Police Raid New Jersey Home in Search of Manhattan Bomber  —  Hours after five pipe bombs were discovered near a train station in Elizabeth, N.J., federal agents and the police raided a home nearby early Monday morning as part of the sweeping search for the person or people responsible for Saturday night's bombing in Manhattan.

What to Look For as Bridge Scandal Trial Opens  —  After three long years, it's time for some traffic problems in ... Newark.  —  That is where reporters are lining up at federal court on Monday morning, waiting for opening arguments in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial …

Clinton accuses Trump of helping Islamic State recruit  —  Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday accused Republican rival Donald Trump of helping Islamic State militants recruit more fighters as weekend bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey took center stage on the campaign trail.

The Death of ‘He Said, She Said’ Journalism  —  Last Saturday, The New York Times published an extraordinary story.  What made the story extraordinary wasn't the event the Times covered.  What made it extraordinary was the way the Times covered it.  —  On its front page, top right …

Trump shatters GOP records with small donors  —  Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented deluge of small-dollar donations for the GOP, and one that Republican Party elders have dreamed about finding for much of the last decade as they've watched a succession of Democrats — Barack Obama …

Family ID's attacker behind ‘potential act of terrorism’ in St. Cloud  —  The attacker who wounded 9 inside the mall was shot and killed by an off-duty officer.  The father revealed the suspect's identity.  —  Video (03:30) : Including a description of surveillance video from the mall and the FBI's role in seeking out motive.

Jill Stein: Trump may have ‘memory problem’  —  Jill Stein is a Harvard-trained internist, a doctor who diagnosed thousands of patients for a quarter-century in Boston and Chicago before making the late-career switch to Green Party presidential candidate and could-be Hillary Clinton spoiler.

Clinton 41 Trump 40 in Four-Way Sunshine State Race … New York Times Upshot/ Siena College Florida Poll:  —  Rubio Tops Murphy by Six Points  —  Florida Closely Divided on Key Issues: Obamacare, Immigration, Wall with Mexico, Govt. Stimulus & 2nd Amendment  —  Loudonville, NY.

Details and Analysis of the Donald Trump Tax Reform Plan, September 2016  —  By  —  Key Findings  — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's tax plan would significantly reduce income taxes and corporate taxes, and eliminate the estate tax.  — According to the Tax Foundation's Taxes …

Republican friendships shatter over Trump  —  A few months ago, Matt Schlapp, the former White House political director under president George W. Bush, walked into a cocktail party and tried to join a conversation with Republican consultants he has known for years.

Team Trump Spooked by Charity Probe  —  Those in Donald Trump's orbit appear to be nervous about the swirling scandal around the Trump Foundation—and they should be: the stakes are incredibly high.  —  The allegations of a quid pro quo between Trump and Florida Attorney General …

The Progressive Case For Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming  —  For a lot of liberals, the most important goal of this election is to keep Donald Trump out of the White House.  And since Trump naturally sucks up most of the political oxygen, that means lots of blogging about Trump and not so much about Clinton.