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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

New Video: Planned Parenthood Sells “a Lot” of Aborted Babies, Buyer Wants “50 Livers a Week”  —  Last Friday, the pro-life group behind the shocking expose' videos of Planned Parenthood selling aborted babies and their body parts released a preview of its 8th video in the series.

Should Hillary Clinton Suspend Her Campaign?  —  Growing national security questions about Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of State are drowning out much of her message as a presidential candidate and causing many of her fellow Democrats to worry about the future of her campaign.

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 …

Ferguson judge withdraws all arrest warrants before 2015  —  (CNN)The municipal court judge in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday announced sweeping changes to the city's court system, including an order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued in that city before December 31, 2014.

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.