Trump unpopularity fuels wide lead for Clinton in new Virginia poll  —  Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Donald Trump in Virginia, with disdain for the Republican presidential nominee helping Clinton overcome her own vulnerabilities, a new Washington Post poll finds.

Rogers Ailes to Advise Donald Trump Ahead of Presidential Debates  —  Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman ousted last month over charges of sexual harassment, is advising Donald J. Trump as he begins to prepare for the all-important presidential debates this fall.

Aetna pulling back from ObamaCare in blow to health law  —  In a blow to the health care law, Aetna — one of the largest health insurers in the country — announced Monday that it will significantly scale back its presence on the ObamaCare marketplaces next year.

Poll: Clinton Maintains Big Lead as Voters Doubt Trump's Temperament  —  The numbers were virtually unchanged since last week's poll.  Generally low favorability and negative attitudes among voters plague both candidates, however, as they make appeals to voters in key swing states in the weeks ahead.

Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Kathleen G. Kane, the attorney general of Pennsylvania, was convicted Monday night of nine criminal charges, including perjury and criminal conspiracy.  —  It was a stunning end to the political career of Ms. Kane …

The GOP's Chances Of Holding The Senate Are Following Trump Downhill  —  Donald Trump's post-conventions polling slump seems to be having an effect on the Republican Party's U.S. Senate candidates.  We thought this might happen: There's been an increasingly strong relationship between …

Mr. Trump's Foreign Policy Confusions  —  Donald Trump's speech on Monday was advertised as an attempt to redirect his campaign from a series of blunders to a more serious discussion of foreign policy, starting with combating global terrorism.  As such, it marked another test of his readiness to lead.

READ: GOPers Urge RNC To Cut Off Funding To Trump In Open Letter  —  More than 100 Republicans have signed the final draft of a letter to be sent Tuesday urging Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to shift resources away from Donald Trump.  —  Among the letter's 123 signees …

Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque  —  Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers in Queens, the police said late Monday that a man they had in custody had been charged in the killings.  —  The man, Oscar Morel of Brooklyn …

Rubio Stands By Claim That Trump Is A ‘Con Man’, Still Supports Him  —  In the final weeks of his 2016 presidential run, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) threw every insult in the book at Donald Trump, calling him a litigious, “orange” “con man.”  The Florida senator said Monday that he will not retract …

EXCLUSIVE: City to pay settlement of more than $4M to family of Akai Gurley who was fatally shot by former police officer Peter Liang  —  The city has agreed to pay over $4 million to settle a wrongful death claim filed by the family of Akai Gurley, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot …

COMMUNIST GROUP MEMBERS GO TO MILWAUKEE TO HELP ‘REVOLUTION’  —  A Chicago-based communist revolutionary group blamed by Milwaukee's police chief for stoking a second day of violence said that some of its members did go there to “support a revolution” but didn't set out to cause trouble.

Leaked Soros Memo: Refugee Crisis ‘New Normal,’ Gives ‘New Opportunities’ For Global Influence  —  A leaked memo from left-wing financier George Soros's Open Society Foundations argues that Europe's refugee crisis should be accepted as a “new normal,” and that the refugee crisis means …

Can the 2016 election be rigged?  You bet  —  has said publicly that he fears the next election will be rigged.  Based both on technical capability and recent history, Trump's concerns are not unfounded.  —  A recent study by Stanford University proved that Hillary Clinton

Ayotte: I will stand up to Trump but will vote for him  —  Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Sen. Kelly Ayotte has often found herself in a familiar spot with Donald Trump: Keeping her distance.  —  But in this fiercely independent state, Ayotte is gambling that voters might reward her for rebuking her own party's nominee.

A GOP Congressman Thinks Trump Is Trying To Lose To Help Clinton  —  Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo, one of the first congressman to say he would not vote for Donald Trump in November, says he believes the Republican nominee is trying to lose on purpose to help Hillary Clinton.

Feds reject Clinton comparison in classified sub photos case  —  Federal prosecutors are rejecting a Navy sailor's effort to seek leniency by comparing his taking of classified photos on a nuclear submarine to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server authorities say contained highly-classified information.

Trump-loving ex-cop: Milwaukee BLM ‘looters’ should be ‘shot on sight’ — even women and children  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Former police officer and notoriously belligerent Trump supporter Jim Stachowiak has in the past fantasized about terrorists murdering his political enemies …

Donald Trump Just Overtook The Democrats On Gay Rights  —  The madman has actually done it.  God-Emperor Daddy — known to the rest of you as Republican presidential candidate Donald J Trump — has just outflanked Hillary Clinton on the Left and announced what can only be described as an ultra-progressive immigration policy.

Clinton Super-PAC Going Dark in Colorado and Pennsylvania  —  The group's chief strategist Guy Cecil said it would divert resources “to other states but also into other activities.”  —  The pro-Clinton super-PAC Priorities USA is suspending TV advertising in Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania until …

Italian restaurant under fire for selling ‘Black Olives Matter’ merchandise  —  An Italian restaurant in New Mexico is under fire after making merchandise with a slogan that mimics the Black Lives Matters Movement.  —  KOAT-TV reported Monday that Paisano's in Albuquerque is selling …

Rudy Giuliani forgets about 9/11 and claims that 'before Obama came along, we didn't have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack inside the' U.S.  —  You might want to get that bump on your head checked, Rudy.  —  Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday appeared to forget …

Anthony Weiner Thinks He's Pretty Good at Giving Advice  —  What is your job now?  I don't have one, really.  I've got a consulting company with a handful of clients — a couple of nonprofits, a universe of businesses and executives whose instincts are good.  Sometimes they just want to kibitz.

Larry Wilmore's ‘Nightly Show’ Cancellation And Late Night's ‘Unblackening’  —  What Comedy Central's cancellation of ‘The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore’ could mean for the future of diversity in late night.  (Hint: It's certainly not good!)  —  Late-night TV is experiencing, in Larry Wilmore's own words, an Unblackening.