GOP Quickly Unifies Around Trump; Clinton Still Has Modest Lead  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Republicans have quickly unified around Donald Trump, making the Presidential race more competitive than it has previously been perceived to be.  —  Hillary Clinton leads Trump 42-38 …

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A Secret Section of Central Park Reopens  —  Since the days when Fiorello H. La Guardia was mayor and Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, it has been a well-kept secret of New York City — to people, if not to migrating birds, the occasional wandering coyote and annoying, invasive plants like wisteria …

The First Sitting U.S. President to Visit Hiroshima  —  President Obama will visit Hiroshima, Japan after the conclusion of the G-7 Summit later this month.  —  There has been intense interest on both sides of the Pacific in the possibility of a presidential visit to Hiroshima …

From playboy to president?  Trump's past crude sex talk collides with his White House bid.  —  Over 15 years, radio shock jock Howard Stern and his buddy Donald Trump periodically carried on like towel-snapping “bros” in a locker room, rating women's tops and bottoms, debating whether oral sex is …

Aftermath of Munich knife attack shows bloodied footprints  —  Play!  —  Auto update  —  Off  —  ‘No indication’ of Islamic extremist motive  —  Bavaria's top security official says investigators have no indications that the suspect in a stabbing at a train station had an Islamic extremist motive.

Hillary Clinton, the First ‘E.T. Candidate,’ Has U.F.O. Fans in Thrall  —  When Jimmy Kimmel asked Hillary Clinton in a late-night TV interview about U.F.O.s, she quickly corrected his terminology.  —  “You know, there's a new name,” Mrs. Clinton said in the March appearance.

Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will oversee the vice-presidential search  —  Political adviser Beth Myers headed up the process for Mitt Romney.  Washington lawyer A.B. Culvahouse managed the selection for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).  Now, Corey Lewandowski will have that responsibility for Donald Trump.

Paul Ryan Says U.S. Must Admit Muslim Migrants, Sends Kids to Private School that Screens Them Out  —  After the Paris terrorist attack, House Speaker Paul Ryan declared that the United States cannot turn away the hundreds of thousands of Islamist migrants now being approved for visas to enter the United States.

White House seeks to contain fallout from aide's comments  —  Ben Rhodes might have a “mind meld” with President Obama, but he is causing headaches for the White House.  —  Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, managed in a recent New York Times Magazine profile to undercut …

Trump expands the battleground...to Utah?  —  Historically from 1952 to 2012, the likely range of movement in two-candidate margin from this time until Election Day has been 10 percentage points, which is the standard deviation from the 16 past elections.  Therefore, even though Clinton currently leads …

Ted Cruz is not releasing his delegates before the GOP convention  —  Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz is not releasing his delegates in at least three states, a sign he may hold onto some clout at this summer's Republican National Convention.  —  Cruz sent a letter to Republican state parties in at least Kansas …

Flint mayor diverted water-crisis money to political PAC, suit says  —  (CNN)The former city administrator of Flint, Michigan, filed a federal lawsuit against the current mayor's office, claiming she was fired after raising concerns about donors being directed away from a charity for victims …

A depressingly accurate 29-word description of the dismal state of our politics  —  Marty Baron, my boss and the editor of the Washington Post, gave a commencement speech at Temple University over the weekend.  It was on the fungible nature of truth in our modern world and how everyone is not …

The rise of militias: Patriot candidates are now getting elected in Oregon  —  Like Trump, the Patriot Movement's surge is due partly to fear and the perceived indifference of political leaders to places that didn't recover from the 2008 crash  —  oseph Rice's manner is a long way from militia stereotypes.

Military Times survey: Troops prefer Trump to Clinton by a huge margin  —  In a new survey of American military personnel, Donald Trump emerged as active-duty service members' preference to become the next U.S. president, topping Hillary Clinton by more than a 2-to-1 margin.

Kasich Remains Cool to Prospect of Joining Trump Ticket  —  The Ohio governor's advisers say he remains uninterested in the position.  —  Republican John Kasich is still on a list of top choices to become Donald Trump's running mate, even though he continues to express no enthusiasm for the position.

Donald Trump Says Sadiq Khan, New London Mayor, Could Be Exception to His Muslim Ban  —  Mr. Trump said he was “happy” that London had elected its first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, and suggested that he would be among the exceptions to his proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States.

RNC Chair: Third Party Ticket Is A “Stupid Idea,” “I Don't Believe It For A Second”  —  “I'm not gonna give any gas to that fire.”  —  Mark Wilson / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus on Monday dismissed the idea of a conservative third party ticket …

Tufts University note claims car arsonist is pro-union  —  Arson investigators are looking for clues to who torched a Toyota Camry at Tufts University earlier yesterday — with a menacing note taped nearby that claimed bombs had been set in campus buildings in support of “janitors” and the “labor movement.”

Our National Dumpster Fire  —  It was almost as if Donald Trump wanted to give Republican voters one last look at what they would be getting if they chose to nominate him as the head of their party—as if he wanted to show officeholders who would endorse him exactly what they'd have to explain …

Bernie Sanders's Next Revolution  —  How can he continue to harness the enthusiasm that defined his candidacy beyond the time-limited scope of a campaign?  —  Bernie Sanders spent the better part of three decades in national politics trying to bring ideas that would strike most of the democratic world …

Deputies: Deltona man finds bullet hole 3 days after shooting himself  —  A Deltona man shot himself while cleaning a handgun but did not discover the bullet hole in his arm until three days later when he changed shirts, Volusia County sheriff's deputies said.

New Utah Law Will Require Abortion Doctors To Lie To Their Patients  —  A new Utah law that goes into effect on Tuesday will force doctors to shirk their promise to “do no harm” by dangerously over-anesthetizing women who seek a later abortion.  —  Informed by anti-abortion state lawmakers rather …

Democrats see Clinton and Warren as dream team  —  Democrats are openly hoping that Hillary Clinton  —  as her running mate.  —  Amid concerns that supporters of Bernie Sanders  —  will choose to stay home on Election Day, a number of Democrats see a Clinton-Warren alliance …