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.

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 …

New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police  —  Footage provided to The Daily Beast shows Alton Sterling being repeatedly shot by police officers after he was pinned to the ground.  —  BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — New cellphone video provided to The Daily Beast shows Alton Sterling …

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 …

CNN Reports That 10 Women Have Contacted Law Firm About Treatment Under Roger Ailes  —  JIM SCIUTTO (GUEST HOST): Long time Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is suing her former boss and chairman of the network Roger Ailes, alleging a pattern of sexual harassment.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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).

Source: Chelsea Manning hospitalized after apparent suicide attempt  —  (CNN)Former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning was hospitalized Tuesday, the result of what a source told CNN is believed to be a suicide attempt.  —  Manning was taken to a local hospital near the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks …

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 …

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 …

Cruz Shakes Up Senate Office, Expands Political Operation  —  Two new nonprofits and staff changes are designed to strengthen the Cruz machine for another run.  —  Ted Cruz has been conspicuously silent since his return to Capitol Hill from the campaign trail, but the gears, as always, are turning.

Hillary Clinton's Atlantic City speech is her answer to Donald Trump's populism  —  Speaking today in Atlantic City, Hillary Clinton lit into Donald Trump's record of managing casinos in the New Jersey resort town and gambling mecca, and argued that his business career shows he's unfit to serve as president.