Paul Ryan: Donald Trump can help make reality of bold House policy agenda  —  When Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president one month ago, many Republicans like me faced a big question.  —  Six months earlier, in October, as I was taking the job as House speaker …

UCLA gunman had accused slain professor of stealing his computer code, sources say  —  Police respond to the UCLA campus after a shooting Wednesday.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)  —  The gunman who shot and killed a UCLA professor Wednesday has been identified as Mainak Sarkar …

Donald Trump warns Barack Obama he'll ‘hit him’ like Bill Clinton  —  Presumptive Republican nominee rallies crowd in sweltering heat in Sacramento  —  Trump's remarks come after Obama waded into campaign  —  Trump says Obama 'doesn't have a clue'  —  Donald Trump, lashing back at Barack Obama …

The RNC's New Hispanic Media Director Bashed Trump Nonstop For Months  —  After the Republican National Committee Hispanic Media Director left Wednesday because of discomfort with working to elect Donald Trump, the RNC moved quickly to announce a replacement: commentator and journalist Helen Aguirre Ferré.

Why Hillary Clinton Is Avoiding Press Conferences  —  She's playing to her strengths, as any politician would.  —  Pin It  —  Hillary Clinton hasn't held a press conference in 180 days.  That fact hasn't been lost on reporters who cover her, nor has it escaped the notice of her Republican opponent.

Mitch McConnell: Trump's Insults Need To Stop, Add No Value  —  “It is something about him that I don't care for.”  —  Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a radio interview on Thursday that he is bothered by Donald Trump's use of personal insults.

Trump Delegate Says Current US Leaders May Need to Be “Killed”  —  Last December, Donald Trump's presidential campaign approved David Riden to be a delegate candidate on the Tennessee ballot, and when the state held its primary in March, voters selected Riden to go to the Republican National Convention.

APNewsBreak: Official says Prince died of opioid overdose  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Tests show that Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law-enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday.  —  The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate.

I felt a shudder down my spine yesterday watching Donald Trump's fusilade against the press.  This is not a moment to be trifled with.  It wasn't his first tirade and it won't be his last.  —  I was reminded of my college journalism professor, the late Hugh Cunningham …

Haley talks of Trump, Confederate flag ahead of anniversary  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday she wishes Donald Trump communicated differently because bad things result from divisive rhetoric, as evidenced by last June's massacre in Charleston.

Trump's aversion to data puts RNC on the hot seat  —  's apparent uninterest in using data and analytics in his campaign is putting pressure on the Republican National Committee (RNC), which could be forced to fill the gaps in the general election.  —  The RNC says it is ready for the challenge …

Donald Trump's Secret Weapon: Letters of Love, Flattery and Revenge  —  In one letter, Donald J. Trump ranted about the crisis of unsightly hot dog vendors on his beloved Fifth Avenue.  “Having ketchup and mustard splattered all over the sidewalk,” he wrote, “is disgraceful.”

The easiest way to guess if someone supports Trump?  Ask if Obama is a Muslim.  —  You can ask just one simple question to find out whether someone likes Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton: Is Barack Obama a Muslim?  If they are white and the answer is yes, 89 percent of the time that person …

The Sad Story of Milo Yiannopoulos: the Trump Troll With Daddy Issues  —  Milo Yiannopoulos is a fervent supporter of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.  Referring to Trump as “Daddy,” the ostentatiously gay British media personality provides a camp component to the presumptive Republican nominee's fan base.

The polls are not broken.  Say it again: The polls are not broken.  —  Are the polls broken?  A steady stream of articles over the past nine months has examined the challenges of the polling industry, pointing to highly visible failures, the rise of cell phones and the decline of response rates.

The Senate Republicans, Merrick Garland and the Lessons of History  —  Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago  —  On February 13, the very day of Justice Antonin Scalia's untimely death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stunningly announced that the Senate …

‘Missing’ White Voters Might Help Trump, But Less So Where He Needs It  —  A common refrain is that demographics will ultimately doom Donald Trump's candidacy.  His most reliable supporters have been whites without college degrees — a group that made up 65 percent of voters in 1980 but is on pace to make up just 33 percent in 2016.

Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump's real strength and Clinton's fatal sleepwalking  —  The media covers for Hillary on her email scandal while Trump gallops through the non-stop artillery barrage  —  It's zombie time at campaign Hillary.  Behold the dead men walking!

Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November  —  When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old software engineer found his name had been struck from the voter rolls.

Some officials worry about briefing Trump, fearing spilled secrets  —  Some U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that Donald Trump's “shoot from the hip” style could pose national security risks as they prepare to give him a routine pre-election briefing once he is formally anointed as the Republican presidential nominee.

State Department: Yep, We Deleted That Video Proving We Lied About The Iran Deal  —  After being caught lying last month about the Iran nuclear deal, specifically negotiations between the Iranian regime and the Obama administration, the State Department deleted an important exchange between …

Ebke bolts GOP after Ricketts speech  —  Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete left the Republican Party and registered as a Libertarian Party member two weeks after Gov. Pete Ricketts called out state senators who are Republicans by name for not supporting him or the GOP on some contentious legislative issues.

Obama warns of isolationism as ‘false comfort’  —  The United States must resist the temptation to turn inward, President Barack Obama said Thursday, making his case for the role of the American military as he offered up a defense of his diplomatic resolutions in Iran, Cuba, Syria and beyond.

Grosse Pointe teens' racist video stirs anger, action  —  Less than three months after students used the N-word on social media and sparked an outpouring of concern about racism in the Grosse Pointes, staff and students at Grosse Pointe South High School faced a fresh affront this week …

Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage  —  The four-year-old messaging app is said to have 150 million people using it each day.  —  Snapchat Inc. has 150 million people using the service each day, said people familiar with the matter.  That makes the four-year-old messaging app more popular than Twitter Inc. by daily active users.