Trump Campaign Lining Up Tyson and Ditka for Convention  —  Several sports personalities and musical entertainers have agreed to appear at this summer's convention.  —  kevcirilli  —  ESPN has nothing on this summer's Republican national convention.  —  Donald Trump's campaign aides …

The First Post-Middle-Class Election  —  Two years ago, a pollster for Democratic candidates told me he'd begun advising his clients to cease emphasizing “the middle class” when speaking of those Americans whose interests they were defending.  Many Americans who once thought of themselves as middle-class, he argued, no longer did.

Who will show up?  Who will pay?  The many unknowns of the GOP convention.  —  Dozens of well-known Republicans aren't showing up.  There's no word yet on who will speak.  A growing number of corporate sponsors are taking a pass.  Groups of white supremacists and other agitators are on the way …

First on CNN: Poll shows Clinton with battleground leads  —  Elizabeth Warren joins Clinton to attack Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump across the board in a new poll of battleground states.  —  According to Ballotpedia's battleground poll, Clinton leads Trump:

Lewandowski loses $1.2 million book deal  —  Corey Lewandowski had a $1.2-million offer from HarperCollins to write a book chronicling his time running Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but the publishing giant backed away from the deal amid concerns about Lewandowski's nondisclosure agreement …

It's Time for the Elites to Rise Up Against the Ignorant Masses  —  The Brexit has laid bare the political schism of our time.  It's not about the left vs. the right; it's about the sane vs. the mindlessly angry.  —  I was born in 1954, and until now I would have said that the late 1960s …

Benghazi lies were just standard procedure under Obama  —  MORE FROM:  —  The Benghazi report released Tuesday makes clear that one dreadful constant of President Obama's foreign policy is simply this: Deflect.  Muddy the picture.  Question the motivation.

Istanbul airport explosions: 10 dead, Justice minister says  — At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured in the attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told CNN.  —  The two suicide bombers were also killed.

Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Dems' transgender Senate nominee  —  Primary sets up contest with GOP's Lee in November.  —  Utah voters picked a historic, and largely unknown, Democratic candidate to challenge Sen. Mike Lee this November.  —  Misty K. Snow is the first transgender nominee …

‘Gosh, I suppose I better get up!’  SARAH VINE (aka Mrs Gove) reveals what her husband said when he learned Leave had won the referendum... and how PM's resignation was ‘absolutely’ not intended  —  The first I knew about the referendum result was at 4.45am last Friday when I was woken …

Hillary Clinton Tweets Pro-Trump Message: DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign posted a tweet Tuesday evening meant to attack GOP presidential rival Donald Trump but which actually praises Trump as a job creating businessman with international experience.

Will Brexit Actually Happen?  —  The Financial Times's Gideon Rachman says he thinks Brexit won't happen.  The referendum result doesn't mean that much, he argues. … He goes on to say, “It is true the British case has some novel elements.”  I think you call that ironic understatement.

NC House leadership drafts HB2 changes amid pressure from NBA  —  Among the draft bill's biggest changes is the creation of an official document that would recognize a person's gender reassignment  —  Proposal could help the league keep the All-Star Game in Charlotte  —  RALEIGH

Initiative to legalize recreational use of pot in California qualifies for November ballot  —  Different strains of pot are displayed for sale at a marijuana dispensary in Denver in 2013.  (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)  —  An initiative that would legalize the recreational use …

How Obama will campaign for Clinton  —  Concerned that Hillary Clinton is still struggling to generate excitement, President Barack Obama is preparing to campaign for her by reminding voters there was a time he didn't like her so much, but he came around — and they should too.

After son with Down Syndrome isn't invited to birthday party, mom writes letter … When Jennifer Kiss-Engele found out that her son with Down Syndrome was excluded from a classmate's birthday party, she wrote an open letter on Facebook.  —  Kiss-Engele, of British Columbia …

Hillary Clinton's Initiative on Technology & Innovation  —  Hillary Clinton is committed to building an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top.  That's why she has put forward five big goals at the core of her vision for a stronger economy that helps us grow together: