Trump backers realize they've been played as WikiLeaks fails to deliver October surprise  —  LONDON — The expectations were breathless.  —  For weeks, backers of Republican nominee Donald Trump have hyped the tantalizing possibility that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks was on the verge …

Republican Obstruction Is Undermining The Supreme Court, Enough Is Enough  —  This week, the Supreme Court returns to work.  The Justices will hear important cases on issues ranging from the separation of church and state to intellectual property to Congressional redistricting to the death penalty.

Bill Clinton calls Obamacare ‘the craziest thing in the world’  — Clinton said Obamacare had caused premiums to rise for Americans who did not have access to subsidies  — He also touted his wife proposal to allow people without access to subsidies to buy into Medicare and Medicaid

Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Pennsylvania  —  Clinton Maintains Lead; Senate Race All Tied Up  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Pennsylvania is looking good for Hillary Clinton, driven by gains among white women voters, according to the Monmouth University Poll .

Trump Used Foundation Funds for 2016 Run, Filings Suggest  —  As Donald Trump began making noise about a possible bid for president in 2011, South Carolina conservative activist Oran Smith caught the celebrity businessman's eye as a particularly vocal and potentially influential critic.

Tuesday's VP debate will shed light on something incredibly important  —  No vice presidential debate has ever meaningfully altered the outcome of a presidential election, so it's understandable that few are thrilled to see the showdown between Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.

Donald Trump: The Ugly American*  —  Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has spent more than 30 years observing Donald Trump's orange-tinted antics.  With a month left to go before the election, he reports on some memorable lessons learned along the way.  —  In 1987, Michael Kelly …

Kelly Ayotte's Donald Trump agony continues  —  When you're walking a virtually non-existent line between supporting a presidential candidate but not endorsing said presidential candidate, it can be tricky to know when to show your support and when to turn it off.

How many people does this cover?  —  By the RAND Corp.'s estimate in a June 2016 study, there are between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender troops on active duty.  Of those, between 30 and 140 would prefer hormone treatment, and 25 to 130 would seek surgery.  —  The surgery will either be conducted …

Poll Finds Deep Split on Climate Change.  Party Allegiance Is a Big Factor.  —  Americans are deeply divided on the causes, cures and urgency of climate change, and party identification is one of the strongest predictors of individual views, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.

Parade float-maker apologizes (sort of) for depicting Trump executing Clinton in electric chair  —  Frank Linkmeyer says he's spoofed people for years  —  AURORA, Ind. - The creator of a controversial float in the Aurora Farmer's Fair parade depicting Donald Trump killing Hillary Clinton is apologizing.

Paul Ryan, So Handsome, So Sad  —  It was late Monday night, and the first presidential debate had just come to a close.  Donald Trump was on TV congratulating himself for not bringing up Bill Clinton's infidelities.  Trump's advisers were in the spin room bickering with reporters about his sundry gaffes, lies, and onstage outbursts.

What Just Happened in Colombia?  —  By a razor-thin margin of less than half a percentage point, Colombian voters narrowly rejected a proposed peace plan that would have formally ended the longest-running war in the Western Hemisphere.  —  Almost everyone thought the referendum would pass …

How a Simple Tax Rule Let Donald Trump Turn a $916 Million Loss Into a Plus  —  It is among the least controversial parts of the federal tax code, almost as old as the income tax itself: A business, big or small, can escape taxation if it lost money in a previous year, a rule …