Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist to brag about himself  —  The voice is instantly familiar; the tone, confident, even cocky; the cadence, distinctly Trumpian.  The man on the phone vigorously defending Donald Trump says he's a media spokesman named John Miller, but then he says …

PN-G ISD Superintendent on Obama admin's transgender letter: It's going in the paper shredder  —  PORT NECHES -  —  Port Neches-Groves Superintendent Dr. Rodney Cavness on Thursday slammed the Obama administration's expected letter which is set to tell districts to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choosing.

Ralph Nader: Trump's Done Some Good, Clinton's Winning By ‘Dictatorship’  —  He heaps praise on Bernie Sanders, but won't reveal how he'll vote in November.  —  The five-time presidential candidate had more positive comments abut Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton in an interview with U.S. News.

Family dog takes rattlesnake bite for 7-year-old  —  TAMPA (FOX 13) - His owners call him the perfect dog.  Haus is a 2-year-old German Shepard, and usually 68 pounds of loyalty and love, especially when it comes to his 7-year-old, Molly DeLuca.  After Haus possibly saved Molly's life …

Through the Looking Glass with Ben Rhodes  —  My interest in Ben Rhodes began with a photograph I saw from Senator Barack Obama's insurgent campaign for president in 2008.  The photograph showed a group of Obama's young speechwriters celebrating a victory.  In the shallow background was a young writer …

Photos: Sheriff Joe Arpaio through the years … It's official: A federal judge has found Sheriff Joe Arpaio in civil contempt of federal court.  —  A federal judge ruled that the Maricopa County lawman and three of his top aides violated a federal court order meant to curtail racial profiling …

Third-party effort fizzling out  —  An effort by prominent conservatives to recruit a third party candidate to run against Donald Trump  —  is fizzling out.  —  A serious third party run would cost millions, and GOP donors have so far been reluctant to embrace a bid.

Hillary-Hating Fan Fiction Feeds Trump  —  Donald Trump has hinted he has a lot of dirt on Hillary Clinton.  But where is he getting his information from?  Some of the best, worst Hillary fan fiction money can buy.  —  Hillary Clinton is a murderer and a lesbian and she buys her muumuus on Amazon.com.

Ivanka Trump praises her father for ‘elevating’ the election campaign  —  Play!  —  Donald Trump's daughter has launched a robust defence of her father, describing him as a man who has “elevated” the political discussion, but confessing that she didn't discuss the election with her friend Chelsea Clinton.

MARK CUBAN: Trump is that guy in the bar who will say anything to get laid  —  Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban isn't holding back his opinion about his frenemy, Donald Trump.  —  “There's that guy who'll walk into the bar and say anything to get laid.

Trump Campaign Could Use New Donations to Pay Donald Trump $36M for Loan  —  After railing against a “corrupt” fundraising system in the Republican primaries, Donald Trump now says he will raise hundreds of millions of dollars to compete in the general election.

Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions  —  The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Friday that it has imposed sweeping controls on the distribution of its products to ensure that none are used in lethal injections, a step that closes off the last remaining open-market source of drugs used in executions.

Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists  —  David Petraeus, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, is a retired U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011 and served as CIA director from 2011 to 2012.

We've Entered the Age of Partyism—It Might Get Worse Than Racism  —  Welcome to the age of partyism.  In some ways, it's now worse than racism.  —  There are strong signs that in the coming election, it's going to increase substantially.  Negative campaigning works …

Auction for gun that killed Trayvon Martin possibly hijacked  —  MIAMI (AP) — Bidding in an online auction for the pistol former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin appeared to have been hijacked by fake accounts posting astronomically high bids.

Milwaukee Teens Live Stream Sex Acts On Facebook  —  CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in Milwaukee have launched an investigation after three teenagers live streamed themselves having sex, while their classmates watched on their phones at school.  —  CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports two girls, 14 and 15 …

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.

House GOP will consider whether to impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen  —  House Republicans will start considering whether to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over accusations that he failed to comply with a subpoena and lied to Congress, multiple sources told POLITICO.

WTF TSA?  Viral Video Shows Unbelievable Length of Security Line  —  Invasive security procedures, lack of staff blamed for delays  —  A viral video posted on YouTube shows the unbelievable length of a TSA security line at Chicago's Midway International Airport.

He's an Atheist.  A Satanist.  And He Wants Your Vote  —  Steve Hill might be the first political candidate of his kind  —  Steve Hill in many ways is a typical candidate running for elected office in California.  He's a former U.S. Marine looking to reform public schools …

Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business'  —  The presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump continued to refuse to release his tax returns and today declined to reveal his tax rate.  —  Joining “Good Morning America” this morning, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos asked Trump …

Trump says Washington Post owner Bezos has ‘huge antitrust problem’  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out at Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos Thursday, claiming that the founder of Amazon.com was using the newspaper as a tool to influence corporate tax policy.