Nate Silver Predicts Clinton Wins General Election Against Trump … “We're at halftime of the election right now,” Silver said.  “She's taking a seven-point, maybe a ten-point lead into half time.  There's a lot of football left to be played.  She's ahead in almost every poll, every swing state, every national poll.”

Watchdog Groups File FEC Complaint Over Trump Emails To Foreign Pols  —  Two watchdog groups, the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21, said they will file Wednesday a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, arguing that the Donald Trump campaign has broken federal law …

Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meet privately in Phoenix  —  PHOENIX - Amid an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email and hours before the public release of the Benghazi report, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with former President Bill Clinton.

Ditka surprised to read that he'll be at GOP convention with Trump  —  Photos of the Hall of Fame Bears coach.  —  A report late Tuesday that Donald Trump is lining up Mike Ditka to make a star appearance at the Republican National Convention came as no surprise to anybody — except Da Coach himself.

McConnell Says Trump Is Not Yet A “Credible Candidate”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has reservations about the candidate at the top the 2016 Republican ticket: Donald Trump.  —  McConnell made headlines earlier this week for declining to say whether Trump is qualified for the presidency.

Response to Trump on steel  —  In Pennsylvania today Donald Trump said, “When subsidized foreign steel is dumped into our markets, threatening our factories, the politicians do nothing.”  —  This is false.  President Bush imposed tariffs on imported steel in 2002.

Obama goes on “rant” about Donald Trump's populism  —  President Obama went off on his own rant Wednesday at a trilateral press conference in which he disputed the idea that Donald Trump is a populist and that the presumptive GOP nominee instead promotes “nativism” or “xenophobia.”

Exclusive: Miss Teen USA to eliminate swimsuit competition  —  4.2k Shares  —  One of America's highest-profile beauty pageants just traded bikinis for athleisure.  —  In recent years, competitions have increasingly modernized, featuring women that break the mold of the traditional pageant queen …

Why police were called to a South Jersey third-grade class party  —  On June 16, police were called to an unlikely scene: an end-of-the-year class party at the William P. Tatem Elementary School in Collingswood.  —  A third grader had made a comment about the brownies being served to the class.

‘Defies reality’: Kerry takes heat for claiming airport attack a sign of ISIS desperation  —  Secretary of State John Kerry faced swift criticism Wednesday for suggesting the terror attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport was evidence the Islamic State is getting “desperate” …

Trump Institute Offered Get-Rich Schemes Using Others' Ideas  —  In 2005, as he was making a transition from developing real estate to capitalizing on his fame through ventures like a reality show and product-licensing deals, Donald J. Trump hit upon a two-pronged strategy for entering the field of for-profit education.

Senate panel approves $500M for international climate fund  —  The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday adopted a $500 million spending package for the Green Climate Fund, an international climate change adaptation program.  —  Members approved the funding, via an amendment from Sens. Jeff Merkley

Muslim Recruit's Death Sparks a Broad Marine Investigation  —  More than a dozen drill instructors in Parris Island, S.C., battalion face probe over allegations of hazing and physical abuse at boot camp  —  The death of a young Muslim-American recruit at boot camp is at the heart …

The World's Most Efficient Languages  —  Just as fish presumably don't know they're wet, many English speakers don't know that the way their language works is just one of endless ways it could have come out.  It's easy to think that what one's native language puts words to, and how, reflects the fundamentals of reality.

JESSICA WILLIAMS IS LEAVING THE DAILY SHOW — EXCLUSIVE  —  Thursday's episode will be her last, Williams reveals in an interview with EW  —  The youngest correspondent to ever join The Daily Show is about to become the youngest correspondent to ever leave it: After four years with the late-night series …

Missouri GOP Candidate For Governor Selling ‘ISIS Hunting Permits’  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens is selling so-called “ISIS hunting permits” to raise money.  —  Greitens' campaign distributed an email Wednesday promoting bumper stickers …