Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump  —  The head of Hispanic media relations at the Republican National Committee is resigning this month in what appears to be another indication of the lingering discomfort some party officials have about working to elect Donald J. Trump president.

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 …

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.

Snyder decides against endorsing Trump for president  —  Gov. Rick Snyder has sidelined himself in the race for president, choosing not to make an endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.  —  The Republican governor also did not endorse in the March 8 primary …

NY Attorney General Slams Trump University as ‘Fraud From Beginning to End’  —  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is confident that the case against Donald Trump and Trump University will prove that the real estate mogul personally pocketed millions from the now-defunct program.

State leader quits ACLU after daughters were ‘visibly frightened’ by men using women's restroom  —  Aclu , Bathroom Bills , Georgia , Maya Dillard Smith , Trangenderism  —  The African-American woman who leads a state chapter of the ACLU has resigned, citing her own daughters' “frightened” …

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.”

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.

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.

‘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!

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 the answer is yes, 89 percent of the time that person will have a higher opinion of Trump than Clinton.

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 …

Police: Mother, sons beat black teen while yelling slurs  —  Police say a mother and her two sons beat up a black teenager while yelling racial slurs at a campground southwest of Chicago over the weekend.  —  According to police, Carrie Weller, 42, and Corry Weller, 21 …

Donald Trump in 1994: ‘Putting a Wife to Work Is a Very Dangerous Thing’  —  In a 1994 interview with ABC News, Donald Trump reflected on the women in his life and what he believed the virtues and perils of their career success meant for his marriages.  He compared his role in their professional lives to how he developed buildings.

There Will Be Subsidies  —  How the oil companies hit a gusher of tax breaks  —  Writing Off Drilling Expenses: A century ago, drilling for oil was risky business.  Start-up costs were high, and prospectors couldn't be sure they'd find crude.  To encourage the nascent industry …

How Baby Boomer psychodrama infected the 2016 election  —  Barack Obama's election to the presidency in 2008 seemed to promise the end of the Baby Boomer reign over American life.  Even Obama seemed to know his rise was their downfall.  In The Audacity of Hope, Obama commented …

GOP warns of ‘long summer for Crooked Hillary’  —  is facing a long summer of scrutiny over her emails and use of a private server during her tenure as secretary of State, the Republican National Committee (RNC) said Wednesday.  —  As news and criticism about the Democratic presidential …

Ad hits Airbnb on discrimination charges  —  An anti-Airbnb campaign reportedly financed by organizations with links to the hotel industry is using allegations of discrimination on the home-sharing platform against the company in a new ad.  —  “I get declined all the time on Airbnb,” …

Cincinnati police don't recommend criminal charges in gorilla case  —  Last Video  —  Mother calls 911 about child who fell in gorilla moat  —  911 call about child who fell into Gorilla World moat  —  See how boy got into gorilla enclosure  —  ‘It was a life threatening situation’ says director of Cincinnati Zoo

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.