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.

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.)

Hatch: ‘Be nice’ to ‘first-time candidate’ Trump  —  (R-Utah) on Tuesday defended Donald Trump  —  as a “first-time candidate” amid swirling criticism from Republicans of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's racially charged rhetoric.  —  “Be nice to him, he's a first-time candidate …

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.

Two guys allegedly tried to rob a French McDonald's, but off-duty special forces unit was eating inside  —  When the two armed men entered the McDonald's in Besancon, a city in eastern France near the Switzerland border, they found about 40 people dining on fried, fast food.

Trump Interview - The Transcript  —  CT: My grandparents used to play a parlor game.  It went like this: Tell me who you are without telling me your name or what you do.  We have seen your tough exterior, but who are you at your core and what is your basic philosophy and worldview?

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.

REPORT: Migrants Burn Down Asylum Centre After Not Receiving Ramadan Wake Up Call  —  A massive fire at Düsseldorf's major international trade fair grounds yesterday has been followed by reports that the blaze was set deliberately by migrants who were angry because of Ramadan.

Spy chief: Use whatever restroom you want  —  The nation's top intelligence officer is expected to step into the heated politics of transgender rights on Wednesday during remarks at an annual LGBT pride event.  —  “Here in the [intelligence community], we have the chance to lead by example …

Feds spend nearly $20,000 to settle every refugee  —  Federal taxpayers are on the hook for nearly $20,000 just to settle each refugee and asylum seeker, who are then immediately eligible for cash welfare, food stamps, housing and medical aid, according to a new report on the “refugee industry.”

An Open Letter to Mitt Romney  —  I write to you not as a fellow conservative, not as a fellow partisan, but as a citizen of our republic.  You have served your nation admirably for many years and by any ordinary standard are entitled to a happy retirement.