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.

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.

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.

Inside Donald Trump's '91 Apology for Pretending to Be His Own Spokesman - How Marla Maples Shamed Him Into Fessing Up  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flatly denied Friday that he posed as his own spokesman during a June 26, 1991, phone call to then-PEOPLE reporter Sue Carswell …

Clinton team looking for a VP who will be fighter, excite Sanders supporters  —  Hillary Clinton is considering a running mate who could make a direct appeal to supporters of Bernie Sanders, bridging a generational and political divide, according to four people close to the campaign.

Police in Chicago suburb looking for missing Sinead O'Connor  —  Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer with a history of mental illness, is missing in a Chicago suburb, according to police.  —  A check-for-well-being alert, sent out by police Sgt. Michael Robinson in the village of Wilmette …

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.

Exclusive: In Koch World ‘Realignment,’ Less National Politics  —  On a frigid Tuesday in February, a team of top political operatives from the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the umbrella group that controls political activities for the sprawling donor network led by billionaire industrialists Charles …

Former Trump girlfriend hits back at ‘upsetting’ NYT cover story  —  The New York Times' article published Saturday with the headline “Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private” begins with an anecdote from a woman named Rowanne Brewer Lane, who as a 26-year-old model …

Trump on Warren: ‘You mean Pocahontas?’  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  is not reining in his attacks against Sen. Elizabeth Warren  —  (D-Mass.).  —  When New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd asked Trump if “he had been chided by any Republicans” …

Man Receives First Penis Transplant in the United States  —  A man whose penis was removed because of cancer has received the first penis transplant in the United States, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  —  Thomas Manning, 64, a bank courier from Halifax, Mass., underwent the 15-hour transplant operation on May 8 and 9.

Princeton Prof: Transgenderism Not Scientific, ‘Superstitious Belief’  —  A noted Princeton University professor has attacked the very notion of transgenderism, saying that the belief “that a woman can be trapped inside a man's body” is ludicrous and superstitious, with no basis in medical fact.

Prosecutors: Longtime Pa. congressman abused his office ‘over and over again’  —  PHILADELPHIA — Federal prosecutors on Monday began laying out a complicated criminal corruption case against Rep. Chaka Fattah Sr. of Pennsylvania on Monday, telling jurors the longtime Democratic legislator abused his office …

3 states are down to one Obamacare insurer.  What if they fall to zero?  —  There are at least three states that currently have just one health insurer planning to sell on their Obamacare marketplace in 2017: Alaska, Alabama, and Wyoming.  —  The health care law doesn't have a backup plan …

Trump's Asymmetric Warfare  —  It has been somewhat fascinating and sometimes fun to watch Elizabeth Warren do battle with Donald Trump in alternating salvos of tweets, but in the end I fear that this approach of trying to “beat a bully,” as Warren put it in one of her tweets, is a futile effort.