Democrats Target North Carolina

President Barack Obama will make his campaign-trail debut with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in North Carolina, launching what is expected to be an aggressive effort by Democrats to regain this swing state in November. After flipping between the two parties in the last two presidential elections, North Carolina is emerging as a key battleground and a highly trafficked destination for both parties' presumptive nominees.

Puerto Rico Debt-Relief Bill Passes Senate

Senate approval of debt-relief legislation for Puerto Rico on Wednesday paved the way for President Barack Obama to sign the bipartisan bill into law before Friday, when Puerto Rico's government says it will default on some of its most senior debt payments. The legislation, which the Senate passed on a 68-to-30 vote, creates a process to guide what could be the largest municipal-debt workout in U.S. history.

Government Forgives $171 Million in Debt Owed by Former Corinthian Students

The Obama administration has agreed to forgive $171 million in student debt held by former students of the defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc., the toll of a for-profit school boom that is likely to grow as the government continues to investigate schools accused of fraud. The report released Wednesday by the Education Department provides the most detailed accounting yet of the taxpayer cost of the collapse of Corinthian, once among the nation's largest for-profit college chains.

Five key things to watch as Clinton email investigation grows

Howard Baker, then a senator from Tennessee, captured the essence of the Watergate scandal that took down the presidency of Richard M. Nixon in these simple words : "It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble." Nixon resigned 42 years ago, but Baker's words have lived on in Washington, because the impulse to conceal a misdeed is shared by politicians of every persuasion, including Hillary Clinton, who is now running for the office Nixon vacated.

More Scenes from a Wedding

We were dining on barbecue beef brisket Sunday beneath the shade trees at Ole Gilliam Mill near Sanford, N.C., when Cassie asked, "When are you going to dance?" Cassie is a friend of my son Bob, and also of his twin brother Jim and Jim's wife Danielle. Cassie remembered how I danced at Jim's wedding - the old man busting out his old disco moves circa 1979 - and was eager for another show.

Here We Go Red Cross Seeks Guidance After “Racist” Poster Flap

The Red Cross has issued an apology and asked all of its partner aquatic facilities to take down a water safety poster that at least one person has interpreted as racist. For a poster that is supposedly so racist it has been scrubbed from the Red Cross website and is being pulled down from pools across the country, media outlets are having no qualms about republishing it Peter Holley of the Washington Post reported the ordeal of Margaret Sawyer, who complained to a lifeguard and then to management after the 2014 poster struck her as an unfortunate relic of the past : But white children are labeled as behaving in a "cool" way while children of color who are depicted defying pool rules are labeled "not cool."

Arms Race

Incredibly, there are now fewer US Marines than there are officers at federal administrative agencies with the authority to carry weapons and make arrests. The soaring growth of this federal arsenal alarms Adam Andrzejewski, the head of American Transparency's OpenTheBooks.com, which researched and assembled the new report.

No, This Commie Comic Isn’t At All Funny

Instapundit A Blog Archive A TIME-WARNER-HBO-CNN SPOKESMAN JOHN OLIVER CALLS BORIS JOHNSON A 'SHAVED ORANGUTAN' AND DAVID CAMERONa He's also employed by the same corporation that led an on-air jeremiad against "bullying," only to bully pro-traditional marriage Florida AG Pam Bondi for no particular reason on air after an Islamic terrorist shot up an Orlando disco this month, and to tear into UKIP politician Ray Finch for daring to support Brexit. As Rod Dreher wrote last week, "Had he been on for a minute more, [Christiane Amanpour] would have blamed Orlando on Nigel Farage."

Oh, My

So yes, they did address it - but quite a way down from their presentation of this as significant movement in the second paragraph. It's also a little difficult to buy the idea that a four-point shift in the sample towards Democrats accounted for "less than half" of Hillary's three-point pickup, especially since Hillary holds Democrats a bit better than Trump holds Republicans.

Shocker! Anthony Kennedy Is a Schmuck – and We Still Got Schlonged by Him

"We agree with the District Court that the surgical-center requirement, like the admitting-privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions, and constitutes an 'undue burden' on their constitutional right to do so," Breyer wrote. Justice Anthony Kennedy proved the swing vote, joining Breyer in the majority, but declining to write a concurring opinion.

Sorry, Chris Wallace Hillary Clinton Did Go Home and Sleep During Benghazi Attack

FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace defended Hillary Clinton today like the rest of the liberal media from Donald Trump's attacks this week. Wallace said Hillary did not go home and sleep during the Benghazi attack - parroting what the rest of the media has been reporting this week.