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.

Sanders camp: Maybe Trump is ‘chickening out’ of debate  —  The Bernie Sanders-Donald Trump debate could be one of the biggest televised events of the year.  But whether it will even happen is a different story, Sanders' campaign said Friday, accusing Trump's camp of dragging its feet.

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 …

We Found It — The Most Racist Ad Of 2016  —  This Chinese laundry detergent commercial will likely leave you feeling like you need a shower.  UPDATE: the company still doesn't think the ad is racist.  —  Well.  This is a commercial for a Chinese detergent brand called Qiaobi that was uploaded onto YouTube on Wednesday.

Clinton camp tries to wake up supporters on anti-Trump fundraising  —  With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump running neck and neck in national polls, the former secretary of state is trying to use the prospect of a tight general election battle to replenish her war chest.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

AN AMERICA FIRST ENERGY PLAN  —  I'm delighted to be in North Dakota, a state at the forefront of a new energy revolution.  —  Oil and natural gas production is up significantly in the last decade.  Our oil imports have been cut in half.  —  But all this occurred in spite of massive new bureaucratic and political barriers.

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.

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 …

Zika Fears Prompt 125 Public Health Experts to Call for Olympics to Be Moved From Rio  —  A group of 125 prominent scientists, doctors and medical ethicists released a letter calling for this summer's Olympic Games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.

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?

Bible verse prompts GOP walkout after LGBT vote labeled a sin  —  A House conservative went after dozens of fellow Republicans on Thursday with suggestions that they'd sinned for backing an anti-discrimination proposal against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Trump Withheld Alimony From Marla Maples When She Threatened His Presidential Ambitions  —  “Our purpose was to send a message that she was playing close to the fire.  That should slow her down,” Trump's lawyer said at the time.  —  Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images