Can Assange turn it around for Trump?  Wikileaks boss WILL release ‘damaging information’ about Hillary tomorrow after initially cancelling ‘October Surprise’ speech from embassy balcony  — Julian Assange had originally planned to address the world from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Monday

Trump Tax Return Story Exposes Policy Ignorance Of Political Reporters  —  What followed was a collective explosion of talking heads over the weekend, with the theatrics inversely proportional to the pundit's knowledge of tax policy.  —  To state the obvious, political reporters don't know a damned thing about taxes.

Trump Suggests That Soldiers Who Suffer From PTSD Aren't “Strong”  —  “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it,” Trump told a room full of veterans.

How Much Does Trump Really Want to Be President?  —  Maybe Americans don't want to elect a grown man who acts like a 13-year-old boy.  —  Donald Trump does know how to act in a serious, restrained way that impresses people.  The fact that he isn't displaying those qualities …

Post-debate, Clinton takes the lead  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton emerges from the first presidential debate with a five-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, having narrowed the enthusiasm gap between her supporters and Trump's, and holding broad advantages over the Republican nominee …

The Daily News also had Trump's tax return — they just couldn't verify it  —  The New York Times wasn't the only news outlet to receive documents from Donald Trump's tax returns.  But they were the only ones to successfully vet them.  —  Around September 23, the day a manila envelope …

Exclusive: Republicans Launch Willie Horton-Style Attack on Kaine  —  RNC releases video ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate  —  Finance Committee Mourns Loss of Longtime Republican Staffer Republican Senator Seeks Radical Changes to Budget Process One Murphy's Gun Safety Group Backs Another Murphy

Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office  —  The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump's charity to stop …

Kanye West halts show after Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris  —  Photos:  —  The Kardashian clan  —  The most famous of the Kardashian clan is undoubtedly Kim, who has gained publicity for everything from “breaking the Internet” to bleaching her hair blonde to ... well, pretty much everything she does gains publicity.

FBI agreed to destroy laptops of Clinton aides with immunity deal, sources say  —  Immunity deals for two top Hillary Clinton aides included a side arrangement obliging the FBI to destroy their laptops after reviewing the devices, House Judiciary Committee sources told Fox News on Monday.

Trump Really, Really Needs To Win Florida  —  For politics fans, it's easy to get caught up in fun Electoral College scenarios — ones in which small states make a big difference or in which the House of Representatives has to decide the election.  The alternative — endlessly repeating that …

How Donald Trump ditched U.S. steel workers in favor of China  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP CHINA  —  Plenty of blue-collar workers believe that, as president, Donald Trump would be ready to fight off U.S. trade adversaries and reinvigorate the country's manufacturing industries through his commitment to the Rust Belt.

U.S. Suspends Talks With Russia on Syria  —  WASHINGTON — The United States followed through on Monday with its threat to formally suspend talks with Russia about Syria because of the Russian military's role in the assault on the besieged city of Aleppo.  The United States also shelved plans …

Andrew Kaczynski's BuzzFeed Team Joins CNN  —  The cable network scores a major coup in hiring the political research unit known for 2016 scoops.  —  NEW YORK BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski and his scoop-driven political research team are joining CNN during the final, frenetic stretch of the 2016 election and beyond.

AP: How Trump's ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts …

The new Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture treats conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas like a mere footnote while heralding the woman who accused him of sexual harassment, Anita Hill.  —  Twenty-five years ago, Thomas became the second black Supreme Court Justice …