Ohio voters ought to pay closer attention to judges close to home: Thomas Suddes

More Ohio voters ought to pay attention to the state Supreme Court as these young Ohioans are doing during a tour of the Ohio Supreme Court building. Here's what's supposed to be the capstone argument of Donald Trump's ever-shrinking cult: "It's the Supreme Court, stupid."

Question Pence doesn’t answer: Will he release tax returns?

Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, spends much of his time on the campaign trail responding to questions about Donald Trump, the party's presidential nominee. A day after Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, released their 2015 tax returns as a way to put pressure on Trump to release his own, Pence was visiting a farmer's market in his hometown, Columbus, Ind., when two reporters asked if the public would get to see the governor's returns.

‘God help us’ – Robert De Niro compares Donald Trump to Travis Bickle from ‘Taxi Driver’

"God help us," De Niro said on Saturday at the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival, when asked what he thought of Mr Trump's candidacy. Yet the actor is just one of many to have spoken out after a week in which the Republican candidate's campaign lurched into even more uncharted territory and sought to even question the very legitimacy of the election itself.

In Connecticut, Trump promises a major push in a blue state

" Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made an unusual foray Saturday night into deep-blue Connecticut, pledging to make "a big play" for the Democratic stronghold. Connecticut has not voted for a Republican in a presidential election since 1988, when it went for George H.W. Bush, but Trump was undeterred.

Trump blasts press over chaos reports

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeated his attack on President Barack Obama that he helped "found" Islamic State and railed against media reports that his campaign is failing. Speaking for more than an hour in a sweltering room at a campaign rally in Connecticut on Saturday, Trump spent a significant portion of his speech complaining about the media.

The Way Out

It's fair to say that Donald Trump has made things difficult for the Republican Party. He has taunted its leaders, turned its debates into rap sessions about his anatomy, sabotaged its efforts to appeal to Latinos and to women, and, as he has shouted out bigoted invective, made many of its members feel shame.

Senate race looking lopsided despite matchup

With less than three months until Election Day, Loretta Sanchez is running out of time to narrow the gap with front-runner Kamala Harris in California's U.S. Senate race. Both women are Democrats, but President Barack Obama's decision last month to endorse Harris - the state attorney general - was a capstone in her ascent.

Marco Rubio: Religious Right Should Love Gays Not Judge Them

In a speech to pastors, Sen. Marco Rubio urged religious conservatives to love gay people, instead of judging them for their behavior. Rubio began by reasserting his belief that marriage was between one man and one woman, but cautioned people of faith to avoid "heated rhetoric" against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans.

Trump a factor in surprisingly close Missouri Senate race

Ask Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri about his party's presidential nominee and you'll likely get a polite but weary response. It's tough enough for the political veteran seeking re-election against up-and-coming Democrat Jason Kander, Missouri's secretary of state who is showing surprising strength in the polls and in raising money.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar To Speak At Ohio Democratic Women’s Luncheon

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GOP could be near Trump breaking point; frustration abounds

As he skips from one gaffe to the next, GOP leaders in Washington and in the most competitive states have begun openly contemplating turning their backs on their party's presidential nominee to prevent what they fear will be wide-scale Republican losses on Election Day. Back in 1996, the party largely gave up on nominee Bob Dole once it became clear he had little chance of winning, so it's not without precedent.