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 …

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.

Diddy Urges ‘Hold’ on Black Vote: Hillary Needs to ‘Talk to the Black Community’  —  In an interview with Al Sharpton on Sunday, rap and fashion mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged the African-American community to “turn up the heat” on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, because their issues …

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

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Is Rudy Giuliani Losing His Mind?  —  All summer long, Rudy Giuliani has acted as if he's in a contest with Donald Trump to prove who the most manic 70-something from the outer boroughs really is.  It started at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where Giuliani raved and gesticulated …

Meet the Press - September 4, 2016  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday, 65 days to election day and we're no clearer about Donald Trump and deportation.  Is he purposely not committing to a policy or does he really not have one?  —  DONALD TRUMP:  —  We did discuss the wall, we didn't discuss payment of the wall.

Survey: Right Wing People More Likely to Be Sexually Satisfied  —  Those who consider themselves as “very right wing” are more likely to have a satisfactory sex life, according to a new European survey by YouGov that interviewed over 19,000 people.  —  Just 66% of “left wing” Brits claimed to have a satisfactory sex life.