Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry, Official Says  —  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch plans to announce on Friday that she will accept whatever recommendation career prosecutors and the F.B.I. director make about whether to bring charges related …

Donald Trump used money donated for charity to buy himself a Tim Tebow-signed football helmet  —  Did Donald Trump violate IRS rules, by using a charity's money to buy himself a signed football helmet?  —  Four years ago, at a charity fundraiser in Palm Beach, Donald Trump got into a bidding war at the evening's live auction.

Author Gay Talese disavows his latest book amid credibility questions  —  In his forthcoming book, “The Voyeur's Motel,” acclaimed journalist and nonfiction author Gay Talese chronicles the bizarre story of Gerald Foos, who allegedly spied on guests at his Colorado motel from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s.

Unpredictability Is Hallmark of Convention to Crown Donald Trump  —  With just more than two weeks until the Republican National Convention opens in Cleveland, Donald J. Trump's preparations for what is usually a polished and highly choreographed affair are looking a lot like his campaign itself: chaotic, freewheeling and unpredictable.

How Boris Johnson was brought to his knees by the ‘cuckoo nest plot’  —  Sir Lynton Crosby, Boris Johnson's campaign manager, was making final preparations for the formal announcement of Mr Johnson's Tory leadership bid when his phone rang at 8.53 on Thursday morning.

Is the Trump Campaign Just a Giant Safe Space for the Right?  —  Statesboro, Ga. — DEPENDING on whom you ask, political correctness is either an effort to expunge offensive expression from our culture, or it's a weapon fashioned by the left to brainwash the next generation.

Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump's running mate  —  Donald Trump's campaign has begun formally vetting possible running mates, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich emerging as the leading candidate followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Sanders: No, I'm Not Ready To Endorse Clinton Yet (VIDEO)  —  After Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday said he was confident that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will endorse Hillary Clinton, the Vermont senator insisted that he is still not ready to back the presumptive Democratic nominee.

As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness.  And, sometimes, demonic possession.  —  How a scientist learned to work with exorcists.  —  In the late 1980s, I was introduced to a self-styled Satanic high priestess.  She called herself a witch and dressed the part, with flowing dark clothes …

Paul Ryan Among the Ruins  —  Paul Ryan is a sunny politician in a party devoted to spreading gloom.  But as Republicans slouch toward Cleveland, even he must be having dark moments.  —  As the highest-ranking official in his party, he will oversee the Republican National Convention …

Never Trump is never happening at the RNC  —  Anti-Trump activists plotting a coup at the national convention in Cleveland this month more likely face a drubbing of their own.  —  Any attempt to block Trump would begin in the convention's rules committee, an 112-member panel of delegates …

A note on The Toast  —  This is not a joke.  Hillary's team had talked to me a few weeks back about doing something, but I didn't want to do, like, a “If Hillary Were Your President” type thing, and then they got in touch on Wednesday and said she wanted to write something HERSELF …

The Supreme Court Throws Kryptonite At Democracy's Supermen  —  Author of Corporate Citizen? (the book)  —  There are Supermen (and Superwomen) among us.  They work for the Department of Justice, and they have the unenviable job of prosecuting corrupt politicians.

Israeli Killed, Three Wounded After Gunman Opens Fire on Car Near Hebron  —  An Israeli was killed and three were wounded Friday after their car crashed as a result of gunfire near Hebron.  The victims are all said to be members of the same family.  —  A manhunt is underway for a Palestinian suspect …

U.S. District Judge strikes down Mississippi's ‘religious freedom’ law  —  JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves late Thursday night issued an injunction blocking a bill by the Mississippi legislature that would have allowed private citizens and some public officials professing a …

The GOP's Denial of Science Primed Them for the Illogic of Trump  —  Part of the problem with being a vocal advocate for critical thinking is deciding just which facet of nonsense to spend time fighting.  The forces of anti-reality present a huge number of fronts, making triage a necessity.

U.S. top one percent of income earners hit new high in 2015 amid strong economic growth  —  The top 1 percent income earners in the United States hit a new high last year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.  The bottom 99 percent of income earners registered …

NPR's Interview With President Obama About 'Obama's Years'  —  Steve Inskeep: You've been told, I think, that we are doing a documentary.  We went across a good part of the country to places where you have given speeches over the years to just talk with people about how their lives have changed.