America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words  —  “Scott Walker is a national disgrace,” reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of the most hardcore right-wing extremists in America.

Donald Trump Calls in FBI Over Death Threats Involving El Chapo  —  CALLS IN FBI  —  Over Death Threat Involving El Chapo  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Donald Trump tells TMZ he is contacting the FBI to investigate threats just made by a man claiming to be the son of escaped Mexican drug lord El Chapo.

Clinton speech react: ‘Is that it?’  —  The Democratic front-runner manages to underwhelm both Wall Street and its reformers in her signature economic policy speech.  —  NEW YORK CITY — Hillary Clinton gave a big economics speech here on Monday and the snap reaction among Wall Street investors …

Pentagon moves to allow transgender troops to serve openly  —  The Pentagon is opening the door for transgender troops to serve in the military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Monday, continuing a wave of expansion in opportunity under President Barack Obama.

N.Y. Times stands by Ted Cruz decision  —  The New York Times is standing by its decision to omit Ted Cruz's new memoir from its best-seller list on the grounds that sales were driven by “strategic bulk purchases,” despite the fact that both HarperCollins and Amazon say there is no evidence for that argument.

Eric Garner Case Is Settled by New York City for $5.9 Million  —  New York City reached a settlement on Monday with the family of Eric Garner, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his killing by the police last July on Staten Island, according to a lawyer representing the family.

Primary amnesia  —  What the press forgets every election.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  In his classic 1941 short story “Nightfall,” Isaac Asimov imagines a planet (Lagash) with six suns.  Only once every 2,049 years does total darkness fall—and with nightfall comes the appearance of the stars.

Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist  —  The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists, federal officials told ABC News today.

Alabama's chief justice: Satan made Supreme Court ‘destroy the institution of God’ in marriage ruling  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Outspoken Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore told a church gathering on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court “destroyed the institution of God …

Hamptons partying keeps Pelosi awake until 4 a.m.  —  Nancy Pelosi didn't get much sleep in the Hamptons on Saturday night.  —  The 75-year-old House minority leader stayed at the hip hotel The Capri, where parties often go well into the early hours.  Sources told us Pelosi …

Jodi Magi: WA woman arrested and jailed in Abu Dhabi for ‘writing bad words’ on Facebook  —  An Australian woman has been arrested and jailed in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates after she was found guilty of “writing bad words on social media”.  —  In February, Jodi Magi, 39 …

17 ways Hillary's big economic speech rehashed Obama  —  Hillary Clinton on Monday delivered a much-publicized speech in which she was supposed to lay out her economic agenda.  In reality, she just rehashed President Obama's.  Her speech ultimately sounded like another Obama State of the Union address …

ISIS Breaks Own Cruelty Record: Blows Up Baby for Demonstration  —  Arabic media reports say ISIS trainer taught recruits booby-trap methods by blowing up infant child.  —  ISIS jihadi (file)  —  In arguably one of its cruelest acts yet, the Islamic State (ISIS) has reportedly blown …

Obama's Half-Brother Misses Home-Brew Days Ahead of Kenya Visit  —  Malik Abon'go Obama yearns for the days when he and his half-brother were closer.  —  Two decades before Barack Obama became U.S. president, Malik fulfilled a pledge to their father to bring his sibling home to their village in western Kenya.