Fire Line: A 500-acre wildfire has forced the evacuation of as many as 5,000 people in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas west of the city. The fire started when a pickup truck hit a power pole, knocking it down …

The Greatest: Muhammed Ali, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion who bragged that he could “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee,” has died in Arizona at age 74. Ali, nicknamed “The Greatest,” was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in …

Foreign to Policy: As emotions heat up, Anti-Trump protesters clashed with the candidate’s supporters in San Jose last night. Punches were thrown and a little blood spilled. Police broke up several big fights. Earlier in the day in California, in …

University Politics: Forget policy. The presidential race is now about character. Hillary Clinton has weaponized the information released from the Trump University lawsuit. Clinton said of the court documents that, “This is just more evidence that Donald Trump himself is …

Shoot the Messenger: Under pressure to show where the money went, Donald Trump spent 39 minutes berating reporters in a press conference yesterday before he read a list of 41 veterans’ charities that had received money from his January fundraiser. …

Permawar: The ground war against the Islamic State in Iraq is gathering momentum. Iraqi forces are pressing to take back the city of Fallujah, which has been held by the Islamic State for the past two years. Several militias have …

Heavy Weather: At least six people in Texas have died in floods created by heavy rains in the past several days. An 11-year-old boy is also missing in Kansas after falling into a flooded river. As much as 16 inches …

Public Opinion: The majority of Americans are feeling frustrated, helpless, and angry about the presidential election, according to a poll by the Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. Seventy percent say they are …

It’s Political: Anti-Trump protesters confronted a phalanx of police in riot gear yesterday afternoon after Donald Trump spoke at the San Diego Convention Center. Some of the police officers were swinging their clubs. At least 35 people were arrested and …

Ground Zero: President Obama today stood in front of the iconic domed building at the center of the atomic blast that leveled Hiroshima, Japan in an appearance that was conciliatory, but not apologetic for the US dropping the bomb. The …