Clinton allies circle the wagons against Trump speech  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Donald Trump's team spent Tuesday trying to prove that his political operation was professionalizing after it replaced its campaign manager.  Reporters were bombarded with rapid response press releases during Hillary …

House GOP dodges vote to block Harriet Tubman from $20 bill  —  The House will not vote to block the inclusion of Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, dodging a politically charged vote for GOP lawmakers.  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) had filed an amendment to a bill funding the Treasury Department …

Man who claims he had sexual relations with Orlando gunman tells Univision it was “revenge,” not terrorism  —  Mateen was “very sweet” and liked to be “cuddled,” the man told Univision.  But he harbored a grudge against gays.  —  Por: Univision.com

BOOM!  Hoaxer Michelle Fields Gets Called to the Carpet on Her Many Lies - Walks Off Interview!  (VIDEO)  —  MICHELLE FIELDS WALKS OFF INTERVIEW — WRONGLY CLAIMS QUOTES WERE NOT IN HER BOOK  —  Noted hoaxer Michelle Fields joined Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV on Tuesday …

Nearly Half of Sanders Supporters Won't Support Clinton  —  The Vermont senator says he'll work to defeat Trump, but has yet to endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.  —  JoshuaGreen  —  In the two weeks since Hillary Clinton wrapped up the Democratic presidential primary …

Not Just the 1%: The Upper Middle Class Is Larger and Richer Than Ever  —  Research shows the number of upper middle class households has more than doubled since 1979  —  A range of data after the recession and the housing bust supported the idea that only a tiny elite of U.S. society …

Abortion is weakness for Clinton VP favorite  —  (D-Va.) is generally seen as a safe vice presidential pick for Hillary Clinton  —  A white man fluent in Spanish and from a swing state, Kaine is a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman.  —  He'd provide some balance …

Marco Rubio will seek Senate re-election, reversing pledge not to run  —  Sen. Marco Rubio will announce Wednesday he will seek re-election to the Senate, reversing a pledge he made a year ago to either assume the presidency or return to private life in Florida, instantly transforming …

AG Lynch Admits the FBI Has Lost Track of Omar Mateen's Wife  —  ‘I believe she was going to travel but I do not know exactly her location now’  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted today that the FBI is unaware of the whereabouts of Omar Mateen's wife, Noor Salman.

Paedo Proof?  Never-Before-Seen Cop Reports Expose Michael Jackson's Sick Secrets  —  Watch: Cops Raid Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch In Never-Before-Seen Video  —  Michael Jackson hid a sinister house of horrors inside his infamous Neverland Ranch, stockpiling images of pornography …

The L.G.B.T. Case for Guns  —  San Jose, Calif. — I'LL never forget the first piece of safety advice I got when I began my transition from the male body in which I was born to the female body I now occupy: Carry a whistle.  If I was attacked, I was supposed to blow it in hopes it would alert …

Clinton to take hold of storied Obama email list  —  will soon tap into President Obama's coveted email list, according to party officials.  —  The long-awaited move, which comes as Clintonites take the reins of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), could inject more money …

Will Dominant Images of Conventions Be of Unity or Protest?  —  Republicans arriving in Cleveland next month to nominate Donald J. Trump will be greeted by as many as 6,000 protesters on the first day, a noisy coalition of dozens of groups, including Black Lives Matter and the Workers World Party.

With Trump In The Race, The Battleground Is Everywhere  —  As the presidential campaigns shift their focus to the general election, there's a big question about where the battleground will be.  Which states will be competitive?  What state will be the tipping point?

Loretta Lynch: ‘Most effective’ response to Islamic terrorism ‘is love’  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch told Florida's LGBT community that the “most effective” weapon at America's disposal against Islamic terrorism is “love.”  —  Mrs. Lynch told reporters in Orlando on Tuesday …

Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony  —  A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.

Gay Black Dude TEARS Into Democrats, Hillary, Gun Grabbers: “WAKE UP!  Hillary Clinton Does Not Love You!”  —  “I just wanted to let you guys know why I am a conservative gay male, and support Donald Trump” Gabriel Reagan, of Eugene, OR, says at the beginning of a video recently posted to his facebook page.

Senate Republicans may defy NRA on gun bill  —  Senate Republicans are expected to bring a bipartisan gun control bill to a vote this week despite opposition to the measure from the National Rifle Association and other conservative groups.  —  The measure, spearheaded by centrist GOP Sen. Susan Collins

New Super-PAC Launches for Donors Who Won't Back Trump But Loathe Clinton  —  Supported by former Ted Cruz backer Robert Mercer, a new player enters the fray.  —  zachmider  —  For all his prowess at appealing to Republican voters, Donald Trump has struggled mightily to win over rich Republican donors.

Trump launches LyingCrookedHillary.com  —  announced on Tuesday the launch of a new website targeting presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton  —  The website, lyingcrookedhillary.com, will “showcase some of Clinton's most disastrous lies to the American people,” according to a release from the Trump campaign.

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to Report to Prison  —  Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is scheduled to report to prison today to serve his 15-month sentence for financial crimes related to purported decades-old, repeated sexual abuse of minors.