Orlando shooter texted wife during attack, source says  —  The Orlando shooter and his wife exchanged text messages during the Pulse nightclub rampage, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN.  Around 4 a.m., about two hours after he started the attack and while holed …

Shunned, Stared at, Still for Trump: The Holdout in Hillary Clinton's Town  —  CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — First came the grimaces — the disbelieving eyes trained upon his shirt, his lawn signs, his car window stickers broadcasting a local betrayal.  —  Then his teenage son refused to drive …

Transcript: Bernie Sanders speech in Burlington, Vermont  —  Election days come and go.  But political and social revolutions that attempt to transform our society never end.  They continue every day, every week and every month in the fight to create a nation of social and economic justice.

51 U.S. Diplomats Urge Strikes Against Assad in Syria  —  WASHINGTON — More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration's policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government …

Alleged killer of British MP was a longtime supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance  —  Thomas Mair, alleged killer of British MP Jo Cox, was a longtime supporter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance.  —  Jo Cox, a member of the Labour Party in the British Parliament …

Cut the Thread  —  “Trust me, he's only hanging on by a thread.”  —  “Patience, my friend, patience .  .  . we need just one more episode.”  —  “My colleagues are close to the breaking point.”  —  This is what one hears—this is what I've heard …

Trump's poll ratings in a historic hole  —  In 2016's race to the bottom, Donald Trump is going to find out if you can become president when two-thirds of Americans don't like you — and a majority can't stand you.  —  Recent polls have showed Trump's unfavorable rating spiking again, after a brief improvement last month.

More Companies Opt to Sit Out Trump's Coronation in Cleveland  —  Wells Fargo, UPS, Motorola Solutions, JPMorgan and Ford are among previous sponsors that won't give this year.  —  zachmider  —  A growing number of prominent U.S. corporations are opting to drop or scale back their sponsorship …

The Self-Immolation of theRepublican Party  —  The Darwin Awards is a popular website that “commemorates individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives.  Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner …

Donald Trump is getting schlonged  —  Have you seen the polls lately?  It's incredible.  Everybody was saying, all of Trump's supporters were saying, they were telling me, they said, Hillary is toast.  Trump was going to win win win.  Now I'm looking at polls, and he's like going down down down all of a sudden.

West Coast Marines under investigation for alleged threat to gay bars  —  Two active-duty Marines are under investigation in connection to a social media post purportedly threatening to attack gay bars following Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Florida.  —  The California-based …

Duncan Hunter: I am not a Trump surrogate  —  's U.S. House Leadership Committee says he's not a surrogate for Trump, telling reporters to stop asking him to explain the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's controversial comments.  —  Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) …

Make no mistake: Democrats are ready for a Marco Rubio Senate run  —  Marco Rubio returns to Florida this weekend to make a momentous decision — whether to seek a second term as a Republican senator — and Democrats are giving him plenty to think about.  —  An online ad released Friday …

An Unlikely Savior Emerges to Help Endangered Republicans: George W. Bush  —  After eight years of largely abstaining from politics, former President George W. Bush is throwing himself into an effort to save his party's most vulnerable senators, including several whose re-election campaigns …