Rising GOP star Love skipping party convention

Utah Rep. Mia Love joined the ranks of Republican leaders and lawmakers who will be skipping their party's convention next month, saying that she would instead visit Israel with a congressional delegation. Love, who has long been viewed as a rising star inside a party seeking more diversity, was given a prime-time speaking slot at the 2012 Republican Convention.

Lives are on the line: The smearing of LGBTs by the right is more…

Some have wondered if the killer used ISIS as a cover for a different motivation involving a possible struggle with his own sexual identity, but the massacre was terrorism against LGBT people, regardless of motive. North Carolina State Rep. Dan Bishop , the primary sponsor of the "bathroom bill."

Google, Facebook quietly blocking extremist videos

Some of the web's biggest destinations for watching videos have quietly started using automation to remove extremist content from their sites, according to two people familiar with the process. The move is a major step forward for internet companies that are eager to eradicate violent propaganda from their sites and are under pressure to do so from governments around the world as attacks by extremists proliferate, from Syria to Belgium and the United States.

House Speaker Ryan proposes simpler tax code

House Republicans led by Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled a plan for a simpler tax code, the sixth and last installment of a GOP agenda designed to be a policy counterpoint to the personality-driven campaign of Donald Trump. Ryan and other Republicans announced the plan at a news conference Friday morning.

How Donald Trump Changed His Tune

If you only read one thing: Donald Trump drew rare praise in GOP circles Wednesday with a measured, yet blistering, critique of Hillary Clinton's record. Reading from a teleprompter at the Trump SoHo in New York, Trump attacked Clinton's foreign policy vision, highlighted allegations of pay-for-play, and argued she was only in the race for herself.

Shelling and airstrikes kill 8 in Syrian city of Aleppo

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate... Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him.

Thousands attend funeral of Sufi singer killed by extremists

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate... Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him.

Solar-powered plane lands in Spain

His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate... Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate race.

National Briefs: Ryan unveils rival health plan

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law, as Speaker Paul Ryan seeks to showcase a GOP governing agenda amid the tumult of the presidential campaign. "Obamacare is fundamentally flawed," Mr. Ryan told reporters at an event rolling out the GOP plan.

Richard Davis: Is this election 1964 deja vu?

A cardinal difference between Donald Trump and Barry Goldwater is that partisanship is more intense today than it was in 1964 and the vast majority of Republicans who don't like Trump will hold their noses and vote for him. In 1964, GOP presidential nominee Barry Goldwater stood at the podium of the Republican National Convention and declared that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

Millions of followers on social media could play crucial role in 2016 election new

From Twitter to Snapchat to Instagram, social media acts as part of daily life for millions of Americans, with politics not immune to the trend. The Millennial generation is now equal in voting numbers to the Baby Boomer generation, as reported by Pew Research Center , and with that comes the challenge of keeping up with communications trends for both groups.

Trump to get ‘rude awakening’ in Democrats’ ad onslaught

In this photo taken June 15, 2016, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Hampton, Va. Donald Trump coasted through much of the Republican primaries largely untouched by his rivals, relying on little more than media coverage of his controversial statements and massive rallies to win contest after contest.

Donald Trump tries to hit reset by firing campaign manager Corey Lewandowski

Donald Trump fired his campaign manager Monday in a major shake-up that comes amid infighting and frustration among Republican Party leaders who complain that the presumptive nominee's effort is hobbled by poor organization, anemic staffing, an undisciplined message, and plunging poll numbers. The sudden firing of Corey Lewandowski, unusual in its timing just a month before the nominating convention, follows a stretch of bad publicity about Trump's response to the Orlando mass shooting and his disparaging comments about Muslims and a Mexican-American judge .

Mapping the America That Candidates Care About

The pre-emptive "sorry" was an appropriate way both to soften the announcement and to sharpen it: Breakfast-when to eat it, what to eat for it , whether to eat it at all-has long been a subject of intense debate, accompanied by intense confusion and intense feeling. "Breakfast nowadays is cool," the writer Jen Doll noted in Extra Crispy , the new newsletter from Time magazine that is devoted to, yep, breakfast.

Christie says his staff didn’t do illegal campaign work. Let’s make sure | Editorial

As if the Bridgegate blowback couldn't get any worse, fresh evidence of the misuse of government, and Gov. Chris Christie's knowledge of it, has emerged. Newly revealed emails strongly indicate the governor knew staffers in his taxpayer-funded office were courting endorsements for his 2013 re-election campaign, doing his private political work on the taxpayer dime.

Ap Fact Check: Facts undercut Trump’s post-Orlando arguments

In this June 3, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to a his camouflaged "Make America Great" hat at a campaign rally at the Redding Municipal Airport in Redding, Calif. Trump's prediction that he can win California in the November presidential election challenges the dismal history for Republican nominees in one of the nation's Democratic strongholds.