Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer for Independent Presidential Run  —  Bill Kristol is considering recruiting David French to run against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two Republicans tell Bloomberg Politics.  —  MarkHalperin  —  jheil  —  Two Republicans intimately familiar …

SiriusXM suspends Glenn Beck over Trump conversation  —  Satellite radio company SiriusXM has suspended Glenn Beck's syndicated show this week and is “evaluating” the program's place over comments made last week by one of Beck's guests.  —  Last week, fiction writer Brad Thor appeared …

EXCLUSIVE: Parents-of-four whose son fell into zoo enclosure sparking killing of Harambe the gorilla as it emerges father has a lengthy criminal history - including kidnap and drug trafficking  — Harambe was fatally shot after their four-year-old boy crawled past a railing and fell 15ft into the gorilla exhibit moat

An Open Letter to California Democrats and Independents  —  On Tuesday, June 7, I have decided to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton because I believe this is the only path forward to win the presidency and stop the dangerous candidacy of Donald Trump.  —  I have closely watched the primaries …

Supreme Court rules against White House in water pollution case  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against the Obama administration in a case regarding water pollution permits.  —  The nation's highest court ruled unanimously that a landowner can appeal through the federal court system …

Bernie Sanders Fights On: The Rolling Stone Interview  —  A defiant candidate on what he's trying to achieve  —  Not even “the math” can spoil a Bernie Sanders rally.  The democratic-socialist senator from Vermont has outperformed any rational expectation, building an insurgent campaign …

The most depressing moment of the 2016 race  —  For those of us with a certain political bent and background, this is the most depressing moment of all.  The best of the GOP — Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, the intellectually serious reformicons who have called attention to issues of poverty …

Over the Waterfall Into Trump's Racist Abyss  —  Some events are important to take note of.  One of them happened on Friday when the Republican nominee for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, again used a campaign rally to launch into a racist tirade against the federal judge presiding …

BREAKING: EPIX Pulls Katie Couric's Fraudulent Documentary “Under The Gun”  —  Just two weeks after first airing and one week after director Stephanie Soechtig and executive producer/narrator Katie Couric were caught in a scandal where Soechtig replaced the answer to a question with footage shot …

This Is The Dumbest, Fakest, Didn't Happenest Thing Hillary Ever Said  —  Let's skip the intro and get down to the brass tacks here.  In an interview with New York Magazine, Hillary Clinton said this: … Here are the five things that make this fake.  —  1) I really admire you.  —  2) I really like you.

Donald Trump Called Daryl Hannah “A Six” Who Needs A Bath During A 1993 Spat  —  “I see her a lot at Knicks games, and, I tell you, she doesn't even understand basketball,” Trump said of Hannah.  —  Donald Trump's response to women who criticize him is often to malign their physical appearance.

Mitch McConnell on endorsing Trump, battling Obama and playing ‘the long game’  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who learned an early lesson about the value of patience and persistence during a childhood bout with polio, has some advice for Republicans alarmed …

Alan Grayson marries candidate who wants to replace him  —  Congressman had formerly protested report on ties to Dena Minning  —  One of Dena Minning's biggest assets in her congressional bid was her boyfriend: incumbent Alan Grayson, who's leaving the U.S. House to run for U.S. Senate.

The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy  —  A long time ago, more than 20 years in fact, the Wall Street Journal published a powerful, eloquent editorial, simply headlined: “No Guardrails.” … Twenty years later, that same newspaper is edging toward open advocacy in favor of Donald Trump …

Class, Trump, and the Election  —  If the ‘high IQs’ of the establishment have let America down, where is a voter to turn?  —  Donald Trump seems to have offended almost every possible identity group.  But the New York billionaire still also seems to appeal to the working classes …

Sessions to GOP: Adapt to Trump or die  —  Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Donald Trump's friendly but fierce Alabama ally, has a message for Republicans still queasy about their party's nominee: Tide's about to roll over you.  —  Sessions, a 69-year-old former state attorney general …

NRA Tells Parents To Keep Guns In Kids' Rooms For Safety  —  LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — During a seminar on “home defense concepts” at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Louisville, an instructor encouraged gun owners to store firearms in their children's bedrooms.