Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam  —  So the Trump campaign has released a video with purported testimonials from Trump University students which I guess is supposed to show that Trump University was not a scam.

Dead Heat in California: Clinton, Sanders Tied in New Poll  —  Hillary Clinton is clinging to a narrow two-point lead over Bernie Sanders in California ahead of the state's June 7 primary, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.

Two dead in shooting at UCLA, campus on lockdown  —  Joseph Serna , Richard Winton , Hailey Branson-Potts , James Queally and Kate Mather Contact Reporters  —  Two people were killed in a shooting at UCLA on Wednesday morning, prompting a massive response from local and federal law enforcement, the LAPD confirmed.

Exclusive: Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee  —  Our project found about 3,500 legal actions involving Trump, including 1,900 where he or his companies were a plaintiff and about 1,300 in which he was the defendant.  Due to his branding value, Trump is determined to defend his name and reputation.

Obama Urges Social Security Increase in Preview of Campaign Role  —  Reversal from 2011 Obama support for cuts in benefit growth  —  Unifies Obama Social Security stance with Sanders and Clinton  —  President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an increase in Social Security benefits …

Aldine ISD teacher accused of sexual relationship with 13-year-old released from jail  —  Report says teacher became pregnant with student's baby  —  HOUSTON - The Aldine Independent School District Middle School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student …

Mark Cuban Questions Whether Trump Is Actually A Billionaire  —  “I'm not so sure Donald knows what he's not good at.”  —  Ezra Shaw / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on Wednesday questioned whether Donald Trump is actually a billionaire …

State Department admits briefing footage on Iran deal intentionally deleted  —  The State Department, in a stunning admission, acknowledged Wednesday that an official intentionally deleted several minutes of video footage from a 2013 press briefing, where a top spokeswoman seemed …

Trump Has Solid Lead Over Clinton in Georgia  —  PPP's new Georgia poll finds that the prospect of Democrats flipping the state blue in the Presidential race may have diminished with the unification of Republican voters around Donald Trump in the last month.

The Donald Trump Conversation: Politics' “Dark Heart” Is Having the Best Time Anyone's Ever Had  —  At home in Beverly Hills, the candidate talks Murdoch, what he's reading, how he'll redo electoral math and Ari Emanuel's offer to script his convention.  —  The long day is ending for Donald Trump …

A warning left on a nanny's car.  License plates stolen.  And a top Pentagon official in big trouble.  —  The mystery that for weeks unnerved this quiet Capitol Hill neighborhood began with a warning placed on a nanny's windshield.  —  “I know you are misusing this visitor pass to park here daily,” the April 4 note read.

Scientists Pioneer New Method to Identify Mantises  —  Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History have pioneered a new method to identify praying mantises.  They described a new species of leaf-dwelling mantis by establishing a female genitalia character system.

Cory Booker laces into Trump in VP tryout  —  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday fueled speculation that he could be Hillary Clinton  —  's vice presidential pick with an all-out assault on Donald Trump  —  at a campaign event in New Jersey.  —  “The issues we hear Donald Trump talking …

SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS  —  The financial health of each state can be analyzed through the states' own audited financial reports.  By looking at states' basic financial statistics on revenues, expenditures, cash, assets, lia­bilities, and debt, states may be ranked according to how easily …

Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor  —  Kenneth Starr is resigning as chancellor at Baylor in the wake of a huge shakeup at the university, but he will continue to teach in the law school, the former school president told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday.

From $4.5 Billion To Nothing: Forbes Revises Estimated Net Worth Of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes  —  Last year, Elizabeth Holmes topped the FORBES list of America's Richest Self-Made Women with a net worth of $4.5 billion.  Today, FORBES is lowering our estimate of her net worth to nothing.

EXCLUSIVE: Queens man unaware of $2 bail, spends nearly 5 months at Rikers Island  —  He could have been free for the cost of a cup of coffee.  —  A Queens man spent nearly five months at Rikers Island — from November 2014 to April 2015 — without knowing his bail was just $2, according to records and his lawyers.

Clinton tech aide plans to take the Fifth at deposition  —  A former information technology adviser to Hillary Clinton plans to exercise his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a deposition next week and wants to prevent any video recording being made of the session.

Louisiana begins enrolling 375,000 people into Medicaid  —  Gov. John Bel Edwards unveils “Healthy Louisiana,” the replacement for Bayou Health, during a news conference at CareSouth Center in Baton Rouge. … Department of Health and Hospitals will begin the massive task Wednesday (June 1) …

‘Her blood was drained’: Graphic novelist charged with killing girlfriend in Hollywood  —  Blake Leibel was fascinated by evil.  —  His graphic novel centered on the search for the bad seed lurking in the brains of serial killers.  He wrote a screenplay about a madman on a murder spree.

Trump Has a Conflict-of-Interest Problem No Other White House Candidate Ever Had  —  In his most recent financial disclosure statement, Donald Trump notes he has billions of dollars in assets.  But the presumptive GOP nominee also has a tremendous load of debt that includes five loans each over $50 million.

The Anti-P.C. Vote  —  We know that resentment is driving much of Donald Trump's success — resentment of elites, of the political class, of illegal immigrants, of protesters, of the media — and perhaps most particularly of changes in the demographic makeup of the country that Trump and his followers find unwelcome.