Iraqi leader resists US push for Turkish role in Mosul fight
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s push for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group encountered…
Presidential elections
Race in GOP-friendly Missouri could determine Senate control
By ERICA WERNER The clamor for change fueling Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful GOP senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And…
GOP braces for headache as Trump says may not accept results
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JULIE PACE Donald Trump launched into the campaign’s closing stretch with a shot across the bow to American democratic tradition: He may reject the election’s results…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Seeing options shrinking, white men ask why
By MATT SEDENSKY The voices cascade into the studio, denouncing political hypocrisy and media bias and disappearing values. Hillary Clinton is a liar and a crook, they say; Donald Trump…
VIEWERS’ GUIDE: Candidates hone final arguments for Round 3
By NANCY BENAC It was barely three weeks ago that Donald Trump opened the first presidential debate by asking, with faux deference, if it was OK to refer to his…
Mystery swirls around Assange’s status at Ecuadorean Embassy
By RAPHAEL SATTER Midway through releasing a series of damaging disclosures about U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his hosts at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London…
Trump controversies cast shadow on Mar-a-Lago charity galas
By JEFF HORWITZ, BERNARD CONDON and MAE ANDERSON A staple of Palm Beach’s high-end philanthropy circuit, the Mar-a-Lago Club boasts rich history, an 800-seat ballroom and ocean views. But some…
Trump’s latest unfounded charge has Clinton on drugs
By JILL COLVIN Donald Trump’s latest unsubstantiated salvo against rival Hillary Clinton charges she might have been on drugs during their last debate and challenges her to join him in…