Witless Ape Rides Escalator  —  Donald Trump is in the race.  —  Donald Trump may be the man America needs.  Having been through four bankruptcies, the ridiculous buffoon with the worst taste since Caligula is uniquely positioned to lead the most indebted organization in the history of the human race.

House Democrats endorse former President Clinton's paid speeches  —  House Democrats say there's nothing wrong with Bill Clinton getting paid to give speeches while Hillary Clinton runs for president.  —  Critics of the speeches, including former Clinton administration official Robert Reich and others …

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.

Why Marco Rubio scares all other presidential candidates  —  US Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio  —  Ever get the feeling the candidate who is making other candidates worry the most is Marco Rubio?  Your feeling is on the money.  —  On Sunday, Hillary Rodham …

Roger Ailes's Demotion Signals Power Shift Within Murdoch Empire  —  Rupert Murdoch issues a stinging rebuke.  —  Shares  —  For much of the past 15 years, Roger Ailes has operated with virtual impunity inside Rupert Murdoch's media empire.  Nothing, it seemed, could induce Murdoch …

Meet The Valedictorian Who Turned Graduation Into A ‘Shake It Off’ Flashmob  —  Their parents had no idea what was coming.  —  The commencement speech arms race is no joke this year.  It takes something pretty special to grab attention during a season when one valedictorian got …

Black Like Who?  Rachel Dolezal's Harmful Masquerade  —  Rachel A. Dolezal, who stepped down Monday as president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., could have been a powerful ally to African-Americans.  The participation of white allies has always been important to anti-racism work.

Senate votes to ban use of torture  —  The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to ban the U.S. from ever again subjecting prisoners to waterboarding, “rectal feeding” and other brutal interrogation practices widely condemned as torture.  —  In a 78-21 vote, lawmakers on both sides …

Pope's Views on Climate Change Add Pressure to Catholic Candidates  —  WASHINGTON — As the steamy hurricane season descends on Miami, the city's Roman Catholic archbishop, Thomas G. Wenski, is planning a summer of sermons, homilies and press events designed to highlight the threat that a warming planet …

Satya Nadella email to employees on aligning engineering to strategy  —  As we approach a new fiscal year, I'd like to share with you how we are aligning our structure to our strategy and the changes to our Senior Leadership Team.  —  Over the past year, I have said that Microsoft aspires …

Jim Webb: Presidential Decision Coming In Next Two Weeks  —  “I think there's a lot of movement around Bernie just for people to show they're uneasy.”  —  Scott Olson / Getty Images  —  Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a possible Democratic presidential candidate, says he will announcing whether he's running …

Calif. rules Uber driver is an employee  —  A San Francisco-based driver for ride-hailing service Uber is an employee, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commission.  —  The ruling, filed on Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, was the latest in a host of legal …

New NASA data show how the world is running out of water  —  The world's largest underground aquifers - a source of fresh water for hundreds of millions of people — are being depleted at alarming rates, according to new NASA satellite data that provides the most detailed picture yet …