Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump's Campaign Chief  —  KIEV, Ukraine — On a leafy side street off Independence Square in Kiev is an office used for years by Donald J. Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, when he consulted for Ukraine's ruling political party.

Trump looking to institute political tests for immigrants  —  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as “foreign policy realism” focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other extremist organizations.

Why I don't think it makes sense to attribute Trump's support to economic anxiety  —  One of the most popular ideas about Donald Trump this election cycle is that he has awakened a deep sense of “economic anxiety” from the white working class.  This idea is often said to be supported by his poll numbers …

Trump's Self-Reckoning  —  The GOP nominee and his supporters face a moment of truth.  —  Donald Trump lashed out at the media on Sunday after more stories describing dysfunction inside his presidential campaign.  “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning …

Once more into the Supreme Court breach  —  Third time's a charm.  —  Or not.  —  Over the last two weeks I have tried to use this space to persuade #NeverTrumpers that their opposition to Donald Trump, no matter how deeply principled on their part, should yield to the manifest damage …

Shots fired in second night of Milwaukee protests  —  Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN)For a second night, violent protests rocked Milwaukee over the police shooting of an armed African-American man.  At least two people were injured after shots were fired and objects hurled during the protest early Monday, police said.

New August Electoral College Ratings  —  The two major party conventions are now behind us and the consequent bounces have had time to settle giving us a presidential race that isn't over, but one that is fully developed.  Many observers have noted that in the last six decades of modern presidential polling …

Pals Ivanka Trump and Wendi Deng Murdoch Go Sightseeing in Croatia  —  Ivanka Trump is taking a break from the campaign trail to vacation with friends.  —  The daughter of GOP nominee Donald Trump shared a scenic snap with Wendi Deng Murdoch, the ex-wife of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, from Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Chief NC scientist resigns, accuses GOP administration of misleading the public about water quality  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Megan Davies, North Carolina's chief epidemiologist, resigned this week in the latest bit of drama over drinking water safety …

Five things that could still go wrong for Hillary Clinton  —  shouldn't start preparing her inaugural address just yet.  —  There are plenty of things that could trip up her campaign between now and Election Day, even if polls increasingly suggest she is on track to beat Donald Trump  —  in a landslide.

Trump hires the B team  —  Donald Trump, already lagging behind Hillary Clinton in ground game organizing, is also facing a quantifiable talent gap in key battleground states, starting at the top.  —  And that's according to his fellow Republicans.  —  Veteran Republican operatives …

Pollsters: Trump approaching zero hour  —  No candidate in Donald Trump's position at this stage of the campaign has gone on to win the popular vote in November in the modern polling era.  —  That's the sobering news confronting the Trump campaign as it seeks to rebound from his recent slump.

Young voters flee Donald Trump in what may be historic trouncing, poll shows  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is consolidating the support of the Millennials who fueled Bernie Sanders' challenge during the primaries, a new USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Poll finds …

How Donald Trump Brought House Conservatives to Heel  —  By winning over their constituents, he forced them to get in line.  —  When Representative Mark Meadows filed his motion to vacate the chair, effectively calling for the removal of John Boehner as speaker of the House …

Olympic Cheers May Have Triggered JFK Emergency Response  —  Multiple emergency agencies rushed to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in response to a report Sunday night that shots had been fired, but there was no gunfire, authorities said.  —  Police declared early Monday …

Records contradict Bayh's assertion over staying in Indiana  —  (CNN)Evan Bayh pushed back at an interviewer last month when he was asked if he would move back to Indiana now that he is running to win back his old Senate seat.  —  “I've never left,” he told WISH-TV.  —  It turns out he did.