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.”

The press always got booed at Trump rallies.  But now the aggression is menacing.  —  Donald Trump's rallies have never been the friendliest places for reporters.  But lately, as Trump has come under increasing fire, an unwelcoming atmosphere for the press has turned into outright hostility.

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

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.

Trump dismantles teleprompter at rally … dismantled his teleprompter at a Friday night rally in North Carolina, and told the audience he wouldn't pay the company that provided the faulty equipment.  —  “Here's the way government works — so the telemproter is a bummer, it doesn't work.

Trump Hotel protest boils over in DC  —  A group of hotel workers brought their beef with Donald Trump  —  to the nation's capital on Thursday.  —  The Culinary Union is locked in a labor dispute with Trump over the right to organize employees of Trump Hotel Las Vegas, which is partially owned by the Republican presidential nominee.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Militia members arrested in alleged plot targeting Muslims  —  WICHITA, KAN. Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that's home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City, a thwarted attack prosecutors …

CNN's President Says It Was A Mistake To Air So Many Trump Rallies And “Let Them Run”  —  Jeff Zucker also refused to say whether Trump is fit to be president.  —  Reporting From  —  CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — CNN President Jeff Zucker on Friday said it was a “mistake” to air so many Trump rallies …

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.

Clinton's team unleashes Watergate attack against Trump  —  Four decades after five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, Hillary Clinton's campaign is trying to frame the hacking of her campaign chairman's email as a repeat of the most famous political scandal …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Group accuses Mike Pence of voter suppression after state police raid registration program in Indiana  —  A progressive advocacy group is launching an advertising campaign accusing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also is the Republican vice-presidential nominee, of sanctioning voter suppression …

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 …