Trump national political director ‘steps back’ from campaign  —  Jim Murphy, Donald Trump's national political director, is no longer playing an active role on the campaign, according to three sources briefed on the move - a troubling development for the Republican nominee coming just 19 days before the election.

Trump: I'll accept election results — if I win … opened up a Thursday campaign rally by saying he'll accept the results of the presidential election as long as he wins.  —  “I will totally accept the result of this great and historic presidential election,” Trump told supporters in Delaware, Ohio.

Flake says it might be Garland time  —  Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake has maintained for months that Republicans should take up Merrick Garland's Supreme Court nomination if it looks like the presidential contest is a lost cause for the GOP.  —  It's looking about that time, Flake said in an interview on Thursday.

How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts  —  On March 19 of this year, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta received an alarming email that appeared to come from Google.  —  The email, however, didn't come from the internet giant.

Hillary Clinton, Mocking and Taunting in Debate, Turns the Tormentor  —  She mansplained him.  “Let me translate that if I can,” Hillary Clinton said dryly after Donald J. Trump talked up his tax plan.  —  She interrupted him.  When Mr. Trump boasted of the gilded Las Vegas hotel that bears his name …

SUNY professor says Trump win at least 87 percent certain; other polls ‘bunk’  —  Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Fla  —  Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Obama: Trump ‘Dangerous’ for Suggesting He Won't Concede  —  Calling it “dangerous,” President Barack Obama said Thursday that Donald Trump's attempt to “sow the seeds of doubt” about the integrity of elections in America undermines U.S. democracy and does the work of the nation's adversaries.

Watch Michelle Obama's Arizona speech: live stream and what to expect after the Clinton-Trump debate  —  First lady Michelle Obama, whose last major campaign appearance for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton was an emotional speech on Donald Trump's comments about women …

Trump used his foundation to fund guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe  —  He funneled at least $10,000 to O'Keefe's Project Veritas  —  In Wednesday's presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed that new videos proved that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had “hired people” and “paid them $1,500” …

Chris Wallace said Trump's debate answers didn't surprise him — but he did have a glass of wine (or more) once it was over  —  Asked if he will accept the results on election day, Donald Trump tells the country he wants to “leave you in suspense.”  —  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace landed …

Another woman just came forward to say Trump assaulted her  —  “He said, 'hey look at this one.  We haven't seen her before.  Look at those legs.'”  —  Just one day after the third and final presidential debate, another woman has come forward to say that Republican presidential candidate Donald …

WMUR poll: Hassan takes 8 percentage point lead over Ayotte … DURHAM, N.H. —  For the first time in New Hampshire's blockbuster U.S. Senate campaign, the race is no longer a virtual dead heat.  Gov. Maggie Hassan has taken an 8 percentage point lead over Sen. Kelly Ayotte, according to a new poll.

Trump TV?  —  Until very recently, it seemed self-evident that Donald Trump was the biggest raging moron in American public life.  But that was before CNN president Jeff Zucker's star turn before the guardians of establishment wisdom at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Washington's foreign policy elite breaks with Obama over Syrian bloodshed  —  There is one corner of Washington where Donald Trump's scorched-earth presidential campaign is treated as a mere distraction and where bipartisanship reigns.  In the rarefied world of the Washington foreign policy establishment …

White House Watch: Trump Edges Ahead  —  It's too early to measure the impact of last night's final presidential debate, but Republican Donald Trump now has a three-point lead nationally on Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone …

U.S. service member killed in northern Iraq  —  A U.S. service member died Thursday from wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.  —  The U.S. military did not release details.  American advisers are with Iraqi forces in the battle for Mosul …

Hillary Clinton in 2002: George W. Bush Was ‘Selected, Not Elected’  —  It is completely irresponsible to argue that a president who reaches 270 electoral votes is not “elected” and legitimate, right, Hillary Clinton?  Only a shameless partisan with no concern for democracy or our system …

Trump or No Trump, Elections Have Been Stolen  —  If Donald Trump loses the presidential race, I hope that he will concede and move on.  That's what democracy demands.  But the current histrionics over his insistence that the process is rigged against him are overblown.