A Grounded Plane and Anti-Clinton Passion: How Mike Pence Swayed the Trumps  —  When mechanical problems grounded Donald J. Trump's private plane on Tuesday night in Indiana, Gov. Mike Pence seized the opportunity.  —  The jet-setting Mr. Trump had his three oldest children fly to meet …

Turkey Detains Thousands in Military in Bid to Regain Control  —  ISTANBUL — Turkey's government rounded up thousands of military personnel on Saturday said to have taken part in an attempted coup, moving swiftly to re-establish control after a night of chaos and intrigue that left hundreds dead.

Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday.

A Lesson for Newt Gingrich: What Shariah Is (and Isn't)  —  FORTUNATELY, no one is going to follow Newt Gingrich's unconstitutional and un-American plan for an inquisition to “test every person here who is of a Muslim background” and deport the ones who “believe in Shariah.”

France Blames ISIS for Inspiring Terrorist Attack in Nice  —  NICE, France — The Islamic State claimed on Saturday that the man who attacked the seaside city of Nice, France, was one of the group's “soldiers.”  France's defense minister promptly blamed the terrorist network for inspiring the assault …

Drive-by shooting injures 14 people at Bakersfield party  —  Fourteen people were shot at a party near Bakersfield early Saturday morning in what authorities are describing as a drive-by shooting.  —  According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, numerous partygoers were standing outside …

A Cure for Trumpism  —  WHEN Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination on Thursday in Cleveland, it will represent a stunning moment in American politics — the triumph of a raw populism, embodied by a shameless demagogue, over both the official establishment and the official ideology of a major political party.

Track Palin Enters Plea Deal In Domestic Violence Case  —  Track Palin, Sarah Palin's son, entered a plea deal last week, in a domestic violence case that included charges that included him punching his girlfriend in the face, Alaska Dispatch News reported.  —  Police in Wasilla, Alaska arrested Track Palin in January.

Worker fired, rehired over tweet about gators at Disney World  —  Shannon Sullivan was disheartened by the sign she saw posted in the Walt Disney World break room.  —  If guests ask whether there are alligators in the water around the Magic Kingdom's Tom Sawyer Island, it told employees …

U.S. Troops at Turkish Air Base on Highest Force Protection Level  —  U.S. troops at Turkey's Incirlik air base were at the highest force protection level, known as “condition Delta,” after the power was cut off at the base and the Turkish government closed the airspace around the site …

Chris Christie Lost Out on the Job He Wanted.  And His Bad Year Got Worse.  —  “Black Thursday,” one of Gov. Chris Christie's least favorite local newspaper columnists called it, under a headline that declared it his “worst day ever.”  At the least, it was the New Jersey governor's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Trump's secret weapon is Ivanka  —  has a secret weapon as he seeks to burnish his image in Cleveland: his daughter Ivanka Trump.  —  A mogul in her own right, Ivanka Trump has become her father's most effective surrogate, softening the edges of Donald Trump's brash and often controversial presidential campaign.

Eight years after hope and change, voters are angry, anxious  —  Eight years ago, Barbara Conley was one of the millions of Americans swept up in Barack Obama's promises of hope and change when he accepted the Democratic nomination at a packed football stadium a few miles from her home in the Denver suburbs.