Hillary Clinton Told F.B.I. Colin Powell Advised Her to Use Private Email  —  Pressed by the F.B.I. about her email practices at the State Department, Hillary Clinton told investigators that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell had advised her to use a personal email account

Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late  —  Three and a half months after sealing the Republican nomination, Donald Trump pivoted to contest the general election on Thursday night, expressing regret for his past failures to “choose the right words” and delivering one of the most comprehensive …

Former Breitbart Staffer to Powerhouse Politics: Bannon Ran Meetings That Sounded Like White Supremacists Talking  —  A former Breitbart News spokesman slammed Donald Trump's new campaign chief executive, Stephen Bannon, for allegedly using racist rhetoric during editorial meetings at Breitbart …

Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans  —  MORE FROM:  —  This was late one night — actually, early one morning — in the summer of 2004, at a bustling tavern in Plaka, the social heart of Athens during the Olympics.  We could see the Parthenon from our table …

Here's How NYers React To A Life-Size Naked Donald Trump Statue In Union Square  —  Someone has erected a statue of a naked Donald Trump in Union Square.  You can see it RIGHT NOW in real life.  [Update below, but it's gone now]  —  Anarchist collective INDECLINE appears to be behind the stunt …

Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump's campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine's ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor …

Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton  —  Peter D. Hart, founder of Peter D. Hart Research Associates, helps conduct the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.  —  In this election cycle, polls have been the least reliable guide …

GOP preps tough perjury case against Clinton  —  House Republicans are doubling down in their effort to bring perjury charges against Hillary Clinton  —  over her testimony last year to the House Select Committee on Benghazi.  —  GOP lawmakers have claimed that the Democratic presidential nominee broke …

Twitter rolls out quality filter setting to all users  —  Twitter is taking another step forward in ensuring that its service is a safe place to be.  The company today announced that it's giving everyone access to its quality filter, which automatically screens out tweets from suspicious accounts …

Here's why President Obama isn't stopping his vacation to visit the Louisiana flooding  —  Two important things happened today in the political world of President Obama.  —  The first was that the Advocate, a Louisiana newspaper chain, published an editorial calling on the president to come …

The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm  —  On Monday, a hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” announced an auction for what it claimed were “cyber weapons” made by the NSA.  Based on never-before-published documents provided by the whistleblower Edward Snowden …

State Dept. confirms $400 million Iran payment conditioned on hostage release  —  Republicans are claiming vindication after the State Department confirmed on Thursday that the United States conditioned the release of a $400 million cash payment to Iran on the departure of American prisoners from Tehran.

Trump spokeswoman claims Clinton has rare brain disease  —  has brain damage that impairs her ability to communicate.  —  Speaking on MSNBC, Katrina Pierson alleged that Clinton has a disorder called dysphasia, a condition brought on by brain trauma that erodes a person's ability to speak or comprehend language.

Cruz's Image Among Republicans Tanks After GOP Convention  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans' views of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have gotten significantly worse since he refused to endorse Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, with his favorable rating falling from 59% to 43%.

FEC Adopts Interim Verification Procedure for Filings Containing Possibly False or Fictitious Information  —  WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission today announced an interim procedure staff will follow to verify information in filings from the 2016 election cycle that appear to be unlawfully false or fictitious.

Republicans Worry a Falling Donald Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats  —  Donald J. Trump's struggling candidacy has now become a direct threat to Republican control of Congress, significantly increasing the likelihood that Democrats will take control of the Senate and cut substantially into the House Republican majority next year.

Trump adviser accused of making anti-Semitic remarks  —  WASHINGTON  —  Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving.