EXCLUSIVE: Security Source Details Bill Clinton Maneuver to Meet Loretta Lynch  —  Former president delayed Phoenix takeoff to snare ‘20-25 minute encounter’ with Attorney General  —  An exclusive interview with a security source who was present at the unplanned meeting Monday night …

Trump pivots backward  —  DENVER — Donald Trump began July looking to turn the page on a June swoon that dulled his post-primary momentum and hurt his ability to unify a fractured Republican coalition.  —  He did so by talking mostly about his surprising victory in the GOP primary that ended in May.

Disabled St. Jude patient sues airport and TSA after bloody scuffle with Airport Police  —  Bloodied and bruised Hannah Cohen was led from Memphis International Airport in handcuffs.  —  The 19-year old was headed home to Chattanooga after treatment for a brain tumor at St. Jude Hospital June 30, 2015.

Trump Delegates: We're Bringing Guns to Cleveland  —  As the Republican convention in Cleveland approaches, several delegates from Pennsylvania who support Donald Trump say they are planning on bringing their guns with them to the GOP gathering.  Why?  They say they are worried …

Woodburn Shooter Deported Six Times Since 2003  —  Woodburn, Ore — The man accused of shooting and killing three people and injuring a fourth on a blueberry farm outside of Woodburn, has been deported from the U.S. six times since 2003.  The U.S. Immigration and Customes Enforcement spokeswoman says in a written statement:

Dozens Feared Hostage After Gunmen Attack Bangladesh Cafe  —  Gunmen Storm Bangladesh Cafe, Kill Four Police and Take Dozens Hostage 1:56  —  A bloody attack and standoff in Bangladesh that left at least four security personnel dead and around 40 people feared taken hostage …

Obama claims US drones strikes have killed up to 116 civilians  —  Long-awaited assessment of death toll under Obama, criticized as an undercount, acknowledges government does not always know how many civilians it kills  —  Barack Obama has claimed that drone strikes, his favored tactic of war …

Rumor: Doctor Prescribes Donald Trump “Cheap Speed”  —  Back in December, Donald Trump's personal doctor declared to the world that Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”  While that particular claim is unfalsifiable (although almost certainly incorrect) …

The Lessons of the Somme  —  On this first day of July, exactly 100 years ago, the peoples of the British Empire suffered the greatest military disaster in their history.  A century later, “the Somme” remains the most harrowing place-name in the annals not only of Great Britain …

A note on The Toast  —  This is not a joke.  Hillary's team had talked to me a few weeks back about doing something, but I didn't want to do, like, a “If Hillary Were Your President” type thing, and then they got in touch on Wednesday and said she wanted to write something HERSELF …

Gingrich reverses course on trade as Trump VP chatter swirls  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, under consideration as Donald Trump's running mate, is dropping his decades-long support of free trade deals and picking up Trump's strongly protectionist position.

People writer quits in most scorched-earth way possible  —  Longtime People writer Sara Hammel quit this week with a blistering resignation letter to editorial director Jess Cagle and other top editors.  —  “It's not me, it's you,” she wrote in the email blast on Monday.

Bernie Sanders just won a string of concessions from the Democratic Party  —  Bernie Sanders has refused to endorse Hillary Clinton — though he's already said he'd vote for her — unless the Democratic Party does more to reflect his positions on a range of policy issues.

California Governor Signs Stringent Gun Bills, Vetoes Others  —  Gov. Jerry Brown signed six stringent gun-control measures Friday that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and mandate background checks for ammunition sales, as California Democrats seek to strengthen gun laws …

Welp, That's Weird.  But of Course It Is  —  So Tim Watts is my new best friend in the Australian federal parliament.  MP Tim Watts.  Needless to say, we're pals now because he's getting bombarded by the Trump campaign asking for money to fight ‘Crooked Hillary’.  Among other things, Tim's a Labor party member.

Top conservative looks to shake up RNC  —  When Republicans gather in Cleveland next month, they won't face just an intraparty struggle to dump Donald Trump as their party's nominee in 2016, they'll face a push from a top conservative looking to reshape the party's future in 2020 and beyond.