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 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 …

Presidential Race Up for Grabs in Florida  —  PPP's newest Florida poll finds a very tight race for President in the state.  In the full field Donald Trump gets 44% to 43% for Hillary Clinton, with Gary Johnson at 5%, and Jill Stein and Evan McMullin each at 1%.

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 …

New trove of Clinton Benghazi emails proves thin  —  A set of about 30 Benghazi-related messages found by the FBI during their investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email system turns out to contain little fodder for critics or supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee.

Donald Trump ending press ‘blacklist’  —  Donald Trump is ending a practice most journalists think he never should have started: his “blacklisting” of news outlets.  —  Effective on Thursday, the Trump campaign says it will approve requests for press credentials from The Washington Post …

Charges to be filed against presidential candidate  —  Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, center, meets with Dakota Access Pipeline protesters on Tuesday in Morton County.  —  Buy Now  —  Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier speaks at a press conference Tuesday afternoon …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Bakery refuses to write ‘Trump 2016’ on cake  —  A Facebook post shared by a Bossier Parish teen is getting a lot of attention.  —  It reads, “Just left Albertsons.  The woman behind the cake counter just refused to make me a birthday cake because I wanted Trump 2016 on it.  Did that really just happen.”

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.

President Obama Nominates Abid Riaz Qureshi to Serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia  —  WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Obama nominated Abid Riaz Qureshi to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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.

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 …

Levin: I'm voting for Trump ... here's why  —  Mark Levin made the big announcement Tuesday night on his radio show after methodically walking listeners through his rationale.  —  At the beginning of the program, Levin made sure his real feelings were known.

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.

Senate Democrats block defense funding bill for third time  —  Democrats on Tuesday blocked the Senate from moving forward with a spending bill for the Defense Department ahead of a looming deadline to fund the government.  —  Senators voted 55-43 on a procedural hurdle for the defense appropriations bill …

Republicans On Capitol Hill Gain Confidence In Trump  —  WASHINGTON — South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said he is pleased Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is holding up against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.  —  “Trump is getting better,” …

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.

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.

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.