A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian  —  Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and vice presidential candidate Bill Weld explain why they're running as Libertarians on July 19, 2016, in a meeting with the Tribune Editorial Board.  —  Editorial Board

Newt Gingrich: Alicia Machado Is “The New Benghazi Lie”  —  Newt Gingrich on Thursday called Hillary Clinton's attack on Donald Trump for mocking former Miss Universe Alicia Machado's weight “as false as Benghazi” and “the new Benghazi lie.”  —  In an interview on Sean Hannity's radio show on Thursday …

Trump restaurant deposition video released  —  A video of Donald Trump testifying under oath about his inflammatory rhetoric about Mexicans and other Latinos went public Friday, drawing new attention to those comments just weeks before voters cast their ballots in the presidential race.

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of term  —  Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended from the bench for telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding gay marriage.  —  It's the second time Moore has been removed …

Clinton launches final-stage turnout plan  —  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — As the last full month of this presidential contest begins, Hillary Clinton is shifting toward a pure base-turnout strategy, inching away from her all-out effort to lure disaffected Republicans in favor of a traditional …

How Democrats Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Big Donor Money  —  Democrats denounced it as an assault on democracy and a sop to billionaires when the Supreme Court issued a ruling two years ago that loosened limits on campaign giving.  —  But Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party leaders …

Hillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome  —  She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history.  —  There were cheers when Donald Trump assured his Virginia audience last weekend that the wall will be built and, yes, that Mexico would pay for it.

Carnegie Deli will close at end of 2016  —  The Carnegie Deli, a New York institution since 1937, will soon serve its last “Woody Allen.”  —  The iconic home to gigantic Jewish-style sandwiches — like the 4-inch-high, pastrami-and-corned beef “Woody” on rye — will close its doors forever on Dec. 31, The Post has learned.

The New Yorker's Topical Comedy Is a Disgrace  —  For a few years now, the New Yorker's website has been posting daily cartoons.  A few weeks ago they started doing two a day.  Here are two of the most recent New Yorker daily cartoons.  They are [Italian guy voice] not-ah so good-ah.

Duterte: Hitler killed millions of Jews, I will kill millions of drug addicts  —  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday compared his campaign to kill criminals to the Holocaust, saying he would like to “slaughter” millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler “massacred” millions of Jewish people.

How the Clinton-Trump Race Got Close  —  Monday's presidential debate was a blowout, surely the most one-sided confrontation in American political history.  Hillary Clinton was knowledgeable, unflappable and — dare we say it? — likable.  Donald Trump was ignorant, thin-skinned and boorish.

Donald Trump to NH1 News in NH: I have a very good marital history  —  NH1 News Political Director  —  BEDFORD - Donald Trump took aim at Hillary and Bill Clinton at a rally Thursday.  —  And in a one-on-one interview with NH1 News the Republican presidential nominee said “we'll see what happens” …

Apology cake: ‘Sorry I Tased You’  —  A local woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a former Escambia County deputy who allegedly discharged a stun gun into her chest and neck without provocation, tried to cover up the incident, then apologized with an off-color cake.

Trump In 2007: “It's So Natural” To Call Rosie O'Donnell “He”  —  During his brutal public feud with Rosie O'Donnell in the mid-2000s, Donald Trump said it was “so natural” to refer to O'Donnell as “he.”  —  Trump was speaking at a Learning Annex event in Toronto in early 2007 when he made the comments.

Trump's Hotel Guests Wake Up To USA Today's Historic Anti-Trump Editorial  —  Guests at several of Republican nominee Donald Trump's hotels woke up to a complimentary copy of USA Today's blistering editorial that concluded Trump was “unfit” to be president.  —  The newspaper's editorial board weighed …