69-year-old woman punched in face outside rally by Trump supporter  —  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Police say they arrested five people at Trump's Monday night rally in Asheville, and as of publishing have warrants out for two more people.  Police plan to arrest Richard Campbell of Edisto Island, South Carolina for assault on a female.

New York attorney general opens ‘inquiry’ into Trump Foundation  —  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation “to make sure it's complying with the laws governing charities in New York,” he said Tuesday.

Colin Powell Calls Trump A “National Disgrace” In Personal Emails  —  The former secretary of state also blasted the Republican nominee for president for embarking on a “racist” movement, according to his private emails seen by BuzzFeed News.  —  Paul Morigi / Getty Images

Kimmel: Clinton Conspiracy Theories Would Be Harder to Believe If They Didn't Actually Come True  —  ABC's Jimmy Kimmel joked on his late night show that it would be more difficult to believe “conspiracy theories” about Hillary Clinton's health “if they didn't actually come true.”

Obama and Clinton plot a final-stretch blitz  —  PHILADELPHIA — Next up: recreating that hug.  —  President Barack Obama was back here Tuesday, seven weeks and just a few miles from where he gave his big Democratic convention speech for Hillary Clinton — and, most importantly, for the campaign.

New poll shows competitive 2016 race in Maine  —  Of all the states once seen as clearly in Hillary Clinton's column, a new survey identifies the one perhaps most likely to tip to Donald Trump — and that state is Maine.  —  A Colby College-Boston Globe poll released Tuesday shows …

Guccifer 2.0 drops more DNC docs  —  The hacker persona Guccifer 2.0 has released a new trove of documents that allegedly reveal more information about the Democratic National Committee's finances and personal information on Democratic donors, as well as details about the DNC's network infrastructure.

Democrat apologizes for remarks about Clinton and sex  —  (D-Fla.) apologized Tuesday for “poorly worded” comments he made over the weekend, when he said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  “is under no illusions that you want to have sex with her.”

Chelsea Manning Told She Will Receive Gender Transition Surgery, Her Lawyer Says  —  WASHINGTON — Army officials today informed Chelsea Manning that they will provide her with gender transition surgery, her lawyer tells BuzzFeed News.  —  A lawyer for Manning, the ACLU's Chase Strangio …

Next Slide  —  “No matter how guilty you think I am, there are aspects of this situation that should bother you,” Durham said.  —  Durham, however, was not present for the expulsion vote, having abruptly departed after listening to his colleagues and fielding questions for nearly an hour.

Coulter: ‘I would die’ for Trump  —  Ann Coulter, whose support of Donald Trump  —  at one point appeared to falter with his shifting immigration stance, is standing by the Republican nominee no matter what.  —  “I worship him like the North Koreans worship the ‘Dear Leaders’ — yes …

Dr. Oz pledges to avoid questions Trump 'doesn't want to have answered'  —  Mehmet Oz on Tuesday promised to ask Donald Trump “pointed questions” about his health when he sits down with him this week, but in the same interview Oz pledged that he will not ask Trump “questions he doesn't want to have answered.”

EXCLUSIVE: Ivy League Student Brought To Tears By Trump Chalking [VIDEO]  —  Conservative activist James O'Keefe visited Columbia University's campus in late August and brought a student to tears by showing his support for Donald Trump in chalk and cardboard bricks.

BREAKING: Katie Couric Sued for $12 Million For Defamation In Anti-Gun Documentary  —  Film producer Katie Couric and her director Stephanie Soechtig edited their anti-gun documentary Under the Gun in order to make a gun rights group in Virginia look as if they couldn't answer a simple question.

Why Are The Media Objectively Pro-Trump?  —  Because they are, at this point.  It's not even false equivalence: compare the amount of attention given to the Clinton Foundation despite absence of any evidence of wrongdoing, and attention given to Trump Foundation, which engaged in more or less open bribery …

THE GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE ‘LOST’ 22 MILLION EMAILS  —  IN THE MAGAZINE  —  Like Clinton, the Bush White House used a private email server—its was owned by the Republican National Committee.  And the Bush administration failed to store its emails, as required by law …

CBS News Edits Out Embarrassing Verbal Slip in Bill Clinton Interview  —  When airing an interview with former president and would-be First Husband Bill Clinton, CBS News edited out a verbal slip that would have reflected poorly on his wife Hillary Clinton.  —  Clinton sat down with Charlie …

WADA Confirms Attack by Russian Cyber Espionage Group  —  The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a Russian cyber espionage group operator by the name of Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bear, illegally gained access to WADA's Anti-Doping Administration and Management System …

EXCLUSIVE: John Kerry's State Department Funneled MILLIONS To His Daughter's Nonprofit  —  More than $9 million of Department of State money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry's daughter, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show.

Did Clinton bring her personal DOCTOR to 9/11 memorial where she collapsed?  Woman seen 'checking Hillary's pulse' may be her physician  — Clinton's collapse at the 9/11 memorial on Sunday was initially said to be because of over-heating but it was then revealed she has pneumonia

Why Democrats in Western Pennsylvania Are Voting Trump  —  CHARLEROI, Pa.—Angela LeJohn is 49, has worked at a local energy company for nine years, and loves it.  A registered Democrat, she never once voted for a Republican and never expected to entertain such a thought—not even in a local election—until this year.

The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart  —  Trends in voter party identification 1992-2016  —  Ahead of the presidential election, the demographic profiles of the Republican and Democratic parties are strikingly different.

The Crisis at The Times And That Public Editor Piece  —  I had a chance to read New York Times public editor Liz Spayd's much discussed column on “false balance.”  I've seen many ‘false balance’ critics attacking it and countless national news reporters embracing it.

School found in violation of Title IX for using ‘common sense’ to investigate accusations  —  Yet another university has been found in violation of Title IX, and this one's a doozy.  —  Frostburg State University in Maryland was found in violation of Title IX after two students filed complaints …