Donald Trump said in an interview “that he remains unwilling to say that President Obama is born in the United States, that he is more bullish than ever on his chances to win and that he is not exploring the launch of a new media company in case he loses the race,” the Washington Post reports.

“Trump also made a far-from-subtle push — in the interview and in a letter from his doctor released Thursday — to be seen as vigorous and healthy, as his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, returned to the campaign trail after being treated for mild pneumonia.”

“The media has been her number one surrogate in this. Without the media, this wouldn’t even be a contest, but the media has built her up. They’ve let her slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on every DNC game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of this thing. If Republicans were doing that, they’d be warming up the gas chamber right now.”

— Donald Trump Jr., in an interview on WPHT radio, saying the media treats Hillary Clinton far different than they treat his father.

“Political probabilities are not like blackjack. There is only one roll of the dice, and 35% probability events happen frequently in real life.”

— Citigroup’s chief global political analyst Tina Fordham, quoted by Fox Business, warning that a “35% probability for a Trump victory is more meaningful than investors may be appreciating.”

Ed Kilgore: “But it is clear that if he can move Pennsylvania — a ‘blue’ state that has been trending ‘red’ and where the demographics offer him some strategic avenues — into the hypercompetitive category, then all things are possible for him.”

“It is possible, in fact, that Trump is opening up multiple paths to victory. Recent polling in both New Hampshire and Colorado — two states generally conceded earlier to be in Clinton’s pocket — is showing a decided tightening of the race. There’s also fresh evidence Trump could win in the second congressional district of Maine, which independently awards a single electoral vote. There is one scenario where even if Trump loses Pennsylvania he could get to 270 votes via New Hampshire and that 1 vote from Maine.”

“Republicans have may finally hit on the one easy trick to making their presidential nominee palatable: Minimize the words emerging from Donald Trump’s mouth that aren’t written ahead of time by somebody else,” the Huffington Post reports.

“Since his most recent campaign shakeup last month, Trump has not held a news conference, has cut back on in-depth Sunday show appearances and has almost completely eliminated speeches that aren’t scripted and displayed on his teleprompter screens.”

“Nevertheless, if recent polls are accurate, the plan does seem to be working: Voters are responding better to Trump talking more like a generic Republican than they did to Trump talking like Trump.”

“If viewers of Donald Trump’s appearance on ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ are expecting a big reveal about Trump’s physical fitness, they are going to be disappointed. Oz will not be reviewing the results of Trump’s recent physical,” campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks told CNN.

“That contradicts a claim made on Fox News Tuesday. The Trump campaign now says it will likely release later this week information based on a physical exam Trump underwent last week.”

Washington Post: “Trump’s appearance on Oz’s TV show now sounds like a pure PR stunt designed to hype the candidate’s fitness, regardless of what his physician might have found. It sounds like a total joke.”

“So, when you hear Donald Trump talk about corrupt politics, remember which candidate actually practices it.”

“A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners, reveals an enterprise with deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals, although there is no evidence the Trump Organization has engaged in any illegal activities. It also reveals a web of contractual entanglements that could not be just canceled. If Trump moves into the White House and his family continues to receive any benefit from the company, during or even after his presidency, almost every foreign policy decision he makes will raise serious conflicts of interest and ethical quagmires.”

“A spokeswoman for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, seeking to rebut criticism of the GOP nominee’s history of charitable giving, said that Trump has given away ‘tens of millions of dollars’ over his life,” the Washington Post reports.

“But spokeswoman Hope Hicks offered no details about that number, beyond saying that it included donations from the Donald Trump Foundation — a charity that, despite its name, has been filled almost entirely with other people’s money in recent years.”

“Five times, the Trump Foundation’s tax filings described giving a specific amount of money to a specific charity — in some cases, even including the recipient’s address. But when the Washington Post called, the charities listed said the tax filings appeared wrong. They’d never received anything from Trump or his foundation.”

“I feel very confident. Otherwise I wouldn’t be telling you I did this.”

— Donald Trump, in an interview on CNBC, saying he would soon release the results of a physical he had last week.

Washington Post: “The Donald J. Trump Foundation is not like other charities. An investigation of the foundation — including examinations of 17 years of tax filings and interviews with more than 200 individuals or groups listed as donors or beneficiaries — found that it collects and spends money in a very unusual manner. For one thing, nearly all of its money comes from people other than Trump. In tax records, the last gift from Trump was in 2008. Since then, all of the donations have been other people’s money — an arrangement that experts say is almost unheard of for a family foundation. Trump then takes that money and generally does with it as he pleases. In many cases, he passes it on to other charities, which often are under the impression that it is Trump’s own money. In two cases, he has used money from his charity to buy himself a gift. In one of those cases — not previously reported — Trump spent $20,000 of money earmarked for charitable purposes to buy a six-foot-tall painting of himself. Money from the Trump Foundation has also been used for political purposes, which is against the law.”