The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.  —  The real action in American politics these days is the in-house feud among Republicans.  It features the center-right GOP establishment in one corner and the talk show hosts and Tea Party activists in the other.

Clinton's Support Drops by a Third as Trump, Carson Surge in GOP Race  — Shares-  —  Play

Rebel billionaires eager to follow Trump into politics  —  The Donald's success has Mark Cuban considering a run for office.  He's not the only famously rich guy suddenly inspired.  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is so impressed with Donald Trump's success that he is now considering running for office himself.

Biden Secretly Meets With Top Obama Bundler During New York Swing  —  The 28 hours Joe Biden spent in New York City at the end of last week were a whirlwind of activity—much of it feeding the mounting speculation that he is inching ever closer to launching a late-starting presidential campaign.

The Key to Winning Down-Ballot Races  —  The presidential race looms large in the Senate, House and governors contests.  —  Getty  —  Down-ballot races are increasingly decided by who wins the White House.  To grasp this fact, it's best to focus on two numbers: 6 percent and .781.

GOP senators would back Trump as Republican nominee  —  Republican senators, the heart of the GOP establishment, will support Donald Trump if he wins the nomination for president, even though they're not thrilled at the prospect.  —  Trump has become a headache for Republican leaders in Washington …

Kasich Says He Backs Obama on Bringing Syrian Refugees to U.S.  —  Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said he supports President Barack Obama's plan to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. over the next year.  —  “I support that,” Kasich, governor of Ohio …

In church address, Hillary Clinton pledges to be nicer to the media  —  Back in March, Hillary Clinton gave an address at a journalism awards ceremony and used the occasion to make a pledge to attendees with notepads: “I am all about new be­gin­nings: a new grand­child …

The Next Genocide  —  New Haven — BEFORE he fired the shot, the Einsatzgruppe commander lifted the Jewish child in the air and said, “You must die so that we can live.”  As the killing proceeded, other Germans rationalized the murder of Jewish children in the same way: them or us.

Gaps in Earnings Stand Out in Release of College Data  —  Colleges give prospective students very little information about how much money they can expect to earn in the job market.  In part that's because colleges may not want people to know, and in part it's because such information is difficult and expensive to gather.

Rape case sends mixed messages on prostitution  —  Sign-up for Chicago Sun-Times newsletters. … A recent case involving a prostitute and a john is making a mockery of rape victims.  —  Authorities say Roy Akins went to Backpage.com and agreed to pay a prostitute $180 for sex.

WATCH: Kim Davis' lawyer who compared her to Rosa Parks and MLK now compares her to Abraham Lincoln  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Mat Staver — a lawyer from theocratic law firm The Liberty Counsel — said on Sunday that his client, Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis …