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.

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.

Jeb Bush pushes to ‘phase out’ Medicare  —  Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush appeared at a New Hampshire event last night sponsored by the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity, and the former governor raised a few eyebrows with his comments on the future of Medicare.

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 …

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.

‘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.

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 …

Bye Bye J-J!  —  Executive Office of the President/Wikimedia Commons (left), Executive Office of the President/Wikimedia Commons (right)  —  You had to figure this was coming (per the Connecticut Post's Neil Vigdor): … As briefly discussed here in response to an essay from Jonathan Chait suggesting …

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 …

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.

A homeless woman picked up an LAPD nightstick during the skid row shooting — and could get life in prison  —  Millions of people viewed video of the fatal police shooting March 1 of an unarmed black man known as “Africa” outside his skid row tent.  —  Police said the man …

Illegal Alien Crime Wave in Texas: 611,234 Crimes, 2,993 Murders  —  The murder of Kathryn Steinle on the Embarcadero in San Francisco by an illegal alien is the most familiar example of a crime committed by an alien.  But an unreleased internal report by the Texas Department of Public Safety reveals …

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.

Ex-cop Tells CNN: Sandra Bland Would Be Alive If She Wasn't ‘Arrogant From The Very Beginning’  —  CNN contributor and former NYPD detective Harry Houck argued on Tuesday that a Texas woman would not have died in police custody if she had not been “arrogant from the very beginning.”

Tom Cotton compares John Kerry to Pontius Pilate  —  Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton blasted the White House on Thursday for its failure to immediately disclose so-called side deals between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of the negotiations of the nuclear deal reached last week …

Transgender Reporter Zoey Tur Triples Down on Threats Against Ben Shapiro  —  Transgender Inside Edition reporter Zoey Tur tripled down Tuesday on threats he made against Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro during a Dr. Drew-hosted panel on HLN last week, when the reporter said he would send Shapiro “home in an ambulance.”

Silent 911 Call Leads Cops to Gruesome Quintuple Homicide  —  A wordless 911 call led police to a gruesome discovery in an Oklahoma home — five people stabbed to death, a wounded 13-year-old girl, a toddler who had escaped harm.  —  Two teens were taken into custody, police told NBC News early Thursday.

My goal is to change the culture in Washington  —  Every time I come to Iowa, I'm struck by how Iowans view Washington, D.C. They see it as the remote and gleaming city of marble and glass I like to call Mount Washington.  —  There's a lot of frustration with Mount Washington right now — and I agree.

Hamilton Councilman Ed Gore explains his ‘Muslim scum’ comment  —  HAMILTON >> When gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot and killed five U.S. military service members July 16 in Chattanooga, Tenn., a Hamilton councilman went to Facebook to voice his sentiments.  —  “Murdering bastard.