The Games: America’s first gold medal of the Rio games was won by 19-year-old West Virginia University sophomore, Ginny Thrasher — in the air rifle shooting event. Eight finalists wee given eight shots each until one was eliminated. Then it …

Now He’s There: Donald Trump finally endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election after earlier saying he was “not there yet.” It may be an attempt to pull together the Republican Party that’s fractured and crumbling under the Trump candidacy. …

Party Unity: House Speaker Paul Ryan is still behind Donald Trump for president, even though Trump refuses to return the favor. It’s a perfect illustration of the dilemma faced by professional Republicans with an upstart candidate. Do they turn against …

London Attack: An American woman was killed last night in a random knife attack in London’s Russell Square that also left five people injured. The killer, a 19-year-old Norwegian man of Somali origin, was quickly captured. Investigators say the suspect …

Advise and Dissent: Issuing his strongest condemnation yet of Donald Trump, President Obama yesterday urged Republicans to abandon their own presidential candidate. “The question they have to ask themselves is: If you are repeatedly having to say in very strong …

Deferred: Donald Trump, who claims that as Commander-in-Chief he would quickly defeat the Islamic State, received a draft deferment during the Vietnam War because he had bone spurs on his heels, the NY Times reports. Trump also received four college …

He Started It: Responding like a schoolyard boy, Donald Trump defended his attack on a Muslim couple that lost their Army captain son to a car bomb in Iraq. Trump tweeted, “I was viciously attacked by Mr. Khan at the …

At Long Last, Mr. Trump: Donald Trump belittled a Muslim couple who appeared at the Democratic convention in a moving tribute to their son, an Army captain killed by a car bomb in Iraq. In particular, he attacked the mother of …

Moscow on the Potomac: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is the latest to have its computers hacked by the Russians, according to federal investigators. The Clinton people say the hackers gained access to an analytics program, but not the heart of the …

First Night: The heat was on last night. Hillary Clinton was expected to deliver the speech of her life to convince America why it should elect her president instead of a man who claims to be the answer to everything. …