Trump Suggests That Soldiers Who Suffer From PTSD Aren't “Strong”  —  “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it,” Trump told a room full of veterans.

Trump Tax Return Story Exposes Policy Ignorance Of Political Reporters  —  What followed was a collective explosion of talking heads over the weekend, with the theatrics inversely proportional to the pundit's knowledge of tax policy.  —  To state the obvious, political reporters don't know a damned thing about taxes.

Under Intense Pressure to Silence Wikileaks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange  —  Julian Assange and his free-speech brainchild Wikileaks were once lauded as global heroes of public service among United States politicians and policy makers.

Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office  —  The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump's charity to stop …

Post-debate, Clinton takes the lead  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton emerges from the first presidential debate with a five-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, having narrowed the enthusiasm gap between her supporters and Trump's, and holding broad advantages over the Republican nominee …

Exclusive: Republicans Launch Willie Horton-Style Attack on Kaine  —  RNC releases video ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate  —  Finance Committee Mourns Loss of Longtime Republican Staffer Republican Senator Seeks Radical Changes to Budget Process One Murphy's Gun Safety Group Backs Another Murphy

AP: How Trump's ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts …

Kanye West halts show after Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris  —  Photos:  —  The Kardashian clan  —  The most famous of the Kardashian clan is undoubtedly Kim, who has gained publicity for everything from “breaking the Internet” to bleaching her hair blonde to ... well, pretty much everything she does gains publicity.

U.S. Suspends Talks With Russia on Syria  —  WASHINGTON — The United States followed through on Monday with its threat to formally suspend talks with Russia about Syria because of the Russian military's role in the assault on the besieged city of Aleppo.  The United States also shelved plans …

FBI agreed to destroy laptops of Clinton aides with immunity deal, sources say  —  Immunity deals for two top Hillary Clinton aides included a side arrangement obliging the FBI to destroy their laptops after reviewing the devices, House Judiciary Committee sources told Fox News on Monday.

Obama Says Obamacare Has ‘Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix  —  Exodus of major insurers and spiraling prices hurt the law  —  Enrollment for 2017 begins a week before Election Day  —  President Barack Obama said his signature health-care law has “real problems” …

‘The Trump Rule’: Leaked Audio of Trump Ogling Miss USA Beauty Queens  —  During the first presidential debate, a record-breaking primetime television event viewed by over 84 million people worldwide, Hillary Clinton managed to get under Donald Trump's skin by invoking two of his favorite pastimes: beauty pageants and unbridled sexism.

Andrew Kaczynski's BuzzFeed Team Joins CNN  —  The cable network scores a major coup in hiring the political research unit known for 2016 scoops.  —  NEW YORK BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski and his scoop-driven political research team are joining CNN during the final, frenetic stretch of the 2016 election and beyond.

What Hillary Clinton's leaked audio teaches us about Hillary Clinton  —  A theory of why Hillary Clinton struggles with young voters.  —  What's most interesting about the leaked audio of Hillary Clinton assessing the Bernie Sanders movement from February isn't what she says about Bernie Sanders or his supporters.

Clinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President  —  Twenty years ago Michael Chertoff was near the top of the Clintons' enemy list.  He was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee, one of the first of many Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton.

Five Days That Shaped a Presidency  —  Barack Obama shares with Jonathan Chait a very early draft of his memoirs.  —  On August 25, after a short trip to Baton Rouge to assess flooding in Louisiana and before what will likely be his last visit to China on Air Force One …