On Facebook, Trump's Longtime Butler Calls for Obama to Be Killed  —  Anthony Senecal, who worked as Donald Trump's butler for 17 years before being named the in-house historian at the tycoon's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, has repeatedly published posts on his Facebook page …

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U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

Top Trump ally on Capitol Hill: He snubbed us  —  One of Donald Trump's top allies in Congress slammed the presumptive GOP nominee after he failed to meet with rank-and-file lawmakers backing his campaign during his ballyhooed trip to Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Elizabeth Warren Is On An Anti-Trump Tweetstorm.  The Clinton Campaign Has Noticed.  —  And a buried 2015 focus group hints at why she might just be the VP pick.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Twice this past week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) …

Sarah Palin: Paul Ryan, Donald Trump meeting ‘makes me ill’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued her attacks against House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, saying his highly publicized meeting Thursday with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., made her “ill.”

Federal judge rules Obamacare is being funded unconstitutionally  —  The HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington.  A federal judge has ruled that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president's healthcare law.

Sen. Sessions: Election offers a simple choice  —  In Donald Trump, we have a forceful advocate for America.  —  For the first time in a long time, this November will give Americans a clear choice on perhaps the most important issue facing our country and our civilization …

Clinton Charity Aided Clinton Friends  —  A $2 million commitment arranged by the nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative in 2010 went to a for-profit company part-owned by friends of the Clintons  —  HASTINGS, Neb.—The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world's problems …

Boehner wouldn't be surprised if Clinton ‘has to withdraw’  —  (R-Ohio) on Thursday took shots at Sen. Ted Cruz  —  (R-Texas) and said he wouldn't be surprised if Hillary Clinton  —  ends up withdrawing from the presidential race.  —  Addressing the SALT Conference in Las Vegas …

Donald Trump Won't Alter Tax Plan, Spokeswoman Says as Confusion Reigns  —  WASHINGTON — After days of confusion over Donald J. Trump's hints that he would change his tax plan to reduce its budget-busting cost and make it less generous to the rich, his spokeswoman on Thursday sought to clear things up …

Sheldon Adelson: I endorse Donald Trump for president  —  Sheldon G. Adelson is chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp.  —  At the outset of the 2016 election, the GOP primary field was nearly as large as that of last weekend's Kentucky Derby.

A bit of debris chipped the International Space Station.  That's just one piece of a much bigger problem.  —  When you sit around imagining life aboard the International Space Station (we all do that, right?) one thing you probably don't want to think about is a space junk slamming into your vessel.

Senate Appropriations Bill Spends More Than Obama Requested  —  The U.S. Senate's first spending bill of 2016 allocates $261 million more than President Barack Obama requested and lacks significant conservative amendments, but it still sailed to passage Thursday in the Republican-led chamber.

Dinesh D'Souza's 'Hillary's America' Docu Set To Open Just Before GOP Convention  —  EXCLUSIVE: No word yet if Dinesh D'Souza's Hillary's America: The Secret History Of The Democratic Party will be playing in Cleveland when the Republicans have their national convention in the Ohio city …

The GOP's top Colorado Senate candidate just had a Marco Rubio moment  —  Watch the video above, and try not to cringe.  It's Jon Keyser, Republicans' preferred candidate to challenge Sen. Michael Bennet (D) in the Colorado Senate race, having what can be charitably described as a brain freeze …

Our overriding conservative mission on Free Republic is to defend God, family, country!  —  Our overriding mission on Free Republic is to preserve, protect and defend (conserve) God, family, country—and all that that entails (refer to the Declaration, Constitution, and our Judeo-Christian American heritage for details).

No, Most Republicans Aren't for ‘Open Borders’  —  House speaker Paul Ryan (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)  —  Paul Ryan is not for open borders.  In the Year of Donald Trump, these are fighting words.  They are also true.  On his campaign website, the speaker of the House lists four principles …

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘Trump Is So Stupid, My God’  —  On arrival in London, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo was asked by a reporter about presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.  —  “Trump is stupid.  He's very stupid,” Hidalgo said.  —  She continued, “I think the example are all the people …

Russian Insider Says State-Run Doping Fueled Olympic Gold  —  LOS ANGELES — Dozens of Russian athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, including at least 15 medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program, meticulously planned for years to ensure dominance at the Games …