This Is Critical: Hillary Can't Back Down  —  Let me take a moment to address this “basket of deplorables” comment because I think it's critically important to get this right.  Hillary Clinton has simply said what is the premise of most election coverage of the 2016 campaign: a big chunk of Trump supporters are haters.

How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other people's money  —  Donald Trump was in a tuxedo, standing next to his award: a statue of a palm tree, as tall as a toddler.  It was 2010, and Trump was being honored by a charity — the Palm Beach Police Foundation — for his “selfless support” of their cause.

The Truth About ‘False Balance’  —  TO anyone who has avoided the debate over “false balance,” apologies for disturbing your bliss.  But it's necessary, because those who haven't heard this phrase are missing out on one of the more consequential debates to engage the media in years.

British stag party who took selfies with a SEX DOLL at Ground Zero on the eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11 ‘all work on Wall Street’  — Were you on the stag party or do you know any of the men involved?  E-mail abe.hawken@mailonline.co.uk  — The group of men - from London …

9/11 Commission chairmen: Terror threat worse now than in 2001  —  Winning the battle of ideas is the only hope of quelling the terrorist threat.  —  Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the battle against terrorism is far from over.  The threat we face today is arguably worse than the one we confronted in 2001.

The Senator and the Mogul: A 9/11 Diary  —  Hours after terrorists piloted hijacked jets into the World Trade Center's twin towers, Donald Trump agreed to do a live phone interview on local television in New York.  Alan Marcus, who was working that day for WWOR as an on-air analyst …

Mike Pence Walks Back Calling Putin a ‘Stronger Leader’ Than Obama  —  Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence on Saturday walked back saying that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “stronger leader” than President Obama.  —  “When Donald Trump and I said that the small …

The Time U.S. Spies Thought Al Qaeda Was Ready to Nuke D.C.  —  On Christmas Eve 2003, Gen. Michael Hayden, the director of the secretive U.S. National Security Agency, made a secure phone call to his British counterpart, David Pepper, the director of the Government Communications Headquarters.

NFL squashes Titans linebacker Avery Williamson's plan to honor 9/11 victims … The NFL squashed Titans starting linebacker Avery Williamson's plan to use fancy footwear to honor those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.  —  Williamson was going to wear custom patriotic cleats during the Titans' home opener …