Feel the Math  —  This is my fifth presidential campaign as a New York Times columnist, so I've watched a lot of election coverage, and I came into this cycle prepared for the worst.  Or so I thought.  —  But I was wrong.  So far, election commentary has been even worse than I imagined it would be.

Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a ‘public service’  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.  The author works at the institute.  —  Chicago (CNN)Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder …

Over the Memorial Day Weekend, Bill Kristol doubled down on his betrayal of this country with a pair of tweets:  —  “Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate — an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance,” Kristol tweeted.

WSJ editor: Trump needs to be destroyed in the November election to teach GOP voters a lesson  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Appearing on CNN, an opinion page editor from the Wall Street Journal left no doubt how he feels about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump …

New video footage of Harambe shows the 400-pound gorilla HOLDING HANDS with the boy who fell into the zoo enclosure as witnesses say the animal was ‘acting protectively’  — Harambe was fatally shot after a four-year-old boy crawled past the railing and fell 10ft into the gorilla exhibit moat, authorities said

Tenants angry after apartment building orders them to ‘friend’ it on Facebook  —  Technically Incorrect: The owners of a Salt Lake City apartment building change the tenancy agreement and give tenants five days to like the building on Facebook.  Or else.  —  by , Chris Matyszczyk

Our Memorial Day collision course with fascism: Donald Trump and the new American militarism  —  It's not that Trump himself is a fascist, but he's a sign that we are more vulnerable to it than we ever imagined  —  The rise of Donald Trump as a presidential contender has been accompanied with dire warnings of a coming fascist tide.

Concern over immigration delivers a ‘significant’ poll boost to the Leave campaign amid growing concern about control over UK borders  —  Public concern over immigration has delivered a “significant” boost to the Leave campaign amid growing concern about Britain's ability to control its borders, a new poll suggests.

A Renegade Muscles In on Mister Softee's Turf  —  Summer in New York City means ice cream trucks: bell-jingling fleets of pleasure craft festooned with pictures of perfectly swirled desserts and beaming children, delivering frozen providence into grateful sweaty hands.

Trump Tower about to be the most secure place in NYC  —  More On:  —  Donald Trump's neighbors are about to become more secure than ever.  —  Sources told Page Six that Trump Tower — the Fifth Avenue luxury skyscraper that houses the presumptive GOP nominee and his family …

Some Chick-fil-A Restaurants Are Commemorating Memorial Day in a Very Special Way  —  Two Alabama Chick-fil-A locations are honoring our nation's veterans for Memorial Day in a special way.  A table has been set aside that has a place setting, candle, rose in a vase, and a note, which reads:

Trump postpones release of veterans funding details  —  is postponing an announcement about the money he's raised for military veterans until after Memorial Day.  —  The presumptive Republican presidential nominee claims he raised about $6 million for veterans when he declined to participate …

CIA ex-boss: secretive spooks tolerated in UK more than in US  —  Michael Hayden talks at Hay festival about Edward Snowden and how Facebook, not government, is new privacy battleground  —  British people are not demanding more transparency from the intelligence services as loudly as Americans …

Can Donald Trump Win?  These Battleground Regions Will Decide  —  With Donald J. Trump pulling even or ahead of Hillary Clinton in a series of recent national polls, the once unthinkable has become at least plausible.  But if he is to be elected the 45th president, he must compete on a political map that, for now, looks forbidding.

Swimmers in Calif., Fla. hospitalized after shark bites  —  A woman visiting a popular southern California beach over Memorial Day Weekend was hospitalized late Sunday after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said.  —  In response to the attack in Newport Beach, Calif. …