200 House Republicans show up to meet Trump  —  House Republicans came face-to-face Thursday morning for the first time with Donald J. Trump.  And most seemed to like what they saw.  —  The billionaire real estate tycoon met with the full House GOP conference at Republican National Committee headquarters …

You Need To Suck It Up And Vote For Trump  —  Donald Trump is a vulgar clown posing as a conservative, unmoored to any coherent ideology.  He has generated unprecedented opposition and the contempt of people across the political spectrum.  He is unbound to any principle other than his own appetite for adulation.

First Read: Trump Can't Stay on Message, and It's a Problem for the GOP  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Trump can't stay on message, and that's a problem

Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton  —  Furious congressional Republicans are launching a multipronged attack against the FBI and Hillary Clinton  —  A total of five congressional committees will either hold hearings with high-profile law enforcement officials over the next week …

Hillary Clinton: Ma'am Survivor  —  The Clintons — both Hillary and Bill — are very smart, but also quite reckless.  They play too close to the edge and sometimes go over.  They parse words to parry attacks.  They possess a sort of preternatural political ability, but also a political paranoia.

Minn. cop fatally shoots man during traffic stop, aftermath broadcast on Facebook  —  A Minnesota traffic stop turned deadly Wednesday evening as a police officer opened fire on a driver.  —  The victim, 32-year-old Philando Castile, died at a Minneapolis hospital, a family member told The Washington Post.

Minnesota Police Shooting's Aftermath Is Captured in Gruesome Video  —  A Minnesota man was fatally shot Wednesday night by the police during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb, and the aftermath was captured in a grisly video recorded by the car's front-seat passenger and streamed live.

Aftermath of Falcon Heights officer-involved shooting captured on phone video  —  The man, identified by relatives as a St. Paul schools employee, died at HCMC, according to an uncle.  The shooting followed a traffic stop near Larpenteur Avenue and Fry Street.  —  A man was shot by police in Falcon Heights on Wednesday evening.