Exclusive: Trump threatens third-party run  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.  —  “The RNC has not been supportive.

Fears on the left growing for Planned Parenthood  —  Critics of Planned Parenthood on Tuesday released a second secretly recorded video related to fetal parts, putting the group on the defensive and spurring fears on the left of a new ACORN scandal.  —  The new video shows Dr. Mary Gatter …

Exclusive: More MSNBC Changes Coming with Three Shows Out, Hard News and Chuck Todd Back  —  A well-placed source tells me MSNBC will announce today major changes to its afternoon lineup...arguably the most significant revamp the network has made at one time in its 19-year history.

Increasingly divided Democrats causing problems for their party  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  America's two major political parties have a difficult task: amassing a 51 percent coalition in a nation that has always been — not just now, but from the beginning …

Anthony Weiner got a job fixing PR messes — seriously  —  If you find yourself in a p.r. nightmare, there's a swashbuckling new hero you can turn to — Carlos Danger.  —  A top “crisis” public-relations firm with ties to Hillary Rodham Clinton has hired the last person in the world …

‘Just stay behind me’ Construction worker helps teen escape I-95 abduction  —  HENRICO COUNTY, Va — Kevin Huntington knows things can get hectic along Interstate 95, especially in Northern Virginia.  The construction worker said what he saw last week, was like nothing he's ever experienced.

Appeasing Iran Ignores the Lessons of History  —  The now-concluded Iran nuclear negotiations predictably reflect ancient truths of appeasement.  —  While members of the Obama administration are high-fiving each other over a deal with the Iranian theocracy, they should remember unchanging laws …

NASA May Have Discovered An Earth-Like Planet  —  NASA announced this week that it will shares news on Thursday from the Kepler Space Telescope project hinting that NASA may have found an earth-like planet.  —  “The first exoplanet orbiting another star like our sun was discovered in 1995.

National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 statement  —  After careful consideration of all the factors involved in this event and communicating with members of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) at the National level, it has been decided by Local 2455 to pull out of all events involving Donald Trump.

Reality show star Loredana Nesci found slain in Redondo Beach home, boyfriend arrested  —  Reality show star Loredana Nesci, an LAPD officer turned attorney, was found slain today at the Redondo Beach home she shared with her boyfriend, who called police to report the death and was arrested when officers arrived.

NOTABLES  —TRUMP TAKES TEXAS: Unlike Des Moines, Iowa and Manchester, New Hampshire, Laredo, Texas isn't a typical stop on the presidential campaign trail.  Unless you are Donald Trump.  The town on the U.S.-Mexico border will become the center of attention today when the Republican presidential candidate stops by for a visit.

Two Teens Detained After 5 Relatives Stabbed to Death  —  Two teens were taken into custody after five relatives were found stabbed to death at the Oklahoma home where they all lived, police told NBC News early Thursday.  —  The suspects, aged 18 and 16, allegedly ran out the back door …

Love Is Love For Julianne Moore And Ellen Page In The First “Freeheld” Trailer  —  Moore and Page play a couple fighting for equal rights in this new movie, and BuzzFeed has the exclusive trailer.  —  The breakneck pace of the same-sex marriage movement reached its legal conclusion in late June …

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.

Oklahoma Official Used Asset Forfeiture to Pay Back His Student Loans  —  An assistant district attorney in the state of Oklahoma lived rent-free in a house confiscated by local law enforcement under the practice of asset forfeiture.  His office paid the utility bills.