Trump retracts Isis accusation, mocks Clinton Donald Trump has tweeted a retraction of comments he has made repeatedly this week claiming Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were the co-founders of Isis. "Ratings challenged @CNN reports so seriously that I call President Obama (and Clinton) 'the founder' of ISIS, & MVP," he tweeted at 3.26am on Friday. "THEY DON'T GET SARCASM?" In Florida on Thursday night, the Republican candidate implied Clinton lacks mental stamina, and twice got the day wrong. "Look, what happens, she gives a short speech then she goes home, goes to sleep, she shows up two days later. Remember, short circuit. Remember that, right? Short circuit." Last week the Democratic nominee said that she "may have short-circuited" her answer in a TV interview about the FBI investigation into her use of a private email server as secretary of state. Meanwhile the Guardian's Amber Jamieson returned to 12 "secret Trump" supporters who did not want to tell their friends and family about their choice and found that four of them had now jumped off the Trump train. Donald Trump: I was being sarcastic about Obama and Isis
Clinton lays out economic vision In a speech that sharply criticized her opponent's economic vision for the US, Clinton said Trump's proposals would only benefit the rich and would destroy the economy. Positioning herself as a defender of the middle class, Clinton pledged to create "good-paying jobs" by rebuilding infrastructure across the nation. "We are way overdue for this, my friends. We are living off the investments that were made by our parents' and grandparents' generations," she said. Here, Alan Yuhas compares her speech with the one Trump made about the economy on Monday. Clinton: Trump's economic plan will benefit rich, mine will create 10m jobs Phelps, Biles golden in Rio
Michael Phelps won a fourth gold last night in Rio in the 200m individual medley, his 13th victory in an individual event – the most solo wins by any man or woman in history, breaking the record held by Leonidas of Rhodes since 152BC ... 2,168 years ago. Here, we look at why Phelps is still great at an age when most swimmers have faded (persistence, money and freakish talent have helped). Simone Biles, meanwhile, took gold in the individual gymnastic competition. And Simone Manuel became the first African American woman to win individual swimming gold. "It means a lot, especially with what is going on in the world today, some of the issues of police brutality," Manuel said after her win. "This win hopefully brings hope and change to some of the issues that are going on. My color just comes with the territory." Friday's liveblog is already going strong, and here is a preview of day seven in Rio. Phelps claims 200m individual medley gold for fourth straight Olympics Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy faces protest In Atlantic City, a fierce battle over Donald Trump's former casino, the Trump Taj Mahal, is near its conclusion. Carl Icahn, billionaire owner of Atlantic City's decaying but still opulent elephant-fronted Taj, wants to shut it down, saying striking workers have made it impossible to turn around a property that has lost him $100m. Unions representing casino workers say Icahn is a raider who used expensive loans to squeeze the Taj into bankruptcy and then used legal proceedings to shaft workers. Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy pits Carl Icahn's casino against striking workers Thai tourist centers hit by explosions Multiple explosions at the tourism hotspots of Hua Hin and Surat Thani have left four people dead and dozens injured, including seven foreigners. No responsibility has been claimed for the bombings but Thai authorities were quick to rule out terrorism, instead blaming "local sabotage". "This is not a terrorist attack. It is just local sabotage that is restricted to limited areas and provinces," said national police deputy spokesman Piyapan Pingmuang. Tourist towns of Phuket and Hua Hin in Thailand hit by fatal explosions US engineer accused of nuclear espionage Szuhsiung "Allen" Ho, a nuclear engineer employed by the China General Nuclear Power Company, has been charged by the US government with conspiring to develop nuclear material in China without US approval and "with the intent to secure an advantage to the People's Republic of China". But little is known about the 66-year-old American citizen who was born in Taiwan, educated in the US and lives in Wilmington, Delaware. Nuclear espionage charge for China firm Obama drops summer playlist From Aloe Blacc's joyful anthem The Man to Mary J Blige and Method Man's ballad of love against the odds I'll Be There for You (You're All I Need to Get By), the president's mixtape reminds us why we will miss him, writes Rebecca Carroll. The president's daytime list includes Wale, Jidenna, Nina Simone and Prince. But nighttime is when the president gets moody ... President Obama's summer playlist: a proud affirmation of his blackness Campus rape victim demands to be heard Another victim of college sexual assault has released a statement on the trauma of the attack and ensuing trial, offering a powerful depiction of rape culture and victim-blaming that echoes the viral letter of the woman at the center of the high-profile Stanford sexual assault case. 'Inspired by other survivors': campus rape victim demands to be heard
The case for Arianna Huffington As the founder of Huffington Post leaves to spend more time with her pillow, it's worth reflecting on how she helped rouse old media from a complacent slumber. "To think of Huffington Post as taking a wrecking ball to a noble industry which would otherwise have found a righteous path of prosperity and good practice through the digital swamp is completely wrong," writes Emily Bell. Love her or loathe her, Arianna Huffington woke the news industry up In case you missed it ... World's oldest vertebrate pre-dates America Researchers at the University of Copenhagen estimate that a female Greenland shark is most likely around 392 years old, although the range of possible ages stretches from 272 to 512 years. That makes the slow-moving shark, which only reaches sexual maturity at age 150, almost twice as long-living as its nearest rival in longevity, the Arctic-living bowhead whale. But the title of the world's longest-lived animal is held by Ming, an Icelandic clam known as an ocean quahog, that made it to 507 years before scientists bumped it off. 400-year-old Greenland shark is oldest vertebrate animal | 
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Donald Trump tweeted a retraction of his repeated comments calling Barack Obama the founder of Isis. Photograph: Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images 
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