Hillary Clinton for President  —  Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience and courage.  —  In any normal election year, we'd compare the two presidential candidates side by side on the issues.  But this is not a normal election year.

Trump threatens to bring Gennifer Flowers to debate  —  on Saturday threatened to bring a woman that Bill Clinton  —  had an extramarital affair with when he debates Hillary Clinton  —  “If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Jennifer Flowers [sic] right alongside of him!”

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.

Ted Cruz Caves  —  WHY HE WILL COME TO REGRET HIS ENDORSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL BID.  —  Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at the CNN republican presidential debate last December, months before Trump beat Cruz in the primary and Cruz eventually endorsed his one-time opponent.

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 the Recent Developments in Syria Show That the Obama Administration Is in a State of Confused Agony  —  The latest developments in Syria are not, I believe, the result of some deliberate plan of the USA to help their “moderate terrorist” allies on the ground, but they are the symptom …

Steve Clevenger Facebook post likened Black Lives Matter movement to KKK  —  Steve Clevenger's tweet that cost him his job as a Seattle Mariners catcher was not the first occasion he posted racially-charged messages on social media.  —  In an August post from Clevenger's deactivated Facebook account obtained …

100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor On Becoming U.S. Citizen: 'It's A Little Tardy, But I'm Happy'  —  MIAMI - It was a very special day for more than a 100 South Florida residents who became American citizens Friday.  Among them was a holocaust survivor who's 100 years old!

Bronx charter school teacher busted for beating student who kept $4G he gave the teen to buy a pound of pot  —  A 48-year-old Bronx charter school teacher was arrested Friday for attacking a 16-year-old student who stiffed him during a drug buy, officials said.

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 …

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.

POLITICO-Harvard poll: Amid Trump's rise, GOP voters turn sharply away from free trade  —  In a stunning reversal, a large majority of Republicans are repudiating their party's traditional support for free trade, and falling sharply in line with nominee Donald Trump's insistence that trade costs Americans more jobs than it creates.

Target gets rid of kid-sized ‘demon mini carts’ after backlash  —  Target got rid of kid-sized shopping carts after a backlash from shoppers who ridiculed them as irritating and even demonic.  —  Target (TGT) introduced the kiddie carts in a handful of stores last year and expanded the test in New York and Minnesota last month.

Trump campaign quarrels over money woes  —  Frustration is growing within Donald Trump's campaign over the Republican nominee's yawning money gap with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton — just as the presidential race heads into its final fall stretch.  —  Trump's top advisers have held …