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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Daily 202: Trump making a play for Virginia, despite long odds  —  THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump will spend more money this week in Virginia than anywhere else.  Of the $3.5 million in advertising time he's booked, $1.9 million will go into the commonwealth.  More specifically, $1.4 million will be spent in the D.C. market.

Trump ending media ‘blacklist’  —  is ending his “blacklist” of media outlets.  —  Trump's presidential campaign had been denying press credential requests from the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Univision, the Daily Beast, Politico and other news organizations over what the campaign considered unfair coverage.

Early voting reduced in 23 NC counties; 9 drop Sunday voting after NCGOP memo  —  RALEIGH  —  Voters in 23 North Carolina counties will have fewer opportunities to vote early than they did four years ago under schedules approved by Republican-led election boards.

NC man admits shooting ex-wife in Facebook video; son dies talking to 911  —  NORLINA, N.C. (WNCN) - A Warren County man is on the run after shooting his ex-wife and then his 15-year-old son in the chest early Tuesday morning, police said.  —  The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. at a home located at 403 Hyco St. in Norlina.

Barack Obama Just Nominated A Muslim To Be A Federal Judge.  That's A First.  —  Abid Qureshi would fill a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  —  WASHINGTON President Barack Obama made history on Tuesday by nominating the first Muslim person to the federal judiciary, Abid Qureshi.

America's uninsured rate just dropped to a new low  —  Fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before, new federal data shows.  —  Quarterly numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) show that the uninsured rate fell to 8.6 percent during the first three months of 2016.

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 …

Gas tanks found in unmarked car by Paris' Notre Dame cathedral spark terror fears  —  “Several people” are being held in Paris after police found an unmarked car containing gas cylinders next to Notre Dame cathedral, according to French reports, sparking fears of a fresh terrorist plot.

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 …

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.

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.