Loretta Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, conceding that her airport meeting with former President Bill Clinton this week had cast a shadow over a federal investigation of Hillary Clinton's personal email account …

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.

Disabled St. Jude patient sues airport and TSA after bloody scuffle with Airport Police  —  Bloodied and bruised Hannah Cohen was led from Memphis International Airport in handcuffs.  —  The 19-year old was headed home to Chattanooga after treatment for a brain tumor at St. Jude Hospital June 30, 2015.

More Upheaval on Donald Trump's Team as Two Staff Members Resign  —  Donald J. Trump's campaign experienced two more departures this week when two staff members who handled surrogate operations resigned, including one who was hired less than two weeks ago.  —  Kevin Kellems …

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 …

Gunmen battle police in diplomatic area of Dhaka, official says  —  (CNN)Police exchanged gunfire with armed attackers Friday at a restaurant in a diplomatic zone of Dhaka, Bangladesh.  —  Assailants were throwing grenades at police, a source at the scene said.

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.

White House releases its count of civilian deaths in counterterrorism operations under Obama  —  The United States has inadvertently killed between 64 and 116 non-combatant civilians in drone and other lethal attacks against terrorism suspects in places not considered active war zones, the Obama administration said Friday.

The Lessons of the Somme  —  On this first day of July, exactly 100 years ago, the peoples of the British Empire suffered the greatest military disaster in their history.  A century later, “the Somme” remains the most harrowing place-name in the annals not only of Great Britain …

Judge: Mississippi's “religious freedom” anti-LGBTQ law violates religious freedom  —  The law favors some religious beliefs — specifically, anti-LGBTQ ones — over others.  —  When Mississippi passed its anti-LGBTQ law earlier this year, state lawmakers argued that they were defending religious freedoms.

Gingrich reverses course on trade as Trump VP chatter swirls  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, under consideration as Donald Trump's running mate, is dropping his decades-long support of free trade deals and picking up Trump's strongly protectionist position.

Corey Lewandowski's first week on CNN was just as bad as everyone expected  —  A week isn't very long to learn a new job, so it's possible Corey Lewandowski will improve in his role as a CNN commentator.  But so far, Donald Trump's recently fired campaign manager is just plain bad — and not only for the reasons many anticipated.

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.

Austria presidential poll result overturned  —  Austria's highest court has annulled the result of the presidential election narrowly lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party.  —  The party had challenged the result, saying that postal votes had been illegally and improperly handled.