NBC waited for green light from lawyers before airing Trump video  —  NBC News was aware of video footage of Donald Trump making lewd and disparaging remarks about women for nearly four days, a network executive said Saturday, but held onto the recording until lawyers finished reviewing the material.

This is Donald Trump's worst nightmare  —  At long last, Donald Trump has been un-normalized.  —  What happened Saturday in American politics was profound, and for Donald Trump, it marks the likely death of his presidential campaign.  The permission structure that was slowly …

Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump  —  A wave of Republican officials abandoned Donald Trump on Saturday, but, at least for now, rank-and-file Republicans are standing by the party's presidential candidate, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted immediately …

For president |  Trump unfit, Clinton is qualified  —  Like millions of Americans, The Dispatch editorial board has asked this question more than once: How, in a nation of more than 300 million people, did we end up with two such disliked and distrusted presidential candidates?

Giuliani Says Trump ‘Ashamed’ of Remarks but He and Clinton Are Both ‘Flawed Candidates’  —  Top Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani says that Donald Trump has expressed “very clearly” that “he's ashamed of himself” for the lewd comments he made about women in a 2005 leaked video …

Pence Tells Donors He Is Fully Committed to Trump  —  Comments come as Republicans break away from the GOP nominee  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence told Republican donors Saturday night that he is fully committed to Donald Trump, aides said.

Former RNC chair: Trump campaign can't be salvaged  —  A former chairman of the Republican National Committee said there's not much hope left for Donald Trump  —  or the GOP this cycle.  —  In an interview with Mother Jones, Michael Steele said there's no way Trump can recover from the damage …

How Trump Could Become a ‘Political Black Hole’ for the GOP  —  ST. LOUIS— Until this weekend, Republicans worried most about Donald Trump's electoral ceiling.  Now, with an avalanche of GOP officials renouncing his candidacy as the second presidential debate approaches, the more relevant question may be his electoral floor.

Hillary Clinton's Wall St speeches published by Wikileaks  —  Transcripts of private speeches by US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have been released by the whistle-blowing site Wikileaks.  —  In one of the extracts, Mrs Clinton told bankers that they were best-placed to help reform the US financial sector.

Clinton team girds for all-out assault  —  The bombshell Donald Trump video that surfaced Friday has so dramatically altered expectations for Sunday's town hall debate that one Democrat close to Bill and Hillary Clinton had a new view of what may unfold in St. Louis: “Expect Armageddon.”

Hillary Clinton Already Knows The Bad Thing You Said  —  It was November in Iowa, and Martin O'Malley was polling at 4%.  —  This was not, however, about to stop Hillary Clinton from ensuring that if and when the little-known Maryland governor attacked her ties to Wall Street on the debate stage …

Clintons playing prude the height of hypocrisy  —  Just imagine if every American's private conversations were secretly taped over the course of their lives — without their knowledge or consent — and then they were released to the public in a political smear campaign just weeks before the election.

Inside Trump Tower: The defiant and insulated Republican nominee  —  ST. LOUIS — He beamed in just after midnight Saturday like a captive in his own gilded cage.  A man who demands the best of everything was speaking to America from a dimly lit, home-built studio against a fake backdrop …

Donald Trump to Howard Stern: It's okay to call my daughter a ‘piece of ass’  — Topics Trump discussed: Ivanka's physique, having sex with women on their menstrual cycles. and leaving women after they reach the age of 35.  —  (CNN)Warning: This story contains graphic language.

Two slain police officers identified in Palm Springs shooting  —  (Oct. 8, 2016) Gabby Ferriera/The Desert Sun  —  Two police officers were killed and one was wounded in a shooting in Palm Springs on Saturday, plunging the community into mourning as police searched for the suspect.

How McCain finally decided he couldn't stomach Trump anymore  —  Donald Trump criticized John McCain last year for being a prisoner of war and for not doing enough for veterans, then attacked a Gold Star family this summer.  McCain criticized Trump at each turn, but stuck by his pledges to support the Republican nominee.