Questions raised about Melania's marriage history  —  A former lawyer for the Trump Organization adds to doubts about Melania Trump's immigration status, and how she earned U.S. residency … In an interview with Larry King Live in 2005 Melania Trump said that she had never been married before meeting Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton tried to answer questions about her emails.  It didn't go well.  —  Hillary Clinton has been dealing with questions about her decision to exclusively use a private email server while serving as secretary of state for much of the past 17 months.

Donald Trump savages Japan, saying all they will do is ‘watch Sony TVs’ if US is attacked - and threatens to ‘walk’ away from treaty  —  Donald Trump has attacked Japan, one of America's closest allies, stating that if the US is attacked, all Japan would do is “sit home and watch Sony television”.

Why We Ask to See Candidates' Tax Returns  —  Boston — Lost in the debate over Donald J. Trump's refusal to release his tax returns is the story of where the custom of disclosure comes from — and why it can be so valuable as a measure of character.  It's a tale of presidential tax shenanigans …

‘Loving wife’ and ‘longtime girlfriend’ place dueling obituaries after N.J. man's death  —  Leroy Black died this week at the age of 55; his Sunday funeral could be interesting  —  I did not know Leroy “Blast” Bill Black in life, but 55 years old is too young for anyone to die …

SFPD union's dog photo called insult to Black Lives Matter cause  —  The union representing San Francisco police officers published a photograph of two dogs in its monthly newspaper that critics say belittles the Black Lives Matter movement and raises questions about the police force's commitment …

Speaker Robin Vos: Welcome to Wisconsin Mr. Trump  —  We are Ryan Republicans not Trump Republicans  —  A few weeks ago, I wrote an editorial for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel explaining why I was so proud to be a Republican.  As we watch the news today about the visit of the GOP Presidential nominee …

Hackers Say It Would Be “Too Easy” To Hack The U.S. Elections  —  “If it were up to me, I would remove every single electronic voting machine in America.”  —  Reporting From  —  LAS VEGAS — Before the hacker touched a single key on the electronic voting booth, he already had three …

Brave man who stood up to Munich shooter now facing prosecution for ‘INSULTING killer’  —  A MAN who famously stood up to the Munich shooter after he killed nine people is facing being charged by a prosecutor for insulting the killer.  —  Thomas Salbey, 57, saw the shooting happening …

8/5: Clinton with Wide Lead over Trump Nationally  —  In a national survey conducted from Monday through Wednesday this week[†], Democrats Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, 48%, lead Republicans Donald Trump and Mike Pence, 33%, by 15 points among registered voters in the race for the White House.

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People Aren't Really Appreciating Just How Bad Trump's Campaign Has Been  —  “He is a neutron bomb that has gone off in the Republican Party,” said one top aide to Romney's 2012 campaign.  —  S.V. Date  —  Senior Political Correspondent, The Huffington Post

Could Trump have been right?  Propaganda film suggests Iran DID videotape cash-drop plane and photograph shipment of cash during January prisoner swap  — February documentary that aired on Iranian state-run TV shows nighttime flight, pallet of cash matching prisoner-swap scenario reported this week

Moment in Convention Glare Shakes Up Khans' American Life  —  How Khizr and Ghazala Khan, parents of a soldier killed in Iraq, came to challenge Donald J. Trump and reshape a presidential campaign.  —  Six minutes and one second.  That was all it took for the 66 years of Khizr Khan's life to become an American moment.

Newt Gingrich Will Never Pay His 2012 Campaign Debt  —  Newt 2012 racked up $4.6 million in debt that will never be repaid.  —  Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Newt Gingrich apparently has no plans to pay back dozens of small businesses that made yard signs …

The Week They Decided He Was Crazy  —  Trump inflicts one wound after another on his campaign.  —  I think this week marked a certain coming to terms with where the election is going.  Politics is about trends and tendencies.  The trends for Donald Trump are not good, and he tends not to change.

China's tech trailblazers  —  The Western caricature of Chinese internet firms needs a reboot  —  GOOGLE left.  Facebook is blocked.  Amazon is struggling to make headway.  And if further proof were needed that China's tech market is a world apart, this week seemed to provide conclusive evidence.

'McDonald's of the Future' opens in Missouri with all-you-can-eat fries promotion  —  It's “frynally” here and opened to the public Thursday in St. Joseph, Mo.  —  The McDonald's of the future that gained international publicity over unlimited fries has a few more options up its sleeve.

Trump unveils all-male economic advisory team  —  Donald Trump's campaign on Friday announced more than a dozen members of the Republican nominee's all-male economic advisory team, including several prominent real-estate investors, hedge-fund managers and bankers.