Secretary of State John Kerry has a simple solution for dealing with Islamic jihadist terrorism. At a press conference in Bangladesh, Kerry said the news media "would do us all a service if they didn't cover it quite as much. People wouldn't know what's going on."

Facing stiff opposition, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., kept his chances alive for re-election by winning the Republican primary. He still faces a serious general election contest. In Florida primaries, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., won handily, as did Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who recently resigned under pressure as head of the Democratic National Committee.

Call it the Taxpayers' Lobby. The Washington Free Beacon reports that more than 30 organizations representing millions of taxpayers have formed a coalition to oppose wasteful spending in a lame duck session of Congress later this year.

Is another political dynasty getting under way? Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, won the Republican primary for Wyoming's at large congressional seat.

Hillary Clinton's run for president might have cost Anthony Weiner his marriage. That, and his compulsion for sexting. After Weiner was exposed (in print) by the New York Post for texting a woman a photo of himself in boxer briefs, his wife Huma Abedin announced she was leaving her husband after six years of marriage. She is Clinton's top aide and when Weiner was caught in a sexting scandal in 2013 she stayed with him. But that was before she was engaged in a high stakes presidential campaign.

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The National Institutes of Health is spending nearly $1 million on a study of the drinking habits of lesbian couples. Do we really need to know if sress causes them to drink too much?

The watchdog group, Judicial Watch, reports that  the nearly 15,000 page of Hillary Clinton's deleted emails recovered by the FBI included some related to the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack which claimed the lives of four Americans. To quote the former secretary of state: "What difference does it make?"

Look who's taking sides with Donald Trump against a vicious attack by his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton: MSNBC host Chris Matthews. The liberal TV commentator took issue with Clinton's hard-hitting web ad which drew connections between Trump and several prominent racists. He questioned whether it was fair to "tie Trump to a murderous outfit" like the Ku Klux Klan.

Members of Congress who take delight in hauling corporate executives to Capitol Hill for hearings on their companies transgressions. But No such action is occurring in the case of Heather Bresch, the head of Mylan, the firm that has hiked the price of the EpiPen, a popular single-dose system for people with severe allergies, from $100 to $600. Could it be because she's the daughter of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va.?

Scary statistic: President Obama has ordered the release of nearly 700 inmates from the Guantanamo Bay facility, and  more than 200 have returned to the fight, according to the Director of National Intelligence. ISIS needs no better recruiter.

Is Hillary Clinton putting on weight, or is she wearing a bullet-proof vest? With rumors circulating about her health, recent photos have aroused speculation about her wardrobe. One critic said one pose made her look like she was wearing a dog groomer's smock.

It was a slow news day in August. Not unusual. Is there any other reason two TV networks - ABC and CNN - would offer live-streams of Mike Pence getting a haircut? The Republican vice presidential candidate stopped for a trim at a barber shop in Norristown, Pa. It made a good feature story when the barber asked the name of his customer.

Donald Trump is trying to persuade African Americans to become Republican voters. Many of Trump's supporters wish he would shore up his Republican base before seeking to steal votes away from Hillary Clinton.

President Obama got in one more round of golf, then got ready to return to Washington from his two-week vacation at Martha's Vineyard. He plans to visit flood-ravaged portions of Louisiana on Tuesday. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump got the jump on Obama by touring the state's deluged capital on Friday.

There's nobody like Donald Trump.  Or at least it must seem that way to Hillary Clinton. She can't find anyone to stand in for her Republican opponent as she prepares for the upcoming presidential debates.

President Obama just gave Islamic Jihadist terrorist four experienced "new" recruits with his latest release of 15 detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Among them was a former bodyguard for Osama Bin-Laden and three others who were trained at al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan. All 15 are seasoned terrorists.

Al Gore has put himself back in the news again by blaming the heavy rains and flooding in Texas and Louisiana on global warming. Ironically two new studies repeat earlier findings that there is little scientific evidence to support Gore's claim.

It's getting harder to tell who's in charge at Donald Trump's campaign. He has borrowed Stephen Bannon from Breitbart News and given him the title of CEO. He has named another longtime associate, Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway, campaign manager. Paul Manafort remains as campaign chairman.

"This is the biggest load of bull I've ever heard." - Former president Bill Clinton, claiming his wife Hillary is telling the truth about her classified emails. He said government classification issues are "too complicated to explain to people." Sorry, that won't cut it, Slick Willie.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has received a boost from an unexpected source. Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, speaking at an event in Lebanon, said he agreed with Trump's assertion that President Obama was the "founder" of ISIS.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton also has some unusual friends. The Clinton campaign announced a voter registration effort led by illegal immigrants.

Bet you didn't know "melting pot" is a racist term. That's what a University of Florida art professor, Pamela Brekka, says. She contends it "signals a Euro-White Colonial standard, point blank, period." Students who disagree risk getting poor grades.

Hillary Clinton's questionable activities as secretary of state continue to haunt her campaign. The Daily Caller reports the FBI and several U.S. Attorneys offices are investigating potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation. Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, is a co-founder of the foundation, which has collected up to $2 billion from U.S. and foreign sources.

Guess what? First Lady Michelle Obama's "healthy" school lunch program is making children fat. That's the finding of a study funded by the Department of Agriculture. She should have listened to the kids, who refused to eat the unappetizing meals.

Donald Trump suggested that Second Amendment supporters could block Hillary Clinton from appointing liberals to the Supreme Court and Clinton implied he was promoting violence against her. Hillary herself was accused of inciting Barack Obama's assassination in the 2008 primary.
 
Bernie Sanders became a celebrity in his quest to bring his socialist views to the White House and he now has  matched his status with the purchase of a $600,000 summer home on the shore of Lake Champlain. He and his wife Jane also own two other homes -- in Burlington, Vt., and Washington, D.C.

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Officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs blame their lack of proper care for patients on too little money. At the same time they wasted $310,000 by buying 300 TV sets that were never used and remain in storage. The VA inspector general found their warranties have expired and there are no plans to use them.

The Obamas are taking full advantage of their time left in the White House. First Lady Michelle Obama pulled out all the stops to give her husband a 55th birthday party to remember. The celebration was held in tight secrecy, but the Washington Post's Reliable Source column revealed that invited guests include "a host of Hollywood A-listers, politicos and Obama insiders."

Barack Obama has racked up another record for his legacy. On vacation at Martha's Vineyard, he notched the 300th round of golf in his presidency. In an interview with the Golf Channel, he conceded more faults than in his administration. "I think my irons are good, my drive is straight but unimpressive in length, and my putting's decent, chipping is OK," he said. "My sand game is terrible."

Hillary Clinton invited ridicule with her admission of a "short circuit" in trying to excuse her private email server indiscretions. Her opponent, Donald Trump, was quick to seize on it  by suggesting a short circuit in her brain makes her unfit to be president.

President Obama insists the $400 million secretly airlifted to Iran the same day four prisoners were released was not ransom money. But one of those released said their plane was not allowed to take off until "another plane" arrived. Oh, well, Obama can always copy his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, who accused the mother of an American killed in the 2012 Benghazi attack of having faulty memory.

Sasha Obama got a taste of life in the private sector by taking a summer job at Nancy's, a seafood restaurant on Martha's Vineyard. The first couple's 15-year-old daughter worked a four-hour shift at the takeout window "only a few days", another worker told the Boston Herald. She'll quit to join her parents for their annual two-week vacation at the Vineyard.

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The scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs has another shameful episode on its record. A top official was paid his annual salary of $140,000 for almost six months while he claimed to be sick or working from home. Actually he was opening and operating a motorcycle apparel and accessories business. He was caught, but allowed to retire with no punishment or restitution of money.

"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot," Hillary Clinton boasted. Instead, the Wall Street Journal reports, the Obama administration sent Iran $400 million in cash (Swiss francs and other currencies) in a secret airlift. That same day Iran released four Americans they had been holding prisoner. Iranian news media called it ransom money. The White House issued a denial.

Barack Obama, a freshman U.S. senator ill-prepared to become president in 2008, is now calling successful businessman Donald Trump "unfit" to hold the office. Neither Obama nor Hillary Clinton, who seeks to continue the Democratic administration's failed policies, can hold claim to any prior executive experience.

Obama is calling for Republicans to withdraw support for Trump and the GOP nominee is helping to carry out that plan by alienating the House Speaker, Paul Ryan, and two Republicans up for re-election: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. Trump (or any Republican president) would need to retain the GOP Senate majority to get anything done in Congress.

Make up your own tune:
Make room on Mt. Rushmore for another famous face,
Make room for Hillary Clinton, assuming she wins this race.
Obama said she was the most
Qualified person to hold his post
In all of U.S. his-tor-ee.
So move over Abe and Teddy, move over Tom and George,
And make room for Hill-a-ree.

Bill Clinton was caught on camera dozing off while his wife Hillary was giving her nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic national convention, and the Donald Trump campaign quickly took advantage. A Trump ad of the video said, "Even Bill is tired of the lies, SAD. It's time to wake up and make America great again."

Donald Trump foolishly took the bait the Democrats threw in his face with the artfully staged appearance at their convention of Khizr Khan, a Muslim father who blamed the Republican presidential nominee for the loss of his son in Iraq 12 years ago. Trump responded, as expected, with kind words at first. But he went farther and made a crack about Mrs. Kahn's faith. Totally unnecessary, but it brought down more wrath.