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

More than half the country agrees with GOP Rep. Mark Sanford: Donald Trump should release his tax returns
It’s the issue that just won’t disappear.

Donald Trump’s plan to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the United States, annotated
Adding context to Trump’s most controversial proposal.

In Trump’s America, liberty and justice for all — unless Trump thinks you’re suspicious
On Monday, Trump demonstrated that he has found new ways to dress up what he has been saying all along.

In Scranton, Pa., Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden’s memory lane tour is an appeal to white working-class Democrats
Vice President Biden excoriated Donald Trump as a dangerous and ill-informed bully on Monday as he urged a hometown crowd in this hard-luck former industrial center to support Hillary Clinton.

Trump: Clinton lacks ‘physical stamina’ to be president
During a speech on national security in Youngstown, Ohio, Aug. 15, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on” Islamic State militants. Trump frequently suggests Clinton isn’t strong enough to be president.

Donald Trump calls for ‘extreme vetting’ of people looking to come to the United States
Trump delivered what his campaign billed as a major speech on terrorism.

Donald Trump’s top spokeswoman, Katrina Pierson, is saying some very strange things
She said that Obama started the Aghanistan war — and that the press is “literally” beating Trump supporters into submission.

The Joe Biden-Hillary Clinton tarmac meeting you’ve been waiting for, in 5 photos
Epic.

Vulnerable House Republicans still have no good answers to Trump questions
Some Republicans who will be sharing the ballot with him are struggling to find the words to speak about the GOP nominee.

Glenn Beck urges conservatives to understand ‘Black Lives Matter’
“We’re all speaking different languages and we need to talk to each other,” the conservative radio and online host said.

The Daily 202: Can Trump chairman Paul Manafort survive new Ukraine revelations?
New evidence of links with Putin and discord in campaign gives GOP fresh cause to panic

Rand Paul endorses Liz Cheney’s opponent in congressional race
Paul’s intervention in Wyoming is a strike on the GOP’s more hawkish wing.

Why Donald Trump’s ‘rigged elections’ warning could actually make his supporters less likely to vote
The prospect of a rigged election may not make for excited voters.

Why plenty of Donald Trump supporters will believe that Hillary Clinton stole the election
A majority of Republicans believe that voter fraud is a major problem and that the system is rigged. But enough to throw an election?

Donald Trump has a dirty little secret: He loves the media
Don’t believe him when he says he hates the press. The opposite is true.

Olympic gold medalists may be about to score another win: Congress looks ready to give them a tax break
The debate has been going on for years. But this year may be different.

More than $12 million earmarked for Trump’s campaign manager in Ukraine
Paul Manafort denies ever receiving off-the-books cash payments from a political party.

President Obama’s 2009 speech in Prague
President Obama addressed a crowd in Prague’s Hradcany Square on April 5, 2009, touching on issues from green energy to nuclear treaties.

It’s damn-near impossible to make sense of Donald Trump’s many mixed messages these days
Paul Manafort tried — and failed.

The NRA’s false claim that Hillary Clinton doesn’t believe Americans can keep guns at home
The NRA earns Four Pinocchios for a fear-mongering ad based on little evidence but leaps of logic

As Trump stumbles, supporters worry that an ‘amateur politician’ is blowing it
They still want GOP nominee to win the White House but are frustrated as his unforced errors are pile up.

White Christian America is dying
This new book shows how, and why.

How progressives are putting Hillary Clinton in a tough spot on trade (again)
When she says she doesn’t support the Trans-Pacific Partnership, they believe her. Kind of.