Jerry Brown Delivers a Serious, Savvy and Important Endorsement of Hillary Clinton

Jerry Brown, a strikingly successful and popular governor in his own state of California, whose approach is often held up as a model for Democrats nationally, refused and refused and refused to endorse a candidate during the course of the long race for the party's presidential nomination. Brown, whose three previous bids for the presidency suggested to some that he might harbor an interest in one last run, and whose relations with front-runner Hillary Clinton had not always been good, kept on the sidelines.

California Governor Jerry Brown Endorses Former Rival Hillary…

"I want to be sure that it is Hillary Clinton who takes the oath of office, not Donald Trump," Brown says California governor Jerry Brown has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in an open letter , despite tension with the Clinton family that goes back over two decades, because he really hates Donald Trump. Brown's endorsement could be huge for Clinton, as his state's Democratic primary is one week away and he's a popular figure in California.

Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Clinton ahead of California primary

California Gov. Jerry Brown addresses members of the media before signing a bill creating the highest statewide minimum wage at $15 an hour by 2022 at the Ronald Reagan building in Los Angeles on Monday, April 4, 2016. less California Gov. Jerry Brown addresses members of the media before signing a bill creating the highest statewide minimum wage at $15 an hour by 2022 at the Ronald Reagan building in Los Angeles on Monday, April ... more California Gov. Jerry Brown said on Tuesday he will vote for Hillary Clinton in the state's upcoming primary, explaining she has the best chance of thwarting the "dangerous candidacy" of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

NYC Doesn’t Want Overweight Employees – Spends $6.6M On Weight Watchers Plan

The city of New York will be spending a total of $6.6 million over the next three years so that their employees can get in shape with Weight Watchers. Starting next month, about 300,000 city workers will be allowed to sign up with the weight loss program on a first-come, first-served basis.

Bill Clinton to campaign in Las Cruces

Bill Clinton to campaign in Las Cruces LAS CRUCES - Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife Hillary Clinton in Las Cruces on Thursday. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: http://lcsun.co/1WWzE0N Former United States President Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, addresses a crowd at the Alamosa Community Center in Albuquerque, on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

How Clinton can own her email scandal

Without belaboring how we got to that point and altogether glossing over the boring details of the FBI's ongoing digital probe, what once seemed like just another manufactured Republican messaging hit is now on full spigot with the State Department inspector general's crushing audit. Folks like Chris Cillizza here are ringing the cowbells.

Campaign Daybook: Trump Moved Assets to Tax-Friendly Delaware

The Republican nominee transferred dozens of the "Trump" trademarks for everything from hotels to ties to his U.S. golf courses into a new Delaware-based company as he papered for his White House run, Bloomberg's Lynnley Browning reports. By shifting more than 110 registered or pending trademarks to Delaware, Trump consolidated them in a state that doesn't tax income from royalties on intellectual property.

From Ike to Obama, CIA has briefed presidential candidates

After the political convention confetti is swept away, a more sobering tradition of the presidential election begins: The regular, top-secret intelligence briefings for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee. Started by President Harry S. Truman, the briefings are designed to get the candidates, before they walk into the Oval Office, up to speed on problems around the globe.

The disaster that would be Vice President Newt Gingrich: Giving him…

No one is better at abusing power in D.C. than Newt - he'd be yet another reason America needs to reject Give Newt Gingrich credit for knowing how to play the long game. The congressional back-bencher spent years amassing power in the House of Representatives in order to position himself to take the Speaker's job when the moment was right - in his case, after the Republican Revolution of 1994.

Haslam: Use of private email for state business ‘inadvertent slip’

Gov. Bill Haslam said Friday that except for the rare "inadvertent slip," he and top staffers use the state's email system and don't try to hide anything from the public. "All of our business happens on state email except for an inadvertent email where we might happen to use a personal email account," Haslam told reporters.

Opinion: Warren, – Bern whisperer,’ could play a pivotal role

ELIZABETH Warren has a rare talent for distilling political messages. In 2011, as she was running for the Senate seat that she won the next year, the former Harvard law professor delivered the kind of concise, pointed rationale for public investment - and the taxation to support it - that the White House had been striving to master for the previous three years.

Sanders labels Trump ‘Mr. Macho’

The Vermont senator, who is hunkering down in California for his last showdown with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, used the nickname as he bashed the presumptive Republican nominee for embracing -- and then backing away from -- the idea of a debate against Sanders. "Let me not worry about Hillary Clinton right now.

Global Threat of Jihad Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

With Donald Trump having wrapped up the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton almost across the Democratic winning line, attention turns to the next president's policy agenda. Restoring American prestige and global leadership must rank high on the list.