‘Megalomaniac’ Trump vs. ‘deceitful’ Clinton: How Virginia voters see the presidential race

The 2016 presidential campaign is one of the most caustic and personally negative in recent history, and to comprehend the toll it has taken on the two people vying to be the next president, just listen to some of the words 30 undecided voters in Northern Virginia used to describe them. Donald Trump, they said, is "phony," "crazy," "arrogant," "a megalomaniac," "dumb," "self-centered," "a charlatan," "bigoted," "embarrassing," "hateful," "garbage," "self-possessed," "vindictive" and "unbalanced."

Trump suggests Clinton’s Secret Service agents disarm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raised the threat of violence against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton again on Friday, suggesting her Secret Service guards voluntarily disarm and "see what happens to her." Members of Clinton's government-appointed guard detail should abandon their weapons because she wants to "destroy your Second Amendment," Trump said, referring to the US Constitution's clause that enshrines the rights of Americans to bear arms.

Kerry Washington Gets Real About Donald Trump & Maternity Leave

Kerry Washington has spent enough time as Washington, D.C., fixer-in-chief Olivia Pope to know political spin when she sees it. When the always-articulate Scandal star stopped by Real Time with Bill Maher last night to talk about all things election , she did not hesitate to call out Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his bullying, questionable maternity leave policy, and slight-of-hand attempts to appear more female-friendly than he actually is.

Donald Trump on unarmed Hillary Clinton guards: ‘Let’s see what happens’

Donald Trump was making his usual sarcastic call for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms when he added an aside to his rally remarks: "Let's see what happens to her." Trump has long incorrectly suggested his Democratic opponent wants to overturn the Second Amendment and take away Americans' right to own guns.

A chance for Trump to get it right

Mr. Trump, it appears you were mistaken when you said you "always were in opposition to both the War in Iraq as well as the decision to topple Gaddafi in Libya. Want to take another crack at it? Mr. Trump, it appears you were mistaken when you said you got post 9/11 government money to "help others out after the attack", when in fact you used those funds for "rent loss, cleanup and repair."

Trudy Rubin: Trump’s praise for Putin shows just how dangerous he would be as president

A vacation on Ireland's west coast should have provided relief from the depressing realities of the U.S. election season. But it's hard to escape when every Irishman or woman you meet asks the same question, differing only in the choice of adjective: My reply: "I still believe most Americans have the common sense to grasp that Trump presents the greatest threat to U.S. security and democracy since the end of the Cold War."

For Native Americans, Land Is More Than Just The Ground Beneath Their Feet

While shuffling through a Washington, D.C.-area metro station recently, I noticed a large ad for the technology company Brocade plastered on the wall: This is, of course, an attempt at a cheeky play on obsessive-compulsive disorder, in which sufferers have compulsions to do the same things over and over. Companies and people alike frequently evoke the mental disorder with lighthearted puns or references just like that one.

Colin Powell discussed – secret’ Israeli nukes in leaked emails

In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads. Though Israel is widely believed to have developed nukes decades ago, it has never declared itself to be a nuclear state.

Ex-Defense Chief Gates: Trump ‘Beyond Repair’ on Foreign Policy, But Hillary Needs Work

The next president is most likely to face an international crisis shortly after taking office - and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton "have a credibility problem in foreign affairs," former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. "Clinton was the senior-most advocate for using the U.S. military to bring ill-fated regime change in Libya and, further, failed to anticipate the chaos that would follow," Gates, who has served eight presidents over 50 years, wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

Trump on unarmed Clinton guards: ‘Let’s see what happens’

Donald Trump was making his usual sarcastic call for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms when he added an aside to his rally remarks: "Let's see what happens to her." Soon after, Clinton's campaign said such a reference to violence was out of bounds.

Trump’s birther flip meets with skepticism from many blacks

In this July 8, 2016 file photo, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., center, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Joyce Beatty , D-Ohio, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Butterfield, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Black voters reacted skeptically on Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's public admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States.

Michelle Obama warns young voters against being ‘turned off’

First lady Michelle Obama waves during a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

Trump criticized for bait and switch on ‘birtherism’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the crowd in an applause, recognizing a Gold Star mother in the crowd during a gathering with military leaders and veterans at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.