November is fast becoming what the GOP fears: A referendum on Trump  —  The hole that Donald Trump has dug for himself keeps getting deeper.  On nearly every front, his position continues to deteriorate.  Unless he reverses course, Republicans are heading toward a wrenching week at their convention …

Assistant state attorney suspended over Facebook comments on Pulse shooting  —  Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis was suspended Friday for violating the State Attorney's Office's social media policy, according to Angela Starke, public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, Ninth Judicial Circuit.

The Unhinged Home that Raised Orlando Killer Omar Mateen  —  Long before his rampage in the Pulse nightclub, there was deep trouble in the home of Omar Mateen.  —  A mother accused of domestic abuse and described as “paranoid.”  A father became a supporter of the Taliban.

The Trump effect: Could Arizona go blue for the first time in 20 years?  —  PHOENIX — If there is one place where the dramas and subplots of Campaign 2016 collide, it is across the sprawling and scorching desert state of Arizona.  —  Here lives Donald Trump's restive base of white voters unsettled …

Police: Parents admit ‘gifting’ teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested  —  A 51-year-old Bucks County man was arrested after he was found living with 12 girls, including a teenager he considered his wife, and a baby and a toddler he fathered with her, authorities said Friday.

Exclusive poll: EU support falls after Jo Cox murder  —  Jo Cox, 41 was a member of the British parliament.  She died after being shot and stabbed in the street of her own constituency.  VPC  —  LONDON — British support for remaining in the European Union has weakened in the wake …

Oakland loses third police chief in nine days, will operate under civilian control  —  Acting Oakland Police Chief Paul Figueroa, talking to reporters earlier in the week, has left the post.  His departure marks the third time in eight days the city has seen its top police official depart.

Egyptian court sentences two journalists to death  —  Six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, were sentenced to death by an Egyptian court on Saturday after being found guilty of leaking national security documents under ousted President Mohammed Morsi's regime, according to the Associated Press.

Op-Ed How Hillary Clinton went from loser to winner  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14.  (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)  —  Before she won this year's Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton was a loser.

A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals  —  Noise and controversy aside, Donald Trump is making two arguments about immigration.  The first is that the U.S. admits too many immigrants.  The second is that, given nearly two decades of Islamic terrorism, the government should take special measures …

GOP stirs Clinton-Sanders tensions  —  The Republican National Committee is promoting a report that accuses the Democratic Party of conspiring to nominate Hillary Clinton  —  in the early days of the presidential primary.  —  In an email, the RNC sent to reporters a story published …

Trump: It would've been ‘beautiful’ for Fla. clubgoer to kill shooter  —  argued again that the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., could have been less deadly had people in the gay nightclub been able to shoot back.  —  At a rally in The Woodlands, Texas, Friday night, Trump theatrically …

Belgium Arrests 12 Amid Reports of Plot to Attack Soccer Fans  —  Prosecutor to decide Saturday whether to detain them further  —  Country on alert three months after suicide bombings killed 32  —  Belgian authorities arrested 12 people after conducting anti-terror raids in Brussels …

Pulse nightclub security video recovered by agents  —  Mayor Dyer provides an update on assistance to those directly affected by the Pulse shooting at Camping World Stadium. … Privacy Policy  —  Investigators have recovered graphic video footage from security cameras at the Orlando nightclub …

LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee, Hillsborough commissioner says  —  TAMPA — A pride flag waving outside the Hillsborough County center was meant to be a sign of respect and remembrance for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.