Remarks prepared for delivery at press briefing.  —  Good morning.  I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as Secretary of State.  —  After a tremendous amount of work over the last year …

An Open Letter to Jared Kushner, From One of Your Jewish Employees  —  My name is Dana Schwartz and I'm an entertainment writer at the Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company.  On July 2, as I'm sure you're aware (and have probably been wringing your hands about for the last three days) …

GOP # NEVERTRUMP TRAITORS - HILLARY DELIGHTS IN YOU, FOR SHE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT YOU  —  Ironic, tragic, but not unexpected - amidst America's Independence Day celebrations the Ruling Class put another boot on our neck to snuff liberty's life out of We the People.

Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision  —  Watch the FBI refute Clinton email claims  —  (CNN)It's not only Donald Trump and Republicans expressing their indignation at the FBI's decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her handling of classified materials on a private email server.

Flag burning leads to Urbana man's arrest  —  What's your opinion?  Submit a Letter to the Editor here  —  URBANA — Within hours of a Fourth of July Facebook post showing him burning an American flag, a 22-year-old Urbana man found himself under arrest and under fire — from all corners of the Internet.

House G.O.P. May Seek to Punish Democrats for Gun Control Sit-In  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House majority leader, said on Tuesday that Democrats who protested the lack of votes on gun legislation by essentially seizing the House floor for more than 24 hours recently may be punished for breaking House rules.

Why President Obama Campaigning For Clinton Is Historic  —  No president has campaigned strongly for his chosen successor in at least 100 years.  —  Today's event, with President Obama campaigning for Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state and one-time rival, in North Carolina is remarkable for that reason.

Trump supporter: ‘Mexican restaurant refused to serve me’  —  An Orange County woman claims she was tossed from a Mexican restaurant Sunday, not for too much tequila — but for too much Trump.  —  Esther Levy, 61, of Warwick, said an employee at the popular Cancun Inn eatery in Sugar Loaf chucked …

It's a Bad Time to Buy an iPhone  —  Whether or not Apple's next overhaul of the iPhone meets your needs, you should still wait until September to commit to a new phone  —  Will Apple wow you in September?  WSJ's Joanna Stern wraps up the latest reports on the next iPhone and suggests ways to keep your current iPhone running longer.

Judge: Kansas Can't Cut Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Money  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood affiliates, a federal judge said Tuesday.  —  U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, issued the temporary ruling …

The bullies of Black Lives Matter  —  Toronto's legendary Pride Parade is a festival of inclusiveness - a good-natured rainbow coalition that embraces every letter of the LGBTQ alphabet.  It's so inclusive that even straight people march in it.  Its message is: Loud, proud and unbowed.

Video 'shows ISIS fighters laughing and joking while a woman is heard screaming as she is being raped nearby': Claims after footage 'is retrieved from dead Islamic State militant's phone'  —  Harrowing footage from a dead terrorist's phone appears to show ISIS fighters laughing and joking …

Yield Curve Shows 60% Chance of Recession, Deutsche Bank Says  —  The so-called yield curve suggests there's a 60% chance of a U.S. recession occurring in the next 12 months, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank, led by Dominic Konstam.  The calculations attach the highest probability …

‘Financially unstable’ Connecticut Obamacare co-op now under state supervision  —  Connecticut's financially “unstable” Obamacare health-insurance co-op was placed under state supervision on Tuesday, as regulators said 40,000 people covered by the company will ultimately have to find new plans for the coming year.

Putin's Puppet  —  If the Russian president could design a candidate to undermine American interests—and advance his own—he'd look a lot like Donald Trump.  —  Vladimir Putin has a plan for destroying the West—and that plan looks a lot like Donald Trump.

Nate Silver is happy to be wrong  —  Nate Silver is giving Donald Trump a 19 percent chance of becoming president - and that makes him a little nervous, as well it should.  —  No, it's not because he failed to predict Trump's albino-swan victory in the Republican primaries …

Casey Anthony Is ‘Bored’ 5 Years After Acquittal, Source Says: Inside Her Life Now  —  It was five years ago this month that Casey Anthony walked out the doors of Florida's Orange County jail a free woman.  Once outside, Anthony was immediately greeted by hundreds of protestors …

Newt Gingrich Is The Donald Trump Of Politics  —  Gingrich, a finalist to be Trump's running mate, leaves a trail of bankruptcies, lawsuits and unpaid debts.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he wants a running mate who …

Obama: ‘Sasha tweets’ but that doesn't make her qualified to be president … President Obama on Tuesday used his daughter's social media use to mock Donald Trump  —  During his first campaign appearance for Hillary Clinton  —  , Obama said Trump is just as qualified to serve as president as his 15-year-old daughter Sasha.