Priebus: Trump won't run as third-party candidate  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus on Friday said he does not think Donald Trump will run as a third-party candidate should the billionaire business mogul lose the GOP nomination.  —  “I don't think he's going to do that.

How The New York Times Bungled the Hillary Clinton Emails Story  —  What the hell is happening at The New York Times?  —  In March, the newspaper published a highly touted article about Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email account that, as I wrote in an earlier column, was wrong in its major points.

For Gun Victims, the Prayers of Conservative Politicians Are Not Enough  —  After the latest mass shooting by an anti-tax, anti-government, anti-feminist arch-conservative in Lafayette, LA, the reactions from Republican politicians were as predictable as they were empty and stale.

White people have a race — but everyone flips out when we talk about it  —  As far as Lee Bebout was concerned, his Arizona State University course, US Race Theory and the Problem of Whiteness, was off to a good start.  A multiracial, politically diverse group of undergraduates was enrolled.

Red-state Democrats fret about leftward shift  —  Governor's races in South and Midwest could be lost if party brand becomes too liberal.  —  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. — Centrist Democrats were wiped out in the 2014 elections and in their absence emerged a resurgent liberal movement …

Mike Lee goes for nuclear option to repeal Obamacare  —  Senate conservatives couldn't stop a vote on the Export-Import bank.  So they're going to try to force a vote on Obamacare instead.  —  Conservative firebrand Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced on Friday that he plans to use …

Military Cutbacks Make Sense  —  The Army's plan to cut 40,000 troops, as well as 17,000 civilian employees, over the next two years is unsettling many American communities.  Congressmen and senators in the affected districts are railing against the reductions and insisting they will fight to reverse them.

Chamber gearing up to take out GOP incumbents  —  The move would be a major tactical shift for the group, which isn't naming names yet.  —  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to challenge some House Republicans in primary elections, frustrated after much of its agenda has been stymied …

Trump barring Des Moines Register from campaign event  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign has denied The Des Moines Register press credentials to gain access to a candidate event scheduled for Saturday in Oskaloosa.  —  The reason: an editorial published by the newspaper last Tuesday calling on Trump to quit the Republican race.

It's time to evict J Street from the Jewish communal tent  —  The recent announcement of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran has sparked deep concern and even outrage in the Jewish community.  In an almost unprecedented moment for American Jewry, the majority of prominent Jewish organizations have lined up in order to combat this deal.

Kerry Says Israel May Deepen Its Isolation by Opposing Iran Nuclear Accord  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that the nuclear accord he negotiated with Iran was in Israel's interest and that the Israeli government's decision to oppose it could further its isolation.