Inside the GOP effort to draft an independent candidate to derail Trump  —  A band of exasperated Republicans — including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a handful of veteran consultants and members of the conservative intelligentsia — is actively plotting to draft …

8 fatalities reported in bus rollover on U.S. 83  —  Eight people have died and about 40 were taken to the hospital after a charter bus rolled over Saturday morning on North U.S. 83 in Webb County, authorities said.  —  The OGA Charters' bus, originating from the Rio Grande Valley …

This is one weak nominee: Hillary Clinton's problem isn't Bernie Sanders.  It's Hillary Clinton  —  Clinton's camp thinks her résumé will be enough to carry her to the White House.  No one should be that sure  —  No matter what you think about Hillary Clinton …

The Mogul and the Babe  —  WASHINGTON — WE are in one of those rare unharmonic convergences when reality is more absurd than satire.  —  So I decided to dispense with satire and simply call Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Friday to hear about his trip to survey the damage from the volcanic eruption of his imminent nomination.

Welcome to a Bernie Sanders Wiccan ritual  —  Leigha Lafleur, holding a candle, leads a Wiccan ritual to support Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday in Portland.  (Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times)  —  Attending a rally for Bernie Sanders usually involves long lines …

Trump offers a preview of his authoritarian presidency  —  Donald Trump says so many things that are offensive, incorrect, and dishonest that it is often impossible to keep up.  In just the past few days, he's flip-flopped on his tax position, his support for raising the minimum wage, and his so-called Muslim ban.

Venezuela's president has accused the US of plotting a coup against him  —  The relationship between the US and Venezuela has for many years been nothing less than toxic.  In 2002, then President Hugo Chavez was briefly ousted in a coup by opponents supported by the US.

UK's Cameron struggles to make Britons believe his EU message: poll  —  Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to convince voters he is telling the truth about why Britain should stay in the European Union and his main “Out” rival Boris Johnson is doing a better job, an opinion poll found.

Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: “Countless Wounded” After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food  —  As pure desperation has set in, crime has becomes inevitable  —  Over the last several years we have documented with clockwork regularity Venezuela's collapse into failed state status …

Donald Trump's Plans Don't Add Up.  Do Voters Care?  —  The GOP candidate's tax plan will dramatically raise the debt, not decrease it  —  Donald Trump would slash taxes by trillions of dollars, leave entitlements alone, boost spending on infrastructure and defense, and, claims an advisor …

North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Using Force Against Muslim Woman to Obstruct Her Free Exercise of Religion on an Airplane  —  Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in the District of New Mexico to one count of using force or threat of force …