Republicans and Democrats can’t even agree about how they disagree

Bernie Sanders tells skeptical voters to stick with Clinton over a third party
Nearly two months after Sanders endorsed Clinton, perhaps 10 percent of his supporters say they’ll reject Clinton, vote for a third-party candidate or cast a chaos-making vote for Donald Trump.

Tim Kaine: Trump is too ‘emotionally volatile, fact-challenged, self-obsessed’ to be commander in chief
Clinton’s running mate said Trump’s claim that he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning is “completely made up.”

House approves Gold Star families bill after Trump’s feud with Khans
The legislation would allow families of servicemembers killed in action to contribute to the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.

Here’s what Hillary Clinton told the traveling press corps aboard her campaign plane
After months of not engaging with the traveling press that follows her around the country, Hillary Clinton ventured to the back of her new campaign plane three times on Monday.

Taco trucks on every corner? Business group wants them at every polling site instead.
By one measure, the move would require hundreds of thousands of taco trucks.

Is Donald Trump still a birther?
Donald Trump spent a lot of time raising doubts over President Obama’s birth certificate in 2011 – but now he won’t clarify what he really believes.

Clinton: Trump ‘clearly has something to hide’ in his tax returns
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton attacked Republican nominee Donald Trump for not releasing his tax returns during a question-and-answer session on her campaign plane on Sept. 6.

Clinton says she’s going to press Trump on his tax returns until Election Day
She ticked off a list of what she characterized as questionable aspects about Trump’s finances, including the multiple times his companies have declared bankruptcy.

Pence to visit Capitol Hill, speak to House Republicans
“I’m grateful that he’s coming to rally our members down the homestretch,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said in a statement.

Congress is (finally) back. First thing on its to-do list: Get reelected.
Here’s what lawmakers are likely to do — and leave undone — over the next few weeks.

Amnesty is supposedly an unworkable idea. But is it really?
What the 1986 Reagan amnesty program did and what’s happened since Obama created an means for young undocumented immigrants to remain, suggests legalization and work permits haven’t been a problem.

Here’s the state of play in all 50 states
Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton — in all 50 states

Obama’s Asia foreign policy in six stories
A determined pivot, but a tough and slow turnaround.

Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s improper gift
The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold breaks down the controversy over Donald Trump’s improper $25,000 donation to a political group connected to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was at the time considering whether to open a fraud investigation against Trump University.

Trump wants U.S., Russia to fight Islamic State together
At a campaign stop in Virginia Beach Sept. 6, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said it would be “awfully good” for the United States, Russia and other countries to fight against the Islamic State together.

Trend alert: Even more Senate Republicans are betting they’ll win off a Donald Trump loss
Rubio. McCain. Johnson: The “Clinton check and balance” club keeps growing.

The questions about Hillary Clinton’s health are absurd
This issue is beyond ridiculous.

Why people don’t trust politicians, in one Chris Christie interview
Christie seems to confirm what people believe about politicians.

Clinton fields reporters’ questions on plane
After months of not engaging with the traveling press, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to and answered questions from members of the media at the back of her new campaign plane Sept. 5.

Clinton calls Trump Foundation donation to Bondi ‘questionable’
Speaking to reporters aboard her plane Sept. 5, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she’s “taken aback” by revelations about Donald Trump’s foundation’s gift to a political group connected to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Chaffetz schedules more Clinton email hearings in House before election
The latest hearings follow months of public and private probes of Clinton’s email server. None has found actionable wrongdoing.

The road to the White House
It’s a long road to the White House, so The Washington Post polled all 50 states to find out what each candidate needs to do to get there.

Behind the scenes of The Post’s 50-state poll
The Washington Post and Survey Monkey polled all 50 states about the 2016 presidential election. Here’s how it all came together.

The most surprising revelations from The Post’s 50-state poll
The Washington Post and Survey Monkey polled all 50 states. Here are the most surprising pieces of data we found.

A new 50-state poll shows exactly why Clinton holds the advantage over Trump
Midwest battlegrounds offer Trump hope; white college grads remain his biggest weakness.

Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Warren top list in surrogate blitz for Clinton
A slew of big-named surrogates are hitting the campaign trail for Clinton this week.

Our 50-state poll shows that Donald Trump is no Mitt Romney (electorally speaking)
Trump needs to do better than the Republicans did in 2012. He isn’t.

How The Washington Post-SurveyMonkey 50-state poll was conducted
Detailing the Post’s 75,000-interview poll conducted with SurveyMonkey

Presidential candidates are ideologically extreme. And they pretty much get away with it.
Voters don’t punish extremists all that much.

The Daily 202: White Catholics struggle to get on board the Trump train
Pro-life Republicans grapple with doubts about GOP nominee, dislike for Clinton

Congress returns with one goal: No government shutdown
It may not be easy to achieve.

Clinton campaign plans over 150 events this week to mobilize female voters
Chelsea Clinton will hit the campaign trail for two days this week.

Trump agrees to participate in all three presidential debates
Trump ended lingering questions about whether he would escalate complaints about the debate schedule or moderators.

Inside Bill Clinton’s nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college
The ex-president’s contract showed how his charity work overlapped with the Clintons’ private and public lives.

Clinton tells story of her dad’s drapery printing business
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton described the process by which her father used to make drapery fabrics while discussing small businesses at a campaign event in Hampton, Ill. on Sept. 5.

Clinton: Trump ‘choked’ in Mexico
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump “choked” during his Aug. 31 meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, at a rally in Hampton, Ill. on Sept. 5.

Phyllis Schlafly, conservative activist who helped move GOP to the right, dies at 92
The lawyer and author is credited with almost single-handedly stopping the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and helped move the Republican Party toward the religious, family-values right wing. This is a developing story. It will be updated.

Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative activist, has died at age 92
Lawyer, author almost single-handedly stopped passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and helped transform modern-day GOP.

Trump, Clinton go to Cleveland in pursuit of the working-class voter
Same city, different pitches as the “mad dash” to Election Day begins.

Trump dismisses questions about improper gift to Florida attorney general
Donald Trump’s charity violated federal rules in 2013 with a $25,000 contribution to a group connected to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was then considering whether to open a fraud investigation against Trump University.

Without conservative Supreme Court majority, voter-law challengers make gains
Two of their top targets, Texas and North Carolina, won’t be able to implement their strict ID laws in the fall.

Clinton jokes about Trump allergy during rally
During a coughing fit at a rally in Cleveland on Sept. 5, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton joked she was allergic to thinking about her Republican rival Donald Trump.

Trump, dismissing allegations of impropriety, says donation to Fla. AG came with no strings
Asked by reporters what he expected to receive in return for his donation, Trump said that he and Pam Bondi have known each other for years.

Hillary Clinton greets her traveling press corps aboard her new plane
The Democrat and her allies have a full slate of events scheduled on Labor Day.

Bernie Sanders returns to the campaign trail in New Hampshire
He stumps for Clinton, saying she, not Trump, “will better represent the needs of the American people.”

Trump says he would have left G-20 summit in China over Obama staircase flap
Trump has regularly accused Obama of failing to show strength against foreign leaders.

The state of the unions: Membership is up, but density still drops
It’s up because jobs were up. As a percentage of all jobs, it keeps dropping.

Why you should stop blaming the candidates if you don’t know ‘what they stand for’
That thing you’re reading this story on: you can use it to find their policy plans too.

Philippine president threatens to curse out Obama. Obama calls him a ‘colorful guy.’
An intemperate remark threatens to derail a bilateral meeting.

Bernie Sanders is finally campaigning for Hillary Clinton. But does she even need him?
Breaking down the numbers.

Immigration is dominating the election conversation on Twitter
Immigration and racial issues have been major topics on the social platform lately.

Obama: Kaepernick’s national anthem protest a ‘tough thing’ for service members
The president held a news conference in China.

Donald Trump’s feud with a swing state GOP senator just heated up a few more degrees
One of the Hill’s most high-profile Republican Trump critics launched another salvo this weekend. And Trump fired back.

Trump, continuing feud, lashes out at GOP U.S. senator
Trump has regularly fought with members of his own party.

Only a fraction of Oklahoma’s disposal wells shut down after quake
There are about 4,200 total wells across the state, and 37 will be shut down.

Grocery shopping with Secret Service: Anne Holton tries to keep it real
Wife of vice-presidential hopeful Tim Kaine navigates extraordinary twist to her already uncommon life.

Mike Pence emerges as Donald Trump’s evangelist, emissary and explainer
In private meetings, vice-presidential nominee tries to assuage worries about Trump.

S.C. officer who fatally shot unarmed teen a year ago will be fired
A roundup of news from around the country.

Can Democrats ride an anti-Trump wave to retake the House and Senate?
Democrats are well-positioned to reclaim the Senate but face a tougher path in the House

Six reactions to the FBI report on Clinton’s email investigation
Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence and his Democratic counterpart Tim Kaine reacted on political television shows that aired Sept. 4 to the FBI report on Hillary Clinton’s email investigation.

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