Trump paid dearly to boost fundraising  —  The Donald Trump campaign's boasts of a formidable fundraising month in July spooked Democrats who feared their financial advantage could be slipping.  —  But a closer inspection of the campaign finance report filed just before Saturday's midnight deadline indicates …

Donald Trump, With Bare-Bones Campaign, Relies on G.O.P. for Vital Tasks  —  Donald J. Trump is leaning heavily on Republican Party organizations to provide crucial campaign functions like getting out the vote, digital outreach and fund-raising, at a time when some leading Republicans have called …

Huma Abedin worked at a radical Muslim journal for 10 years  —  Huma Abedin, longtime aide to former US Secretary of State and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton,  —  MORE FROM:  —  Hillary Clinton's top campaign aide, and the woman who might be the future White House chief …

David Duke Show Celebrates Trump's Breitbart Hire: We've ‘Taken Over the Republican Party!’  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rocked the political media world this week by hiring Breitbart.com honcho Stephen K. Bannon to be his campaign CEO, and while the move …

Exclusive - RNC Official at Trump's Hispanic Meeting Debunks False BuzzFeed, Univision Reports that Donald Succumbed to Amnesty Activists  —  A senior staffer at the Republican National Committee (RNC) told Breitbart News Saturday GOP presidential candidate Donald J. Trump did not say or suggest …

Colin Powell Says Hillary Clinton's ‘People Have Been Trying to Pin’ Email Scandal on Him  —  Hillary Clinton's email scandal continues.  —  On Friday, the New York Times reported that Clinton told FBI officials former Secretary of State Colin Powell had advised her to use a personal email account …

‘This Week’ Transcript: Kellyanne Conway, Robby Mook, Reince Priebus, and Dr. Jill Stein  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON August 21, 2016 and it will be updated.  —  UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): Starting right now on THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulos: Trump shakeup.

Sean Hannity Turns Adviser in the Service of Donald Trump  —  During major inflection points in Donald J. Trump's campaign, the advisers, family members and friends who make up his kitchen cabinet burn up their email accounts and phone lines gaming out how to get his candidacy on track (and what counsel he might go along with).

White Lives Matter group protests outside NAACP in Houston's Third Ward  —  The Confederate flag waved in front of the NAACP office Sunday.  The red flag with its blue X holding white stars hung over the shoulder of a White Lives Matter member who was joined by others in his group in a protest …

Poll: Hillary Clinton extends lead in Ohio  —  In Ohio, which is so critical to Donald Trump's electoral fortunes, it is Hillary Clinton who has extended her lead and is now up six points, 46 percent to 40 percent; she was up four points in July.  Clinton has made gains among women …

13 PEOPLE SHOT, WOUNDED AT CONNECTICUT HOUSE PARTY  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Thirteen people have been shot and wounded at a house party in Connecticut.  —  Police in Bridgeport were called to the home around 1:30 a.m. Sunday for a report of shots fired.

DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  In an odd exchange with MSNBC's Joy Reid, a supporter of Donald Trump tried to allay fears about the campaign's formalized affiliation with Breitbart.com, by dismissing concerns about the website's extreme racism — because one of the top writers is “incredibly gay.”

American journalism is collapsing before our eyes  —  MORE FROM:  —  Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president.  But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete collapse of American journalism as we know it.

Donald Trump, a ‘Rigged’ Election and the Politics of Race  —  As he seeks to revive his embattled candidacy, Donald J. Trump has seized on a new argument to rally his supporters and to explain away a possible defeat in November: that Democrats are preparing to exploit weak voter identification laws to win a …

Turkish wedding suicide bomber was 12-14 years old, Erdogan says  —  Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN)The suicide bomber who killed 51 people at a wedding party in southern Turkey was between 12 and 14 years old, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, according to state-run news agency Andadolu.

Louisiana governor: Donald Trump's visit ‘helpful’  —  Washington (CNN)The governor of Louisiana said Sunday that Donald Trump's trip to his state was “helpful” in getting the country's attention on the devastating flooding around Baton Rouge.  —  Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat …