Poll: Hillary Clinton won the second debate  —  Hillary Clinton won the second debate and leads Donald Trump by five points in a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that also shows voters perceive the Republican Party bitterly divided four weeks before Election Day.

DEAR DONALD TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN, I AM NOT SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL  —  THE SCOOP VLADIMIR PUTIN SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL WIKILEAKS  —  I am Sidney Blumenthal.  At least, that is what Vladimir Putin—and, somehow, Donald Trump—seem to believe.  And that should raise concerns not only about Moscow's attempts …

Wikileaks Releases Another 1,100 Emails From John Podesta In Third Data Dump  —  Moments ago, Wikileaks just released its third data dump from the hacked email account of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Chair, John Podesta, which is becoming a true headache for Hillary Clinton and her supporter base.

America will take the giant leap to Mars  —  We do what's possible before anyone else  — He says next step is to reach for Mars: learn to build new habitats that can sustain astronauts on long missions  —  Barack Obama is President of the United States.

Member Of Trump's Evangelical Council Calls Him ‘Lecherous And Worthless’  —  A megachurch pastor who sits on Donald Trump's evangelical council denounced the Republican presidential candidate as “lecherous and worthless” over a leaked 2005 video in which Trump boasted about grabbing women.

The fact-checkers keep destroying fact-checking  —  When Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton should apologize for “the 33,000 e-mails that you deleted, and that you acid washed,” did you think she had put emails into a washing machine with bleach or an acid?  —  NBC News' fact-checkers apparently thought …

Mitch McConnell Refuses To Talk Trump At Kentucky Event  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday told the audience at an event held by the Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce in Kentucky that he would not discuss Donald Trump.  —  “If any of you are here are thinking …

Hillary Clinton opens up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump |  PRRI/The Atlantic Survey  —  CLINTON EXPANDS LEAD AMONG LIKELY VOTERS  —  Clinton Expands Lead Among Likely Voters  —  Hillary Clinton has opened up a commanding 11-point lead over Donald Trump …

Donald Trump is the GOP's chemotherapy  —  “Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.”  —  Janis Joplin  —  What did Donald Trump have left to lose Sunday night?  His dignity?  Please.  His campaign's theme?  His Cleveland convention was a mini-Nuremberg rally …

Billy Bush suspended from ‘Today’ show  —  Billy Bush brazenly bragged to NBC staff about the vulgar Donald Trump tape while covering the Olympics in Rio, multiple sources tell Page Six.  —  Proving the infamous Ryan Lochte interview wasn't Bush's only Rio recklessness, the shamed “Today” …

'I'm the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse'  —  Inside the final weeks of Hillary Clinton's cautious — and surprisingly risky — campaign.  —  There can be days in this presidential campaign, if not weeks or months or maybe the entire thing, where you find yourself completely lost in dueling or blurry realities.

We still haven't recovered from the Great Recession  —  A lot of people are worried about the growing ranks of jobless young men.  George Will says America is suffering a “quiet catastrophe” in which men simply no longer want jobs.  —  Erik Hurst, an economist at the University of Chicago …

Samsung Will Ask All Global Partners to Stop Sales and Exchanges of Galaxy Note7 While Further Investigation Takes Place  —  We are working with relevant regulatory bodies to investigate the recently reported cases involving the Galaxy Note7.  Because consumers' safety remains our top priority …