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 …

Trump taunts media to its face  —  Donald Trump, whose entire campaign can seem like an experiment in free media, was simply trying to keep a low profile when he held an impromptu, televised fundraiser for veterans groups back in January in lieu of attending a GOP primary debate.

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Tech Giants Vow to Tackle Online Hate Speech Within 24 Hours  —  Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, unveil code of conduct  —  Terror attacks show urgent need to address hate posts, says EU  —  U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged …

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 …

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 …

Hillary Clinton's Campaign Was Never Going to Be Easy.  But Did It Have to Get This Hard?  —  In a locker room at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, people are waiting in line to get their pictures taken with Hillary Clinton before a rally in the school's gym.

North Korean editorial supports Donald Trump  —  A North Korean editorial on Tuesday said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can bring about North Korea's “Yankee Go Home” slogan and ultimately help unify the Korean Peninsula.  —  The article published in state media outlet DPRK Today …

Hillary Clinton broke the rules: Our view  —  As secretary of State, she ignored repeated warnings about email security.  —  Everyone, including Hillary Clinton, now agrees that the newly confirmed secretary of State made a mistake in 2009 when she decided, for the sake of “convenience,” …

Shady accounting underpins Trump's wealth  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump claims a net worth of more than $10 billion and an income of $557 million.  But he appears to get there only by overvaluing properties and ignoring his expenses.  —  POLITICO spoke with more than a dozen financial experts …

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.

Donald Trump's Money Is A Myth - Will He Bankrupt the RNC Too?  —  How Many Hats Is A Billion?  —  There has always been a single powerful signifier in the myth of Donald Trump, whether as a developer, a casino operator, a reality TV host, a branding pitchman or as a Presidential candidate.

WATCH: Driver arrested after wild hit-and-run in Tampa  —  31-year-old has long list of prior offenses  —  The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a wild hit-and-run caught on video in Tampa.  —  Cell phone video shows what appears to be a driver of a silver car deliberately plow down two people on a motorcycle.

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.

Venezuela is running out of everything: Bread, sugar, toilet paper...  Venezuela is running out of just about everything.  Food, medicine, electricity, toilet paper, condoms — you name it.  —  And over the weekend at least two large international airlines — Lufthansa and LATAM …

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 …

Man stealing crab legs shot by D.C. officer after pointing a replica gun at him, police say  —  A man who was shot by an off-duty D.C. police officer while stealing frozen crab legs from a grocery store in Northeast Washington on Sunday pointed what turned out to be a replica handgun at the officer, authorities said on Tuesday.