Poll: Bush, Trump rising nationally for GOP, but both trail Clinton  —  Story highlights  —  Washington (CNN)With nearly all of the expected 2016 presidential candidates formally in the race, a new CNN/ORC national poll finds two recent entrants to the GOP field on the rise …

Email bombshells from Hillary's secret account show she didn't know when cabinet meetings were held, was dumbfounded by a fax machine and emailed aides to fetch her iced tea  — State Department published a massive tranche of Hillary Clinton's emails Tuesday night from her days as secretary of state

Supreme Fallout  —  Yesterday morning when I was discussing the topic of my weekly TPMCafe column with my editor over there, I offered to do either a joyful trashing of Chris Christie's presidential prospects or an analysis of how Republicans were coping with last week's landmark Supreme Court decisions.

TV Land pulls ‘Dukes’ — Confederate flag a no-no  —  Tom Wopat (left) and John Schneider with their car, the General Lee.  —  The latest victim of the growing controversy over the Confederate flag is the 1980s TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard.”  —  A TV Land spokesperson confirmed Tuesday …

An Inside Look at How Hillary Clinton Plays the Media  —  “Greta...is malleable.”  —  On Tuesday night, the State Department released some 3,000 pages of emails between Hillary Clinton and her aides during her tenure as secretary of state.  The correspondence offers a fascinating behind …

Budowsky: Obama could sink 2016 Dems  —  Nothing better dramatizes the damage that President Obama has done to Democrats than the fact that Republicans now control the House of Representatives, the Senate and a majority of governorships across America.  —  Nothing better illustrates the reason …

Greek debt: Merkel dismisses Tsipras's last-ditch compromise plan  —  German chancellor reiterates stance of no new negotiations with Athens until after Sunday's referendum on bailout  —  Germany has dismissed a last-ditch compromise plan from Greece that bowed to some key demands of its creditors.

Why I'm Filing a Civil-Rights Lawsuit  —  Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and his agents ransacked my house and ruined my career.  —  By  —  After much soul-searching, I am filing a civil-rights lawsuit on Wednesday against Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.

Why do people believe myths about the Confederacy?  Because our textbooks and monuments are wrong.  —  False history marginalizes African Americans and makes us all dumber.  —  History is the polemics of the victor, William F. Buckley allegedly said.  Not so in the United States, at least not regarding the Civil War.

US, Cuba to open embassies on July 20  —  The United States and Cuba will re-establish diplomatic ties and open their long-shuttered embassies on July 20, the Cuban government said Wednesday.  —  Cuba's foreign ministry made the announcement after the U.S.'s top diplomat in Havana delivered …

Hillary Clinton Raises Record $45 Million in First Quarter of Campaign  —  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign raised at least $45 million during its first quarter, her campaign told Bloomberg on Wednesday.  —  Clinton's haul from her campaign's launch in mid-April through June 30 is a record for a candidate's first quarter.

Female pastors in Clarendon County receive letters threatening their safety  —  Two Clarendon County pastors say they have been targeted with threats of violence just because they are women.  —  The two pastors received letters where the writer used Bible verses to threaten the women, leaving them concerned about their safety.

America is not racist  —  In wake of the Charleston massacre in South Carolina, many on the left want us to believe America is a racist nation dominated by white supremacy and hatred for blacks.  —  They're wrong.  —  “Racism, we are not cured of it.  And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say n—

South Carolina church fire: Mt. Zion AME burns in Greeleyville  —  Story highlights  — Then President Bill Clinton called for racial national unity before the dedication of the new church  —  (CNN)A fire broke out at the Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, on Tuesday.

Woman Says She Won't Have Abortion If $1 Million Is Raised For Her Baby  —  5.6 K  —  A woman pledged to cancel a planned abortion if pro-life advocates can raise $1 million for her baby.  —  The unidentified woman launched a website where she detailed her plans to abort her 7-week pregnancy …

De Blasio Slams Cuomo for ‘Lack of Leadership’  —  In an exclusive interview with NY1 Political Anchor Errol Louis, Mayor de Blasio delivered a withering critique of Governor Cuomo, saying that his “lack of leadership” got in the way of the city's business during this year's legislative session.