Republicans can't pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign  —  IN A major speech Thursday, Hillary Clinton linked Donald Trump to bigoted elements on the fringe of American politics.  But she got it wrong when she said, “Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters.”

Trump Doctor Wrote Health Letter in Just 5 Minutes as Limo Waited  —  Donald Trump's personal physician said he wrote a letter declaring Trump would be the healthiest president in history in just five minutes while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his Manhattan office.

As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West  —  PHOENIX — Republicans in Western states fear that Donald J. Trump could imperil their party for years to come in the country's fastest-growing region as he repels a generation of Hispanics, Asians and younger voters who have been altering the electoral map.

Hillary and the alt-right: The toxic endurance of political extremism  —  Hillary Clinton takes on a right-wing racist fringe that will live on long after Donald Trump is done exploiting it  —  If you've spent any time criticizing Donald Trump on social media, then you've likely …

Anti-Semitic Trump campaign CEO Stephen Bannon not a big fan of ‘whiny brat’ Jews, ex-wife says  —  Donald Trump's campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was branded an anti-Semite by the same ex-wife who claimed he choked her, court documents reveal.  —  Mary Louise Piccard said in a 2007 court declaration …

US: Clinton calendars won't be released until after election  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state …

Theresa May will trigger Brexit negotiations without Commons vote  —  Theresa May will not hold a parliamentary vote on Brexit before opening negotiations to formally trigger Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, The Telegraph has learned.  —  Opponents of Brexit claim …

LePage asked to resign over threatening voice mail to legislator  —  Rep. Sara Gideon says that if the governor won't step down, Republicans should intervene to get him ‘the help he needs.’ … A top Democrat has called on Gov. Paul LePage to resign over the profanity-laced and threatening voicemail …

Donald Trump's ‘Apprentices’ Had to Agree to Go Nude  —  Appearing on The Apprentice with Donald Trump required agreeing to a series of odd and invasive demands regarding sex, nudity, and food consumption.  According to a copy of an NBC contract reviewed by The Daily Beast …

Revealed: Fox News' 400-page oppo file on Gabriel Sherman  —  The memo is dated January 5, 2012.  “To: Interested Parties.”  “Re: Gabriel Sherman.”  —  Two full years before Sherman published a book about Roger Ailes, this book-length memo made the rounds inside Fox News.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL PROBE METRO PHOENIX SHERIFF ARPAIO  —  PHOENIX (AP) — The investigation and possible prosecution of metropolitan Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be handled by the U.S. Justice Department after federal prosecutors in Arizona asked to be removed because of unspecified conflicts …

Trump and advisers remain split on how far to move toward the middle  —  Ten days after he appointed new campaign leadership, Donald Trump and many of his closest aides and allies remain divided on whether to adopt more mainstream stances or stick with the hard-line conservative positions …

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton bombed Saddam to distract from the Monica Lewinsky scandal - what Huma Abedin's Muslim journal claimed about her boss's husband  — Huma Abedin, Clinton's right-hand woman, was for 12 years the assistant editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs