Donald Trump Campaign Offered Actors $50 to Cheer for Him at Presidential Announcement  —  Donald Trump's big presidential announcement Tuesday was made a little bigger with help from paid actors — at $50 a pop.  —  New York-based Extra Mile Casting sent an email last Friday to its client list …

Fox News as we know it may be screwed: Roger Ailes' stunning rebuke could spell the end  —  With Rupert Murdoch stepping aside, Roger Ailes will now report to Murdoch's Fox-hating sons  —  After reports surfaced that Rupert Murdoch planned to step down as head of media giant 21st Century Fox …

Senate GOP floats 2-year Obamacare fix  —  Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for up to two years if the Supreme Court strikes them this month.  —  The court is due to rule within days on whether the president's health care law allows people using HealthCare.gov to get insurance subsidies.

Brian Williams to Stay at NBC, but Not as News Anchor  —  NBC is planning to announce on Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his position as the anchor of its “Nightly News” show, four months after the network suspended him for exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq …

Police seized his life savings without charging him for a crime.  Now he's fighting back.  —  Charles Clarke entered the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport last February eager to go back to his mother after a months-long visit with relatives.

Jeb Bush joins Republican backlash against pope on climate change  —  Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush joined forces with the coal industry and climate deniers in a gathering conservative backlash against the pope, lashing out against a leaked draft of the spiritual leader's letter on climate change.

AT&T just got hit with a $100 million fine after slowing down its ‘unlimited’ data  —  The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country's second largest cellular carrier of improperly slowing down Internet speeds for customers who had signed up for “unlimited” data plans.

The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them  —  Despair is ranked as one of the unforgivable sins, yet right-wing Catholics deserve some mercy in their despondency.  The bulwark of their political creed is being subverted by both the new direction Pope Francis …

What really happened at Fairfield pool?  —  Cellphone videos from bystanders show police restraining and arresting teens at Fairfield pool.  Some teens hospitalized and claim police abuse.  Provided/Edited by Glenn Hartong  —  CONNECT  —  An altercation between Fairfield police and patrons …

A California Labor Ruling Just Said Uber Drivers Are Employees.  That's Uber's Worst Nightmare.  —  In what could be an explosive decision, the California Labor Commission has found that a driver for Uber in San Francisco is an employee of the company.  That's from a ruling filed in state court …

Benghazi panel probes Sidney Blumenthal's work for David Brock  —  Republican members of a special congressional committee spent hours on Tuesday grilling Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal about the inner workings of the Clinton's philanthropic and political operations …

Hillary Clinton: Then and now  —  As I watched Hillary Clinton deliver her formal announcement speech Saturday at Roosevelt Island in New York City, I went through kind of a time warp.  What year is this?  —  I remembered the first time I met her: It was in September of 1969 …

Hillary eyeing two terms in Oval Office?  —  Hillary Clinton isn't just ready for 2016—she's ready for 2020, as well.  —  Clinton referenced her plans for “two terms as president” during a campaign stop Wednesday in South Carolina, where she outlined her economic goals.

We Crashed Jeb Bush's Super PAC's Donor Call, And Here's What They Said  —  Right to Rise PAC says its raised $17 million in the New York-area so far, and its July fundraising report will give Jeb Bush's opponents a “heart attacks.”  —  ANDREW PATRON / Getty Images

Trade Deal Comments Put Hillary Clinton at Odds With Her Former Boss  —  WASHINGTON — If there was one moment recently in which President Obama could have used Hillary Rodham Clinton's help, it was on Sunday as the president scrambled to salvage his trade deal, which had been halted by congressional Democrats.

Encryption “would not have helped” at OPM, says DHS official  —  Attackers had valid user credentials and run of network, bypassing security.  —  During testimony today in a grueling two-hour hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Office of Personnel Management …

Today Priscilla and I made a $5 million donation to thedream.us, a scholarship fund that helps undocumented young immigrants in the US attend college.  —  Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants are part of our communities and attend school legally in the United States.