My Next Chapter  —  PHOTOS BY JED JACOBSOHN/THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE  —  This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life.  I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices.

Huma Abedin admits that Clinton burned daily schedules  —  More On:  —  Hillary Clinton's closest aide revealed in a deposition last week that her boss destroyed at least some of her schedules as secretary of state — a revelation that could complicate matters for the presumptive Democratic nominee …

Trump Denies That Controversial Tweet Was Anti-Semitic  —  Donald Trump via Twitter Monday denied that a tweet he posted Saturday that featured Hillary Clinton and a Star of David was anti-Semitic.  —  Trump blamed the media for depicting his tweet as anti-Semitic and said the the star shape …

Priebus: Republicans need to unite ‘more than ever’  —  WASHINGTON — As the head of a party turned upside down by its nominating fight, Reince Priebus says Republicans need “more than ever” to have a unifying convention this month.  —  “Given the drama that we've had ... I think now …

Flustered Trump Supporter Loses His Mind on CNN Panel Trying to Defend Anti-Semitic Image  —  Michael Caputo had a rough go of it on CNN Monday morning trying to defend his candidate's use of a neo-Nazi-sourced image on Twitter.  —  Caputo, a former Trump campaign advisor, claimed that the campaign had nothing to apologize for.

You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience  —  Sometimes in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.  It is high time to declare our personal independence from any remnant …

USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to 5 points  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican Donald Trump has narrowed to five percentage points, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, in a groundbreaking presidential election that is sparking feelings of alarm for most voters.

The GOP's pointless ObamaCare war  —  The House GOP has finally put out its own healthcare plan.  —  That giant choking sound you hear is coming from Donald Trump  —  . He can't swallow this one.  —  Trump, about to be crowned as the Republican presidential nominee …

The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about … First, they came for Istanbul.  On Tuesday night, three suspected Islamic State militants launched a brazen assault on Turkey's main airport, exploding their suicide vests after gunning down numerous passengers and airport staff.

Kennedy family BASHES Trump over Fourth of July weekend with a pinata of The Donald at their Cape Cod compound  — The Kennedy clam gathered at their family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts over the weekend for their annual Fourth of July party  — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter Kathleen …

Boy in gun range death identified  —  In this October 2013 photo, a Sarasota resident tries out the new indoor pistol range at High Noon Guns  —  SARASOTA - The victim in the accidental shooting death has been identified as 14-year-old Stephen J. Brumby, according to a report from the Sarasota County Sherriff's Office.

Did a Fear of Slave Revolts Drive American Independence?  —  Binghamton, N.Y. — FOR more than two centuries, we have been reading the Declaration of Independence wrong.  Or rather, we've been celebrating the Declaration as people in the 19th and 20th centuries have told us we should …

Donald Trump to Meet With Senator Joni Ernst, a Possible Running Mate  —  Donald J. Trump said on Twitter on Monday that he would meet in New Jersey with Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, as he screens potential running mates in a series of meetings.

After Slaughter, Bangladesh Reels at Revelations About Attackers  —  DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's capital city reeled in shock on Sunday as clues began to flood social media about the privileged backgrounds of the half-dozen attackers believed to have butchered 20 patrons of a restaurant during a bloody siege here late last week.

GOP senator: Lynch-Clinton meeting ‘raises questions about interference’  —  (R-Ark.) said Sunday that Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with former President Bill Clinton  —  raises questions about the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton  —  's use of a personal email server while she was secretary of State.

Mr. Trump's fake charity  —  DONALD TRUMP, perhaps the greatest braggart ever to aspire to national office, is hardly shy about flaunting — or rather hyping — his good works.  So it has been with his charitable giving, which, for the better part of 30 years, he has regularly exaggerated to the point of plain mendacity.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage stands down  —  Nigel Farage says he is standing down as leader of the UK Independence Party.  —  Mr Farage said his “political ambition has been achieved” with the UK having voted to leave the EU.  —  He said the party was in a “pretty good place” …

Tory candidates need a plan for Brexit - here's mine in 5 points  —  Boris greeted by angry crowd as he arrives in Tiverton  —  Play!  —  On Friday I heard a new dawn chorus outside my house.  There was a rustling and twittering, as though of starlings assembling on a branch.