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 …

Republicans, Democrats Interpret Orlando Incident Differently  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans and Democrats have starkly different interpretations of what the recent mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub represents.  While 79% of Republicans view it primarily as an act of Islamic terrorism …

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 …

Can Trump turn it around?  —  Republicans are divided about how Donald Trump  —  can dig himself out of the hole that his campaign is in, but they agree on one point: the first step is admitting he has a problem.  —  GOP insiders fear that Trump, whose yearlong run for the presidency …

The Self-Immolation of the Republican 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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Pelosi: Trump is unifying Dems  —  Democrats get more unified every time Donald Trump  —  speaks, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday.  —  “Keep on talking,” she encouraged the presumptive Republican nominee.  —  In the twilight of a long and often contentious Democratic primary …

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 …

Iraqi Forces Enter Falluja, Encountering Little Fight From ISIS  —  BAGHDAD — After weeks of fighting, Iraqi forces entered central areas of Falluja on Friday, facing little resistance by the Islamic State, as thousands of civilians fled in a new wave of displacement that has overwhelmed the ability of aid agencies to care for them.

'He's obsessed with menstruation': Ex-producer exposes Trump's bizarre ‘Apprentice’ behavior  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Producers for Donald Trump's show, The Apprentice, are speaking out about how the reality television star-turned-politician behaved on the set of the show in an interview with Slate.

Paul Ryan: Donald Trump Does Not Have A ‘Blank Check’  —  The House Speaker admits he hasn't achieved the “real unity” he wanted with Trump.  —  Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan has limits to what he'll accept from presumptive GOP nominee …

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.) …

West Hollywood plastered with rainbow #ShootBack signs  —  Stickers featuring a rainbow-colored version of the Gadsden flag were hanging near the Abbey Food & Bar, a well-known West Hollywood gay bar, on Thursday morning.  (Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times)