Bumpy beginning for Obama in China, starting on the tarmac  —  HANGZHOU, China (AP) — If President Barack Obama was hoping for a graceful start to his final trip to Asia as commander in chief, this wasn't it.  —  Confrontations between Chinese officials and White House staff …

Detroit mayor slams Trump's visit to black church  —  Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) lambasted Donald Trump  —  's visit to one of the city's black churches Saturday, calling the Republican presidential nominee “phony.”  —  “I feel like I'm watching the next season of ‘The Apprentice,’” …

Kaine Compares Trump's Encouragement of Russian Hacking to Watergate Break-In  —  Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine attacked Donald Trump as a danger to national security for his seeming to encourage Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails, and sought to compare …

Calling Trump names won't stop him becoming US President  —  Just two months before the free world elects its next leader - if you believe America leads the free world, that is - the world's liberal media seem united on two things.  The first is that Donald Trump is a monster.

We've never seen a falling Weiner quite like this before  —  MORE FROM:  —  The self-destruction of Anthony Weiner is something entirely new.  It is a phenomenon of the social-media age.  Weiner has been undone both professionally and personally by a very specific fetish that could not have existed …

Pence dodges on deportation  —  in an interview Sunday dodged a question about whether a Donald Trump  —  administration would deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.  —  Instead, Pence said the Republican nominee is focused on the “more than 300 million people …

Where Has Hillary Clinton Been?  Ask the Ultrarich  —  At a private fund-raiser Tuesday night at a waterfront Hamptons estate, Hillary Clinton danced alongside Jimmy Buffett, Jon Bon Jovi and Paul McCartney, and joined in a singalong finale to “Hey Jude.”  —  “I stand between you and the apocalypse …

Venezuelan President Is Chased by Angry Protesters  —  CARACAS, Venezuela — President Nicolás Maduro was chased at a routine political event by a crowd of angry protesters banging on pots and yelling that they were hungry, just days after thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets …

How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead  —  Philadelphia — First you get your coat.  I don't care if you don't remember where you left it, you find it.  If there was a lot of blood you ask someone to go quickly to the basement to get you a new set of scrubs.  You put on your coat and you go into the bathroom.

Clinton losing support among Hispanics  —  Will Donald Trump's pivot on immigration and his trip to Mexico change the way Hispanic voters view him?  I don't know.  But quite apart from anything Trump is doing, Hispanics view Hillary Clinton less favorably than they did earlier this year.