Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation  —  The Republican Party of Florida paid much less for the venue than Trump's own campaign has paid.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON In March 2014, Donald Trump opened …

We recommend Hillary Clinton for U.S. president  —  There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November.  We recommend Hillary Clinton.  —  We don't come to this decision easily.  This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since …

A fall road map for Senate Democrats  —  With summer vacation ending, students all across America have returned to the classroom, excited to learn.  —  This week, after the longest summer recess in Senate history, lawmakers are also returning to Washington.

Trump camp tries to clarify his ‘I love war’ comment  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager fired back Wednesday at an ad produced by the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA taking on the Republican nominee's fitness to be commander in chief.  —  The 30-second ad out Tuesday, titled …

Longtime Listener, First-Time Candidate  —  Donald Trump and the entertainers who took over the Republican Party are trying to reach their biggest audience yet  —  are now just 20 days away from what may turn out to be the most watched political event in history: the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Judge gives State until after election to release some Clinton docs  —  A federal judge on Tuesday gave the State Department until February 2017 to release the full 1,600-page file of records about official events during Hillary Clinton  —  's tenure, assuring that the full batch is not public by Election Day.

U.S. Transferred $1.3 Billion More in Cash to Iran After Initial Payment  —  First $400 million coincided with Iran's release of American prisoners and was used as leverage, officials have acknowledged  —  The Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 million in cash sent to Iran …

Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate  —  Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump.  Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery.  —  In all nine states where he has officially qualified …

The Gift of Clinton  —  If the Trump campaign weren't such an all-consuming piece of performance art, the big story of this election would be the sheer shambolic strangeness of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.  —  The Democratic candidate is the most disliked nominee of modern times — except, of course, for her opponent.

Trump has taught us this year's most important political lesson  —  The writer is an entrepreneur and investor.  —  Our government used to get things done.  The Manhattan Project coordinated the work of more than 130,000 people in over a dozen states.  It was difficult, unprecedented — and successful.

Hillary Clinton's ‘Invisible Guiding Hand’  —  BROOKLYN, N.Y. — There are only a handful of corner offices inside Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters, and they are mostly occupied by familiar names: campaign manager Robby Mook, campaign chairman John Podesta, and Huma Abedin, her ubiquitous confidante.

Poll: Trump Leads Clinton Among Military and Veteran Voters  —  Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 19 points — 55 percent to 36 percent — among voters who are currently serving or have previously served in the U.S. military, according to the latest NBC News|  SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.

Libertarian Johnson Makes Western Advertising Push Ahead of First Debate  —  To be included, Johnson needs an average score of 15 percent or higher in national polls leading up to the Sept. 26 event.  —  McCormickJohn  —  In a bid to propel his candidacy onto the presidential debate stage later …

Poll: Arizona a toss-up between Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump  —  Arizona is a too-close-to-call presidential battleground between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, according to a new statewide Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll.

Obama Hints at Post-Presidency Plans During Laos Visit  —  As his time in office approaches an end, President Obama has periodically dropped hints of his post-presidency plans, from aspirations to own a stake in a NBA team, to returning to the classroom to lecture.

In every state, pessimism about Trump, Clinton and the impact of the election  —  The presidential campaign has intensified long-standing political divisions, but there is one area of broad agreement among voters in both red states and blue states — a pervasive pessimism that no matter the outcome …

Ferguson activist Darren Seals dies at 29  —  Darren Seals wearing his signature “Straight Outta Ferguson” t-shirt as he posed with fellow activists Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Bree Newsome and Dr. Cornel West during the “Ferguson is Everywhere” hip-hop concert on August 9, 2015.

Politico Co-Founder Jim VandeHei to Launch News Venture for Professionals  —  Service will sell subscriptions, aim at specialists in industries, such as tech, health care  —  Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei is preparing to unveil his next act: a media outlet targeting corporate executives …

Video Appears To Show Tourists Destroying Popular Oregon Rock Formation  —  When the iconic sandstone formation known as “the duckbill” collapsed, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department wasn't suspicious.  —  Erosion happens.  Rocks fall.  The stretch of cliff where the formation was located …

Cover Story: The Book of Bruce Springsteen  —  For 50 years, the rock icon has turned his struggle into songs, his unrest into performance.  Today, as he wraps up a top-selling tour and publishes a 500-page memoir, he is coming to terms with life out on the wire.  —  BY - DAVID KAMPPHOTOGRAPHS BY - ANNIE LEIBOVITZOCTOBER 2016