A curveball in Trump's Veep search: He's seriously considering a retired general  —  After weeks of focusing on a group of current and former elected officials in his search for a running mate, Donald Trump is increasingly intrigued by the idea of tapping retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn …

Six More Women Allege That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Them  —  Fox News host Gretchen Carlson may be the highest-profile woman to accuse Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, but she is not the first.  In my 2014 biography of the Fox News chief, I included interviews with four women who told …

Dallas sniper was sent home from Afghanistan for sexually harassing a female soldier who said he bought her Victoria's Secret underwear - then ‘got in touch with bad folks and went all Black Panther’  —  The Dallas sniper who targeted police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest …

The NRA's internal revolt over Philando Castile  —  After a fatal shooting involving gun violence in Minnesota, it wasn't just gun control advocates criticizing the National Rifle Association.  —  Some blowback, surprisingly, was coming from within the organization.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Issues Travel Advisory for Bahamians traveling to United States of America  —  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken a note of the recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers.

Hillary Clinton strongly backs public option, wins praise from Bernie Sanders  —  On Saturday morning, Hillary Clinton released a new health care policy proposal that emphasized several major progressive priorities, including a public option and increased funding for community health centers.

No, really, George W. Bush lied about WMDs  —  The best estimates available suggest that more than 250,000 people have died as a result of George W. Bush and Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.  A newly released investigative report from the UK government suggests …

Police deploy pepper spray, fire bean bags at Phoenix rally … Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave.  —  Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street.

The Political Orphans  —  In barely two weeks, Republicans will converge in Cleveland for the Trumpocalypse, a fact-free and hate-filled gathering likely to be as scary as it will be entertaining.  A week later the Democrats will assemble in Philadelphia in a focus-group-tested pander fest …

Obama's false racism claims are putting cops' lives in danger  —  Hours before the murders of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, President Obama was again spouting false claims about racism by the police.  He sees racism whenever there is any disparity in outcomes, no matter what the cause.

AP: Islamic State's Twitter traffic drops amid US efforts  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood …

Sydney H. Schanberg Is Dead at 82; Former Times Correspondent Chronicled Terror of 1970s Cambodia  —  Sydney H. Schanberg, a correspondent for The New York Times who won a Pulitzer Prize for covering Cambodia's fall to the Khmer Rouge in 1975 and inspired the film “The Killing Fields” …

Rep Trey Gowdy rips into FBI Director James Comey on Hillary Clinton's ‘intent’  —  Comey: There was classified material emailed  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy asks questions to FBI Director James Comey at the hearing on the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of her personal email server while she was Secretary of State.

Obama Decries ‘Vicious, Calculated’ Attack on Police in Dallas  —  President says the federal government will assist city, police  —  Obama says ‘no justification’ for attack that left 5 dead  —  President Barack Obama said Thursday he was “horrified” by shootings in Dallas that left …