Hillary Clinton is going to be exonerated on the email controversy.  It won't matter.  —  The latest news on the Hillary Clinton email controversy reinforces everything we've heard so far on this subject: … That point about her intending to break classification rules is important …

The Conservative Case Against Trump  —  THERE are many lessons that conservatives need to learn from the rise of Donald Trump.  There are elements of his message that the party should embrace.  There are grievances among his voters that the Republican Party must address.

Trump spurs some conservative leaders to step back from the GOP  —  Donald Trump's looming nomination has spurred some leaders of the conservative movement — for generations, the backbone of the GOP — to break free from a Republican Party now being rapidly reshaped by the New York billionaire's incendiary tone and unorthodox populism.

A Confession of Liberal Intolerance  —  WE progressives believe in diversity, and we want women, blacks, Latinos, gays and Muslims at the table — er, so long as they aren't conservatives.  —  Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious.

Black cadets cause West Point stir with raised fists  —  Washington (AFP) - The prestigious West Point military academy has opened an inquiry after 16 black female cadets posed for a photo with fists raised in militant style.  —  The pose struck by the cadets, dressed in their gray uniforms …

Report: US planning to take tougher line against Israel  —  Senior diplomats say upcoming report to ‘put Israel on notice’ that patience thinning in Obama administration.  —  The Middle East Quartet, made up of the US, EU, UN, and Russia, is scheduled to release a major policy report later in coming weeks …

Bishop McDevitt girl thrown out of prom for wearing a suit  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - A Midstate high school student had the experience of a lifetime at her prom Friday night, but not in the way her family expected.  —  Aniya Wolf was thrown out of Bishop McDevitt's prom.

How Trump could beat Clinton  —  faces an uphill climb to win a general election battle against Hillary Clinton  —  , but there is a path for him to beat the former secretary of State.  —  Trump enters the contest with poor approval ratings, particularly with women and Hispanic voters.

Former GOP senator: Trump is a sociopath  —  Former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.) called Donald Trump  —  a sociopath Friday, saying he would never support the presumptive GOP nominee even though his favored candidate, John Kasich, suspended his campaign earlier this week.

Obama's full remarks at Howard University commencement ceremony  —  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Thank you!  Hello, Howard!  (Applause.)  H-U!  —  AUDIENCE: You know!  —  Story Continued Below  —  OBAMA: H-U!  —  AUDIENCE: You know!  —  OBAMA: (Laughter.)  Thank you so much, everybody.

Passenger thinks Penn prof doing math is ‘terrorist;’ flight delayed  —  A University of Pennsylvania economics professor who was scribbling math while waiting on a plane for his Philadelphia-to-Syracuse flight to take off on Thursday evening apparently triggered paranoia in a fellow passenger …

Fort McMurray wildfire heading for Saskatchewan border  —  Inside the city, police are going house to house, looking for people who may have been unable to leave  —  Firefighters prepare to be deployed into the Fort McMurray wildfire as they receive orders near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2016.

UAlbany expels students indicted in hate crime hoax  —  The University at Albany has expelled two black female students and suspended a third after they were indicted for allegedly lying about being victims of a hate crime.  —  Ariel Agudio and Asha Burwell have been dismissed from the university …

An American Primer … [The American Primer is a challenge rather than a finished fight.  Whitman shows in it what he was prepared to do rather than what he thought he had perfected.  It was his original intention to enlarge these notes into a study which would in a sense inclose the theme and dignify it in the way it deserved.