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|

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.

The Emotional Life of Sanders Supporters  —  Movement will go on, they say — with or without Democratic Party  —  Van Hollen, McGinty Surge Ahead In Kansas, Pompeo Won't Challenge Sen. Moran Major Mystery Donor Reveals Why He Backed Donna Edwards  —  BALTIMORE - Bailey Myers …

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Colorado County GOP Chair: Errors with Ted Cruz's Delegate Win, Might Need Do-Over  —  The chairwoman of the Boulder County GOP has admitted that grave errors affected the Colorado Republican caucus, in which Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won a clean sweep of 34 delegates without opening up the process to voting by everyday citizens.

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 …

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.

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 …

‘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.

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.”

A Call and Response with Melissa Harris-Perry: The Pain and the Power of ‘Lemonade’  —  What happens when we take the hopes, dreams, pain, and joy of black girls and women and put them in the center?  —  What would happen if we took the hopes, dreams, pain, joy, loss, bodies, voices …