Trump Attacks Federal Judge in Trump U Case  —  The presumptive GOP nominee devotes 12 minutes of a 58-minute address to the suit  —  SAN DIEGO-In one of his most personal attacks against an apolitical figure since becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee …

Donald Trump tells Californians there is no drought  —  6.1k Shares  —  California had one of its driest years in 2015.  In fact, last year marked the driest four-year period in the state's history.  —  But Donald Trump isn't sold.  Six months later, the presumptive GOP nominee told supporters …

Tech Company: We Will Put Up $10 Million For Bernie-Trump Debate  —  WASHINGTON — A technology investment company has offered to put up the $10 million for charity that Donald Trump said on Thursday would be needed to hold a debate with Bernie Sanders.  —  [Update at 4:38 p.m. …

Trump's Intellectuals  —  They're out there—beyond the Beltway.  —  Inside the Beltway and along the Washington-to-Boston corridor, #NeverTrump has won the hearts and minds of conservative intellectuals and the high-toned media.  The dissenters—yes, there are some—make a lot less noise.

Feds fight to prevent Clinton deposition in email case  —  The Obama administration is trying to prevent former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  —  from being deposed in an ongoing open records case connected to her use of a private email server.  —  Late Thursday evening …

Libertarian ‘dream ticket’ in peril as Weld bombs in Orlando  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — It was supposed to be a stroke of genius: Gary Johnson, the 2012 Libertarian nominee for president and the party's leading contender in 2016, announced that William Weld, the two-term former Republican governor of Massachusetts …

Trump on climate: He's even worse than we thought  —  No one expected Donald Trump to give a single energy speech and suddenly pivot to the left on global warming, after a record of expressing skepticism that global warming exists on several prior occasions.

The Dark Future of Whitewashing  —  Asian Americans are increasingly overrepresented among our society's elite.  Will the U.S. succumb to anti-Asian prejudice?  —  Over at ye olde New York Times, Slate alumna Amanda Hess has a new article on the insane difficulties Asian Americans face …

The World Reaps What the Saudis Sow  —  Saudi Arabia has frustrated American policy makers for years.  Ostensibly a critical ally, sheltered from its enemies by American arms and aid, the kingdom has spent untold millions promoting Wahhabism, the radical form of Sunni Islam that inspired …

Carson: Trump starting to believe in ‘greater power’  —  is starting to believe in “a greater power” and is praying more often.  —  Trump's former presidential rival, a key surrogate and possible vice presidential pick, told The Hill on Friday that he believes Trump is becoming more spiritual.

Donald Trump under oath: Trump University's promises crumble  —  The ads for his university were classic Donald Trump — Trump stares into the camera and proclaims:  —  “We're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific people, terrific brains, successful.

Family of Kate Steinle files lawsuit over deadly shooting on San Francisco pier  —  Relatives of the woman shot to death on a San Francisco pier last year filed a lawsuit Friday saying the illegal immigrant accused in the killing should have been in custody if not for a series of mistakes by city and federal workers.

Donald Trump's Campaign Stumbles as It Tries to Go Big  —  BISMARCK, N.D. — A constant stream of changes and scuffles are roiling Donald J. Trump's campaign team, including the abrupt dismissal this week of his national political director.  —  A sense of paranoia is growing among …

When the Barbarous Brits First Quit Europe  —  London — CLOSE by Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, there stands the statue of a woman brandishing a spear.  Erected in 1902, it portrays Boudicca, the warrior queen who, in the words of the inscription on the statue's plinth …

War Crimes of Imperial Japan: A Lesson In Moral Equivalence for Mr. Obama  —  President Obama made a single, vague reference to “evil” during his prepared remarks in Hiroshima: “We may not be able to eliminate man's capacity to do evil, so nations and the alliances that we form must possess the means to defend ourselves.

World's scariest school run?  Chinese children tackle 800-metre cliff  —  Children as young as six from Atuler village in Sichuan province have to scale a huge rockface using rickety ladders  —  Authorities in south-west China have vowed to come to the aid of an isolated mountain village …