Donald Trump's “Star of David” Hillary Clinton Meme Was Created by White Supremacists  —  LIKE MIC ON FACEBOOK:  —  Donald Trump tweeted a meme Saturday that used dog-whistle anti-Semitism to announce that his political rival, “Crooked Hillary,” had “made history.”

Blast in Central Park near Elie Wiesel's funeral severs man's foot; police suspect fireworks mishap (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT)  —  A blast in Central Park severed the left foot of a young man visiting New York from Virginia Sunday, witnesses said.  —  The NYPD's bomb squad was investigating …

How America celebrates the 4th of July: The numbers … You may think the way we celebrated Independence Day in 1777 was different and in many ways that would be true.  However there are some similarities.  Ramon Padilla, Summer Bedard and Jerry Mosemak  —  American flag?  Check.  Hot dogs?

Trade and Jobs: A Note  —  Given Trump's economic policy speech - well, “policy” speech - it seems time to brush up on trade and jobs, an issue I used to write a lot about.  The big story in the academia/policy space lately has been the work of Autor et al, who in two papers have estimated large losses from Chinese import penetration.

Eric Trump: Biased media the worst part of society  —  Eric Trump in an interview Sunday attacked a Washington Post article that found his father, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, donated only $10,000 to charities over seven years, millions less than he has publicly claimed.

‘God wants you to die’: Dhaka's long night of terror  —  To recreate this narrative we used witness accounts, shared directly with CNN or with friends and family who recounted them to us.  We also used information from news briefings and gathered by CNN staffers in London, Hong Kong, Dhaka and Atlanta.

Income for top 1% in America rose twice as fast in 2015 than it did for the remaining 99%  —  WASHINGTON — Financial inequality became even wider in the United States last year, with average income for the top 1% of households surging 7.7% to $1.36 million.

The Craziest Convention Moments You've Never Heard Of  —  A legion of political journalists is heading to Cleveland this month with a sense of anticipation that's been absent for decades: at long last, a national convention with the prospect that something unexpected might actually happen.

The Myth of Cosmopolitanism  —  NOW that populist rebellions are taking Britain out of the European Union and the Republican Party out of contention for the presidency, perhaps we should speak no more of left and right, liberals and conservatives.  From now on the great political battles …

Gary Johnson: Trump says ‘racist’ things and should be disqualified from presidency  —  Gary Johnson: Trump a ‘racist,’ should be disqualified  —  Washington (CNN)Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson said Donald Trump says “racist” things and should be disqualified from becoming president …

Car bombs target Baghdad shopping districts, 126 dead  —  (CNN)Iraq's capital was once again the scene of bloody carnage this weekend, with two separate car bombs killing at least 126 people.  —  The first detonation occurred Saturday on a busy shopping street in the central Baghdad neighborhood of Karrada …

Owner of dating site ChristianMingle agrees to open doors to gay singles in judge-approved settlement following class action anti-discrimination lawsuit  — The settlement was the result of a class-action lawsuit filed by two gay men who used the site and found it violated California's anti-discrimination law

Records: Father of toddler attacked at Disney by alligator said two gators involved  —  Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings ID'd the child as Lane Graves, son to Matt and Melissa Graves of Elkhorn, Neb. He said he believed the boy was drowned.  His body was intact.

Booker stokes speculation about Clinton VP job  —  Washington (CNN)New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is now referring questions about whether he is being vetted as a potential running mate for Hillary Clinton to her campaign — a shift from as recently as two weeks ago, when he flatly denied he was in the running for the job.