Clintons personally paid State Department staffer to maintain server  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, according to an official from Clinton's presidential campaign.

Kim Davis supporters call to free Rowan clerk … CONNECT  —  GRAYSON, Ky. — Hundreds of people gathered outside the Carter County Detention Center on Saturday and prayed for jailed Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was locked up just a few hundred feet away.

Poll: Trump beats Hillary head-to-head  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton head-to-head, according to a new poll released Friday.  —  The poll by SurveyUSA finds that matched up directly, Trump garners 45 percent to Clinton's 40 percent.

Is Trump the Candidate Reform Conservatives Are Seeking?  —  For the last few years, a small but prominent group of conservative writers and thinkers has urged the Republican party to rethink its economic agenda with a greater focus on the needs of the middle class.

At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized  —  For generations, freshmen cadets at the United States Military Academy have marked the end of a grueling summer of training with a huge nighttime pillow fight that is billed as a harmless way to blow off steam and build class spirit.

What have Bush, Clinton learned from voters' attraction to the outsiders?  —  At the beginning of this year, the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania sponsored a focus group in the Denver suburbs composed of a dozen adults — Republicans, Democrats and independents.

Clinton raised up to $500K in Puerto Rico visit  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reportedly brought in between $200,000 and $500,000 for her campaign in a Puerto Rico fundraiser Friday.  —  Clinton attended the 200-person event at the Condado Plaza Hilton in San Juan for approximately 90 minutes, according to CNN.

The refugee crisis Europe helped bring on itself [With Comment By John]  —  Europe is paying the second installment on the debt for its indifference to the slow-motion disaster in Syria.  The first installment was (and will continue to be) an increase in the threat of domestic terrorism.

Draft Biden staffs up in Iowa  —  The group urging Vice President Joe Biden to launch a 2016 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination announced Friday that two longtime backers of Biden have signed on as co-chairs in the early-voting state of Iowa.  —  Former Iowa House Minority Leader …

Gay rights bill faces GOP roadblock  —  Republicans are proving to be a roadblock for a sweeping civil rights bill championed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.  —  Despite a string of federal victories for the LGBT community, including a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage …

Planned Parenthood fire determined to be arson  —  An early-morning fire at Planned Parenthood in Pullman Friday was arson, according to the Pullman Fire Department and the Inland Northwest Joint Terrorism Task Force.  —  The fire, which started around 3:30 a.m., caused significant damage …