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 …

'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 …

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 …

Gretchen Carlson of Fox News Files Suit Against Roger Ailes  —  Gretchen Carlson, the longtime Fox News anchor, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday saying that Roger Ailes, the powerful chairman of Fox News, fired her from the network last month after she refused his sexual advances and complained …

Lynch says DOJ will not pursue charges against Clinton  —  U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday said the Justice Department has decided not to pursue charges against Hillary Clinton or her aides and will close the investigation into her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

The Donald Trump I Know  —  My father-in-law is not an anti-Semite.  —  It's that simple, really.  Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he's not a racist.  Despite the best efforts of his political opponents and a large swath of the media to hold Donald Trump accountable for the utterances …

Trump raises $51 million with GOP in June, including $26 million for his campaign  —  Donald Trump raised more than $26 million for his campaign and another $25 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee in June, a hefty haul that his campaign hopes will put to rest anxieties …

Anti-Donald Trump Forces See Convention Coup as Within Reach  —  Backing of 28 Rules Committee members would allow a full vote on unbinding delegates  —  Months after Donald Trump appeared to seal the Republican nomination for president, anti-Trump forces still have one last chance to force …

Tony Blair: ‘I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you can ever believe’  —  Blair responds to Iraq war report - which says former PM disregarded warnings of risks as he built case for military action  —  Tony Blair has responded to criticisms made in the Chilcot report by saying …

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 …

Most Disagree with Decision Not to Indict Clinton  —  Most voters disagree with FBI Director James Comey's decision not to seek a criminal indictment of Hillary Clinton.  —  The FBI concluded that Clinton potentially exposed top secret information to hostile countries when she used …

Fundamentally flawed  —  Over the last dozen years, I have often confessed to being a fundamentalist.  —  This is not a statement of religious conviction, but rather an expression of my belief about what's most important in presidential elections.  —  While the daily flood of commentary focuses …

Group drops $2,000 on Senate floor to protest GMO bill … Members of the Organic Consumers Association threw money from the Senate gallery onto the floor on Wednesday to protest a vote on a bill to block states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media  —  By now, everyone's aware that Donald Trump wandered off message Tuesday night and told an audience in Raleigh, N.C., that Saddam Hussein, for all his sins, “killed terrorists.”  —  “He did that so good,” the presumed GOP presidential nominee said.

Pilot captures incredible nighttime thunderstorm photo over the Pacific Ocean  —  This is one of the most striking thunderstorm photos we've seen.  —  Taken from a plane at the moment of a lightning flash, it illustrates both the ferocity of a turbulent atmosphere and the beauty of Mother Nature.

Eric Trump: My father gives ‘millions and millions and millions’ to charity  —  Eric Trump, the son of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said in an interview Wednesday that his father gives “millions and millions and millions” of his own money to charity …

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 …