Permawar: Kurdish and Iraqi troops overnight began their assault to re-take the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, which has held the city since 2014. The Iraqis operating with the backing of American troops and aircraft have moved in …

E Minus 23:  Speaking in Portsmouth, NH, yesterday, Donald Trump said he and Hillary Clinton should take a drug test before the next debate, and suggested that Clinton may have taken something before their last encounter.  Without any evidence to …

E Minus 24: The issue is Donald Trump. As more women have come forward to say that Trump kissed and groped them against their will, the Republican presidential candidate has continued to claim they are liars and not that good …

E Minus 25: Donald Trump struck back yesterday, accusing The NY Times of making up its story about two women who say he sexually assaulted them, and calling the women “horrible, horrible liars.” He also denied an incident described by …

Like a Rolling Stone: The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to the enigmatic singer/songwriter Bob Dylan, who in the 1960s was considered the voice of his generation. The Nobel citation says the award is “for having created new …

E Minus 27: One day after losing the public support of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, Donald Trump was whining that it was “hard to do well” without the backing of his own party, but also crowing that he’s been …

E Minus 28: House Speaker Paul Ryan gave up on Donald Trump, announcing that he’ll no longer campaign on behalf of his party’s candidate for president and will instead spend his time until election day defending the Republican majority in …

E Minus 29: Donald Trump said last night in the St. Louis town hall debate that if he’s elected president he would order his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to bring charges against Hillary Clinton for deleting emails …

E Minus 30: Tonight’s town hall might have been Donald Trump’s last chance to establish presidential demeanor, but his feet have been swept from beneath him by the release of recordings featuring him crudely bragging about his sexual prowess and …

American Crude: The Washington Post yesterday released a 2005 recording of Donald Trump having a sexually crude conversation with television host Billy Bush about hitting on women, even while he was married to his current wife, Melania. He also talks …