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?

Queens imam shot in the head, another man blasted in the chest in fatal attack near Ozone Park mosque  —  A lone gunman opened fire on a Queens imam walking home from Saturday afternoon prayers and a second man, leaving one of the pair dead and the other critically wounded.

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 …

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.

The Perfect G.O.P. Nominee  —  WASHINGTON — SPEAKING of crazy ...  All these woebegone Republicans whining that they can't rally behind their flawed candidate is crazy.  The G.O.P. angst, the gnashing and wailing and searching for last-minute substitutes and exit strategies, is getting old.

De Niro compares Trump to his ‘Taxi Driver’ character  —  Award winning actor Robert De Niro on Saturday compared Donald Trump  —  to his mentally unstable character Travis Bickle in the 1976 movie “Taxi Driver,” calling the Republican nominee “totally nuts.”

Finally SOMEONE Who Agrees With Trump Claim That Obama Founded ISIS  —  Donald Trump has been taking a lot of flak for his claim that Barack Obama is the “founder of ISIS,” a claim he later doubled-down on (before later insisting it was sarcasm).  It's led to another string of bad media …

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 …

The Real Scandal of Hillary Clinton's E-Mails  —  On Wednesday, the conservative group Judicial Watch released two hundred and ninety-six pages of e-mails that Hillary Clinton and her aides at the State Department had exchanged.  Judicial Watch's president has said that they came …

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 …

Trump and the exploitation of right rage: It's not the economy, stupid, that's attracting angry white men to him  —  The brainwashing of Trump loyalists by right wing media is on display every day — and it's disturbing VIDEO  —  We've all seen the videos replayed over and over again on social media and cable news.

Hackers Claim to Have Released House Democrats' Personal Information  —  Hackers are claiming to have released the personal information of nearly all Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, including members' private cell phone numbers and email addresses.

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 …

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 …

Always correct election forecast model predicts Trump win, 51%-48%  —  Republican Donald Trump should win the presidency by a slim margin according to a model that has accurately predicted the popular vote since 1988.  —  Using several standards to make his prediction, Alan Abramowitz's …