Trump says of Omar Mateen’s father: ‘I’d throw him out’

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Trump says of Omar Mateen’s father: ‘I’d throw him out’
During a Fox News town hall, Sean Hannity asked Donald Trump about Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s father. “What do we do when we find somebody that has extreme views?” Hannity asked. “I’d throw him out,” Trump said, though it’s unclear if he meant from a rally or from the U.S.

Trump suggests racial profiling and says of Omar Mateen’s father, ‘I’d throw him out’
In an interview with Fox’s Sean Hannity, Trump keeps stirring the pot.

To the Clinton campaign, the most powerful weapon against Trump is Trump
While the GOP nominee is entangled in controversy, Democratic candidate keeps a low profile.

Five things to know about Breitbart, the new force in the Trump campaign
To anyone covering conservative politics, Breitbart has been a force.

What it’s like to report on 2016, in 26 torturous, hilarious seconds
How can the world’s simplest fact-check be so painfully funny?

Clinton hobnobs with Paul McCartney, who happened to be in Cleveland, too
The Democratic nominee has said she found solace in the music of the Beatles while a college student.

Documents from the Hillary Clinton email investigation might be made public
Sen. Charles Grassley says a “substantial amount” appears unclassified.

Trump doubles down in naming a combative true believer as campaign chief
With Bannon in charge, Trump looks to sharpen — not trim — his way of doing things.

Campaign shake-up signals that Trump will finish race on his own terms
Down in the polls, the GOP nominee will redouble combative tactics that won the primaries.

Another 24 hours slip by and Hillary Clinton’s big swing-state leads hold steady
New Quinnipiac University polling reinforces Trump’s dire position.

About Donald Trump’s ‘black voter’ pitch…
This is why it fell flat in 2016.

After dismissing intelligence experts, Donald Trump heads in for his classified briefing
Here’s how it works.

Kellyanne Conway on Trump detractors: ‘It’s not that nice’
At a Washington Post Live event in August 2015, GOP strategist Kellyanne Conway commented on those who didn’t take Trump seriously. In August 2016, Conway was selected by Trump as his new campaign manager.

Why did Donald Trump shake up his campaign staff?
The Fix’s Chris Cillizza explains why Donald Trump demoted campaign chief Paul Manafort and added two new top advisers – Breitbart News chief Stephen Bannon and pollster Kellyanne Conway.

Bill Clinton discusses FBI director’s comments on Hillary’s classified emails
Former President Bill Clinton told a voter forum co-hosted by the Asian American Journalists Association and nonpartisan civic engagement group APIAVote that his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, never received classified emails on her personal email server while serving as secretary of state.

The murky world of non-existent evidence Donald Trump uses to back his claims
In Wisconsin, Trump claimed that the “real numbers” on crime are far worse than data would suggest.

NPR is killing off comments. That’s great news!
They all need to go.

Why a Trump adviser saying Clinton should be shot has resulted in … not much of anything
The short answer: because Donald Trump.

You haven’t appreciated John McLaughlin until you’ve seen Dana Carvey’s version
The founding host of “The McLaughlin Group” died Tuesday at his home in Washington.

Trump staff shake-up highlights a candidate who lost his way in the general election
But will “letting Trump be Trump” produce a winning strategy in November?

Ethics panel recommends investigation of Rep. Mark Meadows
A congressional ethics panel recommended an investigation of Rep. Mark Meadows, for allegedly breaking House rules by giving a troublesome staffer severance pay.

Donald Trump is going back to being Donald Trump. That’s a big problem for Republicans.
Let Trump be Trump wins.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign just denied a really obscure conspiracy theory
A conspiracy theorist candidate makes responding to the theories unavoidable, apparently.

The Daily 202: What Trump’s latest shakeup says about his flailing campaign
Manafort marginalized, Breitbart chief elevated, a pollster is named as manager

To understand Donald Trump’s law-and-order appeal, look south of the border
Who votes for law-and-order candidates?