The Minimum Wage: Getting to $15  —  The debate over the federal minimum wage in the nascent presidential campaign is really two debates: one among Democrats and one among Republicans.  —  Democrats are divided on how much to raise the minimum, currently $7.25 an hour.

Hillary Clinton's Favorable Rating One of Her Worst  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dogged by continued scrutiny of her email practices as secretary of state, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's favorability with the American public has sunk to one of its lowest levels in Gallup's 23-year trend.

Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit.  —  In April a BMW racing through a fruit market in Foshan in China's Guangdong province knocked down a 2-year-old girl and rolled over her head.  As the girl's grandmother shouted, “Stop!  You've hit a child!” …

Hillary Clinton Relying on Southern Primaries to Fend Off Rivals  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is methodically building a political firewall across the South in hopes of effectively locking up the Democratic nomination in March regardless of any early setbacks in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

Sen. Ben Cardin: I will vote against the Iran deal  —  The writer represents Maryland in the U.S. Senate, where he is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  —  Throughout the process of evaluating the Iran nuclear agreement, I continuously returned to two fundamental questions …

At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized  —  For generations, freshmen cadets at the United States Military Academy have marked the end of a grueling summer of training with a huge nighttime pillow fight that is billed as a harmless way to blow off steam and build class spirit.

Clintons personally paid State Department staffer to maintain server  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, according to an official from Clinton's presidential campaign.

Burning Man founder: 'Black folks don't like to camp as much as white folks'  —  Larry Harvey discusses lack of racial diversity and the allegation that Silicon Valley bosses in luxury camps are destroying the festival's egalitarian ethos  —  urning Man founder Larry Harvey has countered criticism …

Scuffle Between Trump Staffers, Protesters Dims Anticipated Campaign Announcement  —  After hedging on the issue for weeks, Donald Trump is pledging he won't run as an independent candidate should he lose the Republican nomination for President.  The announcement may have been overshadowed by what happened outside, however.

YouGov poll: 64% want a border fence with Mexico — including pluralities of Dems, blacks, and Hispanics  —  Build it high, build it far, build it fast.  But build it.  —  You know who agrees with me on that?  Everyone.  Yes, even Hispanics.  —  Democrats split 44/43 in favor, the closest any group comes to outright opposition.

Marion County judge refuses to perform same-sex marriages  —  Oregon Judge refuses to do same-sex marriages  —  PORTLAND, Ore. - A Marion County judge has refused to perform same-sex marriages and has asked his clerks to refer couples seeking same-sex marriages to other county judges.

Same-sex marriage still confounding the Republican field  —  Remember when a Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage was really going to settle the issue for Republicans so they could focus on other things?  Yeah, not so much, reports Trip Gabriel.