WBUR Poll: After Conventions, Clinton Up 15 Points Over Trump In New Hampshire 06:31  —  Play  —  According to a new WBUR poll of New Hampshire voters, Hillary Clinton is enjoying a dramatic post-convention bump and now leads Donald Trump by 15 points.  Our poll also shows Democrat Maggie Hassan …

Why Donald Trump's campaign is like a speeding car with its parts falling off  —  Stuart Stevens was the chief strategist for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential bid.  He is also one of the most vocal Republican critics of Donald Trump.  I reach out to Stuart every few months to gauge where he stands vis a vis Trump.

Gaps in Melania Trump's immigration story raise questions  —  Nude photographs published this week are raising fresh questions about the accuracy of a key aspect of Melania Trump's biography: her immigration status when she first came to the United States to work as a model.

HISTORY OF TERROR IN BRITAIN: HOW TONIGHT'S ATTACK MIRRORS BRUTAL MURDER OF SOLDIER LEE RIGBY THREE YEARS AGO AND COMES IN THE WAKE OF FOILED PLANS  —  Tonight's attack mirrored the brutal killing of a soldier in London and comes in the wake of an increasing number of foiled attacks in Britain.

Clint and Scott Eastwood: No Holds Barred in Their First Interview Together  —  Think your old man is a ball-buster?  Try being the son of Clint Eastwood.  And then try making a name for yourself in the family business.  This month, as Clint and Scott Eastwood go head-to-head at the box office …

Erickson Angrily Tears Into Trump Boosters: You ‘Reflect the Evil Character of Your God’  —  Erick Erickson has been a #NeverTrump conservative for a while now, but something Trump said today finally pushed him to a place of extreme anger at his boosters.  —  Erickson was set off …

Trump Boasts About Watching ‘Top Secret’ Iran Video Immediately After Becoming Eligible To Receive Classified Briefings  —  His vivid description raised questions about whether he disclosed classified material.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post

I was Capt. Khan's commander in Iraq.  The Khan family is our family.  —  The writer is a retired U.S. Army major general.  —  I am a former soldier who served our nation in uniform for more than 34 years.  I was also Capt. Humayun Khan's combat brigade commander in Diyala province, Iraq, in 2004.

Drop the politics, put health first: Paul Ryan  —  Democrats obstruct deal.  —  We shouldn't be politicizing the Zika threat.  We should be fighting it.  From the start, the Republican-led Congress has made it a priority to enact smart measures and secure resources to protect the public.

Gay Syrian man beheaded and mutilated in Turkey  —  The headless, mutilated body of a gay Syrian man has been identified by gay housemates in Istanbul who say he had been gang-raped previously.  —  The friends of Muhammad Wisam Sankari told a Turkish gay rights group, kaosgl.org, that they had been threatened by violent male gangs.

Obama Commutes 214 Criminal Sentences, Including Firearm Offenses  —  The White House announced Wednesday President Obama has commuted 214 criminal sentences, the most of any day in history since 1900.  Sixty-seven of the individuals who were granted clemency were serving life sentences.

Third party candidates won't really matter in November  —  If you think the Libertarian and Green Party nominees may have an impact on who wins the White House in November, you need to think again.  —  They won't.  —  As long as Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein …

In slap at Trump, some wealthy Republicans campaign for Clinton  —  Groups of wealthy Republicans unhappy with Donald Trump have been privately courting prominent peers to join them in backing Democrat Hillary Clinton's U.S. presidential bid, several people involved in the effort told Reuters.