After Months of Loyalty, Trump Finally Decided to Fire His Campaign Manager After a Bad Answer at a Meeting  —  “What's your plan here?” the candidate asked Corey Lewandowski.  —  At around 9:30 Monday morning, Donald Trump and his adult children gathered for a regular strategy meeting at Trump Tower.

Chris Murphy: ‘Republicans have decided to sell weapons to ISIS’  —  The leader of last week's 15-hour Senate filibuster to force action on guns said Monday that Democrats need to make gun control an “integral” part of their national security policy as they try to build a political movement to rival the National Rifle Association.

FBI provides investigative update on Orlando nightclub massacre  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has provided the following update regarding the shooting in Orlando.  The text below, which includes a partial transcript of comments made by shooter Omar Mateen, are as provided by the FBI.

Authorities: Man at Vegas rally said he wanted to kill Trump  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal officer says a man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas told authorities he tried to grab an officer's gun so he could kill the candidate.  —  A complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court …

Read Sonia Sotomayor's Atomic Bomb of a Dissent Slamming Racial Profiling and Mass Imprisonment  —  The Supreme Court issued an extraordinarily disappointing 5-3 decision on Monday in Utah v. Strieff, a Fourth Amendment case about police searches.  Yet the terrible ruling came with a bright spot …

Why did the White House just humiliate Loretta Lynch?  —  Idiotic: That's the only word for the Obama administration's move to scrub references to Islam or ISIS from the transcripts of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen's calls.  —  Under an avalanche of ridicule, the Justice Department on Monday relented and released the full transcripts.

A Tale of Two Parties  —  Do you remember what happened when the Berlin Wall fell?  Until that moment, nobody realized just how decadent Communism had become.  It had tanks, guns, and nukes, but nobody really believed in its ideology anymore; its officials and enforcers were mere careerists, who folded at the first shock.

Apple's Cook to host Paul Ryan fundraiser amid Trump woes  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook will host a fundraiser with House Speaker Paul Ryan next week as the iPhone maker tries to strengthen its relationships with key Republicans — despite its decision to pull support for the GOP convention because of its distaste for Donald Trump.

I reported Omar Mateen to the FBI.  Trump is wrong that Muslims don't do our part.  —  We love America, too, and we're horrified by what our neighbor did.  —  Donald Trump believes American Muslims are hiding something.  —  “They know what's going on.  They know that [Omar Mateen] was bad,” he said after the Orlando massacre.

How American Politics Went Insane  —  It's 2020, four years from now.  The campaign is under way to succeed the president, who is retiring after a single wretched term.  Voters are angrier than ever—at politicians, at compromisers, at the establishment.  Congress and the White House seem incapable …