Donald Trump has exposed Marco Rubio  —  In the late stages of his doomed presidential campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio declared that the front-runner for his party's nomination was “a con artist.”  But it turns out that Donald Trump wasn't the only GOP presidential candidate pulling the wool over people's eyes.

Trump's Delusions of Competence  —  In general, you shouldn't pay much attention to polls at this point, especially with Republicans unifying around Donald Trump while Bernie Sanders hasn't conceded the inevitable.  Still, I was struck by several recent polls showing Mr. Trump favored …

Die-Hard Bernie Sanders Backers See F.B.I. as Answer to Their Prayers  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Senator Bernie Sanders may be trailing Hillary Clinton by hundreds of delegates, and Mrs. Clinton may be treating the Democratic nomination as hers, but Julie Crowell, a stay-at-home mother …

Young Turks host offers $1M for Trump, Sanders debate  —  The Young Turks online program is offering up $1 million to host a debate between Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders  —  and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  “We are now offering $1 million to charity in order …

Text of President Obama's Speech in Hiroshima, Japan  —  The following is a transcript of President Obama's speech in Hiroshima, Japan, as recorded by The New York Times.  —  Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed.

Chinese Detergent Ad Draws Charges of Racism  —  A Chinese laundry detergent commercial has spurred outrage online, with many social media users accusing it of blatant racism.  —  In the commercial for Qiaobi laundry detergent, an Asian woman shoves a detergent pod into the mouth of a black worker …

An Open Letter to Peter Thiel  —  Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag, a section for news and gossip about the rich and powerful of Silicon Valley.  “Peter Thiel, the smartest VC in the world, is gay,” wrote Owen Thomas.

How Donald Trump Destroyed the Interview  —  The interview is the Niagara that fills the news ocean.  A quick check of the front page of the New York Times, a scan of any 30-minute block of CNN, or a few clicks on the POLITICO home page establish it: For generations, the interview …

The secret life of Kim Jong Un's aunt, who has lived in the U.S. since 1998  —  NEW YORK — Wandering through Times Square, past the Naked Cowboy and the Elmos and the ticket touts, she could be any immigrant trying to live the American Dream.  —  A 60-year-old Korean woman with a soft perm …

Bernie Hits Bump on Univision: Speechless on Socialism's Failures  —  The Democrats' socialist candidate for President of the United States, Bernie Sanders, was seriously tripped up this week in an interview with Univision's León Krauze.  —  When asked to explain the failure …

At 96, Dr. Heimlich finally uses his life-saving technique  —  When he heard that a resident was choking, Perry Gaines, maître d' for the Deupree House dining room, ran toward the table.  —  Gaines has been trained in the Heimlich maneuver and has performed it at least twice …

RNC scrambles to calm state GOP officials  —  The Republican National Committee is scrambling to respond to increasingly frantic concerns from state GOP officials that the party has not provided enough field organizers and will be badly outgunned by Democrats in battleground states.

Sub sailor's photo case draws comparisons to Clinton emails  —  A Navy sailor entered a guilty plea Friday in a classified information mishandling case that critics charge illustrates a double standard between the treatment of low-ranking government employees and top officials like former Secretary …

Nominee or not, why is Trump still smacking Republicans around?  —  It took some unknown number-cruncher at the AP to make it official, but the media went into breaking-news mode yesterday in declaring Donald Trump the Republican nominee.  —  He was, of course, already the de facto nominee.

Obama's naive idealism has caused havoc as America makes the same mistakes over and over again  —  How do you distinguish a foreign policy “idealist” from a “realist,” an optimist from a pessimist?  Ask one question: Do you believe in the arrow of history?  Or to put it another way, do you think history is cyclical or directional?

A Dialogue With a 22-Year-Old Donald Trump Supporter  —  For several days, I've been corresponding with a 22-year-old Donald Trump supporter.  He is white, has a bachelor's degree, and earns $50,000 to $60,000 per year.  —  He lives near San Francisco.  —  “I recently became engaged …