The Duplicity of Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump is the internet troll of presidential politics.  When he's securely removed from the objects of his scorn, he's tough as nails; when he's in their presence, he quivers like a bowl of Jell-O.  —  Such is the way of a bully.

Election Update: As The Race Tightens, Don't Assume The Electoral College Will Save Clinton  —  Want these election updates emailed to you right when they're published?  Sign up here.  —  The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has tightened.  Clinton, whose lead …

Several Hispanic Trump surrogates reconsider support  —  Several major Latino surrogates for Donald Trump are reconsidering their support for him following the Republican nominee's hardline speech on immigration Wednesday night.  —  Jacob Monty, a member of Trump's National Hispanic Advisory Council, quickly resigned after the speech.

Georgetown University Plans Steps to Atone for Slave Past  —  Nearly two centuries after Georgetown University profited from the sale of 272 slaves, it will embark on a series of steps to atone for the past, including awarding preferential status in the admissions process to descendants of the enslaved, officials said on Wednesday.

Bill Clinton aides used tax dollars to subsidize foundation, private email support  —  Bill Clinton's staff used a decades-old federal government program, originally created to keep former presidents out of the poorhouse, to subsidize his family's foundation and an associated business …

Trump has the ball and Hillary can't run out the clock  —  Running out the clock is a term often applied to the Clinton campaign as Election Day appears on the horizon, now only 68 days away.  And with a lead in the Real Clear Politics average of polls relatively once at an almost-insurmountable 7.9 points …

iLeave  —  Apple and the Irish example.  —  The interaction between big businesses and small countries can be strange.  Add in a big, transnational government, and things get even stranger.  —  Apple is in trouble — largely symbolic trouble — over the taxes it owes to the government of Ireland.

NASA: Explosion rocks SpaceX launch site in Florida during test of rocket  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An explosion has rocked the SpaceX launch site in Florida.  —  NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when the blast occurred Thursday morning.

Exclusive: U.S., others agreed to ‘secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal - report  —  The United States and its negotiating partners agreed “in secret” to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief …

Senate 2016: Flip Flop  —  As we head into Labor Day, Democrats are slight favorites to win a slim Senate majority  —  It seems like only yesterday when the Republicans took over the U.S. Senate.  Actually, nearly two years have passed since that big moment, when the GOP gained nine seats …

Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn  —  Anthony Weiner isn't alone.  We need an honest dialogue on the dangers of pornography.  —  If anyone still had doubts about the addictive dangers of pornography, Anthony Weiner should have put paid to them with his repeated, self-sabotaging sexting.

Is This Trump's Backup Plan If He Loses the Election?  —  This spring, as Donald Trump battled Ted Cruz in the heated Republican primary campaign, the mogul was also tending to his day job, with his business empire staking a claim to some new corporate territory.

Donald Trump Dealt With a Series of People Who Had Mob Ties  —  His real-estate developments in Atlantic City and New York brought the GOP nominee into contact with unsavory characters; he says he's ‘the cleanest guy there is’  —  In 1981, a young and ambitious Donald Trump sat …