How to Cover a Charlatan Like Trump  —  WITH presidential debates approaching, we in journalism are locked in a fierce dispute: How should we report on a duplicitous demagogue?  —  Traditionally, American reporters respond to a controversy by quoting people on each side and letting the public decide.

Democratic hopes of winning Senate fade as Trump proves less toxic for Republicans  —  Democrats are now facing a tougher road to capturing the Senate majority as the presidential race tightens and Donald Trump is not proving to be the dramatic drag on down-ballot candidates that Republicans once feared.

Suspect in mall shooting arrested; community mourns victims  —  Families of five people killed during a shooting rampage at a Burlington mall Friday night were mourning Saturday, as police arrested a suspect in Oak Harbor.  —  BURLINGTON, Skagit County — Tips and surveillance video led …

EXCLUSIVE - Kathleen Willey: Bill Clinton Alleged Sex Victims ‘Could Fill The Entire Audience’ At Presidential Debate  —  NEW YORK - Bill Clinton's alleged sex assault victims are likely so numerous that “we could fill the entire audience,” stated Kathleen Willey when asked by this reporter …

Jose Fernandez dies in boating accident  —  Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident in Florida early Sunday morning.  —  The U.S. Coast Guard said Fernandez was one of three people killed in a boat crash off Miami Beach.  Fernandez was 24 years old.

Trump Tells Netanyahu: If Elected, U.S. Would Recognize Undivided Jerusalem as Israel's Capital  —  Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner attended the 80-minute meeting at Trump Tower in New York.  Netanyahu to meet Hillary Clinton later Sunday.

One Day After Endorsement, Cruz Refuses to Say Trump is Fit for the Presidency … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  —  One day after endorsing Donald Trump for president, Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz refused Saturday to say whether he thinks the Republican nominee is fit to lead the country.

Virginia Slim: The Race Tightens  —  Trump on the rise in the Old Dominion.  —  Photo credit: Evan Vucci / AP  —  Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Wash-ing-ton, addressed a local group in Fred-ericksburg, Virginia, last week and talked about Donald Trump's chances of winning the state.

Don King defends using N-word at Trump event  —  Boxing promoter Don King is defending his use of the N-word while introducing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  at a campaign event in Ohio last week.  —  King, an African-American, let the N-word slip when he argued why black people “cannot assimilate.”

Poll: Clinton, Trump in tossup Colorado race; Clinton holds lead in Virginia  —  In Virginia, Hillary Clinton has an eight-point lead, though that's down from the sizable twelve points it was last month amid her post-convention bounce.  Colorado is a tossup — Clinton holds a mere one-point lead over Trump.