Hillary Clinton's run-out-the-clock strategy  —  She is not planning on sitting for another televised armchair confessional to rehash regrets about a private email server.  Nor is the campaign setting up the kind of war room employed last year to discredit a book that aimed to expose …

Donald Trump Used Campaign Donations to Buy $55,000 of His Own Book  —  Donald Trump used his campaign funds to buy thousands of copies of his own book at retail cost, simultaneously diverting donor money back into his pockets while artificially boosting his sales figures.

RNC chief: Trump could lead Clinton by Labor Day  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus predicted on Tuesday that Donald Trump  —  in the polls by Labor Day.  —  “I think what you are seeing on the campaign is a continuation of a good couple of weeks that Donald Trump has had …

6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Italy, Killing at Least 10  —  ROME — Strong earthquakes struck central Italy early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, trapping many others under debris and setting off tremors that awakened residents in Rome nearly 100 miles to the southwest.

Get 'em off!  Armed police order Muslim woman to remove her burkini on packed Nice beach - as mother, 34, wearing Islamic headscarf is threatened with pepper spray and fined in Cannes  —  The French ban on the burkini is threatening to turn into a farce as police officers armed with pepper spray …

French man allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ in fatal stabbing of British woman at Australian hostel  —  A British man is in a critical condition and a woman is dead after attack witnessed by up to 30 people in Home Hill, in Queensland's north  —  A French man allegedly cried “Allahu Akbar” …

Inside Donald Trump's new strategy to counter the view of many that he is ‘racist’  —  Donald Trump is rapidly trying to turn around his presidential campaign with a vigorous and at times strained effort to shed a label applied to him by a substantial portion of the electorate: racist.

Republicans currently have just a 38% chance of keeping their Senate majority  —  Every day seems to bring another story about nervous Republican House and Senate candidates, wondering if Donald Trump is going to cost them their seats.  Here's the interesting thing: Yes …

Vigil held for deaf driver killed in trooper-involved shooting  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Friends and neighbors gathered Monday evening with the family of a deaf man who was killed last week in a trooper-involved shooting.  —  Daniel Harris, 29, was shot and killed by a Highway Patrol trooper …

The return of ‘Straight Talk’ McCain  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The dour John McCain of Capitol Hill is on hiatus.  In his place, at least for a day: The loose, accessible, happy warrior of Straight Talk Express yesteryear.  —  McCain is deadly serious about winning reelection and continuing …

Horrified by Trump, Democrats getting nostalgic about Romney  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama ran for re-election, Democrats made no secret of their disdain for Mitt Romney.  That was all before Donald Trump.  —  Horrified by the prospect of Trump in the White House …

Mass Lesbian Farm Infiltration Is Obama's Best Scheme Yet  —  Barack Obama is nearing the finish line of a presidency filled with accomplishments ranging from death panels to FEMA camps to the importation of Sharia law.  Year eight is a natural time for Obama to unveil the most deviously brilliant plot …

In North Carolina, Republicans Try To Fend Off Political ‘Tsunami’  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in North Carolina, once a solidly red state in presidential elections, are gearing up to avoid what they believe could be their worst election year in decades.

Why bullying is such a successful evolutionary strategy  —  It is not just people that bully the vulnerable.  Many animals do it too, and in evolutionary terms it may even work  —  Frodo ruled with an iron fist.  He incited fear among his fellow group members.  —  His “demonic streak”, as it was later called, started early.

S.C. Democrats tout new poll showing Clinton, Trump in dead heat  —  WASHINGTON — A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied in the presidential contest in the Palmetto State.  —  The poll, paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party and conducted by the Feldman Group …

More Attacks on Transgender Rights  —  Just days after the federal Department of Education in May issued sensible antidiscrimination guidelines for accommodating transgender students, Texas' attorney general, Ken Paxton, set out to challenge them.  —  His team reached out to tiny school districts …

We Have Been Warned  —  Here in the flood zone of south Louisiana, you would be hard-pressed to find a single church or Christian organization (like the school community of which I'm a part) that isn't in some way helping flood victims.  I'm not talking about simply giving money.

Raising Money for Clinton, Cher Sounds Off (and Not Just About Trump)  —  She compared him to Hitler, likened his campaign to a “racist” version of “Fun with Dick and Jane” and even said he evoked the murderous child star in “The Bad Seed.”  —  “I just think he's” an idiot …

Clinton leads Trump by 12 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.

Change is not your friend this year: Jill Lawrence  —  Trump says we should bet our economy on him.  He also wants to sell you a casino and a university.  —  What do you have to lose?  Donald Trump keeps asking African Americans.  But really that's his question to all of us.

2M people off food stamp benefits in last year  —  The number of Americans who receive food stamps has dropped by more than 2 million over the last year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as states begin to reintroduce work rules relaxed during the recession.