'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 …

Here's Why Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Didn't Rise To Level Of ‘Gross Negligence’  —  Legal experts say her actions fell short of past cases where information mishandling was intentional.  —  In declining to seek prosecution of Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said the former Secretary …

BREAKING: Ex-Fox Anchor Gretchen Carlson Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes  —  Fox News anchor and author Gretchen Carlson is filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against CEO Roger Ailes. … Carlson took to social media to confirm moments ago that she is no longer with Fox News …

Trump praises for Saddam Hussein's efficient killing of ‘terrorists,’ calls today's Iraq ‘Harvard for terrorism’  —  Trump: World better with Hussein and Gadhafi in power  —  Raleigh, North Carolina (CNN)Donald Trump on Tuesday once again expressed his preference for keeping dictators in power in the Middle East.

Corker withdraws as potential Trump running mate  —  Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has recently emerged as a finalist in the search for Donald Trump's running mate, told The Washington Post in an interview Wednesday …

Sanders booed by House Democrats  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who's running for president.  But frustrated House Democrats — who booed him at one point during a morning meeting — say it's time to stop.  —  With the Democratic convention just weeks away …

On Hillary Clinton's Rough Day, Republicans Rue Missed Chance  —  WASHINGTON — As the Republican strategist Brian Walsh watched the nonstop cable news coverage Tuesday from his K Street office, he thought he was seeing the stuff of his party's dreams.  —  A week after former President Bill Clinton lit …

Hillary Clinton to trash Donald Trump's business record in Atlantic City  —  Clinton hits back, says Trump would crash economy  — Hillary Clinton will undercut Donald Trump's “fraudulent business history” during a campaign stop in New Jersey  — Trump has filed four business bankruptcies …

Apparent Suicide Attempt In Prison  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  Chelsea Manning, who's serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified military documents, was in a prison hospital and our sources say it was the result of a suicide attempt.  —  We're told the incident occurred early Tuesday at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas prison.

Exclusive: Marvel's New Iron Man Is a Black Woman  —  Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis talks the creation of Riri Williams, who will take over for Tony Stark  —  There's a new Iron Man.  Well, Iron Man for now.  She's still working on the name.  The events at the end …

Ryan faces GOP defections on gun proposal  —  Already dealing with threats of another Democratic floor protest, Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.), is now facing defections from the right on a GOP gun bill that conservatives complain is unconstitutional.  —  The handful of Republican naysayers …

Robert Brown user  —  There are other ways to view the same sets of facts.  For instance, consider that Mr Comey has spent his entire career getting to where he is today as the Director of the FBI.  He surely has greater ambitions, so if he can make a plausible case not to prosecute based on his judgment …

Election Update: Swing State Polls And National Polls Basically Say The Same Thing  —  Welcome to our first Election Update, FiveThirtyEight's regular feature where we'll, uh, update you about the presidential election.  More specifically, we'll use this column to look at the election through …