Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours  —  Key Republicans close to Donald Trump's orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate after a disastrous 48 hours led some influential voices in the party to question whether Trump can stay at the top …

Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 10 points, both seen as flawed  —  Sixty-one percent of voters think Hillary Clinton is dishonest, yet she's opened up a big lead over Donald Trump in the latest Fox News Poll.  —  Here's why: majorities think Clinton is nevertheless qualified to be president …

Trump denies asking why nukes aren't used  —  's presidential campaign denied a report on Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee had three times asked a foreign policy adviser why the U.S. could not use its vast nuclear arsenal.  —  “There is no truth to this,” …

Obama Commutes Sentences Of More Than 200 People Serving Federal Sentences  —  Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 people serving federal sentences on Wednesday — the most commutations issued by a president in a single …

Voices From Donald Trump's Rallies, Uncensored  —  “Trump that bitch!”  —  “Build a wall — kill them all.”  —  New York Times reporters have spent over a year covering Donald J. Trump's rallies, witnessing so many provocations and heated confrontations at them that the cumulative effect can be numbing …

Republican Donors Panic As Trump Melts Down  —  WASHINGTON — Republican donors weren't expecting a traditional campaign from Donald Trump, but they weren't expecting the level of this week's implosion either.  —  “I don't know what he's doing — trying to commit suicide?” said Stan Hubbard …

Updates: Georgia GOP elector who balked on Donald Trump resigns  —  Update at 5:15 p.m.: The Georgia GOP elector who balked on whether to support Donald Trump has resigned, said Georgia GOP spokesman Ryan Mahoney.  More details to come in a separate post.  —  I just finished …

Supreme Court Halts Order Allowing Transgender Student To Use Restroom Of His Gender Identity  —  The courtroom of the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court put an order allowing a transgender student to use school restrooms in accordance with his gender identity on hold …

Clint and Scott Eastwood: No Holds Barred in Their First Interview Together  —  Think your old man is a ball-buster?  Try being the son of Clint Eastwood.  And then try making a name for yourself in the family business.  This month, as Clint and Scott Eastwood go head-to-head at the box office …

Trump challenges Obama to a golf match for the presidency  —  Forget about Hillary Clinton.  Donald Trump joked Wednesday that he wants to challenge President Barack Obama for the White House.  —  The Republican presidential nominee attacked Clinton during a campaign event in Daytona Beach …

The list of jokes Donald Trump allowed and banned at his Comedy Central roast is amazing  —  Donald Trump will let you make fun of his hair, his family, his sex life, and his failed businesses.  But if you question his wealth, that's a step too far for the Donald.

‘Pinky’ the flamingo dies after attack by man at Busch Gardens  —  TAMPA, FL (WFLA) — An Orlando man has been arrested for picking up, and throwing a beloved flamingo named “Pinky” to the ground at Busch Gardens Tampa on Tuesday.  Pinky's injuries were so severe, she had to be euthanized.

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 …

A Tea Party Defeat in Kansas  —  A year ago, in the innocent days before Donald Trump had wholly taken over American politics, the Republican establishment had other things on its mind: those pesky Tea Party congressmen who were preventing anything from getting done in the House of Representatives.

Berger beats Bruce, McGinn keeps seat in ‘brutal’ night for conservatives  —  Updated at 1:35 a.m.: One of Gov. Sam Brownback's closest allies in the Legislature lost his bid for re-election Tuesday night amid a wave of conservative losses.  —  Brownback isn't on the ballot this year …

Trump Tells Virginia Town It's Failing, Cites the Wrong Place  —  Whoever prepped Trump for his visit to Ashburn apparently has never been there before.  —  ASHBURN, Virginia — When Fawad Rahimyar learned Donald Trump was coming to his neck of the woods, he hopped on Facebook.