This election is unlike any other in our nation's history.  Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election.  —  In Cleveland, I urged voters, “please, don't stay home in November.  Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience …

Washington mall shooting: Four dead in Burlington, police say  —  CNN Map  —  (CNN)Four people were killed in a shooting Friday night at a mall in Burlington, Washington, a spokesman for the state patrol tweeted.  —  Police are searching for at least one shooter, and are sweeping stores in the mall, Sgt. Mark Francis said.

Obama used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, FBI documents reveal  —  President Barack Obama used a pseudonym in email communications with Hillary Clinton and others, according to FBI records made public Friday.  —  The disclosure came as the FBI released its second batch of documents …

Why We Are Protesting in Charlotte  —  Charlotte, N.C. — Since a police officer shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday afternoon, the ensuing protests have dominated national news.  Provocateurs who attacked police officers and looted stores made headlines.

Why did feds grant immunity to Hilllary's ‘highly improper’ aide?  —  MORE FROM:  —  If anyone would know Hillary consigliere Cheryl Mills' reputation for obstructing investigations, it's FBI Director James Comey.  He complained about her lack of cooperation while probing Clinton scandals in the 1990s.

U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin  —  U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials …

A note from the editor-in-chief about Chris Ziegler  —  Hey everyone — there have been questions about Chris Ziegler and his absence from The Verge in the past few weeks.  I want to provide answers for those who have been worried about him.  —  First, Chris accepted a position at Apple.

A ferocious assault on Aleppo suggests the U.S. may be wrong on Syria … BEIRUT — Syrian and Russian warplanes launched a ferocious assault against rebel-held Aleppo on Friday, burying any hopes that a U.S.-backed cease-fire could be salvaged and calling into question whether the deal would ever have worked.

DONALD TRUMP EITHER LIED TO THE REPUBLICANS OR BROKE THE LAW (EXCLUSIVE)  —  THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP JEB BUSH 2016 ELECTION  —  Donald Trump committed perjury.  Or he looked into the faces of the Republican faithful and knowingly lied.  There is no third option.

European Politics Are Swinging to the Right  —  Austria is poised to elect a far-right President, in the clearest sign yet of a continental drift rightward.  —  As recently as a couple of years ago, when Max Geishüttner was in his second year of law school in the Austrian city of Linz …

Donald Trump the Philanthropist Is Known for His Reluctance  —  When Donald J. Trump made an appearance this spring at the New York Military Academy, his high school alma mater in Cornwall-on-Hudson, he spoke of it with gratitude and in glowing terms, describing it as “one of the really great military academies.”

How Trump would stimulate the U.S. economy  —  Peter Navarro is a business professor at UC-Irvine.  Wilbur Ross is an international private equity investor.  Both are senior policy advisers to the Trump campaign.  —  From 1947 to 2001, the U.S. gross domestic product grew at an annual, inflation-adjusted rate of 3.5 percent.

Trump's Father Helped GOP Candidate With Numerous Loans  —  Although Donald Trump says he built his empire from a $1 million loan from his father, a court document shows frequent borrowing from Fred Trump and his companies  —  Donald Trump often has said on the campaign trail …