Democrats veer left then blast everyone else for being ‘right wing’  —  Hillary Clinton knows she has more baggage than Newark Airport.  She doesn't care, because she is counting on two strong forces to carry her to victory: Demographics and the leftward turn in American culture.

To Apple, Love Taylor  —  I write this to explain why I'll be holding back my album, 1989, from the new streaming service, Apple Music.  I feel this deserves an explanation because Apple has been and will continue to be one of my best partners in selling music and creating ways for me to connect with my fans.

Jason Chaffetz strips Meadows of subcommittee chairmanship  —  The House Republican crackdown on bucking the leadership reaches new levels of severity.  —  The House Republican crackdown has reached a new level of severity.  —  House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz …

Chuck Todd on the Gun Violence Video  —  We've gotten a lot of feedback about the gun video we showed on Meet the Press today.  Some were upset it only featured African-American men talking about their regrets of pulling a trigger.  All of the men in the piece volunteered to be a part …

Pope Francis' Call to Action Goes Beyond the Environment  —  IN Pope Francis' sprawling new encyclical, “Laudato Si',” there are many mansions: A meditation on biblical ecology, a discussion of environmental policy, a critique of consumerism, even a reflection on the perils of social media.

Republicans Tread Carefully in Criticism of Confederate Flag  —  WASHINGTON — The massacre of nine African-Americans in a storied Charleston church last week, which thrust the issues of race relations and gun rights into the center of the 2016 presidential campaign, has now resurfaced another familiar …

Man, 21, dies shielding mother during South Chicago shooting  —  Get 6 months of complimentary access to chicagotribune.com

1 dead after 10 people shot at birthday party on Detroit's west side  —  Detroit police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened at a child's birthday party on the city's west side.  —  Detroit Police Assistant Chief Steve Dolunt said shots were fired around 8:30 p.m. at the basketball courts …

A Bow to Charleston  —  A Northerner bows, deeply, to the South:  —  I have never seen anything like what I saw on television this afternoon.  Did you hear the statements made at the bond hearing of the alleged Charleston, S.C., shooter?  —  Nine beautiful people slaughtered Wednesday …

Ohio ISIS Recruit Was Ready to ‘Cut Off the Head of His Non-Muslim Son’  —  To show his devotion to the Islamic State terror group, and to Islam as a whole, an Ohio man arrested on Friday told an informant that he would cut off the head of his own biological son—akin to the beheadings carried …

Attack Gave Chinese Hackers Privileged Access to U.S. Systems  —  WASHINGTON — For more than five years, American intelligence agencies followed several groups of Chinese hackers who were systematically draining information from defense contractors, energy firms and electronics makers …

Why Do Gunmen Target Churches And Schools, Not NRA Meetings?  —  In the wake of the heinous attack on Charleston's Emanuel American Methodist Episcopal Church, Democrats' ritual calls for more gun control have louder than usual, and a mainstream media's focus on the threat of “mass shootings” has been kicked up a notch.