking July 18 …

Poll: Clinton Support Spikes Following Democratic Convention  —  Following the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by 8 points — 50 percent to 42 percent — up from a single-point difference last week, according to the latest NBC News|  SurveyMonkey poll.

Will GOP officials jump ship on Trump?  —  The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of disastrous for the Republican Party.  —  No, Donald Trump's position in the race hasn't worsened dramatically, nor did the Democratic convention wash away Hillary Clinton's many political warts.

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.

Obama Says Republicans Should Withdraw Support for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — In his strongest denouncement of Donald J. Trump so far, President Obama on Tuesday said Mr. Trump was “unfit to serve as president” and urged the leaders of the Republican Party to withdraw their backing for his candidacy.

The risk of bloody-shirt politics: Khizr Khan, Ghazala Khan, Patricia Smith, Cindy Sheehan and our politics  —  On the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, I cringed when Patricia Smith, the grief-stricken mother of Sean Smith, an information officer killed during …

Donald Trump Avoided Draft With a Heel Problem, but the Details Are Murky  —  Back in 1968, at the age of 22, Donald J. Trump seemed the picture of health.  —  He stood 6 feet 2 inches with an athletic build; had played intramural football, tennis and squash; and was taking up golf.

Eric Trump: Ivanka wouldn't allow herself to be subjected to sexual harassment  —  Ivanka Trump would not put herself in a position to be sexually harassed in the way that Fox News chief Roger Ailes is accused of doing, Eric Trump said of his older sister Tuesday, as he tried to explain …

Trump vs. Khan: How Smearing Everyday Americans Became A Right-Wing Media Tradition  —  Who picks a campaign fight with Gold Star parents who have paid the ultimate sacrifice?  —  That's the dominant campaign question being asked from so many different quarters as Donald Trump continues …

NYPD Commissioner William Bratton to Announce Resignation  —  Bratton, 68, will be replaced by Chief of Department James O'Neill.  —  New York City police Commissioner William Bratton will announce on Tuesday that he is resigning and will be replaced by Chief of Department James O'Neill …

Rescuers say toxic gas dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down  —  A Syrian rescue service operating in rebel-held territory said on Tuesday a helicopter dropped containers of toxic gas overnight on a town close to where a Russian military helicopter was shot down hours earlier.

Trump: Wind power ‘kills all your birds’  —  bashed renewable energy sources Monday night, saying solar power doesn't work well and wind turbines kill birds.  —  The GOP presidential nominee has stated his preference for coal and natural gas, and has previously said that solar power …

The Israeli Company That Fenced in Gaza Eyes Trump's Mexico Wall  —  CEO seeks contract for barrier on Kenya-Somalia frontier  —  Threats stoke demand for walls to stop terrorism, refugees  —  The border security business is thriving and that's good news for Magal Security Systems Ltd. boss Saar Koursh.

Rush Limbaugh renews contract  —  Rush Limbaugh, the country's best-known conservative talk radio host, has renewed his contract with radio distributor iHeartMedia.  —  The company called it a “long-term, multi-platform agreement,” but did not disclose any details about the length or value of the contract.