Donald Trump, Stealing Spotlight With Caustic Comments, Eclipses His Rivals  —  The month of July once held great potential for Republican presidential candidates hoping for momentum to carry them into the first primary debates.  —  Instead, the summer campaign has been dominated by Donald J. Trump …

Trump Still Leads GOP Field But Descent May Be Beginning  —  PPP's newest national poll finds that Donald Trump is likely facing at least some fallout from his comments about John McCain over the weekend.  Nevertheless we do find him narrowly leading the national field in our survey, which went into the field on Monday.

DOJ to review Planned Parenthood videos  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday her department is going to review all information surrounding the controversial videos of Planned Parenthood officials taken by an anti-abortion group.  —  “I'm aware of those matters generally from the media …

Officials: Sandra Bland spoke of previous suicide attempt  —  The 28-year-old woman who died in the Waller County jail three days after police arrested her in a controversial traffic stop told jailers during her intake that she previously had tried to commit suicide, authorities said Wednesday.

Ashton Kutcher Unloads on NYC Mayor in Facebook Post: ‘Destroying Innovation’  —  Taking to Facebook, actor Ashton Kutcher blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's stance on the car service Uber, calling de Blasio's opinion “corrupt shortsighted politics.”

Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East? … There was something about Diyaa that his wife's brothers didn't like.  He was a tyrant, they said, who, after 14 years of marriage, wouldn't let their sister, Rana, 31, have her own mobile phone.  He isolated her from friends and family, guarding her jealously.

Fundraiser for ‘Baltimore 6’ to Feature Blackface Performance  —  A FORMER BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER WHO PERFORMS AS AL JOLSON IS RAISING FUNDS SUPPORT THE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH THE DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY  —  I received a photo of an invite to a fundraiser for the six Baltimore Police officers charged …

A Brief Theory of Very Serious People  —  Tyler Cowen argues that the concept of “Very Serious People” refers to people who “realize that common sense morality must, to a considerable extent, rule politics.”  I'm not either the originator nor the popularizer of the term, but I think that's wrong.

Jeb Bush should reform the lobbying of his campaign first  —  Monday's call from former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) to clean up Washington by reforming lobbying laws should be commended for its ambition, but would his recommendations even work?  —  Bush called for three reforms: 1) …

Don't play the race or skinny cards, Ms Minaj - you're just a stroppy little piece of work whose video wasn't as good as Taylor Swift's  —  Superstar rapper Nicki Minaj once worked at a Red Lobster restaurant in the Bronx.  —  She was fired for ‘discourtesy to customers’.

Thousands Of Protesters Rally In Times Square Against Iran Nuclear Deal  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Times Square Wednesday evening in protest over the recent landmark nuclear deal with Iran.  —  As CBS2's Jessica Schneider reported …

Dead man with cache of 1,200 guns identified — ‘He was just a loner’  —  A man found dead in a vehicle in a Pacific Palisades neighborhood and later tied to a home where police found a massive cache of firearms was a 60-year-old longtime Los Angeles County resident who mostly kept to himself, according to interviews.

More Than Four in 10 Americans Say They Have Tried Marijuana  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Oregon becomes the fourth state to make recreational marijuana use legal, 44% of Americans say they have tried marijuana.  This is the highest percentage Gallup has found since it began asking the question in 1969.

Watch the Reaction Defiant Vet Gets for His Anti-Obama Demonstration During President's Speech on Veterans' Issues  —  A pair of military veterans were captured on video taking down a fellow vet who demonstrated against President Barack Obama during the commander-in-chief's Tuesday speech …