Hillary vs. Biden Would Get Ugly Fast  —  You thought Clinton-Obama 2008 was bad?  A Clinton-Biden race could be much worse: White guy steps in woman's path, attacks her integrity!  —  You've got to admit it was kind of a stroke of genius for Joe Biden to have that “secret” meeting with Elizabeth Warren over the weekend.

State GOP leaders plot to tie Donald Trump's hands  —  Amid mounting concerns about Donald Trump's candidacy from the GOP establishment, Republican leaders in at least two states have found a way to make life a lot harder for him.  —  The Virginia and North Carolina parties are in discussions …

Trump up big in NH; Sanders leads Clinton  —  PPP's new New Hampshire poll finds Donald Trump in the strongest position of any poll we've done anywhere since he entered the race.  Trump laps the Republican field with 35% to 11% for John Kasich, 10% for Carly Fiorina, 7% each for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker …

House GOP leaders desperate to avoid shutdown  —  With the clock ticking, Republicans have yet to settle on a strategy to resolve a showdown over Planned Parenthood funding.  —  Getty  —  An explosive confrontation brewing between the House Republican leadership and conservatives …

Boy stumbles, leaves hole in valuable painting at da Vinci exhibit  —  Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) A Taiwanese boy on Sunday punched a hole in an extremely valuable Paolo Porpora painting at a Taipei exhibition after apparently tripping and trying to catch his balance on the artwork …

Why Phone Fraud Starts With A Silent Call  —  Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET.  —  Here's an experience some of us have had.  The phone rings.  You pick it up and say “Hello.  Hello.  Helloooo.”  But nobody answers.

IRS finds yet another Lois Lerner email account  —  Lois Lerner had yet another personal email account used to conduct some IRS business, the tax agency confirmed in a new court filing late Monday that further complicates the administration's efforts to be transparent about Ms. Lerner's actions during the tea party targeting scandal.

Rise of the Cultural Libertarians  —  A new force is emerging in the culture wars.  Authoritarians of all stripes, from religious reactionaries to left-wing “social justice warriors,” are coming under fire from a new wave of thinkers, commentators, and new media stars who reject virtually all of their political values.

Stock Markets Rebound Despite Continued Sell-Off in China  —  The Latest:  —  The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose about 2 percent at the open, and the Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 300 points, or more than 2 percent.  —  In China, the benchmark Shanghai composite index closed 7.6 percent lower.

Barack Obama calls opponents of Iran deal ‘the crazies’  —  LAS VEGAS — There are the people on his side on the Iran deal, President Barack Obama said Monday evening.  Then there are “the crazies.”  —  Back from a notably uneventful and restful two-week vacation in Martha's Vineyard …

Leaked AshleyMadison Emails Suggest Execs Hacked Competitors  —  Hacked online cheating service AshleyMadison.com is portraying itself as a victim of malicious cybercriminals, but leaked emails from the company's CEO suggests that AshleyMadison's top leadership hacked into a competing dating service in 2012.

From obesity to duplicity: Jared's fall to Earth  —  Jared Fogle's lawyer says the former Subway spokesman will accept a plea deal for having sex with underage girls and possessing child pornography.  Jeremy Margolis says his client is seeking treatment and amends.

John Kasich's approval rating soars in Ohio  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich's standing continues to rise to an all-time high among voters in the Buckeye State as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest results from a Quinnipiac University poll of swing states released Tuesday.

Catholic cardinal arrested for DUI  —  One of the high-ranking American officials of the Roman Catholic Church was arrested for drunken driving late last week in Kailua-Kona.  —  The Most Eminent Cardinal William Joseph Levada, 79, of Menlo Park, Calif., was stopped at about midnight Thursday …

Undercover Republican Goes Hillary-Hunting in Clinton Library  —  Day after sweltering Arkansas day, an anonymous RNC staffer toils inside the Clinton Library, opening file after file—in search of the detail from the past that'll sink the front-runner.  —  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas …