Of Course Donald Trump Inspired Cesar Sayoc's Alleged Terrorism  —  Sorry, Trumpies, this was no false-flag leftie or Unabomber in the woods.  He is Trumpism uncut and unplugged.  Deal with it.  —  For three long days this week, the Republican Party held its breath as a serial bomber sent …

Tyrone Gayle Memorial Fund  —  $30,006 of $50,000 goal Raised by 372 people in 5 hours  —  Tyrone could fly.  But that was never enough for him — he wanted us all to fly with him.  So he lifted up everyone he touched.  —  Unfortunately, Tyrone's body had given all it could give …

A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley  —  “I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The people who are closest to a thing are often the most wary of it.  Technologists know how phones really work, and many have decided …

Mattis condemns Khashoggi killing, warns such behavior threatens Middle East stability  —  MANAMA, Bahrain — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis condemned the killing of Washington Post contributor and Saudi government critic Jamal Khashoggi as intolerable, minutes before Saudi Arabia's foreign minister …

WATCH: Trump Supporter Insists Obama Probably Sent Bomb to Himself to Bring People to His Side … Well, this one is a real headscratcher.  —  During a Trump rally in North Carolina, NBC News' Ali Vitali caught up with a Trump supporter who had a rather novel theory about how the mail bombs got to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

In Europe, Free Speech Bows to Sharia  —  Europeans are free to say only what the courts let them.  —  When he was 50, the prophet of Islam took as his wife Aisha, who was then six or seven.  The marriage was consummated when Aisha was nine.  —  This is not a smear.

Republicans Look to Safety Net Programs as Deficit Balloons  —  WASHINGTON — With the federal deficit growing and President Trump suddenly talking about another tax cut, the conversation in Washington has turned to the inevitable question of how — or whether — Congress will engage in any type of fiscal discipline.

‘Why is that racist?’  Trump greets young black leaders with freewheeling rant  —  The president's speech to African American millennial supporters was rambling and toe-curling.  But he and his audience loved it  —  Put a 72-year-old man with a white supremacy problem in front of an audience …

Voters are finally on to the GOP  —  Washington Democrats have been in a political death spiral since the day Donald Trump descended his tacky golden escalator to announce a run for the presidency.  In the three years since, the Democratic response to Trump's toxic tweets and putrid pronouncements has been confused and ineffective.

Obama, Rallying in Wisconsin, Warns Democrats: 'Don't Be Hoodwinked'  —  MILWAUKEE — Former President Barack Obama criticized what he called Republican hypocrisy on Friday during a rally with Democrats in Wisconsin, claiming that conservatives have shown themselves not to be trusted …

Control of U.S. Senate may hinge on possible Mississippi runoff  —  (Reuters) - A crowded U.S. Senate race in Republican stronghold Mississippi could set the stage for weeks of uncertainty over which party ends up controlling the upper chamber of Congress after the Nov. 6 elections.