Clinton: Half of Trump supporters are in ‘basket of deplorables’  —  New York (CNN)Hillary Clinton told an audience of donors Friday night that half of Donald Trump's supporters fall into “the basket of deplorables,” meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.

2 Muslim women, babies attacked in alleged hate crime in New York  —  New York (CNN)A woman yelling anti-Muslim sentiment allegedly attacked two Muslim women as they pushed their children in strollers in New York, authorities said.  —  Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, allegedly tried to rip the hijab …

David Brooks' Realignment Won't Happen  —  Reading David Brooks is always a mixture of pleasure and pain.  On the one hand he does seem to understand reality a little bit better than most of his conservative colleagues, and you can tell that unlike most of his conservative colleagues he genuinely means well.

Jill Stein calls for new 9/11 investigation  —  Green Party candidate Jill Stein on Friday called for a new inquiry into the 9/11 terror attacks, saying that the commission that conducted the initial investigation was stonewalled by the Bush administration.  —  “Led by the families …

Apple Is Said to Be Rethinking Strategy on Self-Driving Cars  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is rethinking what it plans to do about self-driving cars, just as other big tech companies appear ready to plow ahead with competing efforts.  —  In a retrenchment of one of its most ambitious initiatives …

The Curious Case of Susan Estrich  —  Susan Estrich is known for being first.  —  A celebrated feminist legal scholar, Ms. Estrich was the first female president of The Harvard Law Review.  Working for Michael S. Dukakis in 1988, she was the first woman to manage a presidential campaign.

Democrats wonder and worry: Why isn't Clinton far ahead of Trump?  —  NEW YORK — With Election Day less than two months away, Democrats are increasingly worried that Hillary Clinton has not built a formidable lead against Donald Trump despite his historic weaknesses as a national party candidate.

Suspicious car with gas canisters found outside Marseille synagogue  —  After initial alarm, police say vehicle did not contain any detonation trigger, and may not have been booby-trapped as first feared  —  A car containing gas canisters was found Saturday outside a synagogue …

Trump Slogs Through Another Pitch To The Religious Right  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump dutifully trundled onto the stage at Washington's Omni Shoreham hotel Friday afternoon to attend to one of his dreariest campaign-trail chores: courting conservative Christians.

Congress should impeach the IRS commissioner — or risk becoming obsolete  —  Republican congressional leaders ardently want conservative members of the House to not force a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner.  The public does not care about John Koskinen's many misdeeds.

Why Obamacare failed  —  President Barack Obama signs his signature health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010.  With the nation still divided over “Obamacare,” President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law.