Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex  —  Ivana Trump once accused the real estate tycoon of ‘rape,’ although she later clarified: not in the ‘criminal sense.’  —  Donald Trump introduced his presidential campaign to the world with a slur against Mexican immigrants …

Mike Huckabee on Holocaust remark: The Jewish response has been ‘overwhelmingly positive’  —  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says if he was president, he would use the same language when referring to potential deals with Iran — and that the response from Jewish people …

Jon Stewart's secret White House visits  —  Obama, aides took unusual steps to cultivate ‘Daily Show’ comic  —  Jon Stewart slipped unnoticed into the White House in the midst of the October 2011 budget fight, summoned to an Oval Office coffee with President Barack Obama that he jokingly told …

NYT Publishes A Lengthy Editors' Note About Its Mistaken Clinton Email Story  —  The New York Times published a lengthy editor's note late Monday that went a step further toward owning up to its mistaken story about a criminal probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account.

Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Over Protests by Mormon Church  —  The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its nationwide ban on openly gay adult leaders.  But despite a compromise allowing conservative church-sponsored units to pick their own volunteer leaders, the Mormon Church …

Barack Obama: ‘I think if I ran, I would win’  —  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Four more years?  —  President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's confident he could win a third term, if only the Constitution would let him run.  —  Story Continued Below  —  “I actually think I'm a pretty good president.

Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist  —  EXCLUSIVE: A Minnesota father of two is discovered to be the hunter who shot dead Cecil - one of Zimbabwe's most loved lions  —  Cecil the lion - the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe's national parks - was killed by an American hunter …

CNN/ORC poll: Majority wants Congress to reject Iran deal  —  Story highlights  —  Washington (CNN)A majority of Americans want Congress to reject the recently-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran, even as President Barack Obama's approval rating continues to stand in net-positive territory …

Here's Our Tally of Donald Trump's Wealth  —  The latest math on Donald Trump: $2.9 billion.  —  An analysis by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, based in part on a 92-page personal financial disclosure form made public last week, revealed a portfolio dominated by skyscrapers and golf courses.

Trump: The Case for Despairing — About America  —  No sense pretending: Donald Trump is the only news of the 2016 race, and this fact says something very troubling about the Republican party, the conservative electorate, the mass media culture, and the United States in general.

Hillary boards private jet in Iowa after launching climate push  —  PLANETARY EMERGENCY: Clinton said reversing climate change ‘is one of the most urgent threats of our time, and we have no choice but to rise and meet it’ - and then was driven to her private jet in Des Moines, Iowa

Lee drops ObamaCare push in highway bill  —  A high-stakes highway funding bill avoided more ObamaCare drama late Monday night after Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) abruptly dropped his highly tactical plan to sidestep Senate rules and force a repeal vote.  —  For several days leading up to the vote …

Reno mayor apologizes for LGBT flag over city hall  —  An LGBT flag was flown over Reno City Hall over the weekend instead of the American flag, sparking an apology from Mayor Hillary Schieve Monday morning.  —  Schieve was alerted Sunday night that the American flag was not flying over city hall, she said in a statement.

China losing control as stocks crash despite emergency measures  —  Margin debt on the Chinese stock market has reached $1.2 trillion.  'We suspect that it's a matter of time before banks may have to face the music,' Bank of America says  —  Chinese equities have suffered the sharpest …

Drinking Highest Among Educated, Upper-Income Americans  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Upper-income and highly educated Americans are more likely than other Americans to say they drink alcohol.  Whereas eight in 10 adults in these socio-economic status groups say they drink …

ObamaCare's revolving door  —  Marilyn Tavenner, who spearheaded the fraught Affordable Care Act rollout for the Obama administration, is but the latest ACA insider to cash in.  Lobbying for America's Health Insurance Plans is a natural transition for the former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).