McConnell: Donald Trump 'Doesn't Know a Lot About the Issues'  —  Despite his reservations, the Senate majority leader says he is still “comfortable” with Trump at the top of the GOP ticket.  —  haddadmedia  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Donald Trump needs …

Gawker Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  —  The online news site makes its move after suffering a $140 million judgment in the Hulk Hogan lawsuit.  —  Gawker Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a Florida judge issued a $140 million final judgment in favor of Hulk Hogan …

Warren met with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation  —  Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton met privately Friday morning, according to two knowledgeable Democrats, just hours after the Massachusetts senator formally endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee.

How Clinton Donor Got on Sensitive Intelligence Board  —  Newly released State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton Foundation donor was placed on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board even though he had no obvious experience in the field, a decision that appeared to baffle the department's professional staff.

Domestic dispute ends in officer-involved shooting at Dallas Love Field Airport; suspect hospitalized … An officer-involved shooting prompted a lockdown Friday afternoon at Dallas Love Field Airport.  —  A police officer shot a man who had been involved in a domestic dispute with a woman outside the airport.

The Unity Illusion  —  Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans to unite with the presumptive nominee Donald Trump.  Sure, Trump says racist things sometimes and disagrees with most of our proposals, but Republicans have to go into this campaign as a team.  There has to be a Republican majority …

Donald Trump's polling surge has faltered - and Democrats haven't even united  —  Donald Trump's beloved polls have betrayed him.  —  Trump uses polls the way other people use love from a child or a good report card: as validation that all is right with the world and that he's doing okay.

Emails in Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes  —  Some vaguely worded messages from U.S. diplomats in Pakistan and Washington used a less-secure communications system  —  At the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information is a series …

Hillary Clinton's general-election wakeup call came suddenly in May, when loud cursing erupted from her Brooklyn headquarters.  —  She had just begun a speech to union leaders in Las Vegas when every major cable network had decided to go live to an empty podium in North Dakota, where Donald Trump would soon appear.

Not a Single Republican Delegate Is ‘Bound’ to Donald Trump  —  Those who claim otherwise would evade responsibility for his nomination.  —  Let's begin with a simple proposition: As a matter of law and history, there is not a single “bound” delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Canada's highest court has just ruled that some sex acts between humans and animals are legal.  —  In a quixotic ruling, the country's high court ruled that a man who was on trial for raping and sexually exploiting his own daughters wasn't guilty of “bestiality.”

There's no evidence that Google is manipulating searches to help Hillary Clinton  —  There's a video making the rounds purporting to show that Google is suppressing the phrase “Hillary Clinton crimes” from autocomplete results, thereby boosting Clinton's candidacy.

Donald Trump Once Said He Didn't Believe In Heaven Or Hell  —  “...we go someplace.”  —  Donald Trump spoke about his faith this week in an interview with columnist Cal Thomas, boasting of his “great relationships” with ministers and the clergy and predicting he will do very well with evangelicals in the general election.

GOP Senator David Perdue Jokes About Praying for Obama's Death  —  The Georgia freshman quoted Scripture at a right-wing Christian confab to say the president's days should be short.  —  At a major event for conservative Christians this morning, a Republican senator joked about praying for President Obama's “days to be short.”