Inside Donald Trumps Meltdown
In calls last week, Priebus delivered a message to Trump warning that the party may be forced to refocus its efforts on down-ballot candidates if Trump doesn't turn his poll numbers around. The implicationthat the party could abandon Trump as it seeks to hold onto the Senate and the Houseis the latest blow to the Trump campaign this week. Meanwhile, Trump isn't letting up on his troubling stretch, with Trump calling President Obama the founder of ISIS at a rally Wednesday. Hillary Clinton is facing renewed scrutiny over the relationship between her State Department and the Clinton foundation. Clinton aides are shaking off the controversy as an example of how things are done in Washingtonbut that's the point that Trump will seize on. While Republicans are alleging potential criminal behavior without evidence, what is clear is that there is a case of unsavory ties between the government and a private enterprise that has served as a platform to enrich the Clintons. Clinton will deliver an economic address in Detroit on Thursday to counter Trump's speech on Monday, in which she will blast Trump's "Friends and Family Discount" in his tax plan. The hacking of the Democratic National Committee may ensnare even Democrats than initially believed, posing another challenge for the Clinton campaign. And Trump's unusual relationship with the truth. Must Reads, Inside Donald Trump's Meltdown TIME's cover story on the GOP nominee's very bad two weeks, Read the Transcript of TIME's Cover Story Interview With Donald Trump "I think we're doing well," he says TIME, The Republican Party's Chairman's Warning to Donald Trump The GOP may refocus its efforts down-ballot if Trump doesn't turn things around TIME, Trump A True Story The mogul, in a 2007 deposition, had to face up to a series of falsehoods and exaggerations. And he did. Sort of. Washington Post, Hack of Democrats' Accounts Was Wider Than Believed, Officials Say More troubles for Clinton on the way New York Times, Sound Off, "I'm now listening to people that are telling me to be easier, to be nicer, be softer. That's OK, and I'm doing that. Personally, I don't know if that's what the country wants."  Donald Trump to TIME on adjusting his tone for the general election, "You'll have to define what a mistake means."  Donald Trump to CNBC Thursday when asked about his criticism of the Khan family, Bits and Bites, Joe Klein Amid Donald Trump's Stumbles, an America-First Rebellion That Is Just Beginning TIME, Trump knocks Clinton's proximity to father of Orlando shooter  with a disgraced ex-congressman sitting behind him Washington Post, One Ally Remains Firmly Behind Donald Trump The N.R.A. New York Times, Bernie Sanders Is Still Trying to Stick It to Former Democratic Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz TIME, Trump Accuses Obama of Being the Founder of ISIS' Associated Press, My Crazy Year with Trump Marie Claire