Trump angry at allies conceding he lost debate  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is angry that his aides and advisers have conceded to reporters — largely without attribution — that the Republican nominee struggled in his first presidential debate.  —  In a conference call …

Endorsement: Libertarian Gary Johnson for president  —  Today this newspaper does something it has never done in its 143-year history: endorse someone other than the Republican candidate in a presidential contest.  —  Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every …

Obama had a tense exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper over why he won't say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’  —  President Barack Obama sparred with CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday night in a tense exchange over Obama's refusal to use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism.”

HOW DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA  —  THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP CUBA  —  A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in communist Cuba during Fidel Castro's presidency despite strict American trade bans …

More than 100 injured, many critically, after major New Jersey Transit crash at Hoboken station  —  A train crashed into the terminal of the New Jersey Transit Hoboken station Thursday morning, injuring more than 100 people — many critically, officials said.

Gingrich on former Miss Universe: 'You're not supposed to gain 60 pounds'  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed up Donald Trump's weight-based attacks against a former pageant winner, telling an audience Wednesday night that “you're not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you're Miss Universe.”

Employees at Trump's California golf course say he wanted to fire women who weren't pretty enough  —  D  —  onald Trump wanted only the pretty ones, his employees said.  —  After the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes opened for play in 2005, its world-famous owner didn't stop …

Cover Story: Donald Trump Is Barry Blitt's “Miss Congeniality”  —  “She was the worst we ever had, the worst, the absolute worst, she was impossible,” Donald Trump told Fox News the morning after his debate with Hillary Clinton, defending his treatment of Alicia Machado …

Clinton Leads in Key Battlegrounds; Seen As Big Debate Winner  —  New Public Policy Polling surveys in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, conducted on behalf of VoteVets Action Fund, find Hillary Clinton leading in each state.  Voters in all five states see Clinton …

ETSU student charged following gorilla mask incident at Black Lives Matter protest  —  ETSU: “Outraged” by Tristan Rettke's actions  —  An East Tennessee State University student was charged by police after he disrupted a Black Lives Matter event on campus by wearing a gorilla mask …

The FBI's Hillary email probe is looking even more like a coverup  —  MORE FROM:  —  It's bad enough that FBI Director James Comey agreed to pass out immunity deals like candy to material witnesses and potential targets of his investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's illegal private e-mail server.

CNN Says Corey Lewandowski Is No Longer Receiving Trump Severance, But He's Still An Ethical Disaster  —  After months of simultaneously receiving payments from the Trump campaign for his continued involvement and strategic advice while employed as a CNN political commentator …

How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the Right-Wing Media  —  Since the candidate clinched the nomination, the green room has become a chilly place.  —  In recent years, one of the most important events on a prospective Republican presidential candidate's calendar was the RedState Gathering …

How Russia Wants to Undermine the U.S. Election  —  What's behind Russia's effort to influence the U.S. election  —  The leaders of the U.S. government, including the President and his top national-security advisers, face an unprecedented dilemma.  Since the spring, U.S. intelligence …

Trump's rise draws white supremacists into political mainstream: ‘I am winning,’ says David Duke  —  David Duke, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, at home in Louisiana.  (Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times)  —  David Duke worked the Louisiana gun show like a preacher pursuing souls …

Hillary Clinton Saved the Bombshells for Round 2  —  Come along with me, people, because it's already time to look ahead to the second debate.  Consider this thought: Hillary Clinton took Donald Trump to the house Monday night without even playing some of the heaviest cards against him.