Trump Hangs Up When WaPo Reporters Ask Him About Posing As Publicist  —  Donald Trump abruptly hung up on Washington Post reporters when they asked him Friday afternoon about reports that he used to masquerade as his own publicist in interviews.  —  The Post's Marc Fisher and Will Hobson reported …

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.

Scientists Talk Privately About Creating a Synthetic Human Genome  —  Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.  —  The prospect is spurring both intrigue and concern …

Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on sex offender's jet much more than previously known  —  Epstein, (inset left), and Clinton flew together at least 26 times on the disgraced financier's “Lolita Express.”  (John Coates, airport-data.com)  —  Former President Bill Clinton …

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 …

Obama transgender edict incites the right  —  While the Obama administration's directive on bathroom access for transgender students was praised by supporters as a historic moment for civil rights, the sweeping new rules have re-energized the right — and a top lawmaker in Texas even argues …

GOP rep refuses to apologize for racial slur  —  Former House Homeland Security Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) is refusing to apologize for using the racial slur “Japs” during an interview on MSNBC on Friday morning, saying people are “too politically correct.”

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.

This woman is the only person left born in the 1800s  —  Emma Morano from Italy is the last known person on Earth who was born in the 1800s.  Here's her secret to a long, healthy life.  —  The death of 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones in New York City on Thursday leaves just one person on Earth who was alive in the 1800s.

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 …

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.

Report: Wendy's to Roll Out Self-Serve Kiosks by End of 2016, as Wage Increases Squeeze Fast Food Companies  —  Wendy's fast food restaurant chain says it will begin offering self-serve kiosks at its 6,000-plus locations across America, making them available to costumers by the end of 2016.

Donald Trump: Obama's Government Should Get Out of Kids' Bathrooms, Locker Rooms  —  The federal government should leave sexual regulation of the nation's K-12 bathrooms and locker rooms to state and local governments, Donald Trump said in multiple interviews Friday.

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.

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.

Antsy ISIS militant orders his own killing so he can get to heaven on time  —  An Islamic State fighter captured in Iraq last week reportedly begged Kurdish troops to kill him right away because he didn't want to be late for a 4 p.m. religious ceremony in heaven.

Kirk, on tape: Menendez indicted for opposing Obama's Iran deal  —  CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk hasn't let up on his insistence that President Obama is using his power as president to lash out at a political enemy.  —  At a fundraising event last month in Chicago, the Illinois Republican …

Cop questioned in NYPD corruption probe kills himself at golf course  —  More On:  —  An NYPD deputy inspector who had been questioned in the ongoing corruption probes of the department fatally shot himself in the head on Friday, The Post has learned.  —  Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri …