Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief  —  Neither candidate has seriously addressed how he or she thinks about the military or the use of force.  —  You wouldn't know it from the presidential campaigns, but the first serious crisis to face our new president most likely will be international.

Dem senator to Trump: ‘Blood will be on your hands’ if Clinton killed  —  of suggesting his supporters kill Hillary Clinton  —  , tweeting furiously that “blood will be on your hands.”  —  “Hey @realDonaldTrump, if you keep suggesting your supporters kill @HillaryClinton, someone will listen.

VICE News reporter arrested outside a Donald Trump campaign event  —  Alex Thompson, a reporter for VICE News, was arrested by Houston Police today while inquiring about press access to an event held for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Omni Westside Hotel.

2 cops shot, suspect and bystander killed in West Philly rampage  —  A gunman ambushed a Philadelphia police sergeant late Friday night, firing more than a dozen rounds before taking off, and then shot four civilians and a University of Pennsylvania police officer during his flight before he was finally cornered and killed by police.

Exclusive: Here's who's playing Tim Kaine in GOP debate prep  —  In Mike Pence's prep sessions for the vice-presidential debate, the role of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is being played by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a top GOP source told POLITICO on Saturday.  —  The first mock debate has already been held.

2 Clinton supporters in '08 reportedly shared Obama ‘birther’ story  —  WASHINGTON  —  Two supporters of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign reportedly shared the claim that then-rival Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus was not eligible to be president.

DSCC shifts dollars out of Florida and Ohio  —  The top group helping Democrats win Senate seats is canceling advertising in Florida and Ohio to invest more heavily in Missouri and North Carolina.  —  The financial rejiggering by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spells …

Race tightens in projected U.S. Electoral College vote: Reuters/Ipsos  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An election analysis conducted in the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project shows that the race has tightened considerably over the past few weeks, with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump projected …

‘Pipe bomb-style device’ explodes along military 5K route in Seaside  —  SEASIDE PARK — An explosive device went off in a garbage pail Saturday morning along the route of a 5K run and walk to benefit military soldiers.  —  Multiple devices were also found “wired together” in the same garbage pail …

Meat cleaver madman, a Palestinian, was in Midtown to appeal deportation order before he sliced cop  —  The meat cleaver maniac who hacked an off-duty cop is a Palestinian busted two months ago while screaming in Arabic outside a Brooklyn synagogue.  —  Suspect Akram Joudeh was only in New York …

The Intellectual Yet Idiot  —  What we have been seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the rebellion against the inner circle of no-skin-in-the-game policymaking “clerks” and journalists-insiders, that class of paternalistic semi-intellectual experts with some Ivy league …

How Roger Ailes used ‘key man clauses’ for his stars to protect himself  —  Contracts with most of the biggest stars on Fox News contain something unusual: A “key man clause” giving them an escape hatch if the company's “key man,” CEO Roger Ailes, exited.  —  In July, Ailes resigned under pressure amid sexual harassment allegations.

‘LES DEPLORABLES!’  Trump floors cheering Miami crowd as he enters to Broadway anthem and speaks in front of giant ‘Les Mis’ video screen art  — It read ‘Les Deplorables’ - and replaced French revolutionary flags with the Stars and Stripes - and a ‘TRUMP’ flag

Travel Back to an Early Clinton Scandal  —  Voters have the impression Hillary isn't trustworthy.  She's been reinforcing it since 1993.  —  The question came up this week at a political panel: Why don't people like Hillary Clinton?  —  Why do they always believe the worst?