Donald Trump's Barrage of Heated Rhetoric Has Little Precedent  —  WASHINGTON — There is a long tradition of presidential candidates ratcheting up their language when they are trailing in the closing weeks of an election.  —  But in the same fashion Donald J. Trump has broken …

Trump says the election is rigged — and his supporters are furious  —  CINCINNATI — In an arena normally reserved for ice hockey, the Donald Trump crowd was on edge.  —  Some wore shirts with slogans like “[Expletive] Your Feelings” or, in reference to the female Democratic nominee, “Trump that Bitch.”

Trump has a point with media criticism  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  has gone thermonuclear on the media in a way we've never seen from any political figure — or any public figure — before.  —  From a Trump rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday: … ADVERTISEMENT

Trump camp puts forward witness to refute sex assault claim  —  More On:  —  Donald Trump's campaign says a British man is countering claims that the GOP presidential nominee groped a woman on a cross-country flight more than three decades ago.  —  The man says he was sitting across …

3 men charged in Garden City bomb plot  —  WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) UPDATE (10/14/16): Three men were arrested on Friday for threatening to attack an apartment complex and mosque in Garden City.  —  Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall says Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 51, and Patrick Stein were all charged with domestic terrorism.

Sanders tweet causes drug company to lose $400M in a day  —  ' (D-Vt.) Twitter account on Friday afternoon caused the stock of a pharmaceutical company to crash, costing the company millions of dollars.  —  Sanders told his 2.6 million followers that Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. had raised …

Why we're not endorsing Pat McCrory for the first time in 25 years  —  The Charlotte Observer's editorial board has endorsed Republican Pat McCrory in every one of his bids for office since 1991.  That includes twice for City Council, seven times for mayor and twice for governor.

Americans are losing faith in democracy — and in each other  —  Nathaniel Persily is a professor at Stanford Law School.  Jon Cohen is chief research officer for SurveyMonkey.  —  If there had been any doubt, it has now become clear that this election campaign is about more than the selection …

The Perpetual Panic of American Parenthood  —  Paris — I spend a lot of time listening to parents around the world complain.  In Kiev recently, a working mother told me the joke about how Ukrainians are raised by same-sex couples: their mothers and grandmothers.

CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia  —  U.S. Poised For Unprecedented Cyber Assault Targeting Russia 3:17  —  The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential election …

Senate GOP faces late cash crunch  —  Senate Republicans, whose fragile majority has been threatened by Donald Trump's tanking presidential bid, are suddenly confronting another problem: a lack of cash.  —  Republicans are set to be massively outspent on TV ads in seven of the eight states …

The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump  —  Win, lose or drop out, the Republican nominee has laid waste to the American political system.  On the trail for the last gasp of the ugliest campaign in our nation's history  —  All Stories  —  Saturday, early October, at a fairground 40 minutes southwest of Milwaukee.

Hillary Clinton's Worst Friend  —  In both debates against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump went out of his way to bring up the name of a journalist and former White House official who has held no high office and is unknown to most voters.  The name is Sidney Blumenthal, one that is familiar mainly …

Donald Trump Kept Calling Lil Jon an ‘Uncle Tom,’ Celebrity Apprentice Staffers Say  —  While shooting the 13th season of The Apprentice, Donald Trump repeatedly used a racial slur to refer to rapper and contestant Lil Jon—even after several producers urged him to stop, three staffers on the show told The Daily Beast.

AG Pam Bondi calls Trump's actions ‘disgusting’ but still supports him  —  A strong statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi, and only ABC Action News cameras were there to capture it.  —  Bondi, a strong supporter of Donald Trump hasn't spoken publicly since the release of Trump's controversial video about women.

How a lie takes flight on Fox News's ‘Hannity’  —  Sean Hannity protests that he's not a “journalist.”  Last night, he proved it once again.  —  As Donald Trump faces down more and more allegations that he sexually assaulted women, Hannity chatted with three Bill Clinton accusers.

Depressing poll of the day  —  DEPRESSING POLL OF THE DAY — The latest Marketplace-Edison Research survey shows economic anxiety is up to 36 from 30 a year ago (the scale runs 0-100).  But that's not the depressing part of the poll's findings.  It's this: 25 percent of Americans …

WIKILEAKS=> SMOKING GUN on Iran Deal: Podesta Says Nuclear War Is Coming  —  Wikileaks drops the smoking gun on the Iran Deal—  John Podesta thinks nuclear war is coming!  —  From today's Wikileaks release: … My God people...they actually expect nuclear war.

Here Are Women's Excuses and Explanations for Trump's Behavior  —  Even if another woman accused Trump of rape, it wouldn't matter — because that woman would be lying.  —  Reporting From  —  CINCINNATI - On a warm,  —  perfect blue sky afternoon, Laurie — a fortysomething woman from Canton …

Trump accuser says she is leaving country  —  Mindy McGillivray of Palm Springs said she is planning to leave the United States because she fears for her family's safety since she publicly accused Donald Trump earlier this week of groping her in 2003.  —  “We feel the backlash of the Trump supporters.