It’s Political: Donald Trump may be backing away from one of his most hard-nosed campaign promises. Deporting 11 million illegal immigrants. Asked yesterday on CNN whether Trump would create a “deportation force” to remove 11 million illegal immigrants, Trump’s new …

Yuuuge Debt: The NY Times reports that companies owned by Donald Trump are carrying $650 million in debt, roughly twice the amount revealed in public filings related to his run for president. Among the lenders are the Bank of China, …

Zika Zone: The federal government has issued a travel warning for pregnant women considering a visit to a 20-block stretch of Miami Beach, one of the busiest tourist destinations in the country. Five people, including travelers from New York, Texas …

Pay for Play: The State department now admits that a $400 million payment to Iran was “leverage” for the release of three Americans on the same day the money was paid. The Republicans have accused the Obama administration of paying …

Stranger Things: Two American Olympic swimmers were pulled off their flight home last night in a deepening investigation into the claim by four swimmers that they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio by men posing as police officers. The report …

Kremlinology: Donald Trump has shaken up his campaign staff again, demoting his chairman Paul Manafort by installing Stephen Bannon, the executive chairman of the right wing Breitbart News, to be the Trump campaign’s chief executive. Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser, …

It’s Political: Sticking to the script of a major foreign policy speech in Youngstown, Ohio yesterday, Donald Trump called for an end to “nation-building” and for “extreme, extreme vetting” of foreigners who enter the US. “If I become president, the …

Shoot the Messenger: Donald Trump is blaming the media for his precipitous drop in the polls, tweeting, “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating …

Final Touch: Michael Phelps finished his Olympic career last night with one last gold medal in the 4×100 medley relay. The most decorated athlete in Olympic history has said he’s going out on top with 28 medals, 23 of them …

It’s Political: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine have released some tax returns, turning up the heat on Donald Trump do the same. Clinton’s 2015 return reveals that she and her husband Bill hauled in $10.6 million in 2015 and paid …