State: Some classified markings in Clinton emails were ‘human error’  —  Some classification markings found in email messages on Hillary Clinton's private server were the result of “human error” and the related information was not considered classified at the time it was sent to her, State Department spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday.

Ernst all but withdraws from Trump veepstakes  —  Joni Ernst all but removed herself from Donald Trump's vice presidential search, telling POLITICO in an interview that she wants to help Trump become president but that she's focused on Iowa and the Senate, where the freshman senator said she's “just getting started.”

In a Defiant, Angry Speech, Donald Trump Defends Image Seen as Anti-Semitic  —  Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign's decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator.

'He's got a gun!  Gun': Video shows fatal confrontation between Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police officer  —  Alton Sterling, a 37-year old man who sold CDs, was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge police officer Tuesday morning outside a convenience store on North Foster Drive after …