Inside the Failing Mission to Save Donald Trump From Himself  —  Donald J. Trump was in a state of shock: He had just fired his campaign manager and was watching the man discuss his dismissal at length on CNN.  The rattled candidate's advisers and family seized the moment for an intervention.

Trump Spox Katrina Pierson: We Weren't in Afghanistan Until Obama Decided to Go In  —  Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson has once again blamed President Obama for something that happened years before he took office.  —  Remember how Pierson blamed Obama for Captain Humayun Khan's death in 2004?

Switzerland Salez attack: Knifeman sets fire to Swiss train  —  A knifeman has set fire to a train in north-eastern Switzerland, leaving six people in hospital with stab wounds and burns, police say.  —  The suspect, described as a Swiss man aged 27, was also taken to hospital …

Does Sean Hannity Want Hillary to Win?  —  Rather than hold Trump to his promise to pivot, Hannity is defending Trump's shtick. … Dear Reader (including Vanilla Ice, because we now live in a world where that's possible),  —  This is an honest question: Does Sean Hannity want Hillary Clinton to be president?

Republicans question Trump's travel choices, tight purse strings  —  Washington (CNN)The last time Connecticut voted for a Republican presidential candidate, Americans were listening to music on cassette tapes and most cell phones were the size of shoe boxes.

Frustration abundant, GOP could be near breaking point Trump  —  ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The Republican Party could be nearing a breaking point with Donald Trump.  —  As he skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most competitive states have begun openly contemplating turning …

Hacker Reveals Personal Information for Almost 200 Democrats  —  Guccifer 2.0 says records stolen as part of breach of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee  —  WASHINGTON—A hacker posted cellphone numbers and other personal information of nearly 200 current and former congressional Democrats …

SEE ALL 223 STORIES  —  Bill Clinton is accusing the FBI director of serving up “the biggest load of bull I've ever heard” — marking the first significant public comments from the husband of the Democratic nominee on the scandal that's plagued his wife's campaign for over a year.

After Mexican “Rapists” Comment, Ivanka Trump Wrote An Unused Clarification  —  In a deposition earlier this summer, Ivanka Trump said she drafted a statement last summer in the wake of her father's comments about the “rapists” that Mexico sends to the United States — though she denied …

Kenny Baker, actor behind R2-D2, dies  —  The 3ft 8in actor, who starred in six Star Wars films as well as Time Bandits and Flash Gordon, was 83  —  The British actor who played R2-D2 in the Star Wars films has died at the age of 83 after a long illness.  —  Kenny Baker, who was 3ft 8in tall …

Feds debate releasing Clinton's FBI interview  —  The Obama administration is urgently debating how to respond to congressional demands for the official report on Hillary Clinton's three-and-a-half-hour interview at FBI headquarters, as some inside and outside government raise concerns …

Donald Trump May Be Violating RNC Consent Decree Aimed at Voter Intimidation  —  With Trump's dangerous and irresponsible hyperventilating about voter fraud and cheating in Pennsylvania potentially costing him the election, it is probably no surprise, as reported by the Weekly Standard …

Trump campaign launches drive to recruit ‘election observers’  —  Donald Trump's campaign is seeking to recruit “election observers” following the Republican nominee's repeated claims that the general election is “rigged.”  —  In a move that's unprecedented in a presidential election …

EXCLUSIVE: Staten Island boy, 13, kills self after Holy Angels Catholic Academy staff 'didn't do anything' to stop bullying  —  Before he took his own life, Daniel Fitzpatrick, taunted and bullied, wrote a final, heartbreaking letter lamenting that nearly no one tried to help him.

Trump says he will only lose Pennsylvania if there's widespread voter fraud.  That's very wrong.  —  Donald Trump held a rally in Altoona, Pa., on Friday night, during which he told the audience that the only way Hillary Clinton could win the state was if “in certain sections of the state they cheat.”

Rio Today: A Taste of Middle East Tension  —  An Egyptian judo player declined to shake hands with his Israeli opponent after their match on Friday, eliciting jeers from the audience.  —  Or Sasson of Israel defeated Islam El Shehany of Egypt in a first-round match in the heaviest weight class.