Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution  —  There's no strategist pulling the strings, and no collection of burn-it-all-down aides egging him on.  At the heart of the rage against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the campaign aides closest to him say, is Bernie Sanders.

Clinton launches ‘Republicans Against Trump’ campaign  —  Hillary Clinton is wasting no time trying to woo Republicans turned off by Donald Trump now that she's the presumptive Democratic nominee, as her campaign has launched a new website aimed at courting disaffected GOP voters.

The taunt Clinton supporters think will haunt Trump gets airtime in new ad  —  The scene of Donald Trump mocking a New York Times reporter with a congenital disability garners the presumed Republican nominee some of his highest negative ratings among focus groups, POLITICO has learned.

Renee Ellmers loses North Carolina GOP primary  —  Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) lost her bid for reelection Tuesday, becoming the first GOP congressional incumbent to lose their seat in 2016.  —  Ellmers, who was elected in 2010 amid the tea party takeover of the House …

Saving Speaker Ryan  —  His conservative critics don't seem to mind if Republicans lose the House majority.  —  The impulse of some conservatives for self-destruction this year seems to have no limits.  Many of the same people who paved the way for Donald Trump are now trying to excommunicate …

Dump the G.O.P. for a Grand New Party  —  If a party could declare moral bankruptcy, today's Republican Party would be in Chapter 11.  —  This party needs to just shut itself down and start over — now.  Seriously, someone please start a New Republican Party!  —  America needs a healthy two-party system.

So, Who Is the GOP Going to Install as Its Nominee Instead of Trump?  —  I feel that the GOP Establishment played along with Trump for what they felt was a reasonable period of pretending, but now, a Decent Interval has passed, and they can abandon Trump.  —  Lindsey Graham calls for people to begin unendorsing Trump, and then...

DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT REGARDING TRUMP UNIVERSITY  —  It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage.  I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent.  The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges.

Obama's new retirement rule is a big mistake  —  As the saying goes, if you like your financial advisor, you should be able to keep your financial advisor.  But that's not the likely future for millions of families now that the Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized its proposed “fiduciary rule” …

BREAKING.  Hugh Hewitt Calls For Convention To Reject Trump (FULL AUDIO)  —  Whoa.  —  This morning talk show host Hugh Hewitt called for the GOP convention to change the rules to allow for an alternative candidate to be selected.  (Full disclosure, Hewitt is affiliated with Salem Media Group which owns RedState.)

The 11 states that will determine the 2016 election  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump bring unique strengths and weaknesses to their general-election clash.  But after months of polling, the Electoral College landscape on which they will compete largely mirrors the one that has determined the presidency in the past four cycles.