Thursday's Headlines: GOP reaches ‘new level of panic’ over Trump candidacy

Surge of small donations helps Trump close in on Clinton; Trump just downgraded Clinton from 'the devil' to the 'founder of ISIS'; How a skin-whitening, chin-slimming app is shaping China's selfie culture; Why some whites are waking up to racism;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories GOP reaches 'new level of panic' over Trump candidacy RNC Chairman Reince Priebus was described as "very frustrated" and stressed by Donald Trump's behavior over the past week, having run out of excuses to make on the nominee's behalf, according to multiple people familiar with the events. In a split with Trump, GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said he "strongly" endorses Paul Ryan, calling the House speaker a "strong conservative." By Philip Rucker, Dan Balz and Matea Gold  •  Read more » Surge of small donations helps Trump close in on Clinton Donald Trump's campaign saw a surge in small-dollar contributions and finished the month only $8 million behind Hillary Clinton's $90 million July total. By Matea Gold  •  Read more »   Trump just downgraded Clinton from 'the devil' to the 'founder of ISIS' Even as Donald Trump's team and Republicans have expressed the hope that he'll tone it down, his name-calling is only getting more hyperbolic, not less. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   How a skin-whitening, chin-slimming app is shaping China's selfie culture Start-up Meitu is using facial recognition and 3-D modeling to build a suite of apps that, quite literally, transform. The company is redefining China's tech culture — and definition of beauty. By Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   Why some whites are waking up to racism They can't turn away from the amateur videos of confrontations between police and African Americans, and the deaths that have occurred during encounters with officers have been especially jolting, providing whites a glimpse of what blacks long have insisted was commonplace. By Paul Schwartzman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions   Trump's shallowness runs deep By George F. Will  •  Read more »   I was Capt. Khan's commander in Iraq. The Khan family is our family. By Dana J.H. Pittard  •  Read more »   Donald Trump makes his most dangerous comments yet By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   Why the decline of the homeownership rate is good news By Charles Lane  •  Read more »   The Republican Party has lost its soul By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  Read more »   It's friend against friend in the Republican civil war By Dana Milbank  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   One dead, five injured in central London knife attack; 19-year-old arrested Police arrested a suspect at the scene and suggested mental health was "a significant factor" in the attack, though they would continue to consider terrorism a possibility. By Elise Schmelzer  •  Read more » How a Smithsonian scientist's skeleton helped solve the mystery of his death 150 years later Robert Kennicott was a celebrated collector for the museum who died unexpectedly while on an expedition in Alaska in 1866. Smithsonian scientists have spent the past 15 years trying to find out what killed him. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more » Fact-checking Trump's claim that Clinton 'started the talks' to give $400 million to Iran Donald Trump earns four Pinocchios for targeting Hillary Clinton as being responsible for anything more than initiating the talks on Iran's nuclear program. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more » Trump said he watched an Iranian recording of the money transfer. He was wrong. "I don't think you heard this anywhere but here," Trump said as he described the footage. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more » The Fix: Trump isn't just holding back from endorsing Paul Ryan. He's threatening him. That's as close to a public threat as you will get in politics. By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » A secret group bought the ingredients for a dirty bomb — here in the U.S. An investigation exposes gaps in U.S. regulations that undermine Washington's claim to be the best in the world at blocking this potential terrorist threat. By Patrick Malone  •  Read more » As Olympics begin, athletes wonder: Is my opponent doping? After a withering report of widespread, state-sponsored doping, Russian weightlifters and much of the Russian rowing team have been banned, but the issue — and a clear suspicion among some competitors — looms over the Games. By Barry Svrluga and Joshua Partlow  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071