Grassley's court maneuver threatens his legacy, reputation  —  In late February, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley was taking increasing fire for his refusal to hold hearings to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  He dismissed questions about the impact the public uproar might have on his legacy.

BREAKING: Burlington College Closes Due To “Crushing Weight of Debt” Acquired By Jane Sanders  —  Burlington College announced today that it will close on May 27 after it found itself unable to recover from “the crushing weight of the debt” incurred under Jane O'Meara Sanders, the college's former president and wife of Bernie Sanders.

Congressional Candidate Accidentally Shares Porn Tastes On Facebook  —  A Congressional candidate in Virginia's 8th District has posted a photo on Twitter that incidentally includes a glimpse of his pornography tastes.  —  Mike Webb initially ran as a Republican for the 8th District seat …

Missing, Possibly ‘Suicidal’  —  Sinead O'Connor has gone missing, and police have reason to believe she's at risk of suicide.  —  The singer went out on a bicycle ride Sunday around 1 PM in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, and has not been seen since.  Someone called cops to report …

Nightmarish Lines Continue At Airport Security Checkpoints  —  CHICAGO (CBS) — Travelers flying out of Chicago just can't catch a break.  With increasingly long lines to get through security at the city's airports, many travelers have been missing their flights, and some ended up sleeping at O'Hare International Airport on Sunday.

How Donald Trump turned the tables on The New York Times  —  Donald Trump woke up Monday staring down the barrel of a terrible news week.  A scathing New York Times report about his “unsettling” treatment of women was the talk of the morning shows and looked set to dominate the news cycle for days.

Bill Kristol: Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew  —  While millions of Republican primary voters have chosen Donald Trump as the party's nominee, Bill Kristol and a small but well-heeled group of Washington insiders are preparing a third party effort to block Trump's path to the White House.

Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit  —  Company said to make the change in next couple of weeks  —  CEO Jack Dorsey aims to make it easier to compose tweets  —  Twitter Inc. will soon stop counting photos and links in their 140-character limit for tweets, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Whole Foods accuser drops lawsuit over cake … AUSTIN - The man who said an employee at Whole Foods, Inc. wrote a homophobic slur on a cake has withdrawn his lawsuit and now says the company “did nothing wrong.”  —  Jordan Brown made the initial allegations more than three weeks ago.

Senate report on CIA torture is one step closer to disappearing  —  CIA Director John Brennan, Sen. Dianne Feinstein.  (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; photos: AP, Reuters)  —  The CIA inspector general's office — the spy agency's internal watchdog — has acknowledged it “mistakenly” …

Park Service: Bison calf euthanized after tourists put it in vehicle  —  Some concerned tourists in Yellowstone National Park thought a bison calf was cold and put it in their SUV on May 9.  Courtesy of Karen Richardson  —  UPDATE: Yellowstone has explained why they euthanized the animal.

How the Clinton team will go after Donald Trump  —  Can Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump in part by laying out a programmatic economic agenda that is designed to make a concrete difference in Americans' lives?  Or does that risk being too conventional an approach that fails to reckon with the unpredictable nature of Trump's appeal?

It's Time for Bernie Sanders to Pack Up and Go Home  —  Let's talk about this huge mess in Nevada over *four* delegates.  —  For months now, I've been searching for the perfect piece of YouTube flotsam to sum up my feelings about the noisy and petulant endgame of the Democratic presidential primary process.

Woman mistaken for transgender harassed in Walmart bathroom  —  DANBURY - Aimee Toms was washing her hands in the women's bathroom at Walmart in Danbury Friday when a stranger approached her and said, “You're disgusting!” and “You don't belong here!”  —  After momentary confusion …

Trump Campaign Canceled A Reporter's Interview After They Heard Him Speak Spanish  —  Marcos Stupenengo, a freelance correspondent working for TV Azteca, got an interview with Donald Trump — initially.  He had no trouble when he asked to come to Trump Tower in New York on Monday to interview …

Iran: U.S. Encouraging Islamic Republic to Keep Illicit Missile Tests Secret  —  A senior Iranian military commander claimed that U.S. officials are quietly encouraging the Islamic Republic to keep its illicit ballistic missile tests a secret so as not to raise concerns in the region, according to Persian language comments.

John Kasich: 'Running third party doesn't feel right'  —  Watch the full exclusive interview with Ohio Gov. John Kasich on “Anderson Cooper 360” at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.  —  Washington (CNN)John Kasich said Monday that he would not mount a third party bid for the White House …

Trump: London mayor made ‘very rude statements’ about me  —  (CNN)Donald Trump said Monday London's new mayor made “very rude statements” about him — and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee warned he won't have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron if he's elected.

Trump Ally Roger Stone Admits That Trump Posed As His Own PR Man  —  Roger Stone, a longtime political ally and former campaign adviser to Donald Trump, admitted on Saturday that Trump posed as his own publicist in the early 1990s, likening Trump's actions to the Founding Fathers.

Little Is Off Limits as Donald Trump Plans Attacks on Hillary Clinton's Character  —  Donald J. Trump plans to throw Bill Clinton's infidelities in Hillary Clinton's face on live television during the presidential debates this fall, questioning whether she enabled his behavior and sought to discredit the women involved.

U.S. backs arming new Libyan government to fight Islamic State  —  Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya, wear masks in an image taken from a video posted online by the group' supporters  —  W.J. Hennigan and Tracy Wilkinson  —  The U.S. government and other world powers are prepared …