Bill Clinton's Bad Judgment  —  June should have been the month in which Hillary Clinton solidified her control over the Presidential race.  She finally vanquished Bernie Sanders, who, if a few hundred Iowans had changed their minds and a few other things had broken his way, could have ended up as the Democratic nominee.

Three American students among 20 people hacked to death in Bangladesh by ISIS terrorists - who only spared those who could recite the Koran - before armored troops moved in  — Abinta Kabir, a student at Emory University who was originally from Miami, Florida, named among those killed

Inside the Six Weeks Donald Trump Was a Nonstop ‘Birther’  —  Joseph Farah, a 61-year-old author, had long labored on the fringes of political life, publishing a six-part series claiming that soybeans caused homosexuality and fretting that “cultural Marxists” were plotting to destroy the country.

Trump Campaign Departures Suggest That Perhaps This Is a Highly Dysfunctional Enterprise  —  Every so often, the Trump campaign blasts out a new mass email about hires it's made to flesh out its infrastructure beyond Trump and a few goons.  Around the same time these emails go out …

Donald Trump Expected to Announce Running Mate Before Convention  —  Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, met with Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana on Friday, according to two people briefed on the meeting, adding to speculation that the conservative governor is among the finalists to be Mr. Trump's running mate.

The Kremlin Admits Snowden is a Russian Agent  —  In the three years since Edward Snowden landed in Moscow, his relationship with his hosts has been a source of much speculation and controversy.  The American IT contractor, who worked for the CIA and NSA until he fled Hawaii …

Republican women organize to support Clinton  —  (CNN)Huddled around a corner table during happy hour at the swanky St. Regis Hotel bar in downtown Washington, five young Republicans busily brainstormed how they could help Hillary Clinton become the next president of the United States.

Obama After Dark: The Precious Hours Alone  —  WASHINGTON — “Are you up?”  —  The emails arrive late, often after 1 a.m., tapped out on a secure BlackBerry from an email address known only to a few.  The weary recipients know that once again, the boss has not yet gone to bed.

Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87  —  Author and human rights activist made perpetuating the memory of the Shoah his life's work.  —  By  —  Zen Subscribe now  —  Newly unearthed version of Elie Wiesel's seminal work is a scathing indictment of God, Jewish world

California Governor Signs Stringent Gun Bills, Vetoes Others  —  Gov. Jerry Brown signed six stringent gun-control measures Friday that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and mandate background checks for ammunition sales, as California Democrats seek to strengthen gun laws …