Release Detail  —  July 30, 2015 - Trump Tops Republican Pack By Wide Margin, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Dems Trump Trump In General Election  —  With 20 percent of Republican voters, Donald Trump is the clear leader in the crowded Republican presidential primary field …

Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials  —  LOS ANGELES - A temporary restraining order has been issued preventing an anti-abortion group from releasing any video of leaders of a California company that provides fetal tissue to researchers.

Why the Naysayers Are Wrong About the Iran Deal  —  Mike Huckabee says President Obama is using his nuclear deal to “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.”  Mitt Romney describes it as a “generational calamity.”  And while polls diverge, one recently taken by CNN suggests …

New Hampshire Voters Explain the Appeal of Donald Trump  —  A Bloomberg Politics focus group of Donald Trump supporters in the Granite State helps illuminate the billionaire's rise in the polls.  —  t writerknowles  —  Donald Trump is a brand, and his New Hampshire supporters are itching to buy it.

Donald Trump amuses us to death  —  All right then, let's do this.  If we have to talk about Donald Trump, because apparently the subject will not just go away on its own, then let's talk about him, even if it means going back on a vow I made 16 years ago.  —  This was back in 1999 …

Clinton must be joking  —  Those Clinton campaign strategists are so clever: trying to just lighten up this whole process, appeal to the young, show they get the joke and turn Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign into a late-night comedy punch line.  —  In just days, Clinton …

UBS Deal Shows Clinton's Complicated Ties  —  Donations to family foundation increased after secretary of state's involvement in tax case  —  A few weeks after Hillary Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009, she was summoned to Geneva by her Swiss counterpart to discuss an urgent matter.

Judge explodes over Hillary email delays  —  An irritated federal judge Thursday put the Hillary Clinton email scandal into stark terms, grilling the State Department on a pattern of delayed document releases that has turned a possible bureaucratic logjam into a major problem for the leading Democratic presidential contender.

Killer of Cecil the Lion Finds Out That He Is a Target Now, of Internet Vigilantism  —  BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Two signs posted on the door of a nondescript dental office here asked passers-by to mourn the death of Cecil, a lion who was lured off his sanctuary and killed during a game hunt this month in Zimbabwe.

Citing IRS targeting, Cruz compares Obama to Nixon  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) accused the IRS on Wednesday of purposefully targeting conservative groups for political reasons, and failing years later to have cleaned up the problem.  —  But Cruz, who's running for president in 2016 …

John Kasich vs. pop culture  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich's past scrapes with pop culture are starting to resurface now that he's announced for president.  —  Among his targets: The 1996 Coen brothers movie “Fargo,” and hip-hop band “The Roots.”  In both cases, the stories were told by Kasich himself …

Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart  —  Will Dana, the managing editor of Rolling Stone, will leave the magazine, just months after a controversial article about a supposed gang rape at the University of Virginia was retracted.  —  Mr. Dana, whose planned last day is Aug. 7 …

Many Republican Polls Are Measuring a Unicorn Electorate  —  Recent elections around the world have not been kind to pollsters.  In contests in Israel and Britain, and in a referendum in Scotland, pre-election polls all showed tight races that ended up being, well, not so tight.

Salma Hayek Blasts Donald Trump For Immigration Comments: I Won't Even Say His Name  —  Salma Hayek wasn't that shocked when she heard Donald Trump's now infamous statements about Mexican immigrants.  —  “I'm aware that he would say anything to attract attention and create the publicity around him …

Author Ronald Kessler On Bill Clinton: ‘He Has A Blonde, Busty Mistress’  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Author Ronald Kessler defends secret service agents and makes some sensational claims about former Presidents in his new book, The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents.

Trump's immigration plan: Deport the undocumented, ‘legal status’ for some  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)Donald Trump, the Republican presidential hopeful who shot up to the head of the pack over his controversial comments about illegal immigrants, is finally starting to lay out an immigration policy.

‘Dark money’: ALEC wants image makeover  —  The goal is to reduce negative perceptions about anonymous contributions.  —  Occupy Portland F29 marchers are shown demonstrating to raise awareness of the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC.  AP Photo

Jindal: Gun rights extend to movie theaters  —  Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal (La.) said that people should be allowed to carry guns wherever they are, including movie theaters, one week after a gunman killed two people in a theater in his home state.

Federal Judge Threatens To Hold IRS Commissioner, DOJ Lawyers in Contempt of Court over Lerner  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced that U.S District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan today threatened to hold the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department attorneys …

How to Think About Higher Growth in Health-Care Spending  —  Rather like a broken record, I have been warning for years that historically low rates of increase in health-care spending would not last.  Now it's time for a different warning: The higher rates of growth now expected are moderate and should be seen in context.