Friday's Headlines: GOP braces for Trump defeat, rushes to protect down-ballot seats
N.H. poll shows Ayotte trailing by 8 points in race that could shift Senate to Democrats; At charity roast, Trump delivered what might as well be a campaign eulogy; The Fix: The dinner’s best and worst jokes ;
The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors
The Republican Party is in a state of historic turmoil. Donald Trump's extraordinary debate declaration sent the GOP scrambling to protect against what some in the party privately acknowledge could be a landslide victory for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Her sharp decline in support is the latest sign that the unpopularity of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump could put Republican control in Congress in serious jeopardy.
The assaults in the northern Iraqi city and at a nearby power plant on Friday marked the militants first significant counterattack since Iraqi forces launched an offensive for Mosul.
Federal prosecutors plan to charge Harold T. Martin III with violating the Espionage Act for what is thought to be the largest theft of classified government material ever.
The Israelis were welcoming but armed. The Palestinians took selfies and felt comfortable enough to complain a little. Both sides seemed a little stunned to be celebrating a Jewish holiday together.
A grand experiment is underway to determine whether millions of gallons of wastewater can help replenish a depleted aquifer in the state's Hampton Roads region, which would follow California, Saudi Arabia and Australia in using such a method.
Dubbed the Alan Turing law, the move amounts to a very late apology achieved through an amendment to a bill that originally criminalized same-sex intimacy.
"How can you call him a con artist and dangerous and object to all the controversial things he says and say I am still going to vote for him?" Obama asked of Sen. Marco Rubio, who is facing a tough reelection campaign.
The Democratic nominee has embraced the first lady's role on the trail, and Obama has demonstrated an ability to do what Hillary Clinton herself has struggled with for much of her campaign: explain why voters should vote for her.
Wallonia is only about the size of Connecticut, but this week it is threatening to derail a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada that encompasses a quarter of the world's economic muscle.
In a court hearing Thursday, journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely testified that she believed the account of "Jackie" but also failed to reach out to key people: "It was a mistake to rely on someone whose intent it was to deceive me."
The hardscrabble Northeastern Pennsylvania home town of Joe Maddon has shaped the man trying to lead the Cubs to a title. Turns out he's shaping it too.
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