Cruz sternly rebuked by GOP  —  <p>Ted Cruz can't even get a protest vote in the Senate anymore. </p><p>On Monday night, Cruz's colleagues ignored his attempt to disrupt Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's efforts to fund the government without attacking Planned Parenthood.

Jim Carrey — Girlfriend Cathriona White Commits Suicide  —  GIRLFRIEND COMMITS SUICIDE  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  9:43 AM PT — Jim Carrey released a statement — “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of my sweet Cathriona.  She was a truly kind and delicate Irish flower …

Missouri Finds Planned Parenthood Didn't Mishandle Fetal Tissue  —  An investigation by the attorney general's office in Missouri has found no evidence that a Planned Parenthood clinic in the state illegally handled fetal tissue.  —  The conclusions of the attorney general, Chris Koster …

Trump Says He's Been ‘Childish,’ Raises Possibility of Dropping Out  —  With summer over, so might be the “Summer of Trump” — and now the man himself appears to be accepting it might not be a kind Fall.  —  “This is going to be an ebb and flow, how can I continue to lead by such wide margins? …

Edward Snowden Is On Twitter: @Snowden  —  Edward Snowden isn't just a hashtag anymore.  The NSA whistleblower joined Twitter on Tuesday, using the @snowden Twitter handle.  —  Snowden, who has lived in Russia since turning over a trove of top secret documents to reporters more than two years ago …

Ta-Nehisi Coates  —  Journalist  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates is a journalist, blogger, and memoirist who brings personal reflection and historical scholarship to bear on America's most contested issues.  Writing without shallow polemic and in a measured style, Coates addresses complex …

Bush camp moves to ease donor angst  —  Assessing the state of anxiety on a scale of one to 10, one donor puts the panic level at a ‘six or seven.’ … For the past week, Jeb Bush's campaign advisers have been using a new data point to convince nervous donors that he's still the candidate to beat …

Donald Trump's $10 Trillion Tax Cut  —  Tax Plan Reserves Biggest Tax Cuts for the Best-off Americans  —  Earlier today, presidential candidate Donald Trump outlined his plan to restructure personal and corporate income taxes.  A new Citizens for Tax Justice analysis of the Trump plan shows …

Schumer in talks with Ryan on major tax, infrastructure deal  —  The two, along with Sen. Rob Portman, are trying to hash out a sweeping bipartisan package. … Three years ago, Chuck Schumer called Paul Ryan's plans for deficit reduction a “fraud.”  Now the future Democratic leader wants to cut a deal with him.

Hillsboro fugitive nabbed in Mexico  —  HILLSBORO, Ore ... A fugitive who had been on the run for more than 20 years is behind bars after federal agents found him in Mexico.  —  Paul Jackson and his brother, Vance Roberts, were suspected of holding two young women captive in the basement of their Hillsboro home.

Stepdad's Surprise: Stunning invite down wedding aisle  —  LaGrange, Ohio — Planning for wedding day joy often comes with pain, when you're the step-father of the bride.  —  “Every time we tried on tuxes — or did some planning — it crossed my mind that I'd be sitting in the crowd …

How Sweden's negative interest rates experiment has turned economics on its head  —  Nordic experimentation with sub-zero interest rates has changed the way central bankers think about fighting recessions  —  It has long been believed that when it comes to interest rates, zero is as low as you can go.

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn judge says ex-con's assault victims were ‘not angels’  —  An ex-con charged with assaulting two women while on federal supervised release got the break of his life when his violation hearing was heard by a controversial Brooklyn judge who said the victims “weren't angels” …