Ryan abandons Trump  —  Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning that he's done defending Donald Trump and will focus on maintaining his party's increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call.  —  The message amounted to a concession …

Trump's debate plan to seat Bill Clinton's accusers in family box was thwarted  —  ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box …

Poll: After Trump Tape Revelation, Clinton's Lead Up to Double Digits  —  NBC/WSJ poll: Clinton holds major lead 7:03  —  As Donald Trump's campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton …

GOP ex-prosecutors slam Trump over threat to ‘jail’ Clinton  —  Donald Trump's debate-night vow to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's email setup and put her “in jail” provoked a sharp blowback from former U.S. prosecutors, who said Trump's view of the Justice Department serving …

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump, Kaepernick and her lifelong love of the law  —  They don't call her the “Notorious RBG” for nothing.  —  In “My Own Words,” a new compilation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's writings over the course her lifetime, the vim and vigor that she is famous for expressing …

Jeff Sessions: Behavior Described by Trump in ‘Grab Them by the P—y’ Tape Isn't Sexual Assault  —  Two days after the videotape of Donald Trump's now-infamous 2005 lewd conversation was released, the Trump team remains divided over the most serious question arising from the tape: Is Trump talking about sexual assault?

Some Tax Facts for Donald Trump  —  OMAHA, Neb.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Answering a question last night about his $916 million income tax loss carryforward in 1995, Donald Trump stated that “Warren Buffett took a massive deduction.”  Mr. Trump says he knows more about taxes than any other human.

Second Clinton-Trump debate sees big ratings drop compared to first  —  The second Clinton-Trump debate had about 20% fewer viewers than the first face-off did.  —  Why the drop-off?  The “Sunday Night Football” game was definitely a factor.  There is speculation that the ugly …

If I Die Before You Wake...  In April I went into the hospital and stayed there a week.  Subsequently, I have gone back numerous times.  In fact, I have spent more time in the hospital this year than all the rest of my life combined.  My lungs were filling with clots and I could barely breath.

Which vote can they defend?  Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate  —  In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women prove his unsuitability to be president.  He promised she would “be in jail” if he were president.