Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee... Cruz-Kasich Backroom Deal is Devastating (Video)  —  Rudy Giuliani joined Sean Hannity tonight to discuss the Republican primary race.  —  Rudy says it's over and Trump is the nominee. … The post Rudy Giuliani: Trump Is the Nominee …

Trump rejects new adviser's push to make him ‘presidential’  —  Donald Trump is bristling at efforts to implement a more conventional presidential campaign strategy, and has expressed misgivings about the political guru behind them, Paul Manafort, for overstepping his bounds, multiple sources close to the campaign tell POLITICO.

Bring on a Third-Party Candidate  —  Establishment America deserves disruption, but not of the Sanders or Trump type.  Here's how to do it.  —  I have spent the past two decades in the Washington, D.C., bubble—the heart of Establishment America—covering politics and building a company, Politico, focused solely on politics.

More than 500,000 boycott Target over transgender bathroom policy  —  A conservative Christian activist group has gained more than half a million signatures and counting from people pledging to boycott Target over its transgender bathroom policy.  —  The petition started by the American Family Association …

Poll: Trump Reaches 50 Percent Support Nationally for the First Time  —  Trump: New Cruz-Kasich Alliance to Stop Him is ‘Pathetic’ and ‘Weak’ 2:47  —  Donald Trump has reached 50 percent support from Republicans and Republican-leaners nationally for the first time since the beginning of the NBC News|

Pennsylvania, Where Everyone Is ‘Furious’  —  Reading, Pa. — KEITH MANDICH had been to this theater before, to see John Mellencamp.  —  Now Mr. Mandich, a retired steelworker, was back in downtown Reading, Pa., to see another guy he thought of as a hero for working-class America: Senator Bernie Sanders.

Federal Judge Upholds North Carolina Voter Rules  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge on Monday upheld sweeping Republican-backed changes to election rules, including a voter identification provision, that civil rights groups say unfairly targeted African-Americans and other minorities.

Revenge porn: the industry profiting from online abuse  —  Sites charge $100 a year to access private photos and videos of non-porn stars in the nude, usually posted by spurned ex-lovers - but it doesn't end there  —  ix years ago, Rebekah Wells Googled her name to see what turned up.

The Guy Who Screwed America's Economy Hearts Hillary Clinton  —  The man behind Goldman Sachs's infamous bets on the housing collapse now buys foreclosed homes and rents them out—but not to anyone convicted of a financial crime.  He's also a big Clinton donor.  —  Wall Street is buying Main Street one foreclosed home at a time.

Meet the company offering a chance at immortality for $200,000  —  More and more people are signing up to be frozen for a chance at life after death.  So the question is, would you?  —  This woman is freezing her brain so she can see the future  —  More and more people are signing …

Harriet Tubman Has A Legacy Worth Upholding  —  Retired Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson was a 2016 Republican candidate for President of the United States.  —  ShareTweetEmail  —  Independent Journal Opinion is an opinion platform and any opinions or information put forth by contributors …

Don't Suggest to Hillary She Could Ever Be Behind in Votes  —  During MSNBC's town hall with Hillary Clinton, Rachel Maddow made the mistake of suggesting Clinton could ever in the future be behind Bernie Sanders in the delegate count.  —  “That was June 7, 2008 when you got out of the race and endorsed President Obama.

‘Wild animals’: Racist texts sent by San Francisco police officer, documents show  —  The following story contains offensive language and may not be suitable for all audiences.  —  (CNN)"I hate that beaner," one text reads, “but I think the nig is worse.”  —  “Indian ppl are disgusting,” proclaims another.

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry, Heinz Family Have Millions Invested In Offshore Tax Havens  —  Secretary of State John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz have invested millions of U.S. dollars through family trusts in at least 11 offshore tax havens, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation's Investigative Group.

RUSH LIMBAUGH: If Cruz Plan Succeeds and He Wins on Second Ballot, It's the “End of the Republican Party”  —  Rush Limbaugh told his radio audience today that if Ted Cruz succeeds in his plan to win the nomination on the second ballot it will be the “end of the Republican party.”