N.Y. Times keeps Cruz off bestseller list  —  The New York Times informed HarperCollins this week that it will not include Ted Cruz's new biography on its forthcoming bestsellers list, despite the fact that the book has sold more copies in its first week than all but two of the Times' bestselling titles, the On Media blog has learned.

Trump leads GOP presidential field in new national poll  —  Media coverage of Donald Trump's controverisal immigration remarks have lifted the GOP presidential candidate to the top of the Republican field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.  —  Trump was the preferred GOP nominee …

Trump: RNC chairman ‘probably’ leaked call  —  Donald Trump said in an interview airing late Thursday that Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus “probably” leaked details of a call between the pair this week.  —  “I just don't know how the story got out,” Trump …

Go Set A Watchman: read the first chapter - interactive  —  An exclusive extract from the new novel by Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, published on 14 July  —  Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical.

OPM Announces Steps to Protect Federal Workers and Others From Cyber Threats  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber incident involving Federal background investigation data …

Judge jails kids for refusing lunch with dad  —  The children were sent to a juvenile detention facility for defying her orders — while in court — that they go to lunch with their father.  —  CONNECT  —  Three Oakland County children who refused to go to lunch with their father …

This Is How Hillary Loses the Primary  —  Bernie Sanders will never be president.  But unless Clinton changes her strategy—and soon—he can still wind up toppling her.  —  Something remarkable is happening in American politics.  For the first time in our history, a socialist is running …

The Note: Jeb Bush, The $114 Million Man  —  NOTABLES  —IN THE MONEY: Jeb Bush's super PAC, Right to Rise, will report having raised $103 million over the first half of the year.  His campaign took in $11.4 million in just two weeks, ABC's CHRIS GOOD notes.

Into the Abyss  —  From the halls of academia to the cover of Vanity Fair.  —  The Caitlyn (née Bruce) Jenner case has engendered if not a new subject at least a newly publicized and sensationalized one.  For an old-timer like myself, transgenderism is reminiscent of the postmodernism …

Pelosi ambushes GOP with Confederate flag resolution  —  The House voted Thursday to refer legislation banning the Confederate flag image from the Capitol to a committee, effectively punting the issue.  —  The dramatic vote was forced by Minority Leader  —  Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) …

Greece's Economy Is a Lesson for Republicans in the U.S.  —  Greece is a faraway country with an economy roughly the size of greater Miami, so America has very little direct stake in its ongoing disaster.  To the extent that Greece matters to us, it's mainly about geopolitics …

The Greek government's full proposal to the Eurogroup  —  The full proposal submitted by the Greek government to the Eurogroup earlier on Thursday is the following:  —  “Greece: Prior Actions  —  Policy Commitments and Actions to be taken in consultation with EC/ECB/IMF staff:

I tried to escape my privilege with low-wage work.  Instead I came face to face with it.  —  The advantages of race and class are not easily shed, even in a falafel shop.  —  I attended the Edmund Burke School, one of Northwest Washington's small private prep schools …

Alan Grayson: Dems Would ‘Crawl Over Hot Coals Naked’ To Back Me  —  Rep. Alan Grayson's reputation as a progressive bomb-thrower is exactly what's made national Democrats fearful that his bid for Senate in Florida could cost them a top pickup opportunity.  —  But when he launched his bid on Thursday …