Young Blacks Voice Skepticism on Hillary Clinton, Worrying Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — When a handful of liberal advocacy organizations convened a series of focus groups with young black voters last month, the assessments of Donald J. Trump were predictably unsparing.

Jim Sleeper Gets It Wrong in ‘The New York Times’  —  This morning, readers across the country woke up to a New York Times op-ed by Yale University lecturer Jim Sleeper that contains patently false charges about FIRE and me.  —  I've deliberately ignored Sleeper's multiple screeds over the past year.

Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in the United States  —  U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election …

Why Clinton needs to win big  —  could win a decisive victory in November and still enter office without much of a mandate to govern, at least in the eyes of her Republican critics.  —  While she has succeeded so far in making the election a referendum on her opponent, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

What Follows From a Presidential Campaign of So Many Negative ‘Firsts’  —  Matthew J. Dowd is an independent; chief political analyst for ABC News; and founder of Paradox Capital, a social-impact venture fund.  He was chief strategist of President George W. Bush's 2004 campaign.  He is on Twitter: @MatthewJDowd.

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump made millions from Saudi Arabia, but trashes Hillary Clinton for Saudi donations to Clinton Foundation  —  Donald Trump has blasted Hillary Clinton for accepting money from Saudi Arabia through her foundation, but a Daily News investigation reveals he has padded his bank account with cash from the same country.

Recent Developments Show Mexican Officials Are Hedging Their Bets on Trump Victory  —  Mexican officials are hedging their bets on the upcoming US election.  —  It appears by their actions they believe Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States.

The World Comes to a Tiny Town: Eastport's Lesson in Globalization  —  A big theme in this election year is that other countries are swindling, out-negotiating, under-bidding, and generally beating the United States in the race for better jobs and companies.

GOP senior statesmen continue to hold their fire on Trump  —  Josh Rogin is a columnist for the Global Opinions section of The Post.  —  With only two months left until the presidential election, the most senior national security figures in the Republican Party are largely staying on the sidelines …

Why Has the News Media Largely Ignored Trump's ‘Birtherism’?  —  There is no doubt that most of the mainstream news media does not want Donald Trump to be president (though many in that group are probably tempted by the ratings he would provide them).  However, I have been struck …

Peas in a pod: The long and twisted relationship between Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani  —  Let's start with the fact that Donald Trump's top surrogate, Rudy Giuliani, is on the payroll.  In January, he joined a law firm, Greenberg Traurig, that represents Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.