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 …

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?

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 …

Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes  —  Warren Buffett responded Monday to Donald Trump's attacks on his tax payments, offering income tax information and criticizing Trump for not releasing his own tax records.  —  In Sunday night's presidential debate in St. Louis …

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 …

Democratic Rep: “Deplorables” Remark May Be “Worst Line I've Ever Heard In Politics”  —  Democratic Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton offered stinging criticism of Hillary Clinton's comment that half of Donald Trump's supporters could be put in a “basket of deplorables.”

Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’  —  Emails published by WikiLeaks on Monday show Chelsea Clinton was worried about a consulting firm that was founded by former aides to Bill and Hillary Clinton as she clashed with fellow employees of the Clinton Foundation.

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.