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 …

Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Donald Trump and National Security  —  “Donald Trump's ideas aren't just different - they are dangerously incoherent”  —  Hillary Clinton tore into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump during a speech on national security Thursday, casting him as …

Pilot killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna  —  SMYRNA, Tenn. - A pilot was killed after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashed Thursday afternoon in Smyrna ahead of their weekend airshow at the city's airport.  —  The F/A-18 aircraft crashed at 3 p.m. behind the Sam Davis Home …

Bill Clinton delivers a sharp message to Donald Trump and his base  —  CRANFORD, N.J. — President Bill Clinton dismissed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's policies as “divisive” and ineffective at a Wednesday campaign event for his wife, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

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 …

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.

Holder on Joe Wilson's outburst: They should have told him to ‘sit the f— down’  —  Recalling Rep. Joe Wilson's 2009 outburst during President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress, former Attorney General Eric Holder didn't mince words regarding the South Carolina congressman.

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.

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.

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 …

Mark Cuban: Trump “Appears To Never To Have Met A Lie He Didn't Love”  —  “From what I see today, I think he would be a puppet president.”  —  Billionaire businessman and investor Mark Cuban, who earlier this week questioned Donald Trump's billionaire status, told BuzzFeed News …

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.

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 …

Journalists need to denounce State Department ‘censorship’: CNN's Jake Tapper  —  Asked for his thoughts about the State Department's admission on Wednesday that it edited a 2013 press briefing to remove comments by a spokeswoman — Foggy Bottom initially passed off the omission as a technical glitch …

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.

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 …

Party leads to alleged sexual assault  —  SHEBOYGAN - A 19-year-old Grafton man is facing first degree sexual assault charges after drinking at a party and allegedly threatening to cut a woman if she didn't have sex with him.  —  Anthony J. Zingale, who was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon …

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.

Tribune Publishing Announces Corporate Rebranding, Changes Name to tronc  —  Rebranding with Content Curation and Visualization Focus to Benefit 60 Million Digital Users  —  tronc to Begin Trading on Nasdaq on June 20  —  CHICAGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Tribune Publishing Co. (NYSE:TPUB) …

Landmark California bill would allow prosecution of climate-change skeptics  —  A landmark California bill gaining steam would make it illegal to engage in climate-change dissent, clearing the way for lawsuits against fossil-fuel companies, think-tanks and others that have “deceived or misled the public on the risks of climate change.”

Elon Musk believes we are probably characters in some advanced civilization's video game  —  By far the best moment of Recode's annual Code Conference was when Elon Musk took the stage and explained that though we think we're flesh-and-blood participants in a physical world …