Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be “quite this severe”  —  Shares -  —  On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash …

Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick in Surprise Wedding at His Estate  —  Surprise!  —  Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening.  —  The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer's spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.

Hillary Clinton Reporters Kept Behind Moving Rope Line At New Hampshire Parade  —  At the Fourth of July parade Hillary Clinton marched in today in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following the candidate were kept — and at moments, dragged — behind an actual moving rope line.

The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear  —  WHEN he ran for president the second time almost half a century ago, Richard M. Nixon made Earl Warren's Supreme Court a target of his campaign.  It was a brilliant move.  His accusation that the court had tilted “too far in weakening …

The New Post-Homophobic Christianity  —  Most Christians are going to adapt to the new America just fine.  —  Since the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized marriage equality in America, some conservative Christians have been downright apoplectic.

???This Week???  Transcript: Gov. Rick Perry  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR “THIS WEEK” ON JULY 5, 2015.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST: That brings us to our next guest, the longest serving governor in Texas history, now candidate for president.  —  GOV. RICK PERRY (R-TX) …

Washington brought in $70M in taxes on legal pot in one year  —  Washington's first year of legal marijuana sales has generated $70 million in tax revenue, a new report says.  —  That total follows the Evergreen State's first stores selling the drug opening in July 2014, according to The Associated Press.

Americans Are Blessed with Liberty, but Not Because We Deserve It  —  The American proposition is a theological proposition: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.”  —  Just how radical that idea is is difficult for the 21st-century Western mind to comprehend.

China's Unsettling Stock Market Collapse  —  An investor is reflected in a screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Hefei, Anhui province.  (Reuters)  —  This summer has not been calm for the global economy.  In Europe, a Greek referendum this Sunday may determine whether the country will remain in the eurozone.

GOP punts on Confederate symbolism in Capitol  —  House Republicans are struggling with the question of whether to remove the Confederate image from around the Capitol complex — and they seem in no hurry to commit themselves one way or another.  —  Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson …

Alligator Attacks And Kills 28-Year-Old Man  —  Investigators, a witness and friends are revealing the harrowing accounts of the first recorded fatal alligator attack in Texas and more about the victim.  —  A justice of the peace tells KFDM News Tommie Woodward, 28, is from St. Louis, but moved to Orange with his twin brother.